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Sports Focus: Washington Commanders
Gibbs' special delivery Coach compiles a long list of supposed missed calls for the NFL to see
BY PAUL WOODY
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
The delivery pouches that arrive at NFL headquarters on Tuesdays during the regular season must groan under the weight of the Washington Commanders' contributions.
When any NFL team thinks it has been the victim of a bad call, the team makes a copy of the film clip and ships it to NFL headquarters.
There, it is studied and analyzed and later in the week, the NFL informs the team on whether it was victimized.
Yesterday, Commanders coach Joe Gibbs had a litany of plays he planned to send to the NFL from the Washington-Tampa Bay game.
Leading the list was the two-point conversion made by Bucs fullback Mike Alstott. Those points gave Tampa Bay a 36-35 victory.
"We've got a real clear shot of it," Gibbs said. "The ball carrier is on the ground, six inches short. It's the same thing everybody else saw."
Also included in Gibbs package for the league is the extra point the Commanders blocked before Alstott's run. It appeared that at least two, perhaps more, Commanders were offside on the play in an attempt to beat the snap count. And they were penalized for it.
"We felt like we blocked it," Gibbs said. "Their center picked the ball up, and we felt like we got off right when he picked it up.
"We'll turn that one in."
And there's more.
"We run a slip screen, and they grabbed our guy's shirt," Gibbs said. "The No.1 thing you can't do is grab a guy's shirt. They wound up with an interception, so we're going to turn that one in."
And still there's more. In the first quarter, Bucs receiver Joey Galloway made a 34-yard reception to the Commanders 3, but did not get both feet down inbounds. The officials ruled that he had been forced out.
"We never touched him," Gibbs said. "We're turning that one in, too."
Conspicuous by its absence on the Commanders "turn in" list is the 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Commanders running back Ladell Betts. The Bucs challenged the play, claiming Betts stepped out of bounds.
"To be quite truthful, I saw the same thing they [the officials] did," Gibbs said. "His cleats are down, but his heel is up."
Chances are the NFL office will get a copy of that play, courtesy of the Bucs.
"You could say these things even out," Gibbs said. "And you'd like to say we can't let it come down to that.
"But it can come down to that. Those kind of things will turn a game."
Fumbles and interceptions also will turn a game, and the Commanders, after committing three turnovers Sunday and forcing just one, are minus-11 in turnover ratio.
"You can play yourself silly, but if you wind up on the wrong side of that, which we've done, you're in trouble," Gibbs said.
"If you're minus-one, you've got a 20 percent chance to win the game."
The Commanders also lower their chances of winning when the defense gives up 36 points. One touchdown did come after quarterback Mark Brunell fumbled on the Commanders 5-yard line.
It was the fourth time this season the Commanders have given up more than 21 points in a game, and the second time they have given up more than 30.
Last season, when they were 6-10, the Commanders gave up more than 20 points in just four games, and never gave up more than 28.
"Our players want to be aggressive, and we need to be aggressive," Gibbs said. "But we don't want to have explosive plays against us. That was disappointing."
The Commanders gave up nine pass plays of 16 yards or more to the Bucs, including five of 30 yards or more.
"We're all together," Gibbs said. "I've got to be able to do something next week to help us."
Gibbs was not optimistic about having defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin (hip) back this week against Oakland. Gibbs was more upbeat on the chances of free safety Sean Taylor (ankle) returning to the lineup Sunday.
Sports Focus: Washington Commanders
Gibbs' special delivery Coach compiles a long list of supposed missed calls for the NFL to see
BY PAUL WOODY
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
The delivery pouches that arrive at NFL headquarters on Tuesdays during the regular season must groan under the weight of the Washington Commanders' contributions.
When any NFL team thinks it has been the victim of a bad call, the team makes a copy of the film clip and ships it to NFL headquarters.
There, it is studied and analyzed and later in the week, the NFL informs the team on whether it was victimized.
Yesterday, Commanders coach Joe Gibbs had a litany of plays he planned to send to the NFL from the Washington-Tampa Bay game.
Leading the list was the two-point conversion made by Bucs fullback Mike Alstott. Those points gave Tampa Bay a 36-35 victory.
"We've got a real clear shot of it," Gibbs said. "The ball carrier is on the ground, six inches short. It's the same thing everybody else saw."
Also included in Gibbs package for the league is the extra point the Commanders blocked before Alstott's run. It appeared that at least two, perhaps more, Commanders were offside on the play in an attempt to beat the snap count. And they were penalized for it.
"We felt like we blocked it," Gibbs said. "Their center picked the ball up, and we felt like we got off right when he picked it up.
"We'll turn that one in."
And there's more.
"We run a slip screen, and they grabbed our guy's shirt," Gibbs said. "The No.1 thing you can't do is grab a guy's shirt. They wound up with an interception, so we're going to turn that one in."
And still there's more. In the first quarter, Bucs receiver Joey Galloway made a 34-yard reception to the Commanders 3, but did not get both feet down inbounds. The officials ruled that he had been forced out.
"We never touched him," Gibbs said. "We're turning that one in, too."
Conspicuous by its absence on the Commanders "turn in" list is the 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Commanders running back Ladell Betts. The Bucs challenged the play, claiming Betts stepped out of bounds.
"To be quite truthful, I saw the same thing they [the officials] did," Gibbs said. "His cleats are down, but his heel is up."
Chances are the NFL office will get a copy of that play, courtesy of the Bucs.
"You could say these things even out," Gibbs said. "And you'd like to say we can't let it come down to that.
"But it can come down to that. Those kind of things will turn a game."
Fumbles and interceptions also will turn a game, and the Commanders, after committing three turnovers Sunday and forcing just one, are minus-11 in turnover ratio.
"You can play yourself silly, but if you wind up on the wrong side of that, which we've done, you're in trouble," Gibbs said.
"If you're minus-one, you've got a 20 percent chance to win the game."
The Commanders also lower their chances of winning when the defense gives up 36 points. One touchdown did come after quarterback Mark Brunell fumbled on the Commanders 5-yard line.
It was the fourth time this season the Commanders have given up more than 21 points in a game, and the second time they have given up more than 30.
Last season, when they were 6-10, the Commanders gave up more than 20 points in just four games, and never gave up more than 28.
"Our players want to be aggressive, and we need to be aggressive," Gibbs said. "But we don't want to have explosive plays against us. That was disappointing."
The Commanders gave up nine pass plays of 16 yards or more to the Bucs, including five of 30 yards or more.
"We're all together," Gibbs said. "I've got to be able to do something next week to help us."
Gibbs was not optimistic about having defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin (hip) back this week against Oakland. Gibbs was more upbeat on the chances of free safety Sean Taylor (ankle) returning to the lineup Sunday.
