We Won - But It Sure Doesnt Feel Like It
Yesterday, the Skins came from behind and beat the hapless Tampa Bay Bucs 16 to 13. The win moves the Skins to .500. A win is a win right? Well it doesn't feel like a win.
QB Jason Campbell had his worst game ever. Throwing three INTs and fumbling the ball once. Four very ugly turnovers. Campbell over threw receivers, under threw receivers and stood in the pocket too long resulting in three sacks (two on a horrible first series that ended in Campbell coughing the ball up on the Skins 10).
RB Clinton Portis once again failed to break the century mark. Sure he got close, rushing for 98 yards - but his yards per carry still was less than 4. This offense is in desperate need of a change of pace back - a RB with some speed who can keep defenses from just stacking 8 in the box (paging Anthony Alridge).
WRs Malcolm Kelly (recently demoted to 3rd on the depth chart) and Devin Thomas failed to catch a single ball.
Once again TE Chris Cooley was one of the only bright spots on the team. Cooley, who leads the team in receptions this year, had five grabs for 65 yards and a TD.
Inexplicably, RB Anthony Alridge and WR Marko Mitchell were on the inactive list for the Bucs game. What the hell is the purpose in carrying a fifth RB if Alridge is just going to be on the inactive list? And after everything he showed in preseason, why does Zorn refuse to put Marko Mitchell on the field? At this point, deactivate Devin Thomas and give the big guy a shot.
Very little has changed since last week. Instead of losing to a bad team on the road, we eked out a win over a bad team at home. The offense still looks dreadful and the play calling continues to mystify.
The schedule Gods have put the winless Panthers and Chiefs ahead of us. Two eminently winnable games. Given the sorry state of our offense, however, both of these are eminently losable games as well.
QB Jason Campbell had his worst game ever. Throwing three INTs and fumbling the ball once. Four very ugly turnovers. Campbell over threw receivers, under threw receivers and stood in the pocket too long resulting in three sacks (two on a horrible first series that ended in Campbell coughing the ball up on the Skins 10).
RB Clinton Portis once again failed to break the century mark. Sure he got close, rushing for 98 yards - but his yards per carry still was less than 4. This offense is in desperate need of a change of pace back - a RB with some speed who can keep defenses from just stacking 8 in the box (paging Anthony Alridge).
WRs Malcolm Kelly (recently demoted to 3rd on the depth chart) and Devin Thomas failed to catch a single ball.
Once again TE Chris Cooley was one of the only bright spots on the team. Cooley, who leads the team in receptions this year, had five grabs for 65 yards and a TD.
Inexplicably, RB Anthony Alridge and WR Marko Mitchell were on the inactive list for the Bucs game. What the hell is the purpose in carrying a fifth RB if Alridge is just going to be on the inactive list? And after everything he showed in preseason, why does Zorn refuse to put Marko Mitchell on the field? At this point, deactivate Devin Thomas and give the big guy a shot.
Very little has changed since last week. Instead of losing to a bad team on the road, we eked out a win over a bad team at home. The offense still looks dreadful and the play calling continues to mystify.
The schedule Gods have put the winless Panthers and Chiefs ahead of us. Two eminently winnable games. Given the sorry state of our offense, however, both of these are eminently losable games as well.
posted by ChrisBarronDC at 6:48 AM
1 Comments:
And had TB's kicker not missed those two field goals the final score would have been 19-16, Bucs.
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