It was a very emotional week and a very emotional day yesterday. Apparently, the team was pretty quiet in the locker room. There were some tears in the locker room, during the tribute, and even during the game by some players for Sean Taylor. Sounded like it was a pretty poignant tribute prior to kickoff and the way we started our defense with 10 men on the field was another nice tribute for Sean. I actually liked London Fletcher explaining after the game that there wasn't 10 guys out there, there was 11. The 'Skins went through a lot this week and it would have been nice if they could have won yesterday. Especially knowing they have to go to the funeral today. I'm sure they would have liked to have been at the funeral knowing they could have at least won the game for Sean.
I am disappointed in the loss. Mostly because I would have liked for them to pull it out for Sean. However, for as bad as I feel, I am sure the team feels much worse. No one really knew what to expect from the game. No one really knew how the guys would have come out. I am proud of the way they were able to come out. Still, just disappointing we couldn't get the win. I don't really care about being in the playoff hunt. I wanted to win yesterday to honor Sean. Tough way to lose too. We are winning for 59+ minutes and we lose on a last second field goal. It's also interesting that the play that set up the field goal was a pass over the middle right in Sean Taylor territory. Kind of reminds you how much we will miss him playing safety back there. I know Gibbs will take a lot of heat for his mistake in the end but honestly it should have never gotten to that point.
There were flaws in the game yesterday. I don't really feel like analyzing too much since it was a very atypical week. Emotions were running high and again, it was not your normal week. It was not your normal game. Hopefully the funeral today brings some peace to the team and to everyone else.
2 comments:
It was a tough loss and I honestly felt bad for the Redskins. I don't think they dishonored Sean Taylor by losing. They did play hard, but they just aren't good enough.
Emotions were running high, and it was a tough environment to play a football game in, but the game highlighted two things:
1. The Redskins are a weak team because they lack depth all around.
2. Coach Gibbs can no longer coach in the NFL. He doesn't know the rules and he has lost his ability to make adjustments. What happened in the second half was exactly what has been happening for the better part of the Gibbs 2.0 era. They lose leads and Gibbs makes coaching errors.
Again, don't feel like talking too much about the game other than I am disappointed that they couldn't pull it out for Sean.
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