Redskins midterm grades

[irish]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

You cannot honestly hold the Redskins defense up against the best defense of the modern era of football. You're right then, the Redskins defense is average. It just so happens that the vast majority of the other defenses in the league suck.

I dont think I ever said I was holding the D to that standard. The Skins D does some things good and some things not so good, hence I gave them a C.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by irish

I dont think I ever said I was holding the D to that standard. The Skins D does some things good and some things not so good, hence I gave them a C.

And, you give just about every other defense an F, right? F' grade inflation, huh?

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Consistency: C
This one is pretty self-explanatory. We're very, very up and down on offense. The defense is what beefs this grade up to a C. Frost hasn't been very good, but Suisham has saved us a few times.

This is probably our biggest problem. JC is inconsistent, the WRs are inconsistent, the running game is inconsistent, etc. We were dominating both Green Bay and the New York Giants in the first halves of those games, and got dominated in the second halves.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

And, you give just about every other defense an F, right? F' grade inflation, huh?

I think I would give F's to Mia, Hou, NYJ, Den, Cin, Clev.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

I agree with all Matty's grades but he overlooked grading the coaches.

Def coaches: C. The D is good but not great and cant seem to really clamp down on a team to offset the terrible O.

Off coaches: F. Tons of talent but cant score. Sure line injuries have hurt but not enough to make the O this terrible.

I was actually going to address the coaches in a seperate thread but I guess I might as well do it here.

Offense: Saunders was brought in to kickstart the offense and to date the transformation to a top flight offense hasn't materialized. A young QB and banged up OL undoubtedly are factors this year, but the offense overall still has Gibbs name all over it. Next year I think Saunders either needs to go or Gibbs needs to give him full autonomy. Grade: D

Defense: Williams has made a nice recovery from the disaster that was last year when the team set a NFL record low for turnovers. Through 8 games the team has already matched last year's sack and turnover numbers, and it's the defense that is mainly responsible for the team's 5-3 mark. Sorry but I don't have many complaints here, if the offense could pick up the pace a bit we could really be dangerous. Grade: B+

Special Teams: Suisham is hitting on 80% and has shown good distance on his kickoffs. Overall the kickoff coverage has been solid as well as the punt coverage. Frost has really cooled off after a nice start, he needs to get back on track. Randle El has been pretty ho-hum on punt returns, probably due to him being dinged up a bit. Cartwright has been great all around and is my pick for the special teams MVP so far. Grade: B

[ingibbswetrust]

The Safeties definitely get an A. They've been the one bright and consistent spot on our team so far (besides a few 15 yd penalties on Landry).

Taylor is playing as an all-pro and Landry isn't far behind. And this is all going up against some of the best passing offenses in the NFL for the first 8 games.

[Meks]

play calling for 3/4 the season on both sides of the ball

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