There's a lot to be said about the Redskins today... where to begin is the question.
Earlier in the game, I wanted to question the play calling of offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. Then watching the execution of the team, I don't know if I could blame him as much. When you have five guys who line up in front of your quarterback and running backs that don't give the offense a fair shot, you can't expect to get the opportunities you'd like. I saw our biggest offensive lineman get trucked (and/or blown by) time after time after time... to the point on a few plays he just stood there watching the man he is supposed to be blocking clobber our franchise quarterback.
I saw Robert Griffin III, the man Snyder and Co. bet the farm on, walk off the field clearly upset about the loss and walk into an x-ray room because he took a hit so hard to his mid-section in the FIRST QUARTER OF THE GAME his body was sore the rest of the afternoon. Aside from the pain, the flung his body mercilessly amongst players leaving everything he had on the field.
I saw a coach call plays that let someone, who was injured most of last year with a concussion come in clearly unprepared to play football this season, block for our qb on a run play in the end zone. I also saw more plays where this player struggled to pick up yards on run plays and find the openings on the field and they called his number over and over and over again.
I know the refs made some questionable calls, but I still question the effort of this team. Greatly.
I know the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it..."
Well, what do you do when it IS broke?
Clearly the head coach doesn't know, he simply gave up on the team.
In the press conference following the game, Mike Shanahan remarked that after calling this game a "must win" and the team put out that disappointing effort that it's "time to start evaluating talent to see who's going to be here for years to come."
Translation: "There is nothing else I can do for this team this year; it's over."
After the game, it was noted in the locker room that some of the players were surprised to hear that sort of talk coming from their fearless leader after 9 games. Some people on other media outlets are saying the move was premature.
What do I think? Sadly, he's probably right. Out of the last 7 games, 5 of them are against division teams. They would essentially need to run the table against those 5 games alone to even be in wild card consideration. That's asking a lot at this point. Especially for a team who gives up 330 yards in the air a game among other stats.
Then to put the preverbial icing on the cake, Carolina RB DeAngelo Williams goes on twitter ranting about why the Redskins are having a "homecoming weekend." Aside from his remarks being classless and unprofessional, it seems like the pot is calling the kettle black... they aren't exactly the cats meow of the league either.
Any way you slice it, today's showing on the field was one of the most gutless, heartless performances we've ever seen from a group that suited up in the burgandy and gold in quite some time. Who keeps their job after the bye week? I don't know. But when your athletes don't know what the problem is after all this time, it's because the coaches aren't explaining it. So I hope when Pop Shanford says he's going to start "evaluating talent," that the coaching staff is on that evaluation list.
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