Redskins making a comeback

On Thanksgiving, the Redskins pulled out their second consecutive division win against the Dallas Cowboys, 38-31.  The previous sunday, the Redsking beat the Eagles 31-6, and they looked really good coming out of the bye-week.  Quarterback RGIII threw for 311 yards with four touchdowns and only one interception against the Dallas defense, and running back Alfred Morris scored the other touchdown.

Although the Redskins looked outstanding, their defense didn't do as well in the second half.  At halftime on thursday, it was 28-3, but the defense gave up four touchdowns in the second half.  This leaves room to believe that although the Redskins are looking strong, their defense needs to get stronger and deal without key players such as Brian Orackpo and Brandon Meriweather. 

The Redskins have to face the strong giants, who have already defeated them earlier in the season.  If the Redskins do win against the Giants, they will be tied for first place in the division, and possibly with Dallas as well.

Capture The Fall

This is my capture the fall video, and it's called Fallen Leaves and Baseball. In it, there are some shots of trees turning red, orange and yellow, as well as some postseason baseball.

The point of this video is to describe what fall means to me personally, and whenever i think of fall, i think of the trees, but also postseason baseball.

This year, i had the good fortune to go see two local teams play in the postseason: the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles.  Those games were the first of playoff baseball i have ever been to, and both teams havn't really been that competetive until this year.

Before, the Nationals have never made the playoffs or even got second place in their division.  The orioles have been to the playoffs before, but not in at least the last decade. It was pretty cool seeing them both develop and become such great teams, and also the games were awesome (even though both the games i went to, my team lost).

Anyways, i hope you guys enjoy my video about what fall means to me.

Although the Redskins were supposed to be noticibly better this year with rookies such as Alfred Morris and Robert Griffen III leading the offense, they have fallen short of their expectations.

The defense has been terrible this year, ranking just about last in the NFL.  This could be due to the losses of Brian Orakpo and Adam Carriker, two cricial Redskins defenders.  Orakpo suffered a torn pectoral in week two, and Carriker a torn quad, and both won't come back this season.

Players such as Ryan Kerrigan and London Fletcher have been trying to carry the weight of the defense on their shoulders, but have been unsuccessful in doing so without Orakpo and Carriker.  Since the defense has been unable to stop opponents, the offense has to deal with the pressure it presents. 

When the defense is giving up long drives and touchdowns, the offense can't afford to waste possessions.  They have to score as much as they can every game and often with less time than they should have.

The Redskins have so much potential but are under .500 due to a lack of a strong defense and a huge amount of pressure that the offense cant handle.