Sat 9/27 Skins News

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Zac Boyer

His agent. Team may be looking for experienced help with Orakpo ailing. RT @TesslerSports The Redskins released OLB Gabe Miller.

Miller was active for all four games but played only three snaps on defense, all in garbage time against the Giants.

 

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Gruden has work to do to change #Redskins’ culture. Gruden needs to fix Redskins? culture | Rich Tandler's Real Redskins #RedskinsTalk

 

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Redskins - The Calm After the Storm(by @PSUHomer) The Calm AFTER the Storm - Hogs Haven

 

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Really interesting new technology at play here...

From today’s T-D: How a chip the size of a half-dollar is changing the world of football stats: Real-time player tracking is latest NFL tool - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Washington Redskins XTRA - Richmond Times-Dispatch Coverage Of Training Camp And The Regular Season

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Embedded in each player’s shoulder pad is a chip the size of a half-dollar. The chip transmits to 20 receivers which have been strategically placed around the stadium, mostly underneath the upper-deck overhang.
Players have already been receiving data printouts from the new service — it shows them how fast they’re running at different points in the game, what routes they’re taking to the ball and how much ground they cover in a play or over an entire game.

 

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With #Redskins-Giants game in the rear view mirror, team sets sights on Seahawks.

READ | Redskins Set Sights On Seahawks http://twitter.com/Redskins/status/515878607395098625/photo/1

 

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John Keim


The mistakes occurred for different reasons. They still kept coming, though. It ended up as a horrific night for Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins -- and not such a hot one for any of his teammates.

Cousins threw four interceptions in Thursday’s 45-14 loss to the New York Giants, including three in the third quarter.

"You have to take the game for what it is," Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. "We lost the game. He didn’t play well, he threw four picks, but he didn’t get a lot of help either. The defense didn’t help out. The line didn’t help out. The receivers didn’t help him out. It wasn’t just Kirk. His mistakes were magnified, but other guys' mistakes were equally important and devastating. We have to work to get better and we will. We won’t hold Kirk’s head under the water."

Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins threw four interceptions against the Giants on Thursday, and has thrown 15 in 11 career NFL games.

In 11 games, including six starts, Cousins has thrown 15 interceptions.

"Young guys playing that position will make mistakes from time to time," Gruden said. "You have to make sure he sees throws better and his eyes are in the right spot. A couple times he stared down the receiver and the safety made an easy pick. One just had bad location on the ball to Ryan Grant. Another he threw blind to [Andre] Roberts and the nickel was sitting there. You have to see those throws. You have to get your eyes in the right spot."

Here is a look at each of Cousins' interceptions Thursday:

Third-and-3, Redskins’ 43-yard line. Grant struggled to create any sort of separation between he and cornerback Prince Amukamara. Cousins reached his third step, planted and threw. It was a questionable decision anyway considering Grant was not open. But it was made worse by where he threw the ball: to Grant’s inside shoulder, right where Amukamara was sitting. An easy pick. Cousins clearly trusts Grant, but when he’s going against a cornerback playing as well as Amukamara, that’s a tough play for him to make.

Second-and-9, Redskins’ 2. Another decision that just wasn’t good. And it goes back a little to the completion Cousins had last week to Pierre Garcon along the sidelines. He stuck the throw in there, so that was great. But when you make a similar decision and a less-than-perfect throw? An interception results. Garcon did not have any advantage against Amukamara running down the left side. Safety Quintin Demps was in the middle of the field and waited, then pounced. Cousins reached the top of his drop, stared at Garcon, drifted and then threw. Demps’ speed plus an overthrow made it an easy pick. Cousins got greedy and did not manipulate the safety at all. A checkdown for four or five yards was available.

Second-and-11, Redskins’ 24. The Redskins had three receivers to the right and the Giants countered by playing a zone. All cornerback Trumaine McBride did was drop to his spot and wait. Cousins did not step into it as much as he needed, or should have. Mathias Kiwanuka was in his line of vision. But it’s a play Cousins just did not see and the ball had little zip. Add it up, an easy pick.

Third-and-11, Redskins’ 49. It did not help that left guard Josh LeRibeus was knocked over, leading to pressure on Cousins. One issue was his inability to step into the throw, resulting in a deep ball with little juice. But the other problem is that he really didn’t sell the safeties. Cousins stared at DeSean Jackson, running a go down the left side, the entire time. He even pump-faked to his right, but his eyes were still looking at Jackson. No one bit on the pump, Antrel Rolle, playing the deep outside, just sat and pounced. Again, another easy pick and a poor job of manipulating the defense -- something Cousins had done well vs. Jacksonville.

 

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Don’t hurt yourself jumping off of the Cousins bandwagon. #Redskins Need to Know: The road ahead for the Redskins including some possible roster moves | Rich Tandler's Real Redskins #RedskinsTalk http://twitter.com/Rich_TandlerCSN/status/515873543817408513/photo/1

 

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.@RyanKerrigan91 leads the NFL in sacks this season with 5, & now has 29.5 career: 8th-most in #Redskins history. http://twitter.com/Redskins/status/515939134368514048/photo/1