Tough matchup this week against the Saints. It's the home opener so it will be a packed house and there will be a lot of energy. The good news is that Saints top WR, Marques Colston, is hurt and won't be able to play. Also, Saints DT, Hollis Thomas, will be out. That will certainly help the Skins.
The critical part of this game is that we need to get our offense off to an early start. The fans will be energized but given the offensive struggles we have had, they will let the Skins hear it if they struggle early. Despite it taking time for a team to learn a new system, most fans are ignorant and want immediate results. I think the key will be converting the 3rd down plays. Last week, we consistently came up short. We have to do better this week. Also, Zorn has employed more shotgun formation to help JC have a bit more time to make the play. We'll see if that helps. Again, we need to get the offense moving some and show progress so we keep the fans in the game.
Another key will be stopping Reggie Bush. We should be able to handle his ground attack. However, he is most dangerous catching the swing passes in the flat where he has space to make something happen. He may very well be the toughest one on one player to take down in the league. Not sure how we plan to game plan against him but it will be a tough test for our LBs. Covering Bush on the outside will leave Shockey open in the middle. Again, I expect our LBs to be busy. It will be critical we get some pressure on Brees. Taylor is still nursing his sprained knee and is supposed to see less action. He may only come in on 3rd down passing downs. We'll see. I am confident in the Evans, James, Wilson combo so hopefully we can get that much needed pressure on Brees.
I expect Portis to have a solid game running the ball. He typically does well in the home openers and the Saints gave up a fair amount of running yards last week so we need Portis to have a good game. That said, we need to help Portis by spreading the defense with passing so hopefully that gets moving. I expect that to be improved from last week. We should take a shot or two down the field.
I expect the Skins to pull it out in a close, exciting game at home 24-17.
2 comments:
Kind of sucks that we need the other team's best players to be hurt to think we have a chance, but it sucks for the Saints even more.
I'll tell you how we stop Reggie Bush...London Fletcher. If Bush has 10 catches, I'll bet London Broil gets 10 tackles.
I see Portis getting 100 yards and a couple TDs. He'll average much better than 3.7 yards/carry as he did against the G-Men.
We're going to hang on for dear life at the end, but I think we'll pull it out 24-20.
Injuries are part of the game and fortunately for us, they work in our favor this week.
London Fog will get his fair share of tackles but we'll need aggressive pursuit by the entire D once Bush gets the ball.
Agree that Portis will get 100+ yards.
We'll pull it out!
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!!
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