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Happy Victory Monday Womens Jordan Reed Jersey , y’all! As jubilant as I was after the game, there was an air of “we should be able to beat these guys” that I couldn’t shake all day long. Sure, Dallas had just finished spanking Jacksonville, but the Jaguars looked like a pee-wee squad early yesterday, and so viewing the Cowboys in the light of that last win of theirs was no longer really a thing by the time we kicked off at FedEx. The Vegas line started with the Redskins favored and slowly reversed itself, as the normal amount of Redskins-doubt set in for gamblers everywhere. Still, this game was going to be about Washington’s defense and the big guys up front, and I have been a broken record about that since August.God, I hope people are excited about this group of defensive linemen. Our linebackers showed up in a huge way as well, but Preston Smith and Ryan Kerrigan put their hands on the ground yesterday and joined with Jonathan Allen, Da’Ron Payne and Matt Ioannidis to absolutely manhandle the Dallas offense (to name a few of the impact players on that defense yesterday). The manner in which Preston Smith showed up yesterday was beyond meaningful. Presssss-TOOOOONE!! He wasn’t filling up stat sheets early in the season, but he was contributing as part of a very stingy front. When he went down early in the game, it didn’t seem very realistic that we would be very shortly afterward watching an almost Darryl Grant-esque defensive touchdown. (Okay, so it wasn’t the NFC Championship, but it was still an extremely important game and it provided a very easy way of linking what are two of the most impressive defensive lines this fanbase has had the pleasure of watching.) I have been hearing from folks here about me possibly overselling this defensive line all summer long. Can we put that to bed? I think it is safe to say we are all on the same page now, especially after watching these men absolutely shut Ezekiel Elliott down. The story continues to be the dominant way Payne and Allen perform. They are simply impossible to stop without additional help, and even when they seem to be blocked, they still reach out and make plays. (And for God’s sake—did you see the way Ioannidis tossed Zeke when he tried to help with pass protection?) For everything else that went our way, broke our way and bounced our way, the Washington defense stood up and won this game. The Washington offense seemed to once again sputter at times Womens Dustin Hopkins Jersey , but I am not in agreement with folks who think that Alex Smith is holding this team back. I am not in agreement that Jay Gruden’s offense is a disaster, and I am not in agreement that the Redskins have zero reason to celebrate being one of the toughest outs in the league. How is it possible that people forget so easily how many close games the Redskins have failed to win over the years? I went back and looked up the scoring margins for the Redskins just going back a few years: 2015 was -0.5, 2016 was +0.8, 2017 was -2.9 and so far in 2018 we are +0.8 (which also underscores the insane “0.500ness” of this team over the last few years. It’s hard to win games in the NFL, and when you are rebuilding your organization as the Redskins have been doing under Jay Gruden, you are desperately trying to stay on the right side of this razor-thin margin. I think there are plenty of honest conversations we can have about the offense that address real truths without concluding that the Redskins are a fake 4-2 team leading the NFC East. Let’s raise those conversations and pick them up both below in the comments section and again tomorrow night in the basement for what promises to be a very joyful evening!Alex Smith made two extremely terrible mistakes yesterday that the Redskins EXPECT him to be capable of avoiding. A player of his caliber has no business missing Jeremy Sprinkle wide open in the end zone for what would have been a very meaningful score in that game. Alex also has NO BUSINESS running out of bounds late in the fourth quarter when we are playing a clock game holding onto a tight lead. Those two plays are the kinds of plays we have all watched second-rate quarterbacks make in the DECADES of lousy quarterback play here in town. I do not want to be the one that lets Alex off the hook for such plays, and if he continues to make them, I will be forced to migrate from my current position on #11, which is “firmly in support.” I hated those plays and I expect him not to make those errors. The team won despite those miscues, which is at least a slightly different taste in our mouths from the past. Smith also has not been as effective so far this year on the intermediate throws that have made him one of the upper-end signal callers in the league. His accuracy does seem to be a bit off, but we simply must attribute some level of this to the fact we were missing three starting players that are huge targets in the passing game (Jamison Crowder, Paul Richardson and Chris Thompson). One thing that keeps me feeling good about Alex is the increased chemistry that seems to be developing with Josh Doctson. The inside slant balls that Josh caught were thrown perfectly into insanely tight windows. This is clearly something these two players have been working on, and it would be foolish to think that Alex has been able to establish that with guys like Maurice Harris and Michael Floyd. Let’s all at least agree that Alex Smith is not playing at the level we expect, and he is absolutely going to need to improve. I thought a solid four or five passes that looked grossly mis-thrown on television were actually balls that Alex threw away. As for Jay Gruden, we talked about this last week a little bit, and I want to be honest when I say that I am going to look at this season at the end and make a decision on him, but I am not firing him midseason nor am I beginning any kind of premature coaching search. I am currently behind the coach, but like Alex Smith, he needs to probably milk just a little bit more out of this offense, and I honestly expect that we are going to see that happen. I promise you all that I won’t let my desire to have a long-term coach for stability reasons muddy the decision to part ways with a coach that is no longer making us better.Part of the reason why I am so reticent to jump into the Alex and Jay bashing is because our offense was effective Authentic Deshazor Everett Jersey , and it was because of the ground game. We are only six games into the season, but we are seeing the offensive line dictate some things in front of Adrian Peterson, who showed the Dallas Cowboys yesterday that he is still a factor in this league. We always said that Alex Smith would be most able to lead this team to wins if the ground game was working. Jay Gruden has always been an offensive coach that started things around a successful rushing attack. The margin for error has been painfully slim, but so far we are seeing an almost-complete team. Listen—we need to get better. Jay and Alex do need to get better. On this we agree, but there is something to be said for calling a tight game in the second-half. Bringing home a win in the second half of a game where the momentum and energy is on your side is not as easy as it sounds. You are almost looking more to avoid mistakes than you are looking to get aggressive (and I am not here to argue against getting aggressive). Jay Gruden has left a few calls on the field and Alex Smith has DEFINITELY left some throws/reads on the field late in games, and yet here we are: first place in the NFC East with a 1-0 record in the division and a 4-1 record in the conference. More than anything else, the Washington Redskins are not an offensive-minded team. They are led by a nasty, mean, physical, stout defense. The face of this team has really morphed into Jonathan Allen together with Da’Ron Payne. Adrian Peterson’s rushing style plays perfectly into this identity, and the offensive line isn’t exactly winning a bunch of congeniality awards. Maybe a one-sentence thought that sums up the last 1,000 words is simply: I have been praying for a physically dominant team led by its defense/defensive line and I now have one, so I won’t be out there lamenting the ho-humness of its passing game.We are heading into roughly the halfway point of the NFL season (week #8), and even though the Redskins are only six games in, they sit firmly atop the division that boasts the most recent Super Bowl champion. The Redskins have defeated the hated Dallas Cowboys on national television with Tony Romo in the house calling the game. The burgundy and gold will get the woeful New York Giants on a short week for the G-men. Aside from that being the biggest trap game I can recall in recent memory (this game will not be easy), the Redskins and the Washington fanbase has to be feeling pretty damned good about the 2018 campaign. I just can’t join any negative chorus. I just can’t bring myself to get animated about firing people or to start planning on when to cut ties with a very savvy veteran quarterback. The story of the 2018 season has already been a bit rocky, but we find ourselves on footing that is firm enough at this point to allow us to start talking about the postseason, and I don’t think many of you would have believed that just seven short weeks ago. HTTR!! The Washington Redskins shredded the Arizona Cardinals for 182 yards on the ground in their season opener, most of any team in the NFL last week.Missed gap assignments, missed tackles Cheap Josh Norman Jersey , insufficient physical play, poor hand work at the line of scrimmage. There were plenty of reasons listed for the downfall by defensive coordinator Al Holcomb.Now the Cardinals have to face Todd Gurley and the Rams Sunday in Los Angeles, and that doesn't bode well for an Arizona team looking to find itself in a new defensive scheme with a new coaching staff."It's a big-time challenge this week again," Holcomb said after Thursday's practice. "We've got to address the mistakes, take the things that we didn't do so well last week and correct those things. We've got to accentuate the positives, the good things that we did and we've got to continue to grow and build on that as a defense."Gurley carried 20 times for 108 yards and caught three for 39 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown reception in Sunday's 33-13 win at Oakland.And the Cardinals know Gurley all too well.Last season Arizona had the sixth-ranked defense overall in the NFL and was sixth against the run, yet Gurley was outstanding as the Rams swept the two-game series with the Cardinals for the first time since 2012."We got our behinds kicked twice by this team," cornerback Patrick Peterson said.The first meeting was in Twickenham Stadium in London, where the Rams routed the Cardinals 33-0. In that game, Gurley carried 22 times for 106 yards and caught four for 48. The Rams rushed for 197 yards that day. Six weeks later in Arizona, Los Angeles won 32-15 as Gurley rushed for 74 yards in 19 attempts and caught six for 84 yards.Combine those experiences with the team's poor play in last week's 24-6 loss to the Redskins and the Arizona defense is in an ornery mood."We're a little salty right now so we have to come out prepared to play," Holcomb said. "It's a tremendous challenge in front of us but a great opportunity at the same time. We have to come out and play our brand of football like we're capable of playing."First-year coach Steve Wilks wants to build a team centered on tough, physical play, especially up front. That aspect of the opener was what bothered Holcomb most."Just not play, as Steve talks about, according to our DNA, the physicality," Holcomb said. "The effort was there. The physicality, playing with our hands and then obviously minimizing the run game and also the tackling aspect of it. It's early in the season but we have to do a better job of tackling."The Cardinals know they have to avoid one-on-one situations with Gurley."Todd Gurley is a great back Cheap Derrius Guice Jersey , one of the best backs in the league," said nickel cornerback/safety Budda Baker. "So we know we're all going to have to swarm to the ball to get him down."Peterson, a Pro Bowl player in all seven of his NFL seasons has seen a lot of Gurley throughout his career, agrees."The biggest point of emphasis for us on defense to contain Todd is just be like flying missiles," Peterson said, "always hitting him and getting 11 hats on the ball."Of course they also have to contend with the potent passing game of Jared Goff and his group of talented wide receivers."We know with this team everything' starts with the run," Peterson said. ' 'You've got thee play-action boot game and they try to take the top off of the defense. We have to make sure we're gap sound this week and don't give up the deep ball.'It would be a great help to have defensive end Markus Golden, but he could be a week away from returning from major knee surgery. Golden practiced on a limited basis Wednesday and Thursday."It's definitely going to give us a boost," Holcomb said. "He brings a lot of energy, a lot of juice. He has the ability to hold up and set the edge and also rush the passer, so I can't wait to get him back."Golden led the Cardinals in sacks two seasons ago with 12 1-2. The other defense end, All-Pro Chandler Jones, led the NFL in sacks last year with a franchise-record 17 and had one in the season opener.NOTES: Johnson was limited in practice Wednesday and Thursday with a sore back. TE Jermaine Gresham also was limited as he returns from surgery to repair an Achilles tendon. Gresham, like Golden, has yet to play this season. Wholesale NFL Jerseys