I think we gave the Skins confidence during the game.

[strohmin]

I think the Redskins have a lot of talent, but are not mentally strong as a team and it showed during the opening minutes. As soon as Sherman gave up that TD trying to bait Cousins, you could just see the momentum changing. At that moment, they started playing us like a division rival. Given that, I think we responded really well.


However, we really need to clean up our game for next week because Dallas has a lot more talent and seems to have figured out how to use it now.

 

[Rainger]

I think the Redskins have a lot of talent, but are not mentally strong as a team and it showed during the opening minutes. As soon as Sherman gave up that TD trying to bait Cousins, you could just see the momentum changing. At that moment, they started playing us like a division rival. Given that, I think we responded really well.


However, we really need to clean up our game for next week because Dallas has a lot more talent and seems to have figured out how to use it now.

Sorry to disagree that Sherman gave up a TD, unless you know the Defense called on that play. The corner and Safety switched assignments and followed different players from the snap. Do you know for a Fact that Sherman was to be on that player along with Kam who also covered him? If so than the player Sherm followed to the inside would have had no coverage.

Do agree with you however that Redskins got some confidence both on O and D as the 2nd and 3rd quarters went on.

 

[Cartire]

I think the Redskins have a lot of talent, but are not mentally strong as a team and it showed during the opening minutes. As soon as Sherman gave up that TD trying to bait Cousins, you could just see the momentum changing. At that moment, they started playing us like a division rival. Given that, I think we responded really well.


However, we really need to clean up our game for next week because Dallas has a lot more talent and seems to have figured out how to use it now.

Sorry to disagree that Sherman gave up a TD, unless you know the Defense called on that play. The corner and Safety switched assignments and followed different players from the snap. Do you know for a Fact that Sherman was to be on that player along with Kam who also covered him? If so than the player Sherm followed to the inside would have had no coverage.

Do agree with you however that Redskins got some confidence both on O and D as the 2nd and 3rd quarters went on.

Correct. Gruden tried to sale it as a Sherman fail as hard as possible. But it was blatantly a Chancelor fail. Which isnt entirely his fault, because Kam shoudnt be covering Jackson on a Go route anyway. But regardless, Sherman was not covering Jackson even though he lined up there.

With that being said. The Refs are what gave the Skins confidence.

 

[olyfan63]

Correct. Gruden tried to sale it as a Sherman fail as hard as possible. But it was blatantly a Chancelor fail. Which isnt entirely his fault, because Kam shoudnt be covering Jackson on a Go route anyway. But regardless, Sherman was not covering Jackson even though he lined up there.
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My thought when I saw the play was that it was very clever play design, like the Chargers plays and Philip Rivers getting the coverages he wanted. Washington's Offensive Coordinator drew that play up just to get Sherman off Jackson, handed off to a safety, preferably Kam, not Earl, and they got lucky in getting the right defense that allowed that to happen. Then Cousins made a great throw. Kudos to the 'Skins OC on that one.

It was amusing how Gruden immediately declared the TD was on Sherman. Suprised he didn't start labeling him "Toast" Sherman. But then Gruden's job is to emotionally engage viewers, stir up $h!t, not necessarily be 100% accurate. (Any actual football knowledge and expertise shared* is a bonus, and makes the emotional hooks catch way better and deeper) So dumbass drunk 49er fans loved that call by Gruden, I'm sure, and guys like that would never let facts get in the way of hating Sherman, so it's Gruden! For the Win!! with the 49er fans on that call. Just Gruden doing his (real) job to emotionally engage viewers.

*Which Gruden has, and often does share. I like the guy, enjoy listening to him, for the most part. Loved hearing him defy the other "experts" on Wilson coming out of college and be perhaps the first media guy to climb on the RW bandwagon, and say the "too short" thing was BS for this guy.

 

[dumbrabbit]

It was a play designed to give Washington confidence that they really didn't, then BOOM, down go the Redskins.

:sarcasm_off:

 

[Sgt. Largent]

However, we really need to clean up our game for next week because Dallas has a lot more talent and seems to have figured out how to use it now.

Absolutely, the offense other than Wilson looked like they hadn't played in six months, not two weeks.

I don't know about giving the Skins confidence, but anytime you let a team hang around that has no business hanging around, of course they're going to play harder than if it was 35-7 by the 4th quarter..........which is should have been.

 

[Basis4day]

Moral victories don't mean much at 1-4.

 

[Threedee]

All the better if we inspired them to shake down their divisional opponents for the rest of the season.