Cowboys PostGame Thread

[Caliskinsfan]

Pretty comprehensive list of missed opportunities last night...



Excerpt

Just about every losing NFL team can point to a heap of missed chances in just about every NFL loss. The Redskins’ Monday night loss to Dallas, though, felt special. Like they were trapped in a nightmare in which they were special guests at a treasured resort whose swimming pool was imbued with magical healing powers and free smoothies, but every time they approached it, they tripped and fell, or got distracted, or encountered a deranged gazelle, or tried to run the ball straight into the defensive line.

Sure, the Cowboys also bungled plenty of chances. But the Cowboys were the underdog on the road, and the Cowboys actually, you know, won. You can’t really woulda-shoulda-coulda after a victory.

So let’s go through some of the most painful moments when the Redskins failed to seize their most beautiful, delectable, indescribably wonderful opportunities to win. I counted a dozen of them. Had any of these moments gone the other way, it’s very likely Washington would now be in sole possession of first place.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

It's nice to see Hopkins taking accountability for his part in the loss but he has been money for most of the season.




“All the blame should fall on me. Our line has done a great job all year. Nick [Sundberg] and Tress [Way] have done a great job all year. I get paid to make kicks. I didn’t do that tonight. It makes me sick to my stomach to let the team down, to let Washington down, to let the ownership down. But that’s kind of the life of a kicker.”

Before Bailey sealed the win and after Jackson had momentarily redeemed himself with a game-tying touchdown, Hopkins also missed an opportunity to plant the Cowboys at their own 20-yard line.

After booming a few kicks out of the end zone in the third quarter, he couldn’t nullify a return when it was needed the most. Lucky Whitehead caught the ball two yards deep and ran the ball 46 yards to the Dallas 44-yard line to give them ideal field position.

“There’s a lot of things I can do better that I didn’t tonight,” Hopkins said.

Hopkins lamented on the negatives and neglected the positives, namely that he had made his previous three field goal attempts, from 45, 36 and 46, respectively.

The miss was just his third of the season (one was blocked against the Giants last week) and he has largely fulfilled everything that has been asked of him since replacing Kai Forbath after the season opener.


“I realize that’s football. I’ve been on the good side of that and the bad side of that,” Hopkins said. “I just believe in taking ownership for what happened, and I didn’t make my kicks that I should have made.”

Nobody passed blame in the Redskins locker room following the defeat though.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

I realize it is small consolation but I have to give props to Hopkins and Jackson for stepping up and taking the blame. I am not so sure that we would have seen this in the Redskins locker rooms from the recent past.

Also - look at all of these items. Sure - it shows that there are a lot of issues. However - it also shows that many things can be corrected & could make the difference between losses and wins. This may not work out for this season, but shows that it doesn't really take that much to go from a loser to a true contender.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

I realize it is small consolation but I have to give props to Hopkins and Jackson for stepping up and taking the blame. I am not so sure that we would have seen this in the Redskins locker rooms from the recent past.

Also - look at all of these items. Sure - it shows that there are a lot of issues. However - it also shows that many things can be corrected & could make the difference between losses and wins. This may not work out for this season, but shows that it doesn't really take that much to go from a loser to a true contender.

My mind remains unchanged that there HAS been improvement on this team this year.

Just looking at how multiple players have stepped into injured player spots shows that development is happening and has to be included in evaluation as well.

There is also a physicality to the team that hasn't been seen in the recent past.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Tale of our ineptitude on Offense. Unacceptable.

 

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[Caliskinsfan]

Didn't understand this either.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Breed and I are apparently the only ones that are thoroughly disgusted with how we've utilized DY this year.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Jerry Brewer...nails it...again.



In an infamous Instagram post last season, mercurial wide receiver DeSean Jackson vented after a loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, “You can’t do epic [bleep] with basic people.”

Well, Jackson had his chance to do epic (bleep) Monday night.

Epic stupidity. Epic redemption. And finally, for Jackson and the entire Washington team, there was epic disappointment — all within the final two minutes of the weirdest, wackiest bad game turned good turned devastating.

This was a sobering evening at FedEx Field, not in the sense that the “Monday Night Football” spotlight revealed anything season-long observers didn’t know about Washington, but because it reflected the blemishes that already exist. It exaggerated some of the issues — foolish penalties, special teams blunders, the inability to run the ball, a lack of killer instinct — resulting in a 19-16 loss to a Tony Romo-less Dallas Cowboys team that struggles to run a clean offensive play every down.

In its first game as a first-place team, Washington didn’t transform magically into a juggernaut worthy of prime time. It didn’t make a national audience swoon and proclaim it a squad on the rise, rumbling toward the postseason. For the love of offense, it didn’t even score a touchdown until the final minute.

 

[gkekoa]

The ground can't cause a fumble is a major misnomer. Just think of when Eli slid head first and fumbled...the ground obviously caused the fumble but he was never down.

The statement simply means that if the ball comes out after a person's body touches down, then it isn't a fumble.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

The ground can't cause a fumble is a major misnomer. Just think of when Eli slid head first and fumbled...the ground obviously caused the fumble but he was never down.

The statement simply means that if the ball comes out after a person's body touches down, then it isn't a fumble.

I agree but too many other reasons for why we lost this game to brood on that call.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Heh

 

[gkekoa]

I agree but too many other reasons for why we lost this game to brood on that call.

That was the right call. I am saying you can't blame the refs for that.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

That was the right call. I am saying you can't blame the refs for that.

Misunderstood you. My position is that it ultimately doesn't matter either way.

 

[skinsdad62]

MMRR: "Redskins Have To Take a Shot Down Field" 

play calling

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Perhaps they need to have less chefs cooking up the game plan.

 

[skinsdad62]

MMRR: Redskins vs Cowboys Game Take Aways 

more stuff

 

[Caliskinsfan]

MMRR: "Redskins Have To Take a Shot Down Field"

play calling

Really beginning to think they need to completely over haul how they're scheming and creating the play calling.

 

[Caliskinsfan]