Post Game - Saints @ Skins

[Caliskinsfan]

Sweet shot

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Going to be interesting to see how Kirk plays down the stretch and how this plays out

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Until we get HHs breakdown and analysis of snap counts...

 

[Caliskinsfan]

There might actually be too much of a good thing...

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Sobering reminder to see a football game amidst the rest of real world headlines.

It's a crazy juxtaposition

 

[Caliskinsfan]

 

[Caliskinsfan]

If Scherff & Moses continue to develop & improve...the right side of our Oline is going to be a thing of beauty for a long time.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Wouldn't surprise me to see Brian de la Puenta very soon.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Happy for him

 

[Caliskinsfan]

 

[Caliskinsfan]

In an ironic twist, Rob Ryan was also fired in 2012 after the Skins beat the Boys for the division title. We're probably not on his Xmas list.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

It's been so long since we've held a home field advantage. It matters. And it helps your fan base show up.


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Winning at home has been an issue for the Washington Redskins and you could attribute many of their losing seasons to that fact. Good teams protect their home turf. You have eight games a year in front of your passionate fans. If you’re able to win most, if not all those games — that puts you around the .500 mark. So then you’re only banking on winning a few away games to put yourself in post season contention each year. That’s a formula both the Seahawks and Packers have developed over the years. It would not surprise me if GM Scot McCloughan has taken note of this development.

The Washington Redskins extended their home winning streak to four games for the first time since 2012 (Weeks 11-17), after defeating the Saints. They have now posted four wins in their first five home games this season. The last time that’s happened was in 2005, when the Redskins sprinted out to a 4-0 mark, won 10 games and ended up with a playoff berth. Jay Gruden is doing something that a Redskins coach hasn’t done since Joe Gibbs. If you needed a sign of hope for Gruden, that’s it.

Not only is Jay Gruden building a team that wins at home, but QB Kirk Cousins appears to enjoy home cooking as well. Kirk Cousins has scored 10 of his 14 touchdowns at FedEx Field and only thrown two interceptions. On Sunday, Cousins had a pretty historic game (via Redskins PR):

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Been way too long for some of these

 

[Caliskinsfan]

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

It's been so long since we've held a home field advantage. It matters. And it helps your fan base show up

Great comment Cali, wonder how many Miami fans would be there is we played them this Sunday?

We are a good center away from going from a crappy OL to a good one in 2 years. We are a good strong safety away from going from a horrible secondary to OK to good in 2 years. I'm basing this on the assumption that Long and Duke take the next step.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Great comment Cali, wonder how many Miami fans would be there is we played them this Sunday?

We are a good center away from going from a crappy OL to a good one in 2 years. We are a good strong safety away from going from a horrible secondary to OK to good in 2 years. I'm basing this on the assumption that Long and Duke take the next step.

First of all the coach who made that statement @ the Dolphins fans is long gone. Anyhow - even if those guys don't get that much better the Skins should have plenty of cap space next season to use on younger, reasonably priced players (assuming that several of the higher priced players on current roster will be gone). Definitely provides a lot of hope for the future (at a time when we are all usually confirming why the franchise is doomed).

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Always a good read from Ken over at HH.

Probably be a good time to start a thread on when/if we should sign Kirk to a new deal... I'm on board that it might be time to sign him for a modest extension.

Looks Like Someone Has a Sixpack of the Mondays

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4. Listen, I know that the New Orleans defense is potentially historically bad. It had a lot to do with the way the game went. Fair enough. On the other hand, our defense faced one of the hottest offenses there is--the Saints defense wasn't on the field when our D was out there. Given that our defense has been a real weakness (going back a few years now), watching this group stand as tall as they did against Drew Brees was as entertaining as it was shocking. I don't know if I missed it before, but I know I was the first person in my section at FedEx yesterday to shout out that DeAngelo Hall was playing safety at times yesterday. God, that made me more excited than it should have...what is wrong with me? It also bears mentioning that quarterbacks have had either season- or career-best numbers against the Saints all year. Still...you CAN'T take away what the Redskins did. You can't. People have been watching the Redskins get beat 47-14 by teams for a few years now, so when we flip the script, it is a big deal. NOBODY thought the Redskins were going to win 47-14 yesterday. Therefore, NOBODY is allowed to take away from us just how amazing and special what happened was and is.

5. Looking ahead, we travel to face another undefeated team on the road this week. This time, instead of an offensive juggernaut squad, we just get a regular, old-fashioned juggernaut player named Cam Newton. Put simply, he's a monster. I love watching him tuck the ball and then make defenders pay with his physicality. I love watching that team know that they are always alive, and watching them rally around their quarterback. It means there is little time for celebration this week. It means that there is no time, actually. This I know: Carolina can and will be beaten. I don't see any 47-14 losses in their future, but they can be outscored, and the Redskins are capable of being the team that does it. It's that simple. There is no predetermination here. The Panthers would be extremely foolish to look past the Redskins. Similarly, for as good as we all feel today, we can't expect to be even remotely this successful on offense next week. There is something far more brutal about facing the Panthers offense versus facing the New Orleans offense, which means our defense is also in for a far different experience. STILL...confidence comes into play, momentum comes into play and Carolina won't be the only team on the field this week with both of those things working. (Because...you know...being undefeated means you have confidence and momentum.)

6. I know I am not the first person to say it, but this is my first official statement on the matter: This week would be a great time to extend Kirk Cousins. There is no doubt in anyone's minds right now that the #8 car is our guy at least in the near term future. If we wait until he turns into a world-beater, we will have to pay world-beater prices. When he walks off of that field in Charlotte as a winner on Sunday, his contract demands will be significantly higher. From the Redskins perspective, signing Kirk to a modest extension gives them a lot of flexibility in the offseason to dedicate resources to important areas of need. The definition of what modest is or could be is changing by the second, so the time to strike is probably now. Hey, we're ten weeks into the season, so it's not like we haven't seen enough to know we probably want to at least go with Kirk in 2016, right? Look at the kind of contract structures guys are signing right now--guys like Ryan Tannehill and Colin Kaepernick. Cousins likely won't get that same kind of money, but the structures of those deals are favorable to the teams. From Kirk's perspective, he could wait until the offseason and try to cash in somewhere else, but that might not give him the best chance for success. In Washington, he would have an organization that developed him and is prepared to make a SECOND investment in him. The Redskins would be ready and willing to build around him, with an offensive system in place in which he has shown an ability to succeed. Anywhere else he goes, he would be in Year 1--in Washington, it would be Year 2 or 3 or 4 or 5...haha...point being he wouldn't be starting over. I believe Kirk wants to be "the guy" and I believe he thinks he can hold onto a job for as long as he wants it. He has patiently waited for his chance, and he is getting it right now. It would make little sense for him to have fought so hard to be "the guy" here, only to walk away to try and do it somewhere else. I personally think he is too smart to throw away what he has built here, and at the end of the day, he will get his money no matter where he goes. If his agent is as smart as Kirk, he knows that the best chance for Kirk to get the big money in his third contract is for Kirk to stay the course with McLovin. By the time Cousins is due for his next extension, the talent level around him will be appreciably better than it is now, which means he would have the chance to chase an actual legacy in this league. Let's get it done.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Amazing that he was dealing with ongoing issues with these cluster head aches Sunday.

 

[JonBlaze]

re: Kirk's contract....that's a tough call. Obviously he's going to be in the near future plans. But I don't know if I agree that this is the right time to extend him. Coming off a perfect game isn't really when you sit down with an agent to negotiate. There was benching talk a few weeks ago! Some incentive based deal with chance to get a new one if he shows he's franchise worthy down the road.

 

[Sportster 72]

I remember a Redskin team that let a guy named Trent Green walk. Not saying Cousins is Trent Green but the Redskins weren't sure either. Tell me another QB in the past 20 years that had a better career than Green. But I keep saying I trust McCloughan to make the right moves.