Five Bullets: Redskins Flat Out Suck

1. Special Teams Sucks
The main reasons Kansas City managed to empty out FedEx field by halftime was the shitty play of the entire special teams group. The only guy to be excused is Kai Forbath as he made his 50 yard field goal in the crappy conditions.They gave up two outright touchdowns and set up most of the other Kansas City scores with drives that STARTED in the red zone. Special teams don't have to be good, they just have to not absolutely blow. Special teams gave the offense no shot of winning this game and put the defense in an impossible situation. Not only that, but our kick/punt returners got almost nothing on their returns and the Redskins consistently started with a long field ahead of em. By far the worst part of a horrible team.

2. The Offense Sucks
Sure the weather sucked, but RG3 missed open receivers, was sacked 6 times and Alfred Morris had around 30 rushing yards. So much for top ranked rushing attack in the league. It's hard to stomach, especially after finally drafting the saviour franchise quarterback with 3 picks and winning the division last year. After having a dynamic rushing attack and efficient passing game the offense has receded into an anaemic, turnover prone slug. They can't stay on the field for more than two downs at a time. They score 3 points in the first half, and then score 3 touchdowns in garbage time against the opponent's 2nd string defense only to call it a "close game." 

3. The Defense Sucks
The defense was a known weakness heading into the season. It was the team's hope that draft picks David Amerson, Phillip Thomas and Bacarri Rambo would do something to improve the situation. It didn't really happen. When the defensive line would get pressure, the secondary would let someone get open. When the secondary would cover well, the line wouldn't get any pressure. And when the defense played well the offense wouldn't bother scoring until the defense broke-down. The cap-penalty and lack of a first round draft pick severely hampered the defense's ability to improve but this is the NFL. Thirteen games in and we're sick of making excuses. Play football.

4. Special Teams Sucks. Hard.
Let no one be confused as to how much the Redskins special sucked today. Kansas City had more plays in our territory than we did. Keith Burns has got to go.

5. The Coaching Staff Sucks
I want to make every excuse for Mike Shanahan and I honestly think that firing him will not help our situation, especially when it comes to RG3. I think he needs at least another year in the system to improve and see the accuracy we saw last year. That being said all the news stories in the media are not healthy for the team. Shanahan came and got rid of the media circus but now it's coming back. This isn't good for a growing team and there has to be something wrong in the management of a 3-10 football team that was 10-6 last year. Special teams and the defense have regressed. The Redskins defense used to be a force to be reckoned with until Haslett came along, not saying he is the definite problem as they were heading downwards with Greg Blache, just stating that they have regressed. And for heaven's sake fire Keith Burns. Losing Lorenzo Alexander hurts but one player can't do THAT much damage to your unit. When the offense or defense is struggling special teams can't be adding to the problem.

Looking ahead to next week: I think Atlanta has the same record as us, but they still have Matt Ryan, and so there really shouldn't be much to look forward to. Abandon all hope so that if they win it will be a pleasant surprise, and when they lose you'll have seen it coming.

Bottomline: Bench Robert Griffin III. He is our starter for the future. He is our starter Week 1 next season. That being said he is get whacked. He can't drop back for more that 0.005 seconds before the pocket collapses around him. When the offensive line gives him more than that the receivers can't get open. These past few weeks have not solely been on RG3 and at this point, I want to see Kirk play. Teams will get a look at what they may be trading for and, God-forbid, we may get a win or two.