Redskins v. Eagles game thread

[PennSkinsFan]

Discuss the game here.

[PennSkinsFan]

We welcome back RGIII to the Redskins lineup. He gets final clearance from medical. No doubt though, RGII will likely be limited in running abilities. I would be surprised if he isn't.

[SkinsGuru]

We welcome back RGIII to the Redskins lineup. He gets final clearance from medical. No doubt though, RGII will likely be limited in running abilities. I would be surprised if he isn't.

might be good for him and the team in a way . . . if they do a game plan more similar to what they did with Cousins last week and RGIII excels, then maybe they will start to use him a little more conventionally . . . don't take away the legs, just protect him a little from himself . . .

[PennSkinsFan]

Here is your list of inactives

http://www.dcprosportsreport.com/washington-redskins/redskins-inactives-versus-eagles.html

Polumbus inactive. Maurice Hurt starting at RG

[PennSkinsFan]

One to keep an eye on today, besides the Hurt matchup, is Will Montgomery and his knee.

[PennSkinsFan]

Just in case, the Redskins have made two rookies on the offensive line active. Third round pick G Josh LeRibeus is active as well as OT Tom Compton.

[PennSkinsFan]

Redskins are back to the normal two rookie QBs active. RGIII will start, Kirk Cousins will backup. Veteran Rex Grossman is inactive.

[SkinsGuru]

Here is your list of inactives

http://www.dcprosportsreport.com/washington-redskins/redskins-inactives-versus-eagles.html

Polumbus inactive. Maurice Hurt starting at RG

so they are moving chester to RT?? why would hurt be playing RG in place of chester???

[SkinsGuru]

well boys . . . bring it on!! LETS GO REDSKINS!!! RGIII !! RGIII !! RGIII !!

[Spence]

Alfred Morris needs 78 yards on the ground to have only the 5th 1400-yard rushing season in Redskins franchise history.

[Spence]

Glad to see the defense out there first. I want the ball to start the third quarter.

[Spence]

Great stand on third and about a foot!

[PennSkinsFan]

Excellent third and short stop

[SkinsGuru]

good stop on 3rd and short . . . big 4th down here . . . i bet pass

[SkinsGuru]

again, why even bother running on the skins??

[PennSkinsFan]

Crap. Redskins struggle covering tight ends.

[SkinsGuru]

great play by rob jackson . . .

[Spence]

Rob Jackson can play football.

[SkinsGuru]

k . . . got a bit of pressure on 2nd down . . . need to stop them on 3rd here for sure!!

[SkinsGuru]

Rob Jackson can play football.

so do you consider trading orakpo??

[PennSkinsFan]

so do you consider trading orakpo??

No. Switch to a 4-3

[Spence]

Eagles look great. Foles getting good protection. Any QB getting good protection against the Redskins should have a lot of success.

[Spence]

Can't get value for Orakpo now. Injury

[Spence]

Let's see if the Skins defense can hold them to a field goal.

[SkinsGuru]

No. Switch to a 4-3

i'm not sure i would mind, but do not think there is much of a chance at that . . .

[Spence]

Wow. Drives don't get much more impressive than that. Total domination by the Eagles. Very, very impressive.

[PennSkinsFan]

Good old Redskins secondary. Hopefully that is the one big play they give up

[SkinsGuru]

Can't get value for Orakpo now. Injury

its a upper body muscle issue . . . i don't think it hurts his value too much . . .

[SkinsGuru]

we know we need a secondary and will have to score points to win . . . the Skins D needs to figure out how to get pressure on foles . . .

[Spence]

Just beat DJ Johnson off the jam. Johnson got torched for the 69-yard TD in the 4th quarter last Sunday. Not sure how long the Skins can keep him on the field. Looks really terrible.

[Spence]

its a upper body muscle issue . . . i don't think it hurts his value too much . . .
Right, but he's got to prove he's healthy. Also, he's had multiple injuries up there. Any team is going to worry a lot about that. Just watch -- that injury history will figure prominently when the Skins and Orakpo are talking about a new contract.

[Spence]

Saints 7 Cowboys 0

[Spence]

Runback is coming back. Illegal block by Skins

[SkinsGuru]

bad penalties after a nice recovery by Paul . . . .

[SkinsGuru]

Right, but he's got to prove he's healthy. Also, he's had multiple injuries up there. Any team is going to worry a lot about that. Just watch -- that injury history will figure prominently when the Skins and Orakpo are talking about a new contract.

well . . . IF they could get something for him, what would it take for you to be willing to trade him??

[Spence]

Eagles really stacking the line against Morris and the option run. Basically what the Browns did. Skins will have to throw to loosen it up

[Spence]

well . . . IF they could get something for him, what would it take for you to be willing to trade him??
A lot. Orakpo is a better player than Jackson. Rob is better in coverage, but he's not the pass rusher Orakpo is and we need pass rushers very badly.

[Spence]

Love that reverse call on second and short. Great block by Hankerson. Love those wideouts who block.

[Spence]

Jeebus, RG3 can really whip the ball when he wants to. I love the way Garcon fears no hits over the middle.

[SkinsGuru]

A lot. Orakpo is a better player than Jackson. Rob is better in coverage, but he's not the pass rusher Orakpo is and we need pass rushers very badly.

while we do need a pass rush, IMO orakpo is a one trick pony . . . he seems to excel against BAD olineman and disappear against good ones . . . i think a NT would make a much bigger difference than Orakpo coming back . . .

[SkinsGuru]

RGIII is nowhere near as explosive as he usually is . . .

[PennSkinsFan]

Wonder if it is knee soreness or knee brace?

[SkinsGuru]

hmmm . . . intersting call here . . . hopefully it works out for the skins

[PennSkinsFan]

Points. It's about points. Kick the field goal.

[Spence]

Eagles playing with a lot of fire now. They can smell the upset. They'd love to send Reid out of the job with a win in his last home game.

[SkinsGuru]

not a good finish by the Skins . . . as for RGIII, its probably a little of both . . . as for the offense, i think they need to do a little more of what they did last week with cousins . . .

[Spence]

hmmm . . . intersting call here . . . hopefully it works out for the skins
It didn't, but I liked the decision. Call didn't fool the Eagles at all and never had a chance of success, but I liked the aggressiveness.

[SkinsGuru]

the only thing the defense has been good at all year is creating turnovers . . . lets get some pressure and force one of those here!!

[Spence]

That fourth down play might have worked with Alfred Morris in the backfield. Eagles defense didn't respect the pitch to a wideout. Might have respected it with Morris back there.

[PennSkinsFan]

Damn man. This defense has to wrap people up.

[SkinsGuru]

the Skins D needs to figure something out here . . . and quickly

[Spence]

Wow. Just terrible tackling. Haslett called the perfect defense and the players just could not execute. Missed tackles by Madieu Williams and Rob Jackson.

[Spence]

the Skins D needs to figure something out here . . . and quickly
Need to hold them to a field goal on this drive so we don't have to get away from our offensive game plan.

[PennSkinsFan]

No words. Fighting for the NFC East title. Where is the fire?

[Spence]

Gotta say I'm impressed with these Eagles. Could have come out disinterested and just folded. Did the opposite. Really professional. Very admirable.

[jporterweb]

This team has got to settle down or this is gonna be a long day

[Spence]

No words. Fighting for the NFC East title. Where is the fire?
Dunno if it is that. They're just getting outplayed. Whipped physically.

[Spence]

Perry Riley makes the first defensive play of the game for the Skins.

[PennSkinsFan]

The defense needed that sack big time.

[SkinsGuru]

HUGE sack by Riley . . . he has been playing damn good this year!! probably our best LB

[SkinsGuru]

HUGE HUGE HUGE play!!!

[PennSkinsFan]

Huge turnover

[Spence]

Great play by Kerrigan. He's just amazing. Not the greatest athlete, but his motor is non-stop. He would not quit on that play. There's your fire, Mark!

[Spence]

Kerrigan's first sack since week 12. He now has 7.5 on the season, which ties his total from last year.

[Spence]

Now, let's see if the offense can do anything with this turnover.

[Spence]

Morris in the passing game! I love it

[Spence]

Holy crap, what a play by Josh Morgan. That reverse didn't fool anyone and Morgan made that play work all by himself. Amazing effort and leap.

[Spence]

Nice cutback run by Royster

[SkinsGuru]

that was a great run by Morgan . . . and a really nice run by Royster as well . . .

[SkinsGuru]

the Eagles D-line is getting a LOT of push . . .

[Spence]

All this misdirection isn't fooling the Eagles right now, but I presume Kyle Shanahan is working up to something

[SkinsGuru]

All this misdirection isn't fooling the Eagles right now, but I presume Kyle Shanahan is working up to something

he's done a great job all year, so i will give him the benefit of the doubt . . . come on Cobra Kai!!!

[Spence]

More misdirection and that did not work either. Redskins really trying lots of trick plays here and none of it is fooling the Eagles.

[PennSkinsFan]

16 for 16

[SkinsGuru]

Kai is mister automatic . . . i believe that tied him for the record of kicks made to start an NFL career . . .

[Spence]

Jeebus, Kai is like some sort of cyborg. Every kick is down the middle. I probably just jinxed his next kick, but still...

[Spence]

Cowboys tie the Saints 7-7

[SkinsGuru]

Cowboys tie the Saints 7-7

Minnesota still up on Houston 7 - 3

[Spence]

Richard Crawford playing cornerback on first and second down. Interesting...

[Spence]

Great play by Richard Crawford. Rook saw that a mile away!

[PennSkinsFan]

Three and out.

[SkinsGuru]

GREAT defensive series by the skins . . . 3 - out . . . no lets see ShannySon's adjustments

[Spence]

Great field position for the Skins. Time to take the lead back

[Spence]

Well, I said those misdirection plays were leading to something. There you go. Fake reverse and throw deep crossing pattern to Garcon. Nice.

[SkinsGuru]

need to score a TD here . . . come on boys!!!

[Spence]

Tons of pressure on third and long. Nothing ever looked right about that play.

[SkinsGuru]

not liking these 3rd and longs . . . Skins offense isn't built for these . . . Cobra Kai for the record!!

[SkinsGuru]

another rookie record for the Skins!!

[PennSkinsFan]

17 for 17

[SkinsGuru]

Kerrigan is off to a good start . . .

[Spence]

8.5 sacks for Foles this year, a new career high. 2 sacks in the first half alone today

[Spence]

Wrong. Kerrigan has missed downs. Get the latest info, dude.

[Spence]

Who tipped that pass?

[SkinsGuru]

another HUGE defensive play . . . Kerrigan did a great job getting his hand on that!! . . . great job by Fletch to just make sure he caught it!!

[Spence]

Cofield tipped it!

[Spence]

Stop screwing around, guys. Let's get a TD here.

[SkinsGuru]

k . . . the anouncers said kerrigan . . . was bowen i guess . . .

[Spence]

Alfred Morris is a grown-ass man.

[SkinsGuru]

we NEED a TD here . . . no more FG's . . . love cobra kai, but rather see him kick extra points

[SkinsGuru]

GREAT play by Morgan again!!! He has been playing really good lately!!!

[PennSkinsFan]

Josh Morgan on the TD. Morgan has come alive the last five weeks.

[Spence]

Great block by Garcon

[SkinsGuru]

after that replay, i think we are going to be 1st and goal . . .

[SkinsGuru]

Think we got a little lucky, but would have been Morris' for the taking anyway . . .

[SkinsGuru]

good play by Wilson . . . hope he is ok . . . got the wind knocked out of him??

[Spence]

Nice play by Josh Wilson to break up the pass. Hope he isn't hurt bad. We need him A TON

[Spence]

Eagles should throw every play as long as Josh Wilson is out of the game.

[Spence]

Bad missed tackle by Jordan Pugh.

[Spence]

Then he misses the tackle on the next play, too. Jeebus.

[SkinsGuru]

Bad missed tackle by Jordan Pugh.

yeah . . . horrible . . . have to tackle better as there have been a lot of missed tackles already . . .

[SkinsGuru]

Then he misses the tackle on the next play, too. Jeebus.

still say . . . worst secondary . . . EVER!!

[Spence]

London Fletcher puking on the sidelines. (http://twitter.yfrog.com/h69h1dqj)

[Spence]

Josh Wilson left shoulder strain. Questionable to return

[Spence]

Defense needs to hold Eagles out of the end zone here.

[Spence]

Josh Wilson back out there

[Spence]

Love to see your nose tackle all the way on the other side of the field to tackle a wideout from behind

[SkinsGuru]

eagles are being smart . . . pass pass pass

[SkinsGuru]

Love to see your nose tackle all the way on the other side of the field to tackle a wideout from behind

i would love to see our NT demand double teams on a regular basis . . .

[Spence]

Morris only 18 rushing yards on 9 carries in the first half.

[SkinsGuru]

gonna be holding

[SkinsGuru]

BIG 3rd and long play here . . . need either a TO or to at least hold em to a FG

[SkinsGuru]

got lucky there . . . was a bad throw from Foles or that was a TD . . .

[Spence]

Crap, that was too close for comfort. No feet in bounds, but still put my heart in my throat

[SkinsGuru]

well . . . hopefully they keep doing a good job of making half time adjustments . . .

[SkinsGuru]

well . . . at half time . . .

NO is on top of Dallas 17 - 14 . . .

The vikings are still on top of Houston 13 - 3 . . .

[SkinsGuru]

Rams up 21 - 6 vs TB . . . man has TB fallen lately . . .

[SkinsGuru]

Great catch by Garcon!!!

[Spence]

Great catch by Garcon

[SkinsGuru]

That was Morris' best run of the game . . . would be great to get him going

[SkinsGuru]

nice catch and run by paul . . . he is getting better as a WR from the TE position . . .

[Spence]

nice looking drive so far

[SkinsGuru]

There is Morris . . . TD!!!! Nice start to the 2nd half!!!!

[Spence]

Now that's how you finish a drive!

[Spence]

trent Williams destroyed his man on the Morris TD run. Boy, he's great. Both of them.

[SkinsGuru]

trent Williams destroyed his man on the Morris TD run. Boy, he's great. Both of them.

coultn't agree more . . . Williams is turning into one of the best LT's in the game!!! GREAT TO SEE!!!!!

[Spence]

DeAngelo Hall caught napping there...

[Spence]

Hold them to a FG, defense

[SkinsGuru]

another horrible missed tackle . . . this time by crawford . . . you have to make those tackles!!!

[PennSkinsFan]

Yo defense. Half time is over.

[Spence]

This looks a lot like Philly's first drive of the game. Hot knife thru butter...

[SkinsGuru]

great blitz by williams . . . that play had no chance . . . need to keep bringing the heat!!

[Spence]

Great call by Haslett. Eagles never saw Madieu Williams coming. Great call

[SkinsGuru]

held em to a FG anyway . . . come on boys!!

[Spence]

Field goal. Great. That's what the defense had to do. Eagles have driven down the field very nicely their last two drives, but a holding call on King Dunlap at the end of the first half and a sack by Madieu Williams in the second half held the Eagles to 6 points instead of 14.

[Spence]

Offense needs to come right back out and do it again. Don't take your foot off the pedal, Kyle. This Eagles team has no quit in 'em. Not today anyway. They want this game badly. Skins will have to fight hard for it.

[SkinsGuru]

NEED to replicate the first drive of the second half . . .

[SkinsGuru]

HORRIBLE PLAY!! and BAD challenge . . . why waste the TO here??

[Spence]

Nice play by Moss to avert complete disaster. We should lose this challenge.

[PennSkinsFan]

Bad challenge. Who the heck is the challenge coach reviewing this stuff.

[Spence]

Skins about to have 1 timeout left in a close game

[SkinsGuru]

Bad challenge. Who the heck is the challenge coach reviewing this stuff.

Thats what i was thinking . . . not sure what he seen for sure

[Spence]

Whole new ballgame because of one screw-up play. Whew.

[jporterweb]

I think by the letter of the rules contact made that ball go backwards and it should've been ruled a forward pass though...

[SkinsGuru]

Defense needs to step it up here . . . that was a BAD drive

[Spence]

Need to hold the Eagles to a FG. That way the botched screen pass only costs us 3 points instead of 7

[PennSkinsFan]

Well that was a series to forget about.

[SkinsGuru]

Need to hold the Eagles to a FG. That way the botched screen pass only costs us 3 points instead of 7

i prefer a punt :) . . . hold em here on 3rd and long

[SkinsGuru]

gave up too much on 3rd . . . 4th is going to be tough

[Spence]

Gave up too much on third down. Too tempting to Reid on fourth

[SkinsGuru]

Huge play!! Big sack!!!!

[PennSkinsFan]

Big defensive series. Redskins needed that.

[Spence]

Nice. Great field position for offense thanks to defense. Let's see if offense can pay them back

[Spence]

Big defensive series. Redskins needed that.

AMEN to that

[SkinsGuru]

Big defensive series. Redskins needed that.

they did a great job picking up the offense after that horrible drive by the redskins . . . kudos to the defense!!

[SkinsGuru]

nice run by Morris . . . hopefully he can keep hanging onto the ball!!

[Spence]

Morris firing up the diesel now...

[SkinsGuru]

Royster running tough on his couple of carries today!!

[Spence]

Hard running by Royster up the middle to pick up that first down.

I smell play action...

[SkinsGuru]

Bad drop by Hankerson . . . he needs to fix his hands

[Spence]

What a pass. RG3 is just incredible. Just incredible

[SkinsGuru]

What a GREAT PASS by RGIII and also a GREAT job of sideline awareness by Moss!!

[Spence]

Great blocking by OL to give RG3 time to make that pass. Nice footwork by Moss, but RG3 is just incredible. That was amazing.

[SkinsGuru]

LOL . . . McCoy sure made Rob Jackson look bad on that play . . .

[Spence]

McCoy made Rob Jackson look bad there. Oh, well. McCoy has done it before and will do it again

[Spence]

Good quarter for the Skins. 14-3 lead on third gives us a 2 TD lead with 15 minutes left.

[SkinsGuru]

need to keep getting pressure on Foles

[SkinsGuru]

good stop by the D again . . . can't see Reid electing to go for it here

[PennSkinsFan]

Time to put this game away.

[SkinsGuru]

another nice return by Crawford . . . but the extra effort caused the holding penalty . . .

[Spence]

Skins really having problems on special teams today. Forbath is getting it done. Other than that...

[Spence]

Cooley!

[SkinsGuru]

coooooooooooooooooooooley!!!!!!!!

[PennSkinsFan]

Dallas fumbled on 3. First and goal NO

[PennSkinsFan]

TD Saints.

[SkinsGuru]

YIKES!!! pass was high . . . D needs to keep doing what they have been doing . . . get after Foles

[Spence]

Great pass by Foles there with a blitzing Hall in his face

[SkinsGuru]

this game isn't over . . . The Skins need to get their heads back into the game

[Spence]

A little too easy, guys. Defense needs to stiffen here. Make 'em kick another FG

[Spence]

Well, so much for that. Defense had nothing on that drive. We're in a dogfight

[Spence]

Incredibly costly turnover and intentionally soft defense allows Eagles to easily make it a one possession game.

[SkinsGuru]

YIKES again!! . . . Bad drive by the D . . . they didn't get any pressure on Foles . . . nor did they even consider lewis was going to get the ball there . . . come on offense!!

[SkinsGuru]

NICE run by Morris!! Hang on to the ball!!!

[Spence]

Alfred Morris runs like he sees the devil behind him.

[Spence]

Morris needs 1 more yard for 1400

[Spence]

I don't trust our defense if we go for it and I don't trust our defense if we punt.

[SkinsGuru]

Man we need to get pressure on Foles here!! . . . hopefully the D can come up with one of those turnovers and we can put this game away . . .

[Spence]

Vikings will win so Skins can't clinch wild card today. Amazing the Vikes keep winning.

Texans have never won a big game with Matt Schaub at quarterback. Remember, he was injured in the playoffs last year.

[PennSkinsFan]

New Orleans has ball on Dal 3

[Spence]

Wow. No pass rush at all.

[Spence]

King Dunlap has really been holding Kerrigan all day and only got called for it once. He held big-time, right in front of the refs, on that third down completion by Foles. Amazing.

[PennSkinsFan]

TD Saints. Lead Dallas 31-17. Woot!

[SkinsGuru]

NO scores and takes a 31 - 17 lead over dallas

[Spence]

Saints 31-17 over Cowboys

[Spence]

What a play by McCoy. that is a different offense with him in there.

[SkinsGuru]

Haslett needs to rush more than 3 . . . come on!! Foles isn't anywhere near as effective when pressured

[Spence]

Haslett understandably wary of the big play. Let's face it, Skins defense gives up the big play very easily.

[Spence]

Skins rushed 4 that time. Nothing open for Foles

[SkinsGuru]

maclin was wide open . . . lucky there . . . huge play!!!

[SkinsGuru]

Yikes!!!!!

[SkinsGuru]

YIKES AGAIN!!!! WOW . . . i'll take it!!!

[SkinsGuru]

hard fought win . . . hopefully RGIII is a little closer to 100% against Dallas next week!!!

[SkinsGuru]

Dallas just scored . . . will be 31 - 24 with just under 4 minutes left

[Spence]

Yeah, that game isn't over yet. Doesn't really matter -- we still have to beat them next week no matter what -- but I do enjoy seeing the Cowboys lose.

[SkinsGuru]

wow . . . Dallas tied it with 15 seconds left on a4th and 10 TD pass to Austin . . . i am playing against dez in a fantasy championship . . . THIS REALLY sucks as he is having a HUGE game and gets overtime now too . . .

[SkinsGuru]

Dallas LOSES in OT 34 - 31 . . . and more importantly, Dez did NOT get any receptions in OT

[LarryBrownFan]

I love to see Dallas lose and with the Giants losing it is a two-fer this weekend!