One of those clips remind me of how Tanny still needs to grow. When he sees that he has no defense to being sacked......instead of tucking the ball in his stomach and taking it, he tries to lift the ball to his chest in order to throw it and...........................predictably, it is knocked out of his hand and becomes a fumble which we lose.

Please think players, think.

Tonight's Thursday night football game between the Giants and the Redskins sadly shines light on our only win.

The Redskins couldn't hold on to TWO on-side kicks they had successfully executed and fumbled a break away touchdown INTO AND OUT OFTHE ENDZONE.

Skins have a better roster than the Giants. Nothing went right for them tho.
In the first half they start the offense with a beautiful call, Reed sits shallow to receive a pass, and a WR goes on a wheel route and catches it for a big gain. The LB hits Reed and refs call pass int on Reed, pick play. Can't start fast, back off mf!
A few play later Skins called a quick screen, it's a 3sec play boom boom, they gain 15, refs call holding on center when blocking downfield. They saw that? C'mon man! Refs stifled them early, really @#$%& them up, Giants were practically in Skins territory all first half.
But on a Cousins interception, a LB hits the receiver before the ball arrived, refs did not see that? C'mon man.
Refs put them behind the chains.
Then they lose Hall who covered Beckham and they lose Luvao, and they are a running team. And they also lost their 3rd down NT Golson. Knighton generally does not play on 3rd downs.
Then Redskins shot themselves with some bad plays, drops, endzone fumble, they had opportunities to recover Giants fumbles but did not.
Cousins was 30/49, 49 attempts. You know it's a bad night when tht happens.

Giants on the other had nothing going really, they were kicking field goals because they were in the positive territory all first half. At the end, after a recovered onside kick Eli throws a duck to Randle, Breeland is there but does not intercept it or bat it down, and it's a TD. What a beautifully drawn up play, right?!? It was ridiculous.

Same thing with the Dolphins at Jags. Refs call a bs pass int to move the Jags and then spot the ball so they can kick a FG. And then with the game on the line in the fourth they call 8 penalties on us. You try to win a game, but games are close in the NFL, and with that shat they really put you behind the chains. C'mon man!



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I learned this from watching the Skins tho. We made a big philosophical mistake on Oline a few years back that persists to today, which is drafting athletic offensive lineman. We started placing premium on those even during Sparano and Ireland when we drafted Pouncey, and today after drafting James, Turner, Dallas Thomas and Douglas, it is clear we place premium on athleticism over skill and strength and size and technique.

That was and is a wrong approach. Skins play a lot of zone blocking but their line is not athletic. They run the ball effectively with those bigger linemen in zone blocking and those guys protect better.
In other words athleticism for zbs is not only overrated but disadvantageous. We've made a philosophical mistake in that department especially considering we run the ball very little and really need pass protection more than run blocking.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2015 08:02PM by thegreathoo.

For a fair comparison I think you would have to find comparable talent. The Rdskins line is just better than Miami's.

We have inferior players, not scheme IMO.

The zone blocking scheme has been very successful for many teams.

(That being said, I am not a fan of finesse teams. I would rather have power.)

Thomas & James are all playing like crap. I just think Turner and Thomas are just not good. Douglas is young and still learning. You cannot say that he is not strong enough. I do think he would be better off on the left side which is his natural position.

If Philborn wasn't so damn stubborn this would be the lineup....

LT Albert
LG Douglas
C Pouncey
RG McClendon
RT James

You sandwich the rookie in between two PB vets. McClendon has power to hold the point of attack. He is 325 lbs and our biggest linemen and would need less help from James.

In the end, it's the FO who has failed to bring in talent for as much money as they have spent.