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Definitely wasnt pretty and maybe we should have lost the game, but an ugly win beats the shit out a pretty loss any day of the week, especially when its against an NFC East team on the road.
1) I didnt think Romo looked all that good in the first half yesterday. He badly missed Robinson on a gimmee TD (the play that I thought changed the game, we were up 10-0 and it would have been 17-0), took a couple sacks from holding the ball too long and in general threw some passes that just didnt look right. But ultimately he ended up being the difference in the game. The defense was awful, the special teams (other than Bailey) were awful and the run game disappeared. Those two tds to Robinson and Witten were amazing. He avoided the game killing turnovers and delivered in the clutch. Great play in OT to hit Bryant on 3rd and long too.
2) Demarco Murray is gonna be really sore today. Really physical game yesterday and he has to turn it around on a short week and play a pretty physical Miami defense thats playing their best ball of the year. Murray had 31 touches yesterday (25 runs, 6 receptions). I suspect we might see Felix Jones get a few more carries Thursday, and he did look pretty healthy to me yesterday. Made a couple nice cuts and on his first couple runs seemed like he had a good burst. Should also help in the passing game too I would think.
3) Hopefully they can get Tony Fiametta back for Thursday. I havent seen any updates on his situation yet, but after the run game really struggled again without him its obvious he is an integral part of the run game.
4) Several more players were banged up yesterday but did finish the game. Ratliff, Sensabaugh and Hatcher were all injured and missed some snaps. Ratliff had a knee and Hatcher reportedly had his ankle iced/wrapped after the game. As mentioned above, dont know about Fiametta yet but reportedly Mike Jenkins wants to play Thursday. I kinda doubt they'll let him, but he'll be a welcome addition once he does return. Sounds like we might not see Austin until the NYG game.
5) Defense was atrocious. Not much excuse to give up 3 tds and 24 pts to a team that had scored something like 1 offensive TD in 5 weeks coming in. If not for their FG kicker missing two long ones we'd have lost. Up 24-17 late in the game and with them having to go 90 yards, and then doing it with ease was about as disgusted as I've been in a long time about our D. The one positive is the run defense was vastly improved over the previous 3 or 4 games, as we yielded only 60 yards on 24 carries. There's just no pass rush whatsoever unless Ware gets lucky and only has to beat one guy instead of 2 or 3. The last 4 games or so there's maybe one or two plays a week where a blitz works, the rest seem easily neutralized. Spencer was terrible yesterday. Whats so disgusting about the pass defense is this is the same Redskin team that gave up 9 or 10 sacks to the Bills, and we hardly touched the QB. The Bills shut this team out by the way.
5) I notice today after shooting their mouths off postgame about how "lucky" we got because of the refs crediting Shanahan with the TO instead of Romo, that most of the useless media finally figured out it was 3rd down and we could have ran another play anyway.
6) There is just something extremely satisying about seeing Deangelo Hall get punked. He's definitely on my top-5 for most hated dickbags in the NFL. Gave up all sorts of plays yesterday, and couldnt catch 270lb TE Jason Witten on his TD. (Hall supposedly runs 4.3, but I always see him chasing people and never catching them) So glad this garbage isnt on our team. (I was in CZ at the time, but there was post after post about what a great add Hall would be here)
7) OL struggled after having a couple of strong games. But its another indictment of just how important Fiametta is to the run game. He gets blocks on the right people whereas Phillips and Witten just cant from that spot.
8) Kinda lost in the shuffle is the nice game Martellus Bennett had. He had a sensational one handed grab on a ball that appeared to be nearly picked off, and then in OT had a catch and run that drug numerous Redskins with him. I know I'm in the minority, but I still feel when he gets his chance to be a #1 TE he's going to put up really solid numbers. It probably wont be 80-90 catch numbers, but I could see him consistently getting 50-60 per year. Unfortunately it isnt going to be here.
9) Stop the presses. Demarcus Ware drew a holding call. I think thats 2 or maybe 3 now for the season for the leagues best pass rusher.
10) As down as I am on the defense, as I mentioned yesterday I think the problems are correctable. Although probably not this year. We desperately need another pass rusher (or two) and probably need a true FS who can play the ball in space (been a need for a long time now) as I see Sensabaugh and Elam as mostly the same player. Both of them are decent enough vs the run, but neither of them are all that good at going and getting the ball in space. I think one of the big weaknesses will be corrected once Carter replaced James/Brooking. We probably need another DL as well. I'd do whatever I could to resign Laurant Robinson before free agency starts so we dont create another hole, and maybe add another interior OL. Otherwise I'm thinking next offseason is going to be extremely defense heavy, much like the offseason between the 91/92 season was.
11) I hope the league addresses the ridiculously early trade deadline this offseason. Maybe now that the Bears are 7-3, but have probably lost their season because of Cutler's hand injury will help get some talk started again. There would definitely be more trades if they'd move the deadline back (maybe Thanksgiving) so that teams that are in it, but lose a key guy can make a move to help their season. Likewise teams that are out it completely can start dealing some veterans for future picks and playing younger guys down the stretch. I also think they could do something cap-wise to help facilitate trades, perhaps by allowing teams to share the cap hit instead of just the player's original team eating it all would be an idea.
12) Other than the miss vs SF, the game winning kick yesterday by Bailey was the only other one that was close to a miss. What a find this kid has been. I read some players started going to the lockerroom before the kick even went off his foot, because they were so sure he'd nail it. And no, I dont feel bad that we won a game because the other teams kicker missed two. For what seems like eons now, we've been murdered by other teams kickers. They almost NEVER miss vs us, regardless of the condition or game situation.
13) We're tied for first now. If we take care of what we should do (beat Miami, beat Arizona) we could be 2 games up in the NFC East when the Giants come to town. I dont see them beating New Orleans or Green Bay the next two weeks, which would make them 6-6. Philly has New England next week then has to go to Seattle and Miami. I think at best they win 2 of those 3, and likely only 1 of the 3. Just one more loss probably eliminates Philly, and I think that loss will come next week. I think Reid will survive and stay in Philly, but I could defintiely see the Giants making a change after this season if they flop and dont make the playoffs.
1) I didnt think Romo looked all that good in the first half yesterday. He badly missed Robinson on a gimmee TD (the play that I thought changed the game, we were up 10-0 and it would have been 17-0), took a couple sacks from holding the ball too long and in general threw some passes that just didnt look right. But ultimately he ended up being the difference in the game. The defense was awful, the special teams (other than Bailey) were awful and the run game disappeared. Those two tds to Robinson and Witten were amazing. He avoided the game killing turnovers and delivered in the clutch. Great play in OT to hit Bryant on 3rd and long too.
2) Demarco Murray is gonna be really sore today. Really physical game yesterday and he has to turn it around on a short week and play a pretty physical Miami defense thats playing their best ball of the year. Murray had 31 touches yesterday (25 runs, 6 receptions). I suspect we might see Felix Jones get a few more carries Thursday, and he did look pretty healthy to me yesterday. Made a couple nice cuts and on his first couple runs seemed like he had a good burst. Should also help in the passing game too I would think.
3) Hopefully they can get Tony Fiametta back for Thursday. I havent seen any updates on his situation yet, but after the run game really struggled again without him its obvious he is an integral part of the run game.
4) Several more players were banged up yesterday but did finish the game. Ratliff, Sensabaugh and Hatcher were all injured and missed some snaps. Ratliff had a knee and Hatcher reportedly had his ankle iced/wrapped after the game. As mentioned above, dont know about Fiametta yet but reportedly Mike Jenkins wants to play Thursday. I kinda doubt they'll let him, but he'll be a welcome addition once he does return. Sounds like we might not see Austin until the NYG game.
5) Defense was atrocious. Not much excuse to give up 3 tds and 24 pts to a team that had scored something like 1 offensive TD in 5 weeks coming in. If not for their FG kicker missing two long ones we'd have lost. Up 24-17 late in the game and with them having to go 90 yards, and then doing it with ease was about as disgusted as I've been in a long time about our D. The one positive is the run defense was vastly improved over the previous 3 or 4 games, as we yielded only 60 yards on 24 carries. There's just no pass rush whatsoever unless Ware gets lucky and only has to beat one guy instead of 2 or 3. The last 4 games or so there's maybe one or two plays a week where a blitz works, the rest seem easily neutralized. Spencer was terrible yesterday. Whats so disgusting about the pass defense is this is the same Redskin team that gave up 9 or 10 sacks to the Bills, and we hardly touched the QB. The Bills shut this team out by the way.
5) I notice today after shooting their mouths off postgame about how "lucky" we got because of the refs crediting Shanahan with the TO instead of Romo, that most of the useless media finally figured out it was 3rd down and we could have ran another play anyway.
6) There is just something extremely satisying about seeing Deangelo Hall get punked. He's definitely on my top-5 for most hated dickbags in the NFL. Gave up all sorts of plays yesterday, and couldnt catch 270lb TE Jason Witten on his TD. (Hall supposedly runs 4.3, but I always see him chasing people and never catching them) So glad this garbage isnt on our team. (I was in CZ at the time, but there was post after post about what a great add Hall would be here)
7) OL struggled after having a couple of strong games. But its another indictment of just how important Fiametta is to the run game. He gets blocks on the right people whereas Phillips and Witten just cant from that spot.
8) Kinda lost in the shuffle is the nice game Martellus Bennett had. He had a sensational one handed grab on a ball that appeared to be nearly picked off, and then in OT had a catch and run that drug numerous Redskins with him. I know I'm in the minority, but I still feel when he gets his chance to be a #1 TE he's going to put up really solid numbers. It probably wont be 80-90 catch numbers, but I could see him consistently getting 50-60 per year. Unfortunately it isnt going to be here.
9) Stop the presses. Demarcus Ware drew a holding call. I think thats 2 or maybe 3 now for the season for the leagues best pass rusher.
10) As down as I am on the defense, as I mentioned yesterday I think the problems are correctable. Although probably not this year. We desperately need another pass rusher (or two) and probably need a true FS who can play the ball in space (been a need for a long time now) as I see Sensabaugh and Elam as mostly the same player. Both of them are decent enough vs the run, but neither of them are all that good at going and getting the ball in space. I think one of the big weaknesses will be corrected once Carter replaced James/Brooking. We probably need another DL as well. I'd do whatever I could to resign Laurant Robinson before free agency starts so we dont create another hole, and maybe add another interior OL. Otherwise I'm thinking next offseason is going to be extremely defense heavy, much like the offseason between the 91/92 season was.
11) I hope the league addresses the ridiculously early trade deadline this offseason. Maybe now that the Bears are 7-3, but have probably lost their season because of Cutler's hand injury will help get some talk started again. There would definitely be more trades if they'd move the deadline back (maybe Thanksgiving) so that teams that are in it, but lose a key guy can make a move to help their season. Likewise teams that are out it completely can start dealing some veterans for future picks and playing younger guys down the stretch. I also think they could do something cap-wise to help facilitate trades, perhaps by allowing teams to share the cap hit instead of just the player's original team eating it all would be an idea.
12) Other than the miss vs SF, the game winning kick yesterday by Bailey was the only other one that was close to a miss. What a find this kid has been. I read some players started going to the lockerroom before the kick even went off his foot, because they were so sure he'd nail it. And no, I dont feel bad that we won a game because the other teams kicker missed two. For what seems like eons now, we've been murdered by other teams kickers. They almost NEVER miss vs us, regardless of the condition or game situation.
13) We're tied for first now. If we take care of what we should do (beat Miami, beat Arizona) we could be 2 games up in the NFC East when the Giants come to town. I dont see them beating New Orleans or Green Bay the next two weeks, which would make them 6-6. Philly has New England next week then has to go to Seattle and Miami. I think at best they win 2 of those 3, and likely only 1 of the 3. Just one more loss probably eliminates Philly, and I think that loss will come next week. I think Reid will survive and stay in Philly, but I could defintiely see the Giants making a change after this season if they flop and dont make the playoffs.
