Sunday Football Afterword: Packers vs Redskins

James Starks is the first Green Bay Packer to run for more than 100
yards in a game since their 2010 meeting with the Redskins.

Cory Puffett

It is going to be a long year in Washington with the way our defense played yesterday. Sure we had to face the mighty Aaron Rodgers in the NFL’s version of Wrigley Field, but there is no excuse for the egg our defense laid on Lambeau Field yesterday.

The Redskins defense allowed Aaron Rodgers to tie a Packers passing record set two seasons ago in Week 17 by Matt Flynn when he put himself on the radar and earned himself a couple big paychecks, one by the Seahawks and another by the Raiders that he still has yet to step on the field for.

That in itself isn’t that disturbing. Rodgers is pretty good after all. He was going to get there at some point, and he’ll break that record some day. My issue is that the Redskins are supposed to have one of the NFL’s best run defenses and yet we gave up Green Bay’s first 100-yard rusher in 45 games. Not only that, we gave it up to James Starks, who didn’t come into the game until a little way through the first quarter when Eddie Lacy left with a concussion.

Our offense doesn’t look so hot either. RGIII’s drop backs looked horrid in the first half against the Eagles, and they looked markedly worse against Green Bay. Last year he could put the ball wherever he wanted to on a receiver. If you tied Leonard Hankerson’s hands behind his back, Griffin III could have lodged the ball in his facemask if he wanted to. This year the ball is sailing on him, too high and too far out in front of his receivers. The timing is all off and the accuracy is just as bad. Yesterday’s game left me wondering if they would be better of with Kirk Cousins starting. Sadly, my conclusion is “yes.”

Now, as Griffin III said in his post-game presser, it is too early to jump ship. But considering I could see the Redskins going into their bye week 0-4, even with a matchup against the Raiders in Week 4, to say I am concerned about this team is an understatement.

But hey, at least the rest of the NFC East isn’t looking so hot. If the Eagles defense continues to look as bad as it did against San Diego, the Redskins could finish 7-9, win the division, and knock off the Saints in the playoffs.

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