RumpofSteelSKIN Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I went back and logged the tape of our drives. I feel better after watching the game again and realizing how smartly we played this game. The national naysayers that watchd the game are getting up in arms because of the number 120 that certainly jumps out at you. But, looking deeper into our offense, I noticed how we were able to manage the clock effectively, while also trying to effect a run game against their defense. We were not as bad as the 120 yards might indicate. Here are my no-so-brief, but I hope helpful views on our offfense's performance against the Bucs: First Qtr: First drive - ran 10 plays, got 2 first downs, a near Portis-to-Moss TD, punted... (solid opening drive that easily could have been a TD) Second drive - One play only (Portis TD run) for a 7-0 lead...(Quick Six) Third drive - leading 14-0, Antonio Brown fumbles punt, with 2:00 left in quarter, we go 3 and out...(We smartly didn't force the issue after a negative special teams play) Second Qtr: First drive lasted 4-and-a-half minutes, features POrtis +7, Moss end around +10, Brunell rush +7, Betts +4 and ends in Hall 47 FG for 17-3 lead...(we hit some solid gains and showed a promising flow)... Next drive was one play,a kneel down to end the half up 17-3 ################# Third Qtr: First drive - Betts rush +6, Betts +1, Brunell sacked (we were hardly being conservative here) Second drive - a 4:00 drive, featuring Moss catch +10, Portis +5, Portis +5, Portis catch -5, Cooley fumble that cost us a loss of 7 yds...possesion led to punt, but again, it consumed 4:00 (We ate up some clock with a 14-3 lead) Third drive (following Taylor ejection) - Portis rush +6, Portis +1, Thrash catch +5 and first down..quarter ends with us still in possesion Fourth Qtr: Drive continues - includes a Brunell sack that lost 11 yds...we punted... Fourth drive of 2nd half (after the Bucs 4th and one fails) - we begin at our 19 with 7-and-a-half mins left in game...we rush twice for hardly anything and go 3 and out... Fifth drive of 2nd half: with 5:00 left we begin the drive with a 5-yard penalty on 1st down...Portis rips off a 10-yd rush....later, Brunell throws INT on 3rd and 3..(Bad play by Brunell, but we were trying to move the chains on 3rd down. Hardly conservative). Sixth drive of 2nd half - with 2:48 left on own 30, we rush Portis to kill time and punt with 1:12 left. Our next drive was kneel downs that followed the Marcus Wash INT. In summary, I see notwhere that we were excessively inept or habitually sat on the ball. We had a few untimely setbacks like the sacks and a couple of penalties, as well as the INT, but after further review, we took an early lead, played smart football agaisnt a rugged defense on their field and came away with a hard-fought win. There is nothing about our apparent game plan that indicates to me we are ill-equipped to win again in these playoffs. If we execute, we should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 See, thing is, people look too far into stats. Our offense did stink for the most part, however, you have to look at it objectively. We did what we had to when we had to. That's really all there is to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Third drive - leading 14-0, Antonio Brown fumbles punt, with 2:00 left in quarter, we go 3 and out...(We smartly didn't force the issue after a negative special teams play) Um, that's not "smart"...having your kick returner fumble the ball, but recover the fumble, does not necessitate being conservative on the ensuing drive and "not forcing the issue"...having your QB almost throw an interception that could have been run back for a TD, now THAT falls under the "don't force the issue and keep it conservative" label... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinthemboys Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I know our stats were bad, but Gibbs knew what was going on. He knew It was a Defensive battle, Thus, He decided not to let the Bucs defense win the game. Gibbs succeeded. Again. Gruden let his Offense lose, Gibbs let his Offense punt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 First drive - Betts rush +6, Betts +1, Brunell sacked (we were hardly being conservative here) I would say that many people would indeed consider "run, run, pass" to be conservative...whether or not it was the right decision is another issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atloldskin Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 With the quick 14-0 lead, our O did not have those two possessions and we played with a lead after that. Still, we had a penalty (or sack, or fumble) that stalled drives. Our O needs to be perfect to generate long scoring drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Gibbs II Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Run run pass is conservative. Run, Play action, run/pass isnt conservative. When its 3rd and 5+ you really cant run unless you have a great play or are up by 2 scores with like 8 minutes left. Gibbs knew what was going on though which matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Thanks for the great analysis! I was completely wasted yesterday and a good bit of my memory fo the plays is fuzzy. This refreshed them nicely. Overall, that is a solid offensive gameplan. Nothing wrong with that. The sacks were definatately harsh, but hey, they happen. And the best part:we play next saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stompkins Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I actually dont think it was a bad throw by Brunell in the 4th quarter that was picked off by the Bucs. It was a "Risky" throw but it looked like it hit Taylor right in the hands and bounced off of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail26 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I actually dont think it was a bad throw by Brunell in the 4th quarter that was picked off by the Bucs. It was a "Risky" throw but it looked like it hit Taylor right in the hands and bounced off of them. Taylor has hands? Have not seen that yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz_4_life Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I know our stats were bad, but Gibbs knew what was going on. He knew It was a Defensive battle, Thus, He decided not to let the Bucs defense win the game. Gibbs succeeded. Again. Gruden let his Offense lose, Gibbs let his Offense punt. sitting on the lead, thats how we had that slump in the middle of the season. i dont thing it was all gibbs fault much of it falls on the players. but gibbs was out game planned the Bucs Defensive cord. had us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknsrbck26 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I like what I see to. Thanks for making it look better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUNSTONE Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Gibbs is sooo good he beat the buccs using "Bucc Ball"!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor 36 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 It is NEVER a good thing when the offense cannot sustain drives. Period. It doesn't matter about the field position, the game clock, or the score. The offense should/must be able to sustain drives if we are going to have any chance to keep going to a SB win (though, right now all I care about is beating Seatle). Execution was very poor by the offense through out the game. Stats or no stats, that is the truth of the matter and there is nothing positive about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysknz1 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 This game reminded me of the first Dallas game only played backwards. Scored 14 early and held on vs. held on and scored 14 late. All else garbage. But a WIN is a WIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight_on_til_you_have_won Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I also thought the offense wasn't that bad in the first half, they just didn't have the ball. I did, however, think some of the play calling was too conservative, particularly in the third quarter. Too early to squat on a lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt Kyriacou Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Next drive was one play,a kneel down to end the half up 17-3################# Second drive - a 4:00 drive, featuring Moss catch +10, Portis +5, Portis +5, Portis catch -5, Cooley fumble that cost us a loss of 7 yds...possesion led to punt, but again, it consumed 4:00 (We ate up some clock with a 14-3 lead) Wow. So we actually lost points during halftime? The offense really was bad for that to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 The problem with the offense was this in a nut shell. Rice dominated Samuels. 85% of our pass plays roll out to the side Rice was coming... and since samuels couldn't block him we couldn't do that. Brunell had no time to throw.... period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcoreskinsfan Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I dunno about all of this talk about our offense playing poorly. A lot of teams would kill for a RB who rushes for 3.7 ypc against the bucs. Portis only carried the ball 16 times for 53 yards. Brunell only passed 15 times with 7 completions, not sure how that is really all that bad. We really didn't have to make a lot of plays because our defense was playing so well. If you really want to analyze a poor offensive performance look no further than the NYG performance today in Carolina. THAT was a poor offensive performance from the "future QB" of the NFC. We'll be fine next week, we won the game thats what matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esm9577 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Whatever. 120 yards is terrible no matter how you try and sugarcoat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenaa Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Too much is made of this. We couldn't run the ball because CP got hurt. Since we have limited receiving threats, if we can't run we can't pass. Brunell was not good. The O line was not good either. But, they were up against one heckuva defense. So, while it certainly wasn't a good performance, it wasn't quite as bad as it's being made out to be. If we do the same next week, we go home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Our offense wouldn't look too bad if we weren't leading the entire game. Also, even our own players said they played like crap, so wouldn't they know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalRedskinFan Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 If you really want to analyze a poor offensive performance look no further than the NYG performance today in Carolina. THAT was a poor offensive performance from the "future QB" of the NFC. A win is a win! Thats what ultimately matters! I as all Skin fans would have loved to watch our team go out there and put up 28 pts...but Gibbs coached a smart game...and if Portis wasnt so banged up we would have seen him starting to increase his yard per carry in the 4th qtr... The NYG....karma...remember all the NYG trolls coming on here after our first meeting? Banging on the Skins because they "are pros and there is no excuse for being shut out in such an important game". Well I have a question for you NYG trolls... How can the NYG allow themselves to be shut out in such and important game...at home...in the playoffs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpike619 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 The good thing that the offense did was to at least move the ball enough to change field positions. We didn't have that many three and outs which helped to put our defense. We had a few good looking drives going that got stalled somewhere around midfield because of a sack/penalty/etc., but it's really not as bad as it looked. Those last few drives were the only ones I'd really call bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyjr Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I agree dpike619.... Our last few weeks such as the Giants game we were able to pound the ball on the ground for clock eatting first downs. This game that didn't happen. The Bucs had so many chances to tie the game and we were in trouble if the game went to OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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