Wednesday, November 05, 2003

GOOD: Bailey shut down Galloway and has been consistently shutting down the opposition's top receiver. He's having a very good, although unspectacular, year.
BAD: He's in the final year of his contract and will be tough to re-sign.

GOOD: Smoot turned in a gutsy performance, playing injured when his team needed him. That deserves high praise. Terrell wasn't bad as the third corner. I always thought he played pretty well there.
BAD: Smoot still gets picked on and victimized. Terry Glenn had a very good day.

GOOD: Coles scored. He is the best playmaker the Skins have on the offensive side of the ball.
BAD: His stats after the first three games are horrible. The offense is stifled. If Ramsey doesn't have time to throw, Coles doesn't have a chance to make plays.

GOOD: Arrington is making big plays and is stepping up as a team leader this year. He gives 100%. He's calling out his teammates.
BAD: He gambles and makes mistakes. His 100% effort might as well be 0% when his mistake costs the Redskins because he abandons his coverage responsbility or gap and an uncovered receiver sneaks out for a TD score. He doesn't value the discipline in a scheme.

GOOD: The defense played well, forcing four turnovers and limiting Dallas' opportunities. Allowing 200 yards rushing wasn't a bright spot, though.
BAD: The offense and special teams played horribly (with the exception of Bryan Barker).

GOOD: Ramsey is a good young quarterback with more upside. He could be the franchise quarterback for the next decade.
BAD: In this offense, it doesn't look like Ramsey will last that long. Assuming protection doesn't change, he won't even make it through the season.

GOOD: The Skins have a lot of talent on both sides of the ball.
BAD: They look poorly coached, showing up in lack of discipline, penalties, and poor execution. The poor coaching and execution effectively neutralizes the top-shelf talent.

BAD: Spurrier can't handle the blitz. His MAX PROTECTION looks like NO PROTECTION. Either His RBs and TEs have no clue and are not executing correctly or his coaching staff doesn't know how to coach them to do so.
WORSE: Every team is going to blitz fast and furious until the Skins prove they can burn their opponents. Spurrier shuns rollouts and I don't know why. Sitting in the pocket obviously isn't working.

BAD: Snyder confuses his fan knowledge for actual football knowledge.
WORSE: It hurts and haunts the team. By going against Spurrier at the beginning of the season on personnel, the Skins now have two strikes against them that could have benefited the team -- 1) Kenny Watson was cut, who was supposed to be a better blocker; If he had picked up even half the blitzes in the early games, then it may never have snowballed as much as it has, and 2) Wuerffel was cut, who provided intimate knowledge of Spurrier's offense and was the most effective backup for this offense. He could also have tutored Ramsey more.

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