Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Redskins off to a Rusty Start



Monday night seemed to have started off great for the Skins, with an early defensive touchdown off a missed backward screen pass by Vick. The problem for the skins came when the needed to score again. The weren't able to get back into the end zone until the next half, and after a painful couple of quarters. The redskins were simply out played by Vick and Chip Kelly, with their fast paced option offense.
RGIII looked out of practice, missing some easy throws, scared to run, and throwing 2 preventable interceptions, both of which the eagles were able to quickly capitalize on. When asked about being rusty in an interview with the Washington Post he said "I think it's an excuse, I'm responsible for the way I play." The redskins were able to pull it together some in the second half, where they looked a bit more like the NFC east leaders from last year.
In he second half, RGIII countered out his two interceptions with two touchdowns, leading the redskins to outscore the eagles 20-7 in the half. The Skins also out gained the Eagles as their offense seemed to be slowing down, with Vick limping toward the end.  In the end, the Redskins lost 27-33, in a game that was probably closer than it should have been based on the way they played in the first half.
The good news for Redskins fans is that we weren't the only team out there who looked rusty, the defending Super Bowl champs gave up 7 touchdowns to the broncos, and the Giants turned the ball over 6 times against a team who had 16 takeaways all of last season. While the bad performance by the Redskins may have started off the week poorly, I doubt it means much regarding the rest of the season.


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