Pop Goes the World: Eagles 20, Redskins 13

I told you (all of 2-3 of you?) that Rex Grossman was a highly unstable element that needed to be handled very carefully.  I think I compared him to a moderately trained puppy--he can sit, he can stay...but if you leave the door open a crack, he's gonna run out, spring down the street, and look for squirrels to bark at.  It would be to the dog owner (Kyle Shanahan) to keep that door shut, so to speak, by calling high percentage plays for him and committing to the running game.

People on the radio or internet are saying hats off to the defense.  I could not disagree more.  The defense made it impossible to win this game.  The Redskins offense is not built to come from behind often.  It worked against Arizona, but Rex is a highly unstable element, and it is incumbent upon the defense to keep the team in the game or make plays to keep it close so the Redskins can continue to run.


They never tried to establish the run?  How can you keep trying to run when you are down by 14 and 17 in the second quarter?   That is on the defense.

But yeah.  Rex Grossman's interceptions were horrible.  The first one kind of acted like a punt, but the third one eliminated a golden opportunity to pull within 7 midway through the 3rd quarter.  The last one was a big middle finger to the concept of "taking care of the football."

We knew what Rex was, though.  We knew it when the Skins got him last year, we knew it when he won the job this year.  I'm not saying he should definitely keep his job, but the fans and media should remember this in their wild eruptions of rage.  You can't really get that mad when a tiny puppy craps on the carpet.

So the drama continues, and we we enter into the John Beck era.  If he throws 0 interceptions, 0 touchdowns, but he gets the Skins 175 yards, some field goals, and a running game, they can beat Carolina, get to 4-2, and get back into first place.