Clutch and Execution Problems

[MTK]

Williams was bearing down on him so he couldn't fully step into the throw, that's what it came down to.

[skinsfan69]

Moss' drops yesterday were costly, Cooley had a huge drop, so did Armstrong. McNabb was OK but the underthrow to Armstrong could've been 7 but he had a linemen pushed into his face. McNabb also can't hit anyone in stride it seems. The block in the back by Riley was so piss poor. No reason to even try to attempt that block. Good teams don't make these kind of mistakes and when they do they're good enough to overcome them. We're not good enough to overcome mistakes.

[rbanerjee23]

Did you guys listen to the post-game interviews? Buchanon said that 10-6 was not that far off. Goes to show how badly Shanahan has prepared this team that they are thinking about 5 games rather than focusing on one. This was a Vikings squad we should have beaten at home, and is arguably the second worst loss all season.

I've lost a lot of faith in the Shanahans, especially Kyle

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

Did you guys listen to the post-game interviews? Buchanon said that 10-6 was not that far off. Goes to show how badly Shanahan has prepared this team that they are thinking about 5 games rather than focusing on one. This was a Vikings squad we should have beaten at home, and is arguably the second worst loss all season.

I've lost a lot of faith in the Shanahans, especially Kyle

Kyle has really nothing to do with Buchanon, and I'm guessing you missed the part where he said you got to start with one first. I think you're just grasping here

[MTK]

I honestly don't think yesterday was a "bad loss". Going in I really thought it was a 50/50 type of game. The Vikings have struggled but are still very talented, and you had to figure they were going to come out with a more focused and back to basics attack with Childress out of the picture.

I just don't see where we were supposed to be that much better than them, especially with all the injuries.

[Longtimefan]

From an offensive standpoint it's so difficult to gauge the true worth of it until we can field the most important ingredient necessary to make it all work. Some people want R/B's some want W/R's, both are worthless when the heart and soul of the offense is in complete shambles. This offense is going to remain inconsistent until the most important part of it is addressed in a serious way.

[GTripp0012]

Havent done the play-by-play yet, but I'm guessing theres not much at play here besides just not being good enough to win these games comfortably. Run/pass balance is an easy target because the game was close and we sure could have run more, but if you're trying to score points, and you're not going with the best you have (passing game), then you have no one to blame but your own coaching staff.

I think we went with the best style of attack we had for the Vikings, and we executed, uh, I'd say well enough to beat a below average team like the Vikings. We needed to get in the end zone once more than we did and I think the drops are mostly responsible for why we did not.

[LavaRnChad]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

This has probably been the thing that has bothered me the most over the past year. So many times the Redskins have had a chance to gain an advantage during games and so many times they've come up short. Today's examples were as follows.

Brandon Banks Punt Return: A block in the back against a player that had no chance of stopping Banks

Brandon Banks Kick Return: Getting the Skins to the Vikings 30 yard line and coming away with only a field goal

James Davis: Tripping on a play where he had what might have been the most wide opening running lane the Line has provided throughout the course of 2010.

And it's not just today. The countless dropped Int's, the wide open deep passes that are either underthrown, overthrown, or flat out dropped, bobbled holds on kicks, the holding calls on pivotal plays. And of course the one that bothers me more then the rest combined, getting turnovers that lead to red zone chances and then being lucky to come away with 3 points.

Maybe Zorn was right, this group of guys simply can't execute.

All these things point to coaching. Shanny and his staff will not get it done.

[over the mountain]

I like what we have seen from the offensive side of the ball. man, defense couldnt get off the field yesterday.