The Redskins Just Haven't Arrived Yet

Graham Gano's face says it all, frustrating as hell

Another week, another nail biting game that didn't have to be so nerve racking. We could have handedly won this game if not for bonehead play calls and easy demoralization. To add insult to injury, this Texan win in overtime was the first one ever in franchise history and the first one ever against the Redskins.

The talking heads will say that the blocked field goal by Bernard Pollard in the 4th quarter was the key play of the game. I completely disagree. There were several key plays of the game that resulted from several bonehead defensive calls that facilitated one of the greatest comebacks in Texan history. These blundered calls were the reason we were enduring the field goal dilemma in the first place. Not to mention the fact that we could only muster 33 yards on the ground. I don't know of any team in the history of the NFL that can win games with 33 yeards rushing.

Biggest bonehead defensive call

Here are the facts. We realized we could stop Arian Foster early in the game and didn't need to devote so much energy in keying on him. We know that Matt Schaub loves to go to Andre Johnson. The one play that stands out is the 4th and 10 TD with 2 minutes to go in the game and 2 minutes until a second Redskin win. A level-headed defensive coordinator would choose TO DOUBLE COVER the Texan's star player, but ours chose not to. Why on earth would a professional defensive coordinator in the NFL decide NOT to double cover the other team's star player when the game hangs in the balance? That totally blows my mind.

Schaub destroys Redskins' D with 2 players

Let's probe further into our pass defense. What sane-minded defensive coordinator allows one team to complete 23 balls between two players for 302 yards? Andre Johnson and Kevin Walter destroyed the Redskin's pass defense and made Jim Haslett look like an amateur. This combination of receivers contributed to more than 60% of the total yardage allowed in the air...2 PEOPLE!!! That is most team's entire game yardage between 8 different people, NOT TWO!!! Our defensive coordinator let 2 PEOPLE annhialate our defense and lead the Texan's to the first ever victory in overtime and their first ever victory against the Redskins.



McNabb looked amazing



I don't want to be all gloom and despair because I honestly think the Redskins have a good shot at the playoffs this year. The Cowboys and Giants look anemic and the Eagles will probably pull Vick from the starting line up. Donovan McNabb looked amazing and our receiving core has played better than I remember over these past years. St. Louis is having trouble moving the ball and stopping opposing team's pass attacks. If we can keep the momentum going in our passing game and our run defense, seal up our holes in pass defense and run the ball effectively moving forward we may start to see glimmers of the ghosts of Redskins past under Gibbs and their glory days. If not, I'm afraid we're in for another long, dissapointing, heart-breaking season.

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