Now that was a sweet throw from Robert.
That last TD pass was not a good pass. It was an awful decision that happened to work because the eagles safety looked like Madieu Williams and totally misplayed the throw.
This was a game they completely gave away because they were not prepared to play for one reason or another. Griffin looked bad for most of the game. He made horrid decisions which led to two interceptions and that cost the defense. Griffin was definitely rusty but I have to see what he'll bring over the next couple of games because he still is not 100%. They tried to turn him into a complete pocket passer and it hurt the running game because philly knew was much and centered around Morris and he often had no chance to get going. Having said that Morris' fumble was absolutely inexcusable! Then there was the missed pitch (a play they barely ran last season but for some reason they tried a handful of times last night with no success) but that was not a good pitch so that was both Griffin's and Morris fault. Of course what started all that freaking sequence was stupid ass Chris Thompson fair catching a punt at the freaking 4 yard line! When he did that I told my brother that was going to result in a safety.
Then the idiot didn't learn his lesson and ended up doing the same crap and fair caught a punt at the 6. That's why he got benched. The timing with the WR's was off too but that should be OK with time IF Griffin holds up. I hope I'm wrong but Griffin looks like it's just a matter of time before he breaks down. They need to hold on to Cousins. They gave away two points on the safety because of a rookie decision and bad rb/qb execution. Forbath missed a FG that he has to make. And the coaches also failed. This pisses me off probably more than anything because it happens so frequently. Coaches panic under stress and they did so last night. Driving late in the game with 4th and 10 they hesitated too long on deciding which play to call and the Redskins were not able to break the huddle quickly enough to get to the line of scrimmage. They broke the huddle with 12 seconds remaining on the play clock and had to rush which led to Williams' false start and to a 4th and 15. That is on the coaches!
The defense was forced to play 20 minutes in the first half! They were the guinea pig for the rest of the NFL in facing the fast paced offense the eagles will be running. You know they were gassed when they had players faking injury.
All things considered the defense held up OK. They did have some tackling issues that need to be addressed. I know people are ripping Orakpo but he wasn't that bad last night. On a positive note Kerrigan passed the concussion tests and should be OK to play on Sunday in GB. Somebody ban TF already!
