What a way to start the season!!! Beating the rival Cowgirls on opening night on national TV, the stadium was the loudest probably since the playoff game vs the Lions, the defense played great besides the final minute that’s all great stuff to build off of, but holy shit there is some stuff that really needs work. Here’s the recap from the week 1 win.
OFFESNE GRADE C-: The offense seemed to move pretty well until once again we got to the red zone. Donovan McNabb was able to move the ball and get the ball in the hands of former pro bowlers Santana Moss and Chris Cooley a combine 12 times and 157 yards. This is what we expected McNabb to do, get the ball back into Moss’ and Cooley’s hands and possibly turn these two players back into pro bowlers. That was all good until and old foe came back to bite the Redskins in the ass, red zone offense. Once again the Skins offense failed to score a touchdown and the performance in the red zone almost cost us the game. Moving down the field in the 3rd qtr leading 10-0 the drive was going all good and it looked like the Skins were going for the nail in the coffin due to the Cowboys multiple penalties. Once we got into the end zone McNabb went to 4th string WR Anthony Armstrong twice in the red zone. The first time Armstrong looked like he had the ball then the next play the pass goes long of Armstrong. Then going for the chipshot field goal, the snapped is botched and the score remains 10-0. If this team is ever going to get back to the playoffs they need to convert their chances in the redzone. I guarantee next week if we can’t score TD’s, against the Texans, we are going to lose by a lot. For those of you thinking that the Skins are a playoff team this year remember this, this is once again a new offense it’s going to take time for this offense to develop, but that’s still not an excuse for not finding the end zone on offense.
DEFENSE GRADE B-: Well the 3-4 did the job for most of the game, getting pressure on Tony Homo. While I would’ve like to have seen more sacks, the pressure did cause bad throws and holding penalties. The defense pass rush was excellent for most of the night and as team gets more comfortable with this scheme the sacks and turnover should come. LaRon Landry was put back in his natural position at SS and boy did he make an impact as he led the team with 13 solo tackles on the night. Landry was flying from 12 yards back to stop the run and short passes all night long. DeAngleo Hall’s forced fumble and return for a TD was key to the game as it became the only TD of the game, but with every great play D Hall makes comes a bad one. In the 3rd qtr it was D Hall once again missing a tackle on the edge on 3rd down and the drive eventually led to a TD for the Cowboys. D Hall also made mistakes in coverage, but he wasn’t the only one that messed up in coverage. Reed Doughty was burned multiple times and once again showed why he should not be starting in the NFL. Another problem was the defense in the final minute of the game given up the big plays a lot were targeted toward Reed Doughty’s way, but also at fault Carlos Rogers who once again drops a pick which could’ve sealed the game. Shocking Rogers drops another fing pick, this has become a theme since he has been here and if this continues this will once again cost the team games and I don’t see Rogers coming back next year if it does continue.GAMEBALL BRIAN ORAKPO OSACKPO: I guess Landry and maybe McNabb could’ve received this award, but if it weren’t for him it would’ve been a 14-13 loss to our rivals. Orakpo didn’t have the best game stat wise, but the 3-4 isn’t about stats. Not only did Orakpo draw the holding call that ended the game, he drew at least one other holding call possibly 2 others throughout the night. If you’re a player that is consistently getting held, you have something special and I guarantee because it was a holding call that won the game for us tonight, teams are going to play Orakpo with caution and the sacks will start coming for him later in the season.
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