The Positives and Negatives from the Redskins Preseason loss to the Falcons
By Waleo (@UrbanSportScene)
In the preseason opener in Atlanta, the Washington
Redskins lost to the Atlanta Falcons 23-17. There were some good and bad things that went
on in that game. Let’s start with the
positives.
Su’a
Cravens
Inside linebacker Su’a Cravens put a lot of pressure
on himself to be a stud. The young man
is rocking one of the jersey numbers of the late great safety Sean Taylor. If you are playing with that number, boy you
better be spectacular. However, there
were reports coming out of camp that Cravens was struggling. Well on Thursday night, the young man was
balling. Craven was flying around like a
wild crazed dog. One play comes to mind
in the 2nd quarter, where he jets up the middle and hits Falcons
running back Brandon Wild for a two- yard loss.
Cravens’ wasn’t done. He made
another flashy play in the 3rd quarter, where he came on an inside
blitz and batting a pass away from Falcons’ quarterback Sean Renfree. One thing you have to like about Cravens is
that within a positive or negative play the dude goes 100 miles per hour. Hopefully Cravens can build on this and be a
consistent play maker like Sean Taylor.
Ryan
Grant
Redskins’ wide receiver Ryan Grant played well. He got the opportunity to play with the 1st
unit on offense. He caught three passes
for 31 yards. Ryan Grant is a good
route runner and is an all hands guy. Grant
has played well in prior preseasons but hopefully if he makes the team he’ll
transfer that play to regular season play.
Nate
Sudfeld
Redskins quarterback Nate Sudfeld completed 10 of 15
passes, and threw for 89 yards and a touchdown.
The 6’6 quarterback showed nice touch when he hit tight end Logan
Paulsen for a 28 yard pass in 3rd quarter. He’s nowhere near a
finished product by he does possess a strong arm and good height. Redskins’ nation should be interested to see
what he does in his next three games.
There were some good performances but obviously
there were some so-so performances as well.
That’s why they lost!
Running
game
The running game has to improve. Last year the Falcons defense gave up 4.0
yards per carry. This team isn’t world-beaters
when it comes to stopping the run. On
Thursday, the Redskins averaged 3.3 yards per carry. Last year the Redskins running game averaged
3.7 yards per carry. Running back Matt
Jones is now the featured back for the “Burgundy and Gold” and he only carried the
ball two times for one yard. Now granted
it is a small portion size but we are talking about a running back that
averaged 3.4 yards a carry last year.
Vernon
Davis
Last year for the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver
Broncos tight end Vernon Davis had one of the worst seasons of his career totally
395 receiving yards. Reports out of
Redskins training camp were that Vernon Davis looks good and motivated. Starting tight end Jordan Reed did not play
Thursday night. This meant that Davis
would start and get the opportunity to showcase his talents. So what did Davis do? Well, Davis dropped a perfect 23 yard TD pass
from Colt McCoy in the 1st quarter.
Again, I don’t believe that this one play will predict the season of
Davis but it was disappointing. Last
year, Vernon Davis had some memorable drops.
Hopefully with Jordan Reed being the main guy it will take the pressure
off of Vernon Davis. The two TE offense
with those tight ends has so much potential for greatness.
With all of this being said, it is only the first
preseason game. Fans and experts will
get a better understand of this team after game three. After that, game on!
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