the view from the other side

[Larz]

sometimes you get good bits of info from the other teams followers, they can be a tad bit more objective

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/depleted-redskins-run-ragged-by-jets-in-second-half-of-34-20-defeat/2015/10/18/f6ef5c1a-75d2-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html

From the season’s outset, Gruden hung the team’s offensive identity on a power running game. Against the Jets, the Redskins gained just 34 yards rushing to the Jets’ 221

But Sunday’s defeat — and the horrendously played third quarter — couldn’t simply be laid at the feet of the many backups pressed into service: Veteran defenders whiffed on tackles, and Cousins fired several balls just behind or beyond the grasp of his thin receiving corps

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/with-season-threatening-to-unravel-gruden-orders-a-code-red/2015/10/18/1b753836-75db-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html

“I don’t like to make excuses about anything,” Gruden said. “I just know we had the opportunity to play the New York Jets today with 46 able players, and they were better than us. They were better coached, better prepared.”

Which brings us to another hot-button issue. Washington has been a third-quarter debacle, having been outscored 46-3 in that period, and the blame for that must fall on the coach. This is a one-punch team, that it is so limited it doesn’t have too many adjustments it can make. Gruden’s team has failed in just about every way possible in the third quarter. It’s not just the offense, defense, special teams, penalties or lack of depth. Every third quarter presents a new problem, which speaks to a team’s inability to receive a halftime message and implement it. In the third quarter, the players often look like a team that went into halftime too satisfied with its performance.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2015/10/18/a-closer-look-at-kirk-cousinss-two-interceptions-against-the-jets/?tid=pm_sports_pop_b

 

The safety made a great adjustment after initially biting inside, meaning Cousins would have needed to make an Aaron Rodgers-esque throw to fit the ball in a tight window to Crowder. But instead, Cousins lofts his throw, giving the safety even more time to readjust and get over the top of the route before attacking the ball in the air.