Game Thread: Week 4: Browns @ Redskins

[reptec101]

What QB doesn't make a bad play or two in most games. Some games he's perfect and some games he has a head scratcher. Shit happens. Be happy,,, could have a different number 8 back there who had a head scratcher every game.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Well said, I up voted for the #8 reference.

Kirk is who he is IMO. I totally expected him to have a solid game and I feel that's exactly what we got from him. But again this is who he is to me, a guy who will have some good games and then some bad ones. He will play well enough to be a starter in this league but probably never good enough to make us contenders year after year.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Skins Snaps & Stats: Browns @ Redskins

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Unfortunately, the penalty flags still rained down on the Redskins in this one, as the team committed 8 accepted or more penalties for 51 or more yards for the fourth consecutive game to start the season. And just for your information, I am bringing this up here, because 56% of the team's accepted penalties have come on offense compared to 36% on defense (only 2 on ST). Washington has now committed the fifth most accepted penalties (34) for the 14th most yards (251 yards). They also lead the league in total pre-snap penalties with 17 of them; the next closest team has committed 14 such infractions.


The Redskins' offense currently ranks in the top ten in: total yards (8th), yards per drive (4th), yards per play (3rd), first downs (10th), points scored (10th) and points per drive (5th).

• Kirk Cousins- Kirk Cousins completed 21 of his 27 passes (78%) for 183 yards, 12 first downs, 3 touchdowns and an interception in the game. His completion percentage, touchdown total, passer rating (116.5) and passing success rate (57%) were all season bests. His 183 passing yards in the game represents his fourth lowest career total across 29 starts. That's a pretty low number for Cousins when you consider that he's averaged 288.6 yards per game as a starter in his career. Cousins is the all time NFL leader in passing yards per start (total career passing yards/total career starts) among quarterbacks with 25 or more starts and 200 or more passing yards per game played. He averages six more yards passing per start than second place Drew Brees does (282.6 yards).

• Quick/Short Passing- Cousins completed 85.7% of his passes in which he released the ball within 2.5 seconds of the snap against the Browns. He had a QB rating of 131.3 on those plays. Both numbers were the second best in Week 4 across the league. On plays not negated by penalties, Cousins only attempted one pass longer than 20 yards in the air, and only 5 of his 26 aimed passes were thrown farther than 10 yards beyond the line of scrimmage (only two completions on those plays).

• Red Zone- One of Cousins' best attributes in 2015 was his red zone passing, but going into this game it was his biggest issue in 2016. In Weeks 1-3, he threw a combined two interceptions and one touchdown in the red area, and that gave him a passer rating of just 18.3. Things took a turn for the better on Sunday when Cousins completed 3 of his 5 RZ passes (60%) for 22 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. Those numbers were good for a passer rating of 110.0. That means that he tripled his touchdown output from the first three weeks and upped his rating by nearly 100.

• Missed Tackles- The Redskins missed a whopping 18 tackles (11 of which were against Isaiah Crowell) and allowed 102 yards after first contact in the game. Duke Ihenacho and Will Blackmon were the worst in this department with three and four missed tackles respectively (40% of the team total). Going into Monday night, David Bruton, Blackmon and Ihenacho ranked 64th, 68th and 73rd among 74 qualifying safeties in Week 4 tackling efficiency. Per Football Outsiders, the Redskins had allowed the 12th most broken tackles going into Week 4. They are poised to take a massive jump in those rankings, and this is one of the very last things that you want to be ranked highly in.

 

[Krusheasy]

Galdi gives his grades for the Redskins' passing game, running game, defense and special teams in the 31-20 win over the Browns.(Date Added: 10/4/16)

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The Cooley Film Breakdown! Cooley & Kevin breakdown, analyze & grade the performances of the Redskins Offensive Players in their win over the Browns. Plus, in-depth analysis on Kirk's game, the Offensive Line and the skill position players! (Date Added: 10/4/16)

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@Darrell Green Fan FWIW

Lot of examples of Scherff being a beast...

 

[Caliskinsfan]

rookie Matt Ioannidis received some PT and was quickly escorted off the field by Cleveland's OL. Idk what Will Compton is doing. He flushed his own self out the play

 

[Krusheasy]

The Cooley Film Breakdown! Cooley & Kevin breakdown, analyze & grade the performances of the Redskins Defensive Players in their win over the Browns. Plus, in-depth analysis on Josh Norman's game, the rest of the Secondary, the Defensive Line & Linebackers!(Date Added: 10/5/16)

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[Darrell Green Fan]

@Darrell Green Fan FWIW

Lot of examples of Scherff being a beast...

Oh I get it, as I said he has been rock solid.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Oh I get it, as I said he has been rock solid.

Not saying Williams won't be a stud either. Just not unhappy with Scherff as the pick at the time.

Now as to this year and how we addressed the Dline...looking like we went into a gun fight with band aids

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Not saying Williams won't be a stud either. Just not unhappy with Scherff as the pick at the time.

Now as to this year and how we addressed the Dline...looking like we went into a gun fight with band aids

Again we had a chance to draft a potential game changing DL and we got a rock solid guard, a position you can find a rock solid player at without using the 5th pick in the draft.

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Again we had a chance to draft a potential game changing DL and we got a rock solid guard, a position you can find a rock solid player at without using the 5th pick in the draft.

Don't forget that there were 'Taking plays off and a shoulder concern' regarding LW. Gotta factor that into the decision making process.

 

[skinsdad62]

does anyone believe that williams turns this years defense into a top 20 defense ? come on people scherf is heading to the PB and should be there often

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

does anyone believe that williams turns this years defense into a top 20 defense ? come on people scherf is heading to the PB and should be there often

When did I ever make that claim?

 

[j_y19]

When did I ever make that claim?

Sherff is more than rock solid, a claim you did make. He is PB caliber. That, you have a harder time finding later in a draft. We can nit pick and second guess this selection till the cows come home, but the reality is we got an elite player at a position of need. Just let it go....

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Sherff is more than rock solid, a claim you did make. He is PB caliber. That, you have a harder time finding later in a draft. We can nit pick and second guess this selection till the cows come home, but the reality is we got an elite player at a position of need. Just let it go....

I'm fine with that. As I said despite bringing it up I had hoped it wouldn't derail the thread. But just shouldn't have brought it up I guess.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Again - use the Redskins past draft history as a guide. Taking a PB type OG instead of a PB DL is not a problem long term. They will find players like this in future drafts (& their goal should be more long term than short term).

The problem is when you start trading away high picks or drafting guys like RG3, Malcolm Kelly, Fred Davis or Taylor Jacobs that either don't contribute or only contribute for a very short time. If they stay patient I believe that they will assemble a solid, contending roster. However - it is certainly not in place now nor will it be totally in place next season.

HTTR

 

[Caliskinsfan]