Posted on 10/12/2009 6:53:02 AM PDT by pgkdan
"In the moments immediately after another unsettling defeat that prompted the Washington Redskins to question much about themselves, many team leaders were united on this: Changing the head coach alone will not solve their problems.
To be sure, many things are going poorly for the Redskins, as evidenced by a 20-17 loss to the formerly winless Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon at Bank of America Stadium. Washington was undone, in large part, by a strange sequence of events on a punt in the fourth quarter that resulted in a turnover that Carolina quickly capitalized on to score the go-ahead touchdown.
The play, on which punt returner Antwaan Randle El signaled for a fair catch, ended with the Panthers recovering the ball on the Redskins 12-yard line after Byron Westbrook was pushed into Randle El and the ball hit Westbrook's foot. Two plays later, Carolina running back Jonathan Stewart ran untouched through the right side of Washington's defense for a touchdown. Then quarterback Jake Delhomme and wide receiver Steve Smith teamed on a two-point conversion pass.
With no timeouts -- Washington had used its third and final one with 8 minutes 1 second remaining because the play clock was running down as Coach Jim Zorn attempted to change a play he thought would fail -- and the passing game weakened by the loss of left tackle Chris Samuels early in the first quarter, the Redskins stalled on their next possession and did not get the ball back.
The Panthers (1-3) put away the victory behind the running of DeAngelo Williams and Delhomme...
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Not sure about this but I think this might be the first time in NFL history that a team started out the season playing their first six games against teams without any wins.
Strange...
Clinton Portis. Yeah. He's the guy. And not only has he lost a step or three but he can't keep his big mouth shut.
Putting that University of Miami education to good use.
Yep...good point, I think you are right. Their bye is Nov 1, and he will likely be gone by then.
Yeah. Two plays that they made from being 1-4. Two plays that they didn't make from being 5-0.
A-freaking-men. Dan Snyder’s taken a proud franchise and driven it over the cliff...it’s like he’s trying to see if he can screw up worse than Al Davis and the Raiders.
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And I think NE or somebody have played undefeated teams every week so far.
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