19-0??

Green Bay has a spectacular offense. Aaron Rodgers has Super Bowl quarterback stats with 24 touchdowns, 2619 passing yards, a rating of 129.1, and only 3 interceptions. It is safe to say that at this point in the season, they will make the playoffs by any means. After entering the playoffs last season as 10-6, the Packers have definetly lifted some eyes as to what their true potential really is. However, although they have always come up on top each game they have played since the begining of the 2010-2011 playoffs, their defense is a weak point. Green Bay isn't the only team with a good offense, just the best so far. Once the playoffs this year start to get closer, the competition is going to get stronger. Offense will be even more important to all teams, especially after having half the season to experiment. Bottom line is that Green Bay must do something about their defense, and how vulnerable they are in terms of being scored on and gaining yardage. In this past week, the San Deigo Chargers (4-4-AFC West) had scored 38 points on their defense. There hasn't been a game all year long that Green Bay didn't give up less than 20 points! Not to mention their neighbors in the division, the Detroit Lions (6-2), and their star Wide Receiver Calvin Johnson (Megatron). These two teams are scheduled to play on Thanksgiving a couple weeks from now. It will be interesting to see how the Green Bay defense does against them and if their offense can once again make up for any touchdowns scored.

If teams with a struggling offense like the Redskins, Browns, Seahawks, Colts, etc, want to reboost their confidence with easily scored points, i think it's safe to say with the way the Packers defense is

Finesse Offense Gets Better Reception

When games are exciting and constantly being anticipated for big plays, football gets an "A" grade when talking about the "entertainment" facet of it. Who wouldn't appreciate a game that has a score of 61-55?! The whole point after all is to score and win the game. On the financial side of football, the prices of the tickets will most likely be raised if a team wins the superbowl. But if the team is scoring a rediculous amount of poins, this could be another reason to raise prices. Even people who aren't sports fans can get into a high scoring game because it's easier to watch and understand. The constant roar of the crowd from celebrating each score is classic, and not easy to fall asleep to. But this doesn't just apply to offense. There is definetly such thing as a "Finesse Defense" if you ask me. For both offense and defense, the old time ethics of playing "real" football would be to have balanced plays and more strategic decisions. In today's time, the sports gossip through the media is all about "going for it all". On defense, you can gamble big plays by timing interceptions and taking them back to the in-zone for a touchdown. A "pick 6" is the term for this in sports slang. However, this gamble could set up a touchdown for the other team just as easy. For teams that have a really good offense and bad defense, this wouldn't be considered a gamble because the offense will just answer back almost instantly. This blog is to vent out my frustration with my own team and their style of play (Redskins). Their coaches even admit to staying balanced, and time will ultimately work to their side and there is no need to rush touchdowns. Although the redskins have a rank of #6 overall in the league currently, there have only been two big defensive plays leading to touchdowns, and its week 10!



Here are some clips of pure finesse games this year both college and NFL. Although it sucks to be scored on so easily, its reassuring to know that your offense will give the defense another shot to redeem themselves, atleast you would think:

Redskins Moderacy

The Redskins need to realize that along with their play calling, their entire "drive" of playing football needs to formalize out of the old way of playing to the new way. Every other team is doing it. In this new day and time, football has become almost "blind to defense", and popularizes offense and the excitement in scoring. Teams like Green Bay (8-0), Patriots (5-3), even the Dream Team Eagles, who I love to introduce as (3-5), push countless passing and rushing yards a game down the feild.
Now here are current NFC Divisional Standings as of Week 10 of the 2011 season:


Giants:     6-2
Cowboys:     4-4
Eagles:     3-5
Redskins:     3-5

We need to stop relying on safe "Slant" plays and use the Shotgun formation to get key 20+ plays. The conservative method of playing football only wastes time and the energy of our defense as they are constantly at work on the feild from the offense going "3 and OUT". Our "Strong Eye" formation however is decent. The only problem is, Tim Hightower has torn his ACL and is out for the season. Not to mention our other key offensive players being hurt: Santana Moss, Chris Cooley, Anthony Armstrong, Oshiomogho Atogwe, Kedric Golston, Etc. Not to my surprise, the redskins head coach "Mike Shanahan" explains to sports media in a early monday press conference that "he's comfortable with his son, Kyle Shanahan, play calling so far. But how can you be comfortable after coming off a game with only 178 yards of total offense?! This is the lowest since 2007! This is also just an example of one of the past 4 straight loses since week 5 of the 2011 season. What is the issue? Mike claims to want a "balanced" offense at the begining of the preason. Since then, the offense has been no where near balanced. One game consisted of 28 pass plays and only 8 run plays, where the offense only generated shortly over 200 yards. Could it be that our injuries are really having this impact? Or is it that we just suck?



Now heres a clip of the 3rd Preseason game the skins played against the Ravens. Although it is of course only the preseason, it's interesting to view the loose play-calling the Redskins offense uses against a dominant Ravens defense. You should also consider that all starters played this game disregarding its frivolous meaning: