It's Dallas Week!!! Round 1

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Sooo, we have 3 losses, to arguably the best two teams in football right now, and we are done? Not seeing it. It's not that we don't have injuries that are taxing the team right now but we do have coaches that seem to be aware of how to use the players that are on the field.

I imagine Dak will do a good impression of Wentz, and get his throws to Beasley and Witten, but they won't run over our line, and our offense will put points up (their D is not KC or Philly's)

Skins will win, but it will be a Gruden win - last 2 minutes we will be holding our breath.

This makes a good point -- as bad as our injury situation was on Monday, the Redskins hung in there, and a few plays could have made the difference (as is true in many games). Not converting some of the third and short situations was bad, and let Philly back in. But even late in the game (in the 4th), they were down 14 points with the ball, and a TD could have made it anyone's ballgame. Instead, they stall, Philly tacks on a FG, and there's too much ground to make up. Given the injuries, the team could have folded and got blown out. But losing by 10 to arguably the best team in the league under the circumstances isn't shameful. If you think back to some of the blowout losses the Redskins have suffered in recent years when things unraveled, you might conclude that this team is more resilient.

I do worry that it may be too much, however. Trent Williams' injury is now the biggest concern in my mind with Nseske out. That our O-line is so dinged up is really bad because we do not have the skills players at WR or RB to make up for it (with all due props to Thompson, who has been lights out). I was surprised that we won time of possession on Monday, as it felt like our D was out there forever.

In any case, time for the next man up. It would be great if they could smack Dallas around. Young guys will have to step up and make plays for that to happen.