Why Is Everyone So Wide Open!: Colts 27, Redskins 24

Look at this dog. This dog, like me, is pissed off at the following:

1. Carlos Rogers can't catch. Yeah, we know he really can't catch, But SERIOUSLY, Carlos Rogers can't catch! He literally can't! And neither could Kareem Moore. You can't drop interceptions and hope to still beat Peyton Manning.

2. McNabb--slant passes are great. You have to react fast and really zip the ball in to your receiver in a tight space. Its an effective play. But its very hard to do well if you throw the g-d damn ball before you even turn your head to look at where you are throwing. When you do that, you can very well throw an interception! Are you kidding me! You are making this dog very upset!




3. Cover your man--no one cares if you're playing zone. The scoreboard doesn't care, I don't care. The dog sure as hell doesn't care. See that guy run past you? That's Austin Collie. Chances are Peyton Manning's gonna throw that ball to him, not that patch of grass you're standing on. Cover your man.

4. Joseph Addai--breaking tackles and running for 46 yards after we pull within 3? WTF, dude. Don't you see we have our hands full with your QB? Give it a rest, will you? Jeez.

5. But what I still can't get over is that Third and 1 sweep toss play early in the 4th quarter, just after Fletcher knocked out Addai, causing a fumble, with the Skins down by 7. We had all the momentum on our side.

It was third and inches after a completion to Sleepy Davis. Instead of a quick hitting play--QB sneak, something behind the Guard/Center/Mike Sellers, Kyle called a toss sweep to the left.

Torain was great, but he's not that fast, and that play takes a long ass time to develop and forces the runner to be running sideways, not up the field trying to get those couple of inches. It completely the advantage of needing a short distance for the first down. He was tackled behind the line. HOLY #@$%.


Some Good Things:

-Cris Collinsworth: I could spend months here (Washington, D.C.) just going to museums and...
Joey: Oh shut up, Cris Collinsworth, you can't even read!

-Torain broke a lot of tackles and looked generally awesome.

-Orakpo's sack and fumble. Huge play at the time.

-Landry and Buchanon's defense late in the game, causing a three and out, giving McNabb one more chance. Too bad Kyle was calling the plays for that drive too.