Regular Season Finale @ Commanders

[CowboyMike]

Anyone think this game looks a little differently now?

I'm not making any snap judgements on the Commanders. I'd like to see more evidence from RG3, especially after teams have more tape on him...

...but it's entirely possible we could be playing for the division in the last game of the season. Right now it looks like a prime flex candidate for NBC.

 

[blackbull]

Lmao! Maybe next year for skins.

 

[Tabascocat]

No doubt the skins looked pretty good today. IMO, that last game won't mean anything to the Commanders except maybe playing spoiler for the Cowboys in some way. I just think there are too many talented teams in the NFC for the Skins to make the playoffs this season. We may need that last game for home field advantage, 1st rd bye or division title but the Skis probably finish around 8 wins max.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

I don't see that game deciding the division, but we'll see.

 

[Idgit]

RGIII looked great, but week one is so variable. So much can change from any week to week, but never more so than after week 1. I'm waiting to see how they do against one of the NFCE teams before worrying about WAS one way or another.

 

[CowboyMike]

RGIII looked great, but week one is so variable. So much can change from any week to week, but never more so than after week 1. I'm waiting to see how they do against one of the NFCE teams before worrying about WAS one way or another.

Agreed. I'm usually more of a wait and see kind of guy, but I thought it was something interesting to think about.

 

[Idgit]

Agreed. I'm usually more of a wait and see kind of guy, but I thought it was something interesting to think about.

He looked good. I'd be stoked right now if I were a Sk*ns fan. They're defense was already solid. He pretty much has to pay off for them, given how much they gave up.

I just know from being in Vegas on opening weekend a few weeks back how much of a toll it can take on your regular projections. So many weird scores it's hard to tell what's real, and what's mirage. Players aren't up to full-game condition yet, coaches aren't certain how their plans for newly acquired players go, even the bad teams have hope they can be a turnaround team. After week three things tend to settle down a bit, coordinators get some tape, and you can see how the year might shake out (with notable exceptions).

I won't lie, though. I was on Bourbon Street this weekend, making good-natured fun of every Commanders fan I saw (there were a ton of them who traveled down). I was hoping for a Saints blowout.

 

[BAZ]

I thought he looked great coming out of the gate, that surprised me. The only thing is you have to wonder if the Saints are going to have a down year. The Skins sure looked better the Eagles. That will be an interesting game.

 

[CowboyMike]

I thought he looked great coming out of the gate, that surprised me. The only thing is you have to wonder if the Saints are going to have a down year. The Skins sure looked better the Eagles. That will be an interesting game.

I think the Saints will have a down year for one reason: karma.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

I think the Saints will have a down year for one reason: karma.

I agree and I can't stand their bandwagon fans either.

 

[Cowboy_Shawn]

To answer the OP's question, not really.

The Cowboys can attack the Commanders in ways the Saints could not.

The Cowboys have a better playmaker at RB; a more dynamic athlete at WR (Dez Bryant); a better secondary; and the league's premier pass rusher.

 

[CowboyMike]

To answer the OP's question, not really.

The Cowboys can attack the Commanders in ways the Saints could not.

The Cowboys have a better playmaker at RB; a more dynamic athlete at WR (Dez Bryant); a better secondary; and the league's premier pass rusher.

I didn't mean look differently in terms of how the Cowboys match up with the Skins. I meant in what the game could potentially mean at the end of the year.

 

[YosemiteSam]

The question is, how many games will RG3 miss due to injury?

 

[Doomsday101]

Anyone think this game looks a little differently now?

I'm not making any snap judgements on the Commanders. I'd like to see more evidence from RG3, especially after teams have more tape on him...

...but it's entirely possible we could be playing for the division in the last game of the season. Right now it looks like a prime flex candidate for NBC.

Hard to say right now. I think it is possible, would not be the 1st time a team went from the bottom of the division to the top of a division. Then again Commanders could crash and burn.

 

[jday]

Anyone think this game looks a little differently now?

I'm not making any snap judgements on the Commanders. I'd like to see more evidence from RG3, especially after teams have more tape on him...

...but it's entirely possible we could be playing for the division in the last game of the season. Right now it looks like a prime flex candidate for NBC.

Admittedly, it is still early, but I think people are underestimating the Commanders and the addition of a good QB, complimented by the addition of a good RB.

 

[The30YardSlant]

Now that teams have film on him expect RGIII to suffer through the normal rookie growing pains.

They ran a very unique offense yesterday (by NFL standards). They essentially came out and ran a version of the air raid. Mostly shotgun formations with three and four wide, lots of receiver and running back screens and dink and dunk comebacks and slants. The Saints played off all day expecting the deep ball and got torched underneath.

However, as is seen often times in college when spread passing offenses face elite defenses, NFL defenses are too fast for that to work consistently. DBs will play up, those screens will get blown up and corners will just the short stuff.

 

[DBOY3141]

After 1 week here is what I see the 'Skins doing:

Saints - win
Rams - win
Cincy - loss
Tampa - win
Atlanta - loss
Minn - win
Giants - loss
Pitts - loss
carolina - win
bye
Philly - loss
Dallas - loss
giants - win
balt - loss
clev - win
Philly - loss
Dallas - win

8-8

 

[Wayne02]

Now that teams have film on him expect RGIII to suffer through the normal rookie growing pains.

They ran a very unique offense yesterday (by NFL standards). They essentially came out and ran a version of the air raid. Mostly shotgun formations with three and four wide, lots of receiver and running back screens and dink and dunk comebacks and slants. The Saints played off all day expecting the deep ball and got torched underneath.

However, as is seen often times in college when spread passing offenses face elite defenses, NFL defenses are too fast for that to work consistently. DBs will play up, those screens will get blown up and corners will just the short stuff.

But really, how many elite defenses are the Skins going to face all year? This offense could work for them, and that rookie RB looks pretty good too

 

[The30YardSlant]

But really, how many elite defenses are the Skins going to face all year? This offense could work for them, and that rookie RB looks pretty good too

It doesn't need to be an elite defense. All NFL defenses are fast, I was using elite college defenses as an analogy. Most teams in college don't have the speed on defense to shut down that kind of offense, but NFL teams do.

If Robert Griffin keeps up what he did yesterday he'll be by far the greatest rookie QB in the history of the game and I just don't buy that. He'll be good, but he's not THAT good. Not yet.

 

[the_h0wey]

Anyone think this game looks a little differently now?

I'm not making any snap judgements on the Commanders. I'd like to see more evidence from RG3, especially after teams have more tape on him...

...but it's entirely possible we could be playing for the division in the last game of the season. Right now it looks like a prime flex candidate for NBC.

My hope is we will finally put ourselves in a position that the last 2-3 games at the end of the year won't determine whether or not we make the playoffs. Not saying they won't be important, but I would rather them be to determine which Wild Card team we host or if we have a first round bye or not.