skinfan2k Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Playcalling was not the problem. Execution was the problem. The 3rd quarter was essentially wasted because the team was backed up inside the 5 twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuposse87 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The fault is on a lot of people IMO. I love RG but he simply couldn't make some necessary throws out there... that's fine...he's injured and he didn't get pulled until his leg finally gave way. That's on Mike. I think Kyle's play-calling was OK, a lot of it hinged on a herculean performance by RG III. He clearly abandoned the run to early though. Should have pounded it quite a bit. He also had a hard time getting a chance to give the offense a chance as the defense could never get off the field. Everyone but Morris failed at some level. It happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple_Stiltskin Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I was actually more concerned and am more ticked off about this than with why Griff was left in the game. We were killing them with the run in the first quarter and then the run game got abandoned....why I have no clue. I have questioned Kyles play calling from the start of reign here in Washington. The only reason why I could possibly imagine Kyle abandoned the run is because he doesnt feel confident in the run game without the read option. Which to me is just terrible coordinating! Alfred Morris is a beast, we dont need RG3 as a run threat in order to be successful in the run game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0crates Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 If Joe Gibbs is coachin this team we probably win this game because Morris would've had 30 carries for 100+ yds and we keep our QB safe. I agree with this part too. How many carries did Morris get in the second half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btubes18 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Agreed we gave up on the run to early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vrikk Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I agree with this part too. How many carries did Morris get in the second half? I'm searching for that too. The good (bad?) news is that we have many months now to get that answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeJGibbs Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think he wanted to run but after RG3 got hurt they just manned up on our receivers and played the run on every play. They saw that RG3 couldn't run or pass, kind of put Kyle in a bad spot. Had a defense playing the run on every down and a QB that couldn't effectively pass. Wanted this season for Fletcher and Moss the most Bingo. RG3's ability to run the football creates spacing issues for the opposing linebackers which gives Morris plenty of room to run. This is really evident when they run their option offense. I always had a sneaking suspicion that if Rg3 wasn't in the game, Morris' room to maneuver would be greatly impacted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Terrible Play Calling. Morris had 8 carries first 2 drives and only 8 carries for the rest of the game. If they had ran him like they did in Dallas we would be headed to Atlanta.. Dominate right side of the line and hardly went back to it.... That first drive no read option they were pitches and straight runs. THey never proved they could stop him. I would have run it 3 times both times we had the call inside the 10 until they proved they could stop me. Plus after they score we come out and pass there was still 7 minutes on the clock. Gibbs and others would have said Hogs hitch it up we are going to run it down their throats.. Big Concern for Next year will be, Have teams figured out RGIII passing game....100 yards last two games. and. Can he stay healthy. Missing deep balls and taking to long to release on deep balls. Lets pray for his health and growth of Kyle... He was a sitting duck. That is why Cousins should have come in sooner so they could run the ball and use the stretch plays and have him as a sitting duck as RGIII was since they did not want to roll him out it seemed.... We had them were we wanted them and let them back in by not running the ball down their throats.. Team had an incredible Effort even RGIII blame goes to the coaches on this one... T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Ruckus Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 We abandoned the run after the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Hog Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 We gave up on the run way to early...reminded me of the first half of the season again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark The Homer Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I was ****in' about the same thing, but I listened to sportstalk all the way home for an hour and nobody mentioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afkidd Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 i was wondering why they stopped running it as well. zone stretch all day...maybe throw in a few zone reads (or rather, just hand the ball off to morris from that), so the defense would still have to respect RG3. they didn't know if he could run or not. just keep handing the ball off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradboyd80 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I was curious why we didn't run a few screens when Cousins came in. They were all-out blitzing. We could have easily run a screen or two, to back them off the line and give Cousins some breathing room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0crates Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 1st quarter 1st possession: 9 plays. Morris had 4 carries for 34 yards. Result: Touchdown. 2nd possession: 12 plays. Morris had 4 carries for 15 yards. Result: Touchdown. 2nd quarter 3rd possession: 4 plays. Morris had 2 carries for 8 yards. Result: Punt. 4th possession: 2 plays. Morris had 1 carry for 3 yards. Result: Interception. 1st half totals: 27 plays. Morris had 11 carries for 60 yards. 3rd quarter 5th possession: 8 plays. Morris had 3 carries for 12 yards. Result: punt. 6th possession: 3 plays. Morris had zero carries. Result: punt. 4th quarter 7th possession: 5 plays. Morris had 2 carries for 8 yards. Result: punt. 8th possession: 2 plays. Morris had zero carries. Result: lost fumble. 9th and 10th posession: Kirk Cousins in the hurry up offense. 11 plays. Zero rushes obviously. 2nd half totals: 29 plays, Morris had 5 carries for 20 yards. (to be fair 11 plays were in hurry up time). All this to say: 11 carries for Morris in the first half, but only 5 in the second. Or better, Morris had 8 carries in the first quarter, then only 8 carries the rest of the way. I still think Kyle messed up on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2v2nv Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I didn't like the fact that we abandoned the run game. For one, it would be nice to set up a PA. Secondly, with RG3 hurt, we just put him in harms way with all the darn passes. They really did resemble what we did to the Cowboys last week. The beat us at our own game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 He had to. The Seahawks played dirty, hurt RG3, and then knew all they had to do was stack the box and play the run. His only option was to throw the ball in an attempt to show we could if we wanted to. Unfortunately, RG3 couldn't get it done. And that's that. you dont think seattle stacked the box against minny? or were they afraid of their 31st ranked pass o? of course they did. but peterson still gashed them. we didnt become the number one rushing o in the league yeaterday. teams know we will run and still cant stop it, especially not a poor rush d like seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornDuringTheGloryDays Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Playcalling was not the problem. Execution was the problem. The 3rd quarter was essentially wasted because the team was backed up inside the 5 twice. Tried for balanced attack to keep Seattle on their toes, like we did the first two possessions, just rg3 couldn't hit a pass on his bad leg after that. Agreed. At the end of the day lack of execution, hindered us much more than play-calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Robert Griffin Experience Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Our OL cant control the LOS without Griffin being a threat. When they have to block straight up, Chester and Polumbus get blown into the backfield. I think we really need more power on the OL. Maybe a few runs might have helped though but we need the threat of the pass to open holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangSteve Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Even if we pulled this win off, how far could we have really gone with an injured RG3? He was not even 60% healthy when we let him play in Philly. It's obvious we should not have let him come back so soon, he never was even close to the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Why don't we tip our cap to the coaches and players for the incredible ride and hope that everyone uses today's game as a learning opportunity? There are probably 50 decisions that could have gone differently, but that happens in any game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgeman9 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Shoulda run more...Grind it out/keep the Hawks O off the field..Morris has shown that he can carry this team when needed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Tomb Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 One thing I thought about - did Kyle Shanahan doom his chances for sincere interest as a head coaching candidate for next season with this game? The abandonment of the run, when we were having so much effectiveness with it in the first half, still leaves me wondering what the hell was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Hog Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Morris with only had 16 runs!!! Yet 80 yards. What was Kyle thinking??? Who called the plays in the Dallas game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I think you have to look at the situations we were in. Also, Seattle did a good job stuffing the run after the first couple drives especially once RG3 starting limping. They wanted to try to pass to open things up a little for Morris, we just couldn't get it going. This wasn't a pound Morris type of game, we definitely could have ran more but I don't know that the results would have been much different without us being able to effectively pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangSteve Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Kyle's 2nd half game plan was just horrible. Once he abandoned the run for no reason, we were no threat with an injured QB. I don't understand what he was thinking or trying to do with a QB who could barely walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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