DolfanWally
FinFan4Life
Before I begin let me confess that I was among one of those who thought Miami would completely dominate the game and was expecting at least a 20 point margin of victory. While I was happy with the win it did not leave me with a good taste in my mouth, and so I watched and re-watched the game 4 times in order to try and understand what the heck went wrong. So below you will find my observations.
1. For all the RT haters you need to realize that Ryan on had the ball for only 4 drives in the first half and one of those drives was at the end of the half which resulted in a touch down. The first drive ended due to poor execution in the run game. (Failure to convert a 3rd and one) The second drive stalled for a couple of reasons, a busted play, no run game and a failure to convert a 3rd and long. The third drive after the Grims pick was a fail once again by us not having established any kind of run game and not being able to convert a 4th and 1. (I like the call of trying to go for it on 4th and 1 but if you are going to try and pick up 1 yard on the ground why not put in some big bodies to block?) Yes Ryan missed Simms in the endzone, that one is on him. I will however give him a pass on the sideline throw to Stills. I watched this play over and over and if you look close you will see Ryan running to his right toward the sideline, the position of his body and the angle of the play made it a harder throw to make then how it appeared.
2. Offense never had a chance to get into any rhythm because they barely touched the ball, coupled with the lack of a run game in the first half was why offensively we looked bad.
3. Our defense was just not prepared for the scheme the Redskins defense brought. To echo what others have been saying the Skins were chop blocking on almost every play and if you look at the play where Vernon got injured you will see that he was chop blocked and leg whipped. We had more guys on the ground then there were chasing the play. I hate to pick on on the LBs but they were running into blocks and the D-Line could not get off blocks. I think our D was expecting a much easier day and got shell shocked. Glad it happened on week one with a victory, and I strongly believe that we will not see it this bad again this year.
4. In the second half there was a drive that most likely would have led to a score if Matthews makes that 1st down grab (easy catch, just dropped it) instead we end up with sack fumble on that drive.
5. We finally have play makers on this team that can impact the outcome of the game. Individual effort won this game because they sure did not play well as a team.
6. Our defensive scheme was rather vanilla. We really did not show any creative blitz packages. I think this was mostly due to the fact that I think that we really expected to dominate their line and were taken by surprise. We did make some changes in the second half which helped.
7. I don't think it was as bad as most people are making it. I think it looks worse because of the high expectations we have for this team this year. Lets not forget that in the past this team would have lost a game like this. In the past we don't get that 4th quarter interception, In the past we don't successfully run out the clock.
8. I really think that we were caught a little off guard. Definitely think things will jell better as the starters play together more. I don't think the starters got enough work during preseason. Things will get better have faith.
1. For all the RT haters you need to realize that Ryan on had the ball for only 4 drives in the first half and one of those drives was at the end of the half which resulted in a touch down. The first drive ended due to poor execution in the run game. (Failure to convert a 3rd and one) The second drive stalled for a couple of reasons, a busted play, no run game and a failure to convert a 3rd and long. The third drive after the Grims pick was a fail once again by us not having established any kind of run game and not being able to convert a 4th and 1. (I like the call of trying to go for it on 4th and 1 but if you are going to try and pick up 1 yard on the ground why not put in some big bodies to block?) Yes Ryan missed Simms in the endzone, that one is on him. I will however give him a pass on the sideline throw to Stills. I watched this play over and over and if you look close you will see Ryan running to his right toward the sideline, the position of his body and the angle of the play made it a harder throw to make then how it appeared.
2. Offense never had a chance to get into any rhythm because they barely touched the ball, coupled with the lack of a run game in the first half was why offensively we looked bad.
3. Our defense was just not prepared for the scheme the Redskins defense brought. To echo what others have been saying the Skins were chop blocking on almost every play and if you look at the play where Vernon got injured you will see that he was chop blocked and leg whipped. We had more guys on the ground then there were chasing the play. I hate to pick on on the LBs but they were running into blocks and the D-Line could not get off blocks. I think our D was expecting a much easier day and got shell shocked. Glad it happened on week one with a victory, and I strongly believe that we will not see it this bad again this year.
4. In the second half there was a drive that most likely would have led to a score if Matthews makes that 1st down grab (easy catch, just dropped it) instead we end up with sack fumble on that drive.
5. We finally have play makers on this team that can impact the outcome of the game. Individual effort won this game because they sure did not play well as a team.
6. Our defensive scheme was rather vanilla. We really did not show any creative blitz packages. I think this was mostly due to the fact that I think that we really expected to dominate their line and were taken by surprise. We did make some changes in the second half which helped.
7. I don't think it was as bad as most people are making it. I think it looks worse because of the high expectations we have for this team this year. Lets not forget that in the past this team would have lost a game like this. In the past we don't get that 4th quarter interception, In the past we don't successfully run out the clock.
8. I really think that we were caught a little off guard. Definitely think things will jell better as the starters play together more. I don't think the starters got enough work during preseason. Things will get better have faith.
