Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs. Rams)

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

It's true, maybe my beef is with the secondary. Are we missing Springs THAT much? It's basically the same secondary that dominated last year and this year we're getting bitched on almost every third down.

Even though Carter is getting good pressure, I was just thinking we'd see a few more sacks with the addition of Haynesworth and Orakpo.

Yeah, me too. Hard to believe we had more sacks over the first two games last year than we do this year.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

The FedEx Field Parking Lot - It has NEVER taken me as long to get out of the lot as it did today. Hell, it took me almost 45 minutes to get out of my PARKING SPACE because they had our whole lot blocked off so no one could move.

Did anyone else have a problem? I had a green pass, came in on Arena Dr but they made me drive around to the far side of the Stadium so I eventually had to get back to 495 on Eastern. It was terrible.
At least tailgating was pretty much the same as ever.

[Darrell_Green_28]

No matter what, I think we still play to the level of our opponent.

[skins89moss]

Originally Posted by Darrell_Green_28

No matter what, I think we still play to the level of our opponent.

It very well appears to be some Truth to this.

[GTripp0012]

I think I said this already, but I thought Blache called a solid game. He seems to do well against offenses built around a single player.

[GTripp0012]

I think he misused Rogers against Laurent Robinson, but that seems to be more of a complete personnel issue. Last year, you could have gone with Rogers against Avery, and Springs against Robinson. This year, Robinson is just a mismatch for whoever we have on him.

Big and physical receivers are going to own us all year. That's not Blache's fault, we just constructed the secondary poorly in the offseason.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I think he misused Rogers against Laurent Robinson, but that seems to be more of a complete personnel issue. Last year, you could have gone with Rogers against Avery, and Springs against Robinson. This year, Robinson is just a mismatch for whoever we have on him.

Big and physical receivers are going to own us all year. That's not Blache's fault, we just constructed the secondary poorly in the offseason.

What would you have done? Kept Springs?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

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What would you have done? Kept Springs?

Not necessarily. I would have driven a harder bargain with Hall, cut Smoot, used the leverage in the FA market to the best of my ability, would have extended Rogers at the price of the Hall contract, and would have made sure that at least one player that I brought in could match-up with bigger receivers. I know the NFC East went a lot smaller at WR this offseason, but the Giants didn't have much trouble throwing on Hall at all.

If Springs had fit in, I wouldn't have been against keeping him, but he was kind of a non-essential part of the plan, at least until we didn't really replace him.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I think he misused Rogers against Laurent Robinson, but that seems to be more of a complete personnel issue. Last year, you could have gone with Rogers against Avery, and Springs against Robinson. This year, Robinson is just a mismatch for whoever we have on him.

Big and physical receivers are going to own us all year. That's not Blache's fault, we just constructed the secondary poorly in the offseason.

Well said. Big WRs take our DBs to school. Our big WRs get schooled by every DB they face. It's very Alice in Wonderlandish.

[Sean"Big Hurt"Taylor]

I'm officially waiting on Mike Shanahan to come on in and fix this offense right away. He will completely change this offense into a scoring machine. I thought Zorn would be alright but he does not have a clue. It just make me wonder if Campbell is the problem with the offense. Maybe Campbell is not showing that he knows the playbook good enough to call certain plays. Just a guess! We have too much talent on both sides of the ball to be mediocre. We need to start a petition to get rid of Zorn and Blache. If I see our cornersback play 10 yards again on a 3rd and 5 again I will completely lose it.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by Sean"Big Hurt"Taylor

I'm officially waiting on Mike Shanahan to come on in and fix this offense right away. He will completely change this offense into a scoring machine. I thought Zorn would be alright but he does not have a clue. It just make me wonder if Campbell is the problem with the offense. Maybe Campbell is not showing that he knows the playbook good enough to call certain plays. Just a guess! We have too much talent on both sides of the ball to be mediocre. We need to start a petition to get rid of Zorn and Blache. If I see our cornersback play 10 yards again on a 3rd and 5 again I will completely lose it.

This is the only legitimate coaching change that has a chance to work IMHO. I don't think any great coaches out there will work for Snyder; however Shanahan is a money man through and through and might do it for something ridiculous like $10 mil/year.

That said I think Zorn is toast regardless in the long run. He's an awful playcaller. Don't tell me he's great between the redzones because it's no more relevant in the NFL than what color socks players wear. Scoring is all that matters and Zorn has no idea how to create TDs. Sure our redzone execution was shitty between Sellers, Moss and maybe Thomas. It's Zorn's job to find a way.

...I think the answer is to put the ball in Jason's hands. I want him calling plays. I want him making adjustments at the LOS. I want him running the offense...he'll make the offense better. Keep Zorn or dump him and make Buges the interim HC...either way is fine as long as Jason runs the offense the way he wants.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by The Goat

This is the only legitimate coaching change that has a chance to work IMHO. I don't think any great coaches out there will work for Snyder; however Shanahan is a money man through and through and might do it for something ridiculous like $10 mil/year.

That said I think Zorn is toast regardless in the long run. He's an awful playcaller. Don't tell me he's great between the redzones because it's no more relevant in the NFL than what color socks players wear. Scoring is all that matters and Zorn has no idea how to create TDs. Sure our redzone execution was shitty between Sellers, Moss and maybe Thomas. It's Zorn's job to find a way.

...I think the answer is to put the ball in Jason's hands. I want him calling plays. I want him making adjustments at the LOS. I want him running the offense...he'll make the offense better. Keep Zorn or dump him and make Buges the interim HC...either way is fine as long as Jason runs the offense the way he wants.

Your phrasing in the bolded part interests me, because that's exactly what Zorn is trying to do. Create scoring oppertunities.

Except: we're the Redskins and they are the Rams. Stop trying so damn hard. Your passing game will take care of it, I promise you.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Your phrasing in the bolded part interests me, because that's exactly what Zorn is trying to do. Create scoring oppertunities.

Except: we're the Redskins and they are the Rams. Stop trying so damn hard. Your passing game will take care of it, I promise you.

Zorn strikes me as someone who overthinks everything and thus comes up with wrong answers sometimes. He needs to chill.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Zorn strikes me as someone who overthinks everything and thus comes up with wrong answers sometimes. He needs to chill.

The try to fool the defense approach worked well last year when were undermanned. Now, it just comes off as annoying.

[Lotus]

I think that the ARE pass at the beginning of the Giants game was an example of this. Zorn was thinking deeply and was trying to play mind games with the defense. Unfortunately his overthinking made him out of touch with reality.