Getting a team ready to play on a Thursday after a tough game on Sunday is what separates the good coaches from the mediocre ones. Chip Kelly’s Philadelphia Eagles are 0-2, too. Two touchdowns, almost 300 yards passing, and a 105 passer rating will continue at home in week 3. Giants defense forced eight turnovers against Cousins and Redskins last season….
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The Washington Redskins, through 2 games, have the best running attack in the league, and people are taking notice. If they don’t solve this problem soon, the Redskins will most definitely exploit this weakness and win the game.
The Giants could, and should be 2-0 and top of their division.
Can Tom Coughlin guide this team to the promised land? There has been a stigma about him that he was “lucky” in winning a pair of Super Bowls.
Breeland, you might recall, also got flagged several times in that game – twice for pass interference and once for taunting Beckham Jr. I know this because it used to give us fits in Tampa when I played for the Bucs back in the 90s and beyond.
The Washington Redskins’ quarterback drama might only be beginning.
Washington has established an identity as they are going to run the football to make Kirk Cousin’s job a bit easier behind a offensive line that has struggled to protect their quarterbacks in the past.
Eric Hobeck: Redskins 24-13. It’s touchdown or bust with Donnell, and that’s not worth the risk. They’re simply trying to focus on this one game.
The Giants are desperate for a win this time against Washington. I wanted to come out and play aggressive against him. It starts up front and we have to come with our “A” game. Cousins was 23 of 27 for 203 yards with one touchdown and, crucially, no interceptions.
But, it definitely didn’t work well all the time.
However, there needs to be more on the table for Washington in order to stifle the Giants’ defensive line.
SERIES HISTORY: 165th regular-season meeting. The Giants (0-2) can’t protect any lead. Only the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers have allowed fewer points than Washington. In the last three years, New York is 5-1 against the Redskins, outscoring their divisional foe by 66 points. Culliver was suspended for Week 2. The fist four weeks of the season always seems a little off to me and teams don’t really settle down until around the fifth game. Breeland missed the first three preseason games with a knee injury and was suspended for Week 1. “We’re not making the plays in the crucial moments, we’re having penalties and mistakes at different times that are preventing us from being as good as we can be”, Manning said.
“It’s going to be a challenge”, said Brandon Weeden, who will replace Romo as the Cowboys’ starting quarterback. He’s not worth starting unless your league starts two tight ends each week.
Here’s a fun hypothetical, given all that has transpired in the first two weeks of the season. Derek Carrier, acquired from San Francisco last month, started alongside Reed (game-high six catches, 82 yards) in last Sunday’s victory over St. Louis. The Redskins are averaging almost 38 minutes of possession. Suddenly, the Redskins learned how to win. As long as the Washington secondary can contain him and take away the deep plays, then they have a chance to win this football game. They won’t run the table, but maybe 14-2.
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I would have thought the Kansas City Chiefs dominance in the headlines would last after a week when Thursday Night Football ended in a way that couldn’t have been more incompetent if it was scripted.
