Redskins Rehash-- buzzards circling...

After a week off, the sky is falling mode returns to Ashburn. A come-from-ahead 20-17 loss to Carolina drops the Skins into last place of the NFC East and into the first place where change is expected.

How do you blow a 17-2 lead? Allowing a monster kickoff return wasn't helpful, but the Redskins had 20 plays from scrimmage after they got the ball back with a 17-9 lead. Eight runs netted 20 yards while twelve pass plays yielded 59 more. The inability to generate big plays (only one play was longer than ten yards) ground the team to a halt.

Campbell's Completions-- 17 of 23 sounds pretty good at first glance, but realize that 145 yards means less than 9 yards per completion... meaning this team is not stretching the field one iota. Santana Moss was the only receiver to average more than 10 yards a catch Sunday-- and that was with a long of 23...you take that away and his average drops to 7.

Let's not calculate their Sagarin rating-- the Panthers were the fifth straight opponent to enter their game with the Skins winless (yes, I'm calling the 0-0 Giants from the opener winless). Their combined record? 7-17, and the Skins wins came against teams a combined 0-10.

A lot on the line-- Chris Samuels leaving with a stinger midway through the game severely handcuffed the offense, as musical chairs on the line continues. Mike Williams and Chad Rhinehart, now is the time to prove yourselves. (By the way, very good article in the Washington Times by Ryan O'Halloran documenting the team's lack of replenishing their front five).

What's a Haynesworth-- the 100 million dollar man tallied two tackles and an assist while forcing a first quarter fumble... unfortunately the image of #92 is of an out of shape waste of cap space.

No Thunder, thus minimal Lightning-- no catches for Chris Cooley and Santana Moss tallied 4 receptions for 44 yards. Cooley was brought in quite a bit to help out when tackle Chris Samuels went down...making one wonder why if they needed a tight end to help with blocking, why not go two-tight and have Davis/Yoder blocking while Cooley runs his patterns?

Tracking the Triumvirate-- the firm of Thomas, Kelly & Davis had its biggest day of the season, tallying 7 catches for 50 yards... pushing the prorated total to 54 (!) for 422 yards. Watch out, Joiner-Jefferson-Winslow!