NFL 2012 Week 1 Thread

Gumbie wrote:
*Legion* wrote:
Gumbie wrote:
LeapingGnome wrote:

Oh god, Trent Dilfer is announcing the second game? Not sure I can listen to this, especially after three hours of Gruden.

Fixed.

He did one of the Titan's preseason games and it was a f*cking train wreck.

Hey, I'll not have you talking about a Fresno State alum that way.

He went on and on and on about his man love for Matt Hasselbeck and how he got really depressed and in a dark place a few years ago and Matt called him and told him to snap out of it.

It got really weird really fast.

Maybe Matt didn't share the love

Thank you Ravens for making up for 2 fantasy losses.

I have to admit that while i am thrilled with the numbers of RGIII's performance some of the highlights I have seen have me concerned. Namely the 2 big pass plays. Garcon's 80 yd TD was a very high pass and looked awfully like the ball was floated up there. If he had not been so athletic that pass could have sailed another 15 yds. I see defensive coordinators chomping at the bit looking at the tape.

The same goes for that 50 yard pass to (Moss?). RGIII deftly avoided the rush and floated another ball across the field. It was on target but had a lot of air time. Faster closing safeties and corners will have lots of chances at those kinds of passes.

But in the end, that is rookie typical and will merit him a lot of ints until he learns. I do like the confidence. I do read a lot of, "we are going to put up significant points, every game." While that may not be true for every game, having that attitude is crucial to turning the team around and something the Skins have not had in a LONG time.

Fang, this article has kind of a breakdown of the Redskins-Saints game and Griffin's performance and why some of it was helped by the risk-taking Saints defense.

fangblackbone wrote:

I have to admit that while i am thrilled with the numbers of RGIII's performance some of the highlights I have seen have me concerned. Namely the 2 big pass plays. Garcon's 80 yd TD was a very high pass and looked awfully like the ball was floated up there. If he had not been so athletic that pass could have sailed another 15 yds. I see defensive coordinators chomping at the bit looking at the tape.

The same goes for that 50 yard pass to (Moss?). RGIII deftly avoided the rush and floated another ball across the field. It was on target but had a lot of air time. Faster closing safeties and corners will have lots of chances at those kinds of passes.

But in the end, that is rookie typical and will merit him a lot of ints until he learns. I do like the confidence. I do read a lot of, "we are going to put up significant points, every game." While that may not be true for every game, having that attitude is crucial to turning the team around and something the Skins have not had in a LONG time.

I was playing around with my new NFL Rewind subscription last night, and watched all of RGIII's snaps, and I agree with you. He didn't have to force balls in to tight coverage at all, because the Shanahans schemed that game brilliantly; Redskins receivers were WIDE open. He never had to make a really tight throw and a lot of his passes were like the long TD to Garcon, the WR had to stretch for it. His proverbial poise was really great, but is he really going to have that many called runs? He's not exactly a big guy like Cam or Tebow. Can he really take that much pounding.

That being said, the kid was pretty incredible. I was really impressed by how on about every single play he rolled out; if it was a handoff to the RB up the middle, he'd roll left, and, by the end of the game, you'd see the LB or safety take a step that way because he had them so off guard.

Thanks for that link Leap. That is good stuff and I am glad to see I am not alone Milkman.

I have to say that article did put things in perspective but it is funny that they lauded RGIII for one of the plays I was concerned about. I guess they are correct in that humans don't normally throw cross-field, cross-body strikes on a whim.

The cat is out of the bag but it looks like RGIII is already drawing focus and respect which can free up others be exploited by the offensive coordinator. They seemed to give the younger Shannahan some props so I am cautiously optimistic.

fangblackbone wrote:

I have to admit that while i am thrilled with the numbers of RGIII's performance some of the highlights I have seen have me concerned. Namely the 2 big pass plays. Garcon's 80 yd TD was a very high pass and looked awfully like the ball was floated up there. If he had not been so athletic that pass could have sailed another 15 yds. I see defensive coordinators chomping at the bit looking at the tape.

The same goes for that 50 yard pass to (Moss?). RGIII deftly avoided the rush and floated another ball across the field. It was on target but had a lot of air time. Faster closing safeties and corners will have lots of chances at those kinds of passes.

But in the end, that is rookie typical and will merit him a lot of ints until he learns. I do like the confidence. I do read a lot of, "we are going to put up significant points, every game." While that may not be true for every game, having that attitude is crucial to turning the team around and something the Skins have not had in a LONG time.

The same exact conversations happened last year after Cam Newton threw for a sh*t ton of yards his first outing. Everyone will come back down to earth eventually. Not saying he's a bad quarterback but everyone is on the crazy how of control hype train right now.