GameDay Thread: Pre: Skins @ Browns 8/13/2015

Good god, as usual everyone is going to nitpick RGIII's throws to death. Not surprising. That throw to Garcon for a deep pass was about as good as it gets. That was 100 percent on Garcon which he usually doesn't drop. Yeah he missed on a couple of throws, but I thought he looked calm and poised in the pocket.

Cousins as usual looks like a world beater against guys who won't be in an NFL jersey by end of preseason and once again has the masses fooled.

Overall I thought the offense was ok with a good run game, D looked very flat in the 1st. Special teams coverage was horrific. Sucks that we are already screwed at TE.

That's nuts. Absolutely a gimme. True, Pierre had to adjust a bit but he had plenty of room and time to do it and it was placed so PG was the only one who could catch it ...it hit his hands in the numbers. And not only a gimme, but a gimme TD. SMH

Like Forbath, Smith is a 'gamer.'

We're gonna love this kid - easily my favorite draft pick from last Spring, although Crowder is gaining ground!!

And I'm starting to really like that Matt Jones' pick in the 3rd. Hope Matt can take the pounding (his knee, his head, etc.) because he's a grown arse man that can lower the boom Mike Sellers' style! Lol!

To be fair to RG3 Lauvao didn't make a very good block on the roll out where he got poped.

A gimme and a perfectly thrown ball are not necessarily the same thing, and this play is a good illustration of that, and it takes a professional level nit picker to make something out of the difference when discussing this play imo. Pierre sure thought it was a gimme.

All i'll say about RG3 is that he did fine. The stat line should have looked much different this game as it should of last season. Now to the franchise and directly at the coach. This garbage of naming a QB the starter before the season is just another reason why I peg Jay as Zorn 2.0. The competition should have been wide open from the get go. I love me some RG3 but I love me some Redskins more and despite his best intentions If Jay had any say he would never have announced RG 3 the absolute starter. With as up and down as our QB position has been he should have never put RG3 on that pedestal. I am so sick of this organization hiring puppet masters and underachievers as coaches while riding themselves of true coaches that it makes me sick. We hired a guy to be HC who was a huge downgrade of Shanny and co while keeping the worst DC possibly ever, (who we replaced with an 0-16 DC. Ffs, we interviewed wade phillips! We hired Callahan and SMAC, but kept Jay Zorn and Hired Jim Barry. When we hired Shanny we let our top 10 D go for Has and switched to a 3-4. What is so hard to understand about 1+1=2? Why do we constantly halfass personnel and coaching decisions? I can gurantee that 90% of this board could see these mistakes prior to them happening, so how do they keep happening? Color me frustrated.

Amen, the blaming of RGIII on every play has gotten to beyond cringe worthy levels. I'm starting to think even if RGIII has a pro bowl year this year, some on this board would still not be happy with him and will hate on him regardless.

That pass that Garcon dropped, had Cousins thrown that pass, everyone on this board would have talked about how brilliant that throw was and praised him to no end. Brady, Manning's, Rodgers or Bree's makes that throw, nobody would nitpick it.

I thought RGIII did just fine with what limited time he had. Sure a couple of throws were off, but no QB is going to be perfect. None of his throws were boneheaded, he looked good in the pocket, kept his composure under pressure and only ran when he had to. I think he showed some progress. That's what we should be looking for. He would have had more snaps had it not been for Roberts fumble on a punt return.

People need to get off of this we need him to look like P. Manning, Brady, Rodgers or Brees. We will all be disappointed if that is the expectation. I liked when someone, I think it was Ratboy said that his ceiling is that of prime McNabb. I think that is a good indicator of his potential and if we get that, I would be happy as should everyone else.

People want to praise Cousins for looking good against scrubs and journeymen, but had RGIII did the same under the same circumstances he would get no credit.

I'm far more concerned about these areas than RGIII:

Starting D was flat, couldn't pressure, couldn't tackle, couldn't cover. I hope that is more due to injuries, but if that is any indication of what we can expect, yikes, it will be another long season.

The special teams coverage and returns were again atrocious. How do we not get any better at these areas? Year after year, same ole thing. Now that we lost Niles Paul our ST's takes a bigger hit. I don't understand how this area is always a problem, year after year. Do the coaches not practice these areas? I don't get it.

Andre Roberts may be playing his way off the team. I wouldn't be surprised if he is cut. Sure he looked better when the 2nd and 3rd string guys came in, but I think he's avg at best. That fumble was inexcusable.

Our TE situation is dire. Reed can't be depended on due to health and Paulsen and Paul are done. I don't know what we have in Dixon and others, but I would be TE shopping if I was SMAC. Please say no to Cooley, love him, but he's done.

...and watch the film, Garcon saw that pass coming qnd where it was going to from just after it left Roberts hand, he was tracking it nearly all the way.  The pass may not have been perfect but that is ALL on the receiver.

I've been as harsher critic of Griffin as anyone, but some people have just made it one of their lifelong goals to blame RGIII for everything.  Its bordering on them needing professional help.

Professional nitpickers and this board is loaded with first rounders

The most interesting thing on that play is whatever froze the safety as Garcon took off and blew right past the CB. You can see the CB look at the safety as he and Garcon flash by him, with a look of wtf dude?





I don't know what rooted the safety like that (perhaps Griffin's handoff fake), but if it was something we did then I hope we can repeat it.