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6 - Number of playoff series the Capitals have won since George McPhee took over as General Manager in 1997 (which makes him the third-longest-tenured GM in the League), three of which came in McPhee's first season on the job.
I hope Shanahan keeps increasing his trust in RGIII and realizes, he is the key to a successful mission here in Washington. He doesnt need standout special teams, great DB's, the best kicker. He just needs to free III and flat out let the kid try and win games for us. Sure he will take his lumps, but the vets do too. Brees... Romo
Don't play to not lose, follow the lead of NE and modern teams playoff QBs passing for 5K yds; the realization its an aggressive offense mostly QB led passing league now. Play to win.
I'm pretty pleased overall with Kyle and the offense so far this year. They haven't been predictable; the offense has been pretty dynamic, actually. Much of that is due to RG3, but I feel like the Shanahans are using him well.
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I'm pretty pleased overall with Kyle and the offense so far this year. They haven't been predictable; the offense has been pretty dynamic, actually. Much of that is due to RG3, but I feel like the Shanahans are using him well.
Stats-wise and in points scored the offense looks great, but the issue I have is how come in two of the four games (St. Louis & Tampa) the offense only managed one score in the second half?
In each case, a solid Redskins halftime lead disappeared. Granted the awful defense was responsible for allowing the points scored, but this supposed fantastic offense was held in check by two very mediocre teams/defenses. It's like the opposition made adjustments at the half and the Redskins couldn't adapt.
Lucky for the Redskins, Tampa put in their prevent (in their case win-preventing) defense on that final drive and let the Redskins march right down the field and they were able to (finally) kick a FG to escape with a win.
This weekend will be a good test as it's the first really decent team the Redskins have played. They'll need to be a lot better.
It's not like the Rams and Bucs have horrible D's. They're ranked in the top 1/2 of the league in many defensive categories, better than some perennially great D's but yes, I'd love a more consistant offense.
I continue to point at two clear examples when our offense was rolling, and we called off the dogs.
Bengals 3rd quarter our O dominating III unstoppable, and then line up to go 4th and 1. Cinn calls timeout, Shanny goes against his initial decision to go for it, and decides to punt. And then to review the punt. Net 15 and lost a timeout. Double Fail. We didn't score after that, and of course lost the game.
Tampa end of the 1st half in which we largely dominated. We got the ball with about 2 minutes left. We did not try to score, we ran Morris 3 plays up the gut. To burn their timeouts. They ended up getting the ball back with plenty of time to score. Lucky, their anemic offense didnt score. But we eased up, went conservative, happy up 21-6, yet didn't score until that final drive - a full half later.
Other than those 2 momentum killing calls, I have largely been pleased with our offensive play calls.
I think its just a wasted opportunity, dumb, to not want to run up the score at risk of offending the opposition coach, or to think our defense is better than it is. Until we see otherwise, the more times he lets III try to score, the more likely I see us winning. Hurry up may give our offense even more reps, bring it on.
With a dynamic offense, and QB, finally, I think going conservative is exactly what the opposition D is PRAYING for.
thanks, i agree that Bellichek changed the league. While many old school coaches probably will forever shun adopting modern day NFL trends, the NFL largely remains a copy cat league.
Its why I was concerned about III, that they would make him run an under center pro set offense. Instead, they copied a lot of what Baylor did. So I was thrilled. How long until we line up III wide in the wildcat?
Shanny has room to improve we all do but overall I am pleased how he has handled III. I love a dynamic offense and it fits our fast team perfectly.
Yep its time to use the dynamic offense and go for kill shots a little more often. Anyone still thinking its a rebuilding year fail 4-12 year may forget we are in year 3 already. We can win any game all year, all teams can. we see it every single week, an upset. We are not far from being 3-1 or 4-0.
I wonder how many Skins fans would still take Luck over III.
Why does NFL use these horrible camera angles. Why dont they just show allmost the whole field, and do they really have to zoom everytime there is something happening so you dont have no idea whats really happening on the field.. If they just showed the whole field and nothing else this would be amazing..
I used to love the all 22 shots - you didnt have to go to the game to see Haslet is running Cover 0 and getting our corners smoked. But they rarely even give a top angle shot, and seemingly never show all 22 guys. That view is more likely to be a blimp shot where you cannot make out anything.
The demand appears to be there, and all 22 was born. I bet I cave one day and get it.
That link is awesome a good read to kill the time before kickoff.
Hockey is bad, they zoom onto the goalie after the most routine of saves. Every single one.
The poop brown ball in US football is tough to see at very high angles against the pitch, dead grass and shadows. Make the ball day glow orange - problem solved perhaps.
I am wondering how many decades it will take before paying customers can simply choose whichever camera they prefer. Digital Age is more like the dark ages. I am guessing 5 decades, to never.
I still don't even get many channels in HD with FIOS, new channels are rarely to never added. My "set top" ha cable box, is a tank as big as an old school VCR
I am not even sure if we have had all caps games in a season be in HD. Maybe last year.
Ryan looked straight at him and then threw the ball right at him. I'm glad Kerrigan caught it, but it was a moronic decision by a great quarterback.
Wasn't smart by Ryan, I think he expected it to be a simple quick hitch. Though itt was also a great read and play by Kerrigan. He keeps showing his instincts and play-making ability, he's probably better than Orakpo at this point.
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