Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs. Rams)

[skins89moss]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

Zorn needs to work on the Red Zone calling and personnel. He's trying to be too fancy and it's biting him in the ass.

It's hard for me to believe that the Rams were able to take Cooley out of the game in the 2nd half (6 catches, 65 yards in the 1st half, 1 catch, 18 yards in the 2nd). And if that is the case, someone else (ARE, Moss, Kelly, Davis, etc) should have had a field day. The Rams pass defense isn't that good.

It's a shame that Devin Thomas hasn't stepped up to overtake Moss. I'd love to see Moss in the slot abusing nickel and dimers, and push ARE to the 4. Because from the looks of things, Moss will be outplayed all year long in the #1 spot.

Well on Zorn's play calling trying to be fancy is not totally correct. How about when you call a run play our O-Line just beats the Rams D-line and we score. In Gibbs Era Our Hogs would have blown the Rams D-line out of the End Zone and Riggins would have walked in the End Zone. Our O-line is piss poor right now at run blocking. Old fashion smash mouth football in the red Zone. I saw Zorn call a run play but Portis had no were to run. Thats also on the O-line. I bet against the Lions our O-line will not let that happen again if they have some Pride.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

We know from watching four seasons with these guys under 3 different coordinators. Our record has been mediocre to average at best, and the offense has been really the only thing keeping this team from reaching the next level. These are the "playmakers" we have on offense.

The proof is what we've seen on the field since 2006.

Fair points. I guess what I see are recently drafted guys like Kelly, Davis, Mitchell not really being given the opportunities to make plays in the end zones (instead they go to Sellers?) and wonder if we know we don't have "playmakers"

I mean I see us lining up Moss as the #1 WR and think wouldn't it be so much better to have Kelly as the #1 and Moss as even the # 3? Wouldn't it be great to line up both Kelly and Mitchell for a fade in the red zone, instead of a shovel pass to Betts?