The Washington Post is committed to correcting errors that appear in the newspaper. Matt Jones, who has served as the escape goat for the Redskins, had himself a day.
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I asked the source whether the players who are griping would prefer (backup) Colt McCoy.
Speaking of Morris, he was in the game after Elliott’s second second-half fumble, though Dallas managed to recover the second one before banishing the No. 4 overall pick to the bench. What I meant was, this was an unconscionable decision to turn down needed game action, one that reflected unwarranted hubris and risky overconfidence in a team (and a quarterback) that hadn’t yet proved anything.
Prescott had performed brilliantly in the preseason, and few rightly figured he could keep up such prolific play, as defences never game-plan in the preseason.
This Redskins season couldn’t be going much worse. Only 12% of National Football League teams that start 0-2 since 1990 go on to make the playoffs. We felt like we knew what was coming.
When it comes to the pass coverage of the Washington Redskins, one thing is certain; Josh Norman has been on point for two weeks.
Through the first two games of the 2016 regular season, Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins believes he simply hasn’t done enough from an individual standpoint to lead the defending NFC East champions in the right direction. These were the biggest concerns of any realistic Washington backer, and yet the summer tone was still of sunny optimism. “I don’t get it, I really don’t”, Norman said.
The Rams (1-1) are still without a touchdown after losing 28-0 at San Francisco in their season opener.
We’ll work to do whatever we can to fix it, that’s for sure.
Brown’s third field goal capped an 11-play, 70-yard drive that featured two key third-down passes by Manning and a pass interference call on a throw to Odell Beckham Jr.
What’s particularly concerning is the drop-off from Cousins’ red zone numbers last season.
Elliott finished with 83 yards on 21 carries, including a 1-yard TD run. Fix that, and the Redskins can steady themselves, even with their defensive shortcomings. “People aren’t going to like me because of that”, Wall said, laughing.
“Everybody kept great poise, playing with composure throughout the game and obviously at then at the end of the ballgame to do what we needed to do to win it”, Garrett said. We just have to put our best foot forward. It’s just frustrating because we are way better than this. “We just try to get him the ball”.
The Redskins need to start winning. “It was a big team win”.
More importantly, remind yourself of his path last season. It’s nearly overused just two weeks into the season. But this can’t be too uncommon, and the guy proved previous year he deserves more than two weeks for his body of work to be evalutated. Sunday evening – the deflating loss, the frustrated locker room, the off-the-handle fan reaction – felt like a familiar trip to the past, when a total reboot always lurked behind the next corner.
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When he was informed of Gruden’s comment, Cousins said, “You mention that quote as if it’s surprising or determines something, and I would say it’s common sense”. I’m still assuming Cousins can be the distributor who let his playmakers shine while limiting his own mistakes.
