Monday Night
Football week one: Redskins vs Eagles in FedEx. We’ve had this date on our
calendars for months. I purchased a new game jersey and baked for five hours to
prepare for tailgate. The fans were ready for week one; the Redskins were not
ready.
The
first-half was like an SEC team playing a Big South team. The Eagles dominated
in yards 322 to the Redskins 75 yards and the Eagles crushed the Redskins 21-3
on first downs. THREE first downs in the first-half of a Monday Night Football
game, THREE! It was awful and embarrassing and knowing it was all happening
against my most hated NFL team made me want to throw up.
The Redskins first seven plays will be on ESPN’s Not Top
Ten plays. A lost fumble by Morris, a three-yard loss by Morris, illegal shift
penalty, a screen to Morris for a loss of yards, RG3 throws an interception on
a triple coverage, Young dropped pass, and Morris dropped the ball in the end
zone for a safety. It was some of the worst football I have ever witnessed.
The Eagles
ran 53 plays in the first-half; they ran only 24 in the second half. The Eagles
gained 322 yards in the first-half and only 121 in the second-half. They scored
26 points with 20 minutes and 20 seconds of possession of the ball in the
first-half and only scored 7 points with 12 minutes and 19 seconds of
possession of the ball in the second-half. It was all because they were not in
Chip Kelly shape (thank you sports gods)! If the Eagles were in Chip Kelly
shape this game would have been the 2010 MNF nightmare all over again for the
Redskins.
How long the
Eagles offence will last in the NFL is questionable, but the bottom line is
that it worked on the Redskins and the Redskins are now 0-1.
When the
Eagles scored in the 3rd quarter to go up 33-7 I was more shocked to
see FedEx still packed. Usually, the fans leave when it starts to get ugly but
this mood was different; we were all in shock. THIS wasn’t the team we expected
to see. And don’t get me wrong; Washington fans are very familiar with losing
seasons and we usually set our expectations low, but THIS year all we’ve heard
is how special THIS team is. Shocked, we were all in shock.
After the
game I kept hearing about the great “comeback “. Let’s be honest. The Redskins
only put points on the scoreboard because the Eagles were exhausted from Chip
Kelly’s marathon, don’t stop, no huddle, play after play offence. We are lucky
the score was only 33-27.
It’s scary
to think that if Kai would have made his field goal and we could have made the
two-point conversion in the 4th then those five points would have
made it a one-point game. Even then, I would still be just as worried about my
team in burgundy and gold.
Maybe the
media hyped the expectation, maybe RG3 has become a bigger brand, or maybe they
should just call training camp, camp. We have A LOT of work to do and being
“rusty” isn’t an excuse. I expected the Redskins to show up game ready and I
hope that by playing RG3 when he’s not 100% doesn’t haunt us in the future.
Win or lose
I’ll still be chanting Hail To The Redskins, but I’ll call it a “comeback” when
the Redskins show up ready to play four quarters in the NFL.
This is retarded, if you knew anything about football you would have observed the Eagles purposely running they're preseason playbook for the majority of the second half, in an effort to not expose they're scheme, slow down the game, and milk the clock. it had little to do with conditioning.
ReplyDeleteDear “Anonymous”,
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading my blog. Clearly, you are an Eagles fan. You’re right; I didn’t watch a second of the Eagles pre-season games or care to memorize their playbook. I think it’s cute you translate “not in Chip Kelly shape” as part of their game plan. I must have missed the meeting when all the NFC East coaches got together this off season and agreed to adjust their game plans so all division games were close scores and there were no blow outs. Oh and running a no huddle spread is the only “scheme” they’ve got- good luck sustaining that all season. I thought I was being very nice to the Eagles in this post; I didn’t even make a single Ron Mexico joke.
And no, I’m not a retard- just special.