I am finally back from messing with my house. I am moved in, settled, ready to talk some sports. I know I haven't wrote anything in a couple of weeks, and I am not going to go back and talk about them. The past is the past and everyone knows what has happen. This is week 13 in the NFL, the home teams both played well, just one fell short. Lets get this show on the road... As always, the losers of the week is first. The Ravens played the Bengals and all I heard about was how good Carson Palmer was all day Monday. The fact is that the Ravens' defense seemed to quit in the 4th quarter. The defense looked like they didn't believe that Carson could beat them, so they just walked around like they didn't care. The defense finally tried to make a play to late in the game when they had lost the momentum. Kyle Boller didn't make any big mistakes and Chester Taylor ran for 139 yards which should have been enough to beat the Bengals. Sure Palmer passed for 200 yards in the 4th quarter which is really good against the Ravens, however, this stat is telling because teams don't do this against the Ravens. This just proves the fact that the Ravens didn't believe it could happen, and they realized it could happen to late. This lost goes right to the defense, and their lackluster play in the 4th quarter. Now to the surprising winner this week, the Redskins finally win by beating the injury riddled Giants. The Giants were led by Eli Manning who came out way to early as a rookie, and a defensive line that couldn't stop even Eddie George. This doesn't mean I am taking away anything from the Redskins who finally seemed to come together as a team on offense. Rod Garner finally learned how to catch the ball, and Joe Gibbs ran the crap out of Clinton Portis. Portis passed the 1000 yard mark for the season and could still match his 1500 yard out put while with Denver. Of course the Skins' defense played great against the rookie Manning, and the Giants receivers looked like they got the virus of the dropsies. Ramsey also played an important role in this win, Gibbs didn't allow him to force the ball down the field and kept it simple and short. Patrick did seem to force the ball into double coverage a couple of times but the Redskins' receivers actually went after the ball instead of waiting for it. The biggest reason the offense won though was the offensive line. They were finally able to protect the QB, the line really misses Jon Jansen. All in all, the offense just clicked all game. The Final Thought: The defense of the Ravens failed badly against a bad team and needs to get back on track. The Redskins need to take this momentum on offense to another level if they want to compete with the Eagles next week.
Posted by helimech24 at December 7, 2004 01:12 AM | TrackBack