Redskins @ Cardinals – Second Quarter Reactions (And Checklist)
Posted by Matt Terl on September 2, 2010 – 11:33 pm
Well, this turned into a hideously ugly preseason game pretty quickly. The main bright spot of this game so far has been linebacker Robert Henson. For the second straight year, he’s making a strong case for himself during the final preseason game — unofficially, he comes out of the second quarter with four tackles and one sack. I would feel totally comfortable with this version of Henson playing in a regular season game. He was out of position and blocked on the touchdown run, but he’s still improved his standing on the team.
Other than that, it was largely a sloppy showing for the Redskins — multiple penalties and a sluggish offense. Of course, when you’re rotating quarterbacks with every drive, trying to get a look at as many of your players as you can, and sitting more than half of your opening day roster, a little sloppiness is inevitable.
Let’s take a look at a few more of the guys that made your list:
@pauloscopa: Parker, for sure. But do you really think LJ is safe?
I was surprised to see Larry Johnson on the list of guys not playing, but it makes sense now that I think about it. Head coach Mike Shanahan has been very clear the entire preseason that he’d be basing his decisions on the accumulated work — minicamp, training camp, practices — and not just games, so it was probably kind of silly to put too much weight on his performance in one game. (And his performance in the Jets game didn’t hurt him either.)
Willie Parker, on the other hand, has the opposite problem. He’s shown more burst this game than at other point in the preseason and it’s paid off in the stat line — 5 carries, 27 yards, most of it coming on a 13 yard run — but the question is if he can overcome a lackluster start to his offseason work. Of course, if Kyle Shanahan was being accurate when he said that team wouldn’t be able to carry three running backs that don’t play special teams, we already have our answer just from the list of guys who aren’t playing. We shall see.
The rest of the your checklist, after the jump.
- @CMKeen_4: want to see Torain. Skins really need a young strong RB to protect against elders & injuries. Hail to the Redskins!
- @superskin1: John Beck, without a doubt, Matt. Only Skins QB committed contractually past this season
- @U2tigger: Oh! And I know it’s more obscure, but Paulson/Vickers battle at TE. A certain blog post upped the stakes for me… sigh.
- @p_know18: I wanna see Lorenzo Alexander wreaking havoc, I think he’ll eventually start, probably over Andre Carter
- @U2tigger: Beck at QB, Williams and Brown, AH and his reaction, Robinson/Westbrook, K. Williams/Parker/Torain.
- @RedskinsRT: Keiland Williams, Ryan Torain, Terrence Austin
- @BBallWiz330: Also, I l’m interested in seeing how Banks and Austin play. Most likely they’ll only keep 1, so may the best man win
- @SkinsfanBurl: Torain and Thomas.
- @fatpickled: Austin, Banks, Williams Jarmon….Leinhart
- @CarbonPrimo: Terrance Austin
- @RedskinsRT: John Beck, Devin Thomas
- @BBallWiz330: Devin Thomas. Hope he plays well, so he’ll lock his spot up on the roster
- @phildreis: Devin Thomas & Brandon Banks. Hoping DT can make some big plays, and interested to see if BB can avoid the killer turnover.
- @granthpaulsen: Terrence Austin and Jeremy Jarmon.
- @victorstileplus: would like to see Brandon Banks play well. Beck to would be good.
- @DrFridie: Brandon Banks!
- @SkinnyLiLFoster: BANKS Baby!!
- @EViL2uCe: Brandon “Money In The” Banks.
- @AndrewLiv: Banks and Austin
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