Miami leads the league in making big plays. Washington leads the league in giving up big plays. In this instance, they're aligned with a common pattern. =) Sam Howell leads the league in passing attempts and passing yards simply because Washington is always playing from behind. This game should not be close unless our defense severely regresses. I'm honestly expecting 28+ from our offense and 14+ from our defense. It's going to be a good day of football.
if the Dolphins play their game, Tua can have close to 300 at halftime and just sit out most of the second half.
The Commanders won’t have first-round pick Emmanuel Forbes to help against the Dolphins passing game on Sunday. Forbes has been ruled out with an elbow injury. It’s the second straight game that the cornerback will miss, but head coach Ron Rivera said on Friday that he is getting closer to returning. “Now it’s just a matter of time. If we played next week, I believe he would play,” Rivera said, via Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post. Defensive end James Smith-Williams (hamstring) will also try to return after the bye week. Center Tyler Larsen (knee) is listed as questionable to play against Miami.
How come it's taken 2 years for someone to actually address my issue with Tua throwing into those coverages. As long as McDaniel is fine with it, then who am I to complain. Thanks Key! That explanation makes a ton of sense.
It means that they aren't concerned with the turnovers, because the positives to those throws are outweighing the potential negatives. They aren't saying that interceptions don't matter. They are saying that they are an assumed risk behind this offensive line, in this offense.
No one wants their quarterback to throw interceptions but even the great ones are in the top 10 all time in interceptions. https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=946a...nRlcmNlcHRpb25zLWluLWEtY2FyZWVyLWJ5LXFi&ntb=1
Not related to this week's game but I found this to be interesting. I'll bet X will renegotiate to stick around unless his performance gets much better and he thinks he can be another team's CB1. With that being said, I wouldn't be surprised if Ross isn't still chapped by his holdout two seasons ago and makes the call to release him and eat the dead cap.
That's a product of longevity more than anything else, which is why volume stats don't matter that much for QBs. The great ones tend to do better when it comes to INT%, even if INT% is not a great measure in and of itself of how great a QB is. Oh, and Tua INT% is pretty low. That's really all that should matter.
The point I was trying to illustrate is that even though no one wants their quarterbacks to throw interceptions, it happens. I can remember Marino had multiple games in which he threw 4, 5 and 6 interceptions in a single game. Folks are getting wrapped around the axle for the wrong reasons.
Get out to a double digit lead and then run the clock. A boring win with no injuries would be just fine. 27-17 Miami win.
I have a bad feeling about this game. Reminds me a bit of the Tennessee game from two years ago with the elements.
