worstSeat Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Ha, good thread. Yeah, the positive is that the team is good enough to carry Grossman as a QB. I'm impressed. Stayed calm the entire game, and I don't remember doing that since Gibbs 1.0. But then Zorn was 6-2 when he started... Wait, hang on, wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD0506 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Too many things mentioned already to just repeat, but I agree with the overall attitude of the way our team looks and plays. With all the raised expectations and short-term memories, some people have forgotten that this is a very new roster still learning to play together. Being 3-1 at the bye with 3 conference wins is far better than anticipated, and a lot of young players are getting a feel for working together, we could improve radically before this season ends. There is already an awful lot to like about this team, look forward to more after a breather. Kudos to Bang for once again being out front n center on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XEL Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 3-1. Already beyond all the people saying we'd go 0-16 this season. I'm completely satisfied with the way things are going. Even if I do want a win-now team, I understand that we are in a rebuilding year. .500 is realistic, and so far, we're doing better than that. I am a happy camper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor4Life Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 One thing is for certain... looking at what the Giants, Cardinals, and Cowboys are doing today on offense it's safe to say that our defense is very tough to score against. Those three teams that we essentially shut down were not cupcakes in retrospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Our D looks nasty and we finally have a P! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetThePointsSoar Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 It really is insane how quickly the front office/coaching staff has turned the trenches from glaring weaknesses to stellar strengths. Kudos to a great start out the gate and looking down @ the NFCE. Hail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandymac27 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I think we should all just be happy as hell we're 3-1 right now, and coming off a good win. Screw the negativity. We've had enough of that crap the last few years. Anytime we're doing well I'm gonna enjoy it and ignore all the petty ****ing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotherz Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I admit, I had this team losing this game today. I had them losing pretty badly actually. . . and then they find a way to win, to not blow it, and i swear I started to feel as if we lost. But we DIDN'T LOSE. WE WON!!! We beat a team that beat us last year in the same situation. We beat a team on a short week. On the road. That was absolutely desperate to win a game and then we gave them hope late in the game and we still found a way to win. Its the beginning. That's what it is. Its winning ugly. The next step is winning pretty. But winning ugly is a thousand times more beautiful than losing in ANY way. I am proud of them. I am in awe of the defense. That is an enormous turnaround and a foundational piece of the puzzle. We are NEVER going to compete without a great defense and that is already on the horizon. I'll reserve my comments on Rex and the offense in light of the request of this thread. HAIL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santana_89 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Thanks Bang for creating this thread:) Hail to the Redskins!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Defense, both kickers, improved OL, depth, and RBs! 3-1 and having the win vs. New York in our back pocket is nice. Oh...and this one of the rare times since 2000 when we have won ahead of our bye week...we generally get caught looking ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Serenity now!! 3-1...1st place nobody predicted that before the season sit down, shut up, and like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Oh...and we don't have Detroit on the schedule this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Oh...and we don't have Detroit on the schedule this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterx Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 THANK YOU for this thread. Last week I spent about 5 minutes total looking at the forums. It was disgusting how many negative thoughts there are. This was a game we were set up to lose. We had very little rest coming off a very ugly loss on a Monday Night road game that was halfway across the country. We then jumped back on the plane for another half trip across the country to play a team staring 0-4 in the face. I think we got lucky in the first half, as the Rams probably had more drops than catches from their subpar WR's. I was very happy with the pass rush by our front 7. We definitely need this bye week now. I wonder how many guys will take this week as a vacation and not show up to work out and prepare for the Eagles. The Eagles travel up to Buffalo and could be 1-4 when they travel to our house in Week 5. That could be a HUGE week for our team to set ourselves as a top team in the division by putting them at 1-5 and OUT of the playoffs. We ran the ball great. But it was against a very bad Defense. Luckily, we face another poor run defense in the Eagles in 2 weeks. I'd very much like to see more consistency from game to game, rather than one game good and two mediocre. That's what we need to do in the playoffs. We can't afford not having a run game be successful, Rex can still throw bad interceptions. Luckily our Defense is pretty darn strong!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&GVol24 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Few key things I loved watching today: -Helu is showing excellent vision hitting the holes, especially on the inside zones. -It was nice to see Paul getting more work, even if it was on mostly run plays. -Bowen was putting bruises on their OT. -The constant pressure from Rak and Kerrigan on the outsides, and like someone said before, he could very well be on pace for defensive rookie of the year. -How much of a difference it makes to have Dirty30 back there. -Romo sits to pee throwing the game away and the question marks surrounding the "Dream Team" Thank you for this Bang. We need this thread after every win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter44 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Great thread!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysknz1 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Even had they lost this game, it wasn't epic like the c*wb*ys. And look at the dream team right now..I got no complaints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 We are winning and thats all that counts. Carolina is putting up huge numbers through the air with like 440 yards per game and averaging 22 points per game and they are sitting at 1-3. The fans of other teams like that probably look at us like we're spoiled children complaining about our 3-1 record lol. Its a great day to be a Washington Redskin. Hail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger187126 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 i think this win is exactly what we needed, style and all. if we would have cruised by the rams i think we get too big headed. lose and i think we get some "here we go again sinking in." but a close loss where we gutted it out going into a bye week? i'll take it. grossman is going to be looking over his shoulder for the next 2 weeks, something that drove him to be better this preseason. hightower is going to be getting healthy and watching film to see where he missed cutbacks. the receivers should be putting in non-stop work because anyone could start week 6 for this team. i don't think the defense needs any motivation, there are just too many leaders and hungry guys to let anyone on that side of the ball slack off. if there is not improvement on the offensive side of the ball against philly at home then i say start up the rumor meal (as dexter once put it), but these next two weeks should be a gut check for the O that they normally wouldn't feel in a win, but we get the benefit of having the extra W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkRascadizzle Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 The best part about it is that on any given sunday, literally anybody on our offense (and defense for that matter) is capable of having a stellar game. It's gonna be hard to gameplan for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 i think this win is exactly what we needed, style and all.if we would have cruised by the rams i think we get too big headed. lose and i think we get some "here we go again sinking in." but a close loss where we gutted it out going into a bye week? i'll take it. grossman is going to be looking over his shoulder for the next 2 weeks, something that drove him to be better this preseason. hightower is going to be getting healthy and watching film to see where he missed cutbacks. the receivers should be putting in non-stop work because anyone could start week 6 for this team. i don't think the defense needs any motivation, there are just too many leaders and hungry guys to let anyone on that side of the ball slack off. if there is not improvement on the offensive side of the ball against philly at home then i say start up the rumor meal (as dexter once put it), but these next two weeks should be a gut check for the O that they normally wouldn't feel in a win, but we get the benefit of having the extra W. I also suspect that the coaches will mention the penalties once or twice, over the next two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger187126 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I also suspect that the coaches will mention the penalties once or twice, over the next two weeks. maybe special teams penalties.... just maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep81 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I hate that we had to win ugly as much as the next guy, but bright side, last year our D gets zero pressure and even with all the dropped passes, they find a way to tie the game and probably beat us.. So, HAIL to the Defense!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmuss1 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Huge win off of a short week! The single biggest improvement from last year to this year! Tough loss and short week usually spells disaster in this league! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsinparadise Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 We have a borderline elite defense in my opinion. As long as our offense doesn't give away games I think we're in good shape. Hell, even when our offense TRIES to give away games, we can still pull it off as we learned today.Hail I'll leave the Rex stuff mostly alone, but yeah its more than one bad throw that people are concerned about. but yeah the defense looks awesome and if Torain plays like this we are going places, unless the passing game implodes. And while I am far from a Rex guy, I do think he will be our main weakness this year, i don't think he's a train wreck either. We can win with defense/running game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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