Sunday, October 21, 2012

Skins vs. Giants: The Great, The Good, and the Not-So-Good

Tough loss in a back-and-forth game, but the Skins' future looks bright.

The Great
  • Logan Paulsen.  Has to step up after Fred Davis goes down with an injury, and leads the team in receiving yards (76) including a huge catch on 4th down late in the game.
  • Kai Forbath.  3 for 3 on field goals, and equally as important looked much better on kickoffs this week.
  • Rob Jackson.  Fills in for Orakpo and makes several HUGE  plays.  A QB sack, an INT, and draws a hold to turn a Giants' big gain into a 10-yard penalty.   
The Good
  • RGIII.  He made several GREAT plays, but he also had an INT and two fumbles (one lost).  But wow.  His accuracy, poise, and speed are just incredible.  
  • Alfred Morris.  He has another 100-yard game, averaging more than 5 yards-per-carry, but lost his first fumble.
  • Santana Moss.  Catches a short pass that he runs for a TD, catches a huge deep TD pass late in the game, catches another huge pass in the final minute, but gets stripped to end the comeback attempt.  
  • Leonard Hankerson.  Leads the team in receptions, but looks tentative after catching the ball and consistently misses out on yards-after-the-catch. Plus, for some reason he did not fully extend when he let a beautiful deep ball from RGIII skip off his fingertips.
The Not-So-Good
  • Fred Davis.  He did nothing wrong (the illegal shift penalty early in the game calling back the TD appeared more Morgan's fault than Davis), but he may be out for a long time with an ACL injury.  That is very not-so-good.
  • London Fletcher.  Gets run over by Bradshaw, gets juked and gives up a long 3rd down conversion, and injures his hamstring.  Age might finally be catching up to the ageless one.  
  • Brandon Banks.  He didn't do anything bad, but he didn't do anything.  He occupies a roster spot as a playmaker who doesn't make plays.


1 comment:

  1. Another disgraceful, unneccessary loss. Outcoached and outplayed- how hard is it to stop a bomb with 1:30 to go?? Feel bad for RG3 and all the effort he's obviously putting forth.

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