The Evil Genius Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Here is an odd stat that I think means a lot. 3rd down conversion % Defense. The Skins lead the league is this category. They have given up 5 first downs in 33 attempts - an astounding 15.2%! When push comes to shove - the Skins D is standing tough on 3rd downs. I feel the bandwagon getting lighter...good! More room for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I'd feel a lot warmer and fuzzier about that stat had we come up with one more little stop in OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 If we'd held them to third down conversions in the overtime it would have been great . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Hog Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 The D did not even look like it was ready to play in the OT period - to me, that's a coaching problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OaktonSkins/BushFan Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Amazing how one or two stupid penalties/mental errors can obfuscate such amazing stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted September 22, 2003 Author Share Posted September 22, 2003 Well, to me, that game was decided by the coin flip. Not a chance in hell the Giants D would have stopped the Skins O in OT. Too bad too...these are the type of games that used to get stolen from us in the Norvous years. We could have gotten retribution. Now, if we could learn to stop teams on 1st and 2nd down...:gus: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 That is a great stat. The problem with it is it doesn't show how many times we don't even get to third down before surrendering a fresh set. Like I said in a different thread, I don't even think the Giants had to face a third down in OT. Anyway, we should thrive in 3rd down situations because then Edwards can blitz and be creative...can't do that on second and 3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonnyJ Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 It would have been nice if they had actually forced the Giants to a 3rd down in OT. My yardstick for a good D is if you can stop the other team when you absolutely have to. They did a good job in the second half, but that OT effort really negates it. Again, the Giants seemed to have a lot of success attacking the flats and the edges. There was a lot of similarity in their opening TD drive and that OT drive, which I thought were their two best drives. Is this something that can be exploited on the Redskins, or was it just a matchup anomaly with the Giants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 its usually b/c lavar will leave his man to blitz therefore there are openings in the flats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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