Skins Trail 10-6 at the Half

Maybe I am being too pessimistic. But we need to do something during the second half.

demonj21 I feel that we are trying to go to Moss too much. Get Cooley and ARE into the game. I think we can move the ball by going to them then hit Moss over the top. Jasen ass needs to block better.

JM220

Steeler points came from blocked punt and pass interference. Ours came from int and on sides kick. Both D's are basically shutting the O out. Zorn needs to do something to adjust and get the ball downfield. We'll see if he's capable against a stout D.

In the passing game I'd like to see more shotgun formation and some crossing routes. The D or special teams need to get skins a TO.

Nothing about the blocked punt from Mr.Negative? Had that been Brooks' blocked punt, Mr. Negative would already have castrated him. But Mr Plakemeier can do no wrong.

Moss needs to return a punt.

Sorry, don't see what the issue with the punter is. He's kicking well tonight. The block wasn't his fault. Is there something I'm missing?

We need to start throwing some deep balls, after we figure our our pass protection.

John Jansen will be gone next year.

We've just gotten reports of cars on fire in the parking lot at FedEx. Could be a tailgate gone horribly awry.

Wagman, I don't think the blocked punt was the fault of the punter. It was poor blocking.

No way the blocked kick was on the punter. that dude took it right off his foot.

Sorry, don't see what the issue with the punter is. He's kicking well tonight. The block wasn't his fault. Is there something I'm missing?

No, you're not missing anything. He's punting well. He can't do the blocking too.

I'd like to see Zorn stick with the run some more. Obviously Campbell needs to step up and make some passes, but I don't think they should give up on the run, even if it's been pretty much shut down the 1st half.

BTW, how about Shuisham? The guy's really been stepping up this year. He nailed both those kicks tonight.

I know Pitt has a good D, but it's been awhile since our offense has clicked. Not just this game. WTF?

Punter's doing well? - one for 21 yds., another blocked, Sorry. Guess we're not watching the same game.

$@#!$ Rogers!

Had he caught that INT that was a pick 6! Changes dynamic completely. Instead he drops it, Pitt punts, skins go 3 and out as they have all night and we get the blocked punt turning into the TD.

Skins haven't gotten 1 first down all game. Regarldless of the D playing lights out, they have been on the field waaaay too long. Skins aren't gonna win this one this way, not even by a long shot!

JM220, I agree. I think we need keep trying to run the ball. The steelers look like they aren't tired because they are not doing much but stopping the pass. We need to worn them out even though we get little yards from the run. For now, the Skins look predictable.

hometown boy byron leftwitch may play

Big Ben may be out, but Leftwich isn't too bad - think he actually beat us at home a couple of years ago, I think.

Right now the stillers don't fear our run. We need some screens and to convert some of those third downs. Then the run will open up.

Zorn needs to call plays with violence!

Actually, before the blocked punt his average was 44.5 if I remember correctly. Also, what is he supposed to do, run to a sideline to punt and void the rush?

"Punter's doing well? - one for 21 yds., another blocked, Sorry. Guess we're not watching the same game."

The 21 yarder - if that's how long it was - was probably that punt that pinned the Steelers behind the 10 yd. line, if you were paying attention.

Ok first off I am not a pessimist this is the first year in a long time I like our teams makeup I even apologize for being down on Zorn at the beginning. that being said as solid as a Redskins fan as I am the Steelers are a good defensive team and is there anything been done in the first half that leads you to believe that we can outscore them in the second half?

Big Ben probably out. He's getting X-rays on his throwing hand.

Not sure if you saw my thanks on last thread so would just like to re-iterate my thanks to you guys for helping explain the on-side start thing again, also can someone tell em how Landry is going tonight, I love that guy..

This one is turning south quickly.

YEP IM A PESSIMUST!

"Had he caught that INT that was a pick 6! Changes dynamic completely. Instead he drops it, Pitt punts, skins go 3 and out as they have all night and we get the blocked punt turning into the TD..."
Posted by: mrhanki9 | November 3, 2008 10:24 PM

You can't be serious. How did his dropped pick cause the three and out and subsequent blocked punt?

Nice dive, McInthosh!

M'fer. Stupid Byron Leftwich.

MrHanki, wrong... Skins have gotten a few 1st downs; Portis has a 20 something yard run early, for instance. Just nothing recently.

too much to ask for holding them to a field goal here?????

c'mon D!

Skins have a couple of 1st downs. But they haven't converted a single 3rd down yet.

F@ck!

17-6 an not one first down on 3rd down conversion, game over.

OK, time to see what our O is made of. Do they have anything in them against this monster D, or do they fold up and call it a night?

Gonna be down by 11 soon... we're letting this one get away. If we get too far down, we'll become too predicatable.

And there it was :(

Just me being down 2nd stringer ripping us up, not us being down by 11

Why can't we ever win or be a good team? Why is that, as soon as we doing well, something like this or the Rams game happens? I hate losing.

ummm...game over. Here comes the sack exchange on Campbell from here on out.

CP only has 22 yards - he runs for 100, we normally win.

Seriously, enough about the damn Steelers fans at the game - I think that's like the 10th time that they have mentioned it.

I'm confused. Which is the home team?

F!

The amount of steelers fans in the crowd is an all time low in skins fan history....

The silver lining is that PIT missed the Extra Point.

OK, what the f**** is up with the Steelers crowd at the game?????

Well that just went our way... Extra Point, no good. So we're still only down by 10... much better place to be.

Hey guys, if we can't get our offense going it doesn't really matter that the Steelers are up b 10. IF we can then coming back from 10 points down is definitely doable.

Strap it up.

We've had a good run so far this year. We haven't been dominant, but we haven't sucked either. We're actually further ahead than I thought we'd be this year. Pittsburgh just has better players.

22 is having a huge year, but that missed pick 6 was a killer.

Offense has been inconsistent this year and lucked out in a few games. Now defense is getting tired, game over unless we score on this drive....

Game over. Too bad we hurt Big Ben. Leftwich will kill us.

ok ....let's see what z - man and this team are made of ..

I try to refrain from Snyder bashing but the Steelers fans at the game is due in large part to that BS stub hub deal.....simply embarressing....

I have never heard RFK/Fedex this bad during seasons when the skins are terrible. how the hell is it happening when they are 6-2?

I don't like this. Mainly because we hold them for two plays and then give up a big catch down the field, or right at the first down marker.

I wonder how the people cheering DAL yesterday felt. I told them that it would be better if DAL beat NYG, but everyone said I was wrong. I had a feeling the Redskins would find a way to ruin the game.

Look, if we don't pull something out and win this, it's not a big deal. I'll take 6-3 going into the bye week. Of course there are some big question marks with the offense, but they'll have a couple weeks to hopefully figure some things out.

That said, I hope we don't get totally spanked. And some kind of offensive revival would be awesome.

And we do know how to come from behind to win the game... we've done it enough this season.

But I am seriously bummed that we're STILL the cardiac kids. Why can't we ever play a good team and just DOMINATE them? I'd even be willing to settle for just dominating a BAD team....

Time to take some shots downfield, I think.

gotta back chrislarry on this. I don't ever remember a team taking over our stadium this much. Especially in a winning season. It makes me ill.

who ever the piece of sh!t season ticket holders that sold their tickets should have them taken away. Utterly f---ing pathetic. Maybe the post can write about that tomorrow. The worthless b@stards should be called out for it.

Poor Rock always looks like he's running through waist-deep water anymore...

We are told there are seven burned cars in the parking lot. All near one another so it could be aBBQ gone bad.

There is no running room on the left side.

Another sack.

Jon Jansen is about to get JC killed!

The Steelers are doing whatever they want. This is going to get uglier.

I'm asking this question in all seriousness:

What's the point in having a cornerback who can't catch?

And I mean can't catch anything...

Come on Campbell, you're kidding me, right???????????!!!!!! What the hell was Portis going to do even if he caught that one?????!!!!!!!

Boy that Steel Magnolias is a tear jerker, how is the game going?

Dallas, who everyone practically annointed as the SB champs at the beginning of the season, sitting at the bottom of the NFC East makes me happy. I'm okay if we are two games behind the Giants b/c I think we can catch them or finish 2nd in the division.

this is going south in a hurry. Get Jansen out of there.

The point of having a cornerback who can't catch is that only 47% of passes thrown at him are completed. I'll take that with the hands of stone anyday...

Yep just when our team looks like it's doing well then they find a way to lose.

this is ridiculous... nothing going on offensively... this is maddening...UGHHHH

We are told there are seven burned cars in the parking lot. All near one another so it could be aBBQ gone bad.
Posted by: CindyBoren

I hope nobody is hurt, wonder if they had Steeler Bumper stickers on them.

Cindy: I know you're reading this.... can you or one of the other reporters find out why there are so many Steelers fans at FedEx tonight so that we know who to crucify for giving up our home field advantage? This is RIDICULOUS. It actually sounds louder than I've heard it when we're winning.

I better not here anybody say this is JC fault!... WTF.. is he suppose to do with Jansen man in his face all damn day!

It would be nice to have a dominate team for once...instead we always find a way to be "good, not great"

Funny how fans pay the big bucks on season tickets and 'Skins find a way to lose big games at home.

WTF was that.

I'd rather have had DAL win yesterday because I feared that this game would suck. And now we will be two games back. But no everyone said it was better for DAL to lose.

why the heck are Steelers fans allowed to run up in the spot like that?
It was bad enough when Skins fans complained at the treatment they received in Seattle in the past but the sight of those towels in Landover is Pathetic!

F Carlos Rogers! Sorry @ss B!

Time for fans to calm down. This was a very difficult game for us to win, given how we played the last three weeks. It's closer than I thought it would be...

Yep just when our team looks like it's doing well then they find a way to lose.

Posted by: jiacinto | November 3, 2008 10:41 PM

Dude, we are all watching the game. You can stop harping with the negative stuff. Cheer the good plays, there are a few.

The entire 2nd half is left. Game over?? They just have better players? Whether we win or lose, that attitude is pathetic.

Smart call by the Steelers. Why bother risking an INT when you can punt it and the skins can't even get a 1st down.
And you can blow on ARE and he'll go down on the punt return.

It is ALWAYS better for Dallas to lose - ALWAYS.

*small exception if them winning = Skins make playoffs or get home field advantage.

There's plenty of time left but we have to get physical on the O-line.

Somebody tell me how a starting NFL cornerback that makes millions of dollars a year and has played this game all his life can't catch a ball that hits him right in the gut. Carlos Rogers is the new "hands of stone". Jesus Christ, what a choke.

Yep just when our team looks like it's doing well then they find a way to lose.

Posted by: jiacinto | November 3, 2008 10:41 PM
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Jeez, dood. Get a grip.
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Defense has had only two bad plays all game really. The missed int and the long bomb. They've been great otherwise!

I would have been better for DAL to win yesterday. I'd rather have a 6-2 NYG than a 7-1 NYG. But what do I know?

The entire 2nd half is left. Game over?? They just have better players? Whether we win or lose, that attitude is pathetic.

Posted by: junkiwonteverread | November 3, 2008 10:44 PM

When you play well, you get patted on the back...when you stink, you get criticized...that's the way it works

Goddam right, Z-man! Don't give up on the run!

Nice stop by the D...let's get a damn 1st down, offense!

Regardless of how the game ends, just go to bed thinking:

a. George Bush will not be our next president
b. you aren't a Dallas Cowboys fan

Not so bad huh?

Good call, by Zorn!

No, the Giants are definitively better than us. So it's better that Dallas lose. Even if we were tied with the G-men, they'd win the division somehow. They're just a lick better; not by much, but better. So it's better to have a Dallas loss and put as many bodies behind us as we can..

Okay, Cooley needs to score a nice TD so I can win my FF game.

Nice screen play!

Another good call!!!! z-man dialing it up

Yeah, Defense has played well... even Rogers has played great, except for the two dropped Ints that could have been pick 6s and the long 43 yard pass interference... but that was a close play, anyway. Other than that, he's been outstanding (no sarcasm).

Man, this is looking like a nice little drive we're putting together! GO PORTIS.

Did that look like a Facemask at the end?

Huge screen pass - need a TD here

Another INT. That is probably the game.

Oh, boy

This doesn't look good - INT by Soup

And there's the first INT of the season for Campbell... :(

Get Colt Brennan in the game

well we can stop with the no INT thing...

Might lose a time out on that one.

This doesn't look good - INT by Soup

Posted by: mohammed10 | November 3, 2008 10:51 PM | Report abuse
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Can't really blame the QB for a ball that bounced off his receiver's hands. But not good.
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Looks like a judgement call... and it looks like it's sliding around in there to me. If Portis hadn't punched it out, it would have been a clean Int, I think... but I don't think he ever FULLY got control of it.

What do you all think? Not sure it's indisputable, but it's marginal.

Redskins will score 21 points in the 4th quarter.

You guys are way too negative; it's just a freakin' football game. Nobody's life is on the line here. It's entertainment. Look at all the bling the Danny has on in his suite. The value of this team keeps going up, even if they post a losing record. He doesn't care if you get angry or upset; in fact, he likes it. He knows he's got you. Relax and enjoy...

no way we get this overturned since there are no calls that go our way. Can't beleive anybody is suggesting Brennan get in the game. Gimme a break.

"Get Colt Brennan in the game"

Aer you kidding??? I like Colt, but give me a break.

Have we won a challenge at all this entire season?

that was totally a catch wasted challenge...

isnadd your a idiot... Embarrased that your a skins fan

was that Campbells fault (the interception) or poor play by the receiver, sorry as i have said I cant see the game, an answer would be appreciated...

But yes, that pick was JC's fault. Threw too high.

Actually, forgetting the pick, which I really want to forget, that last posession at least gives some hope we might be able to move the ball.

Okay. Let's get the D in there and make it happen.

Sad that the INT-less streak is over. Of course, last week, a partner in my office thought that I had completely made it up that Campbell had not thrown a INT b/c that wasn't possible - then I told him that the streak for the team started LAST season.

THeyve resorted to blitzing every down now

and the corner who can't catch gets burned on 3rd and 15

The O was moving the ball on that last drive. We need a defensive stop here and we can still win this game.

Aussie, a bit of both... it was too high, and Portis deflected it up when he couldn't get it.

Lighten up Francis, I'm kidding about the Colt Brennan comments.

Horton is a BEAST!

Man the Skins' just cant catch a break at all. They are not playing bad ball. So far look at two plays; Rogers muffed int -- again -- (the man couldn't. catch a cold in an ice storm in Siberia) and the blocked punt. That Defense is getting a bit winded though. come on Skins!!!!

I want to thank some of you tard fans.....your lame comments are keeping me form getting down to much b/c I dont want to sound like you morons.....

Seems like the Defense can't get them out on 3rd down... :(

3rd down and SUCK

Honestly I dont remember too many skins over the past 15 years winning on Monday night.. Thats why i hate when they play Monday night.. never fond memories

Plenty of time left.

Good night all. See you after the break. If we can go 4-3 from here, we'll get a wildcard. Maybe even host.....lots of football left this season. If we lose tonight, we got beat by a better team.

Please, no more of this idea that carlos rogers is a pro bowler.

10-6 and maybe a playoff spot, thats it!

I KNEW wearing those unis was a BAD sign for tonight. Hope they bury them!

CL--On a side note, any signs of junior?

Anyone want to cover Moore?

Can't let them Stillers get another td though that would definitely put this gameout of reach the weay our offense is going. Wow! look at play.....its over folks.

TE: No....

CL: Once this season already (NO) and at least once more (BMore) I won't be able to follow this game anyway other than here (I'll be in Miami both times). I'm not a "oh woe!" kind of guy normally... just tired of cardiac kids. I want to see us pull this out.

Darn it, what the heck was THAT play? That's the fourth bad play on Defense that was huge.

Yeah that blocked punt and the missed Rogers INT is what turned the game against WAS.

need some of that old 4th qtr magic. . .

Need a stop here on 3rd & 8.

beep beep

I think we're just beat up and in need of a bye week. I am worried about Dallas being out for blood in two weeks since lots of their injured players will be back and they'll think they have something to prove.

Yeah that blocked punt and the missed Rogers INT is what turned the game against WAS.

Posted by: jiacinto | November 3, 2008 11:04 PM

No, actually not. It was the offensive breakdowns and the inability to sustain a drive or score a TD.

1st and Goal PIT.

need b left to start playing like the guy who lost his job! ! !

dude looks like t brady. . .

TE that was all and fine until pitt got field position and the lead, their d got some real mojo after that. . .

embarrassing game by Rogers. I don't want to hear any pro bowl talk for the rest of the season.

we can certainly use this bye week. . .

this goes a bit differently methinks with blue in there. . .

well, that's all folks. dem jints ate our lunch and we came back with a vengance so let's see if we can do it again. darm dem stillers.

suz, maybe this bodes well for the dallas game, I think you're on to something. . .

i hate the def game plan.. Skins havent blitz much this season why start tonight... should have manned up and played straight up..

Oh snap. I didnt know moss aint out there.. no freaking wonder..

What the hell has happened since that Blocked punt, the D hasm't made a stop by the looks of things, what has caused this massive turnaround in the game, it just doesnt make sense the Steelers seem to be hjust moving the ball as they please all of a sudden, why? is someone injuted? do we have anything that even resembles a pass rush at the moment??

Outscored 23-0. Where is Jim Zorn and his genious? I hope most of the interested observers understand this is still a Gibbs product and a Gibbs' story being told. Get used to it.

People don't change, only attitudes. And this team is still a Gibbs incarnation and Jim Zorn is still learning. Jason Campbell may not be the answer but Jim Zorn is. Keep faith in your coach and tea,m but please, Danny don't pay your quarterback. Its a mirage, much like
Bruce Smith et al.

steelers making mistakes, I'll take three of those . . .

good catch by cap'n chaos but a bit too little much too late.

not sure if there's still enough time, I hjave seen stranger things though. . .

with this group against tough competition as well. . .

worst case. I still get to vote tomorrow . . .

where are the big bodied guys we drafted? ? ?

need a safety, want a safety, can I have on pls?

RUN TO THE RIGHT!!!! I don't get it.

D-U-N, dun. . .

cyn city is right, zorn had a bad game. . .

game's over and those fools are lining up in the shotgun. makes me wanna break somebody's neck now. hope the skins can hear me. it's time to go for a kill shot now.

Jason Campbell is a FRAUD. Much like the Palin candidacy, once the tough questions are asked the sobering answerings tell the story. Please, please, Danny Boy do not pay Jason Campbell. It is fools gold.

And what we know about Danny boy, there's no chance he doesn't overpay for an underperforming overhyped....

we need moss, taylor, samuels and springs back and healthy for the stretch. . .

and jaws needs to shut up about the iggles. . .

let up on JC. . .data does not support the conclusions. . .

while you're at it, lay off palin as well. . .

gotta admit that jasno was right on, these Pitt OLBs are really something. . .

they are all over the place all day long, impressive. . .

so, does the skins game predict the outcome of the elections or do the polls predict the outcome of the skins game?

methinks the latter. . .

anyone remember the last mnf game prior to the bush/gore election?

eerily similar. . .

JC a fraud!!!...puulleeaasse dude...lay off the bathtub gin.

Palin is a fraud.