San Antonio Bengal Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 My game ball goes to the defense, specifically all the rookies. It's nice to see the Marvin philosophy start to come into focus. There's still plenty of work left to do, but the defense shut down Washington for ~55 minutes which allowed the offense to work. It was just awesome having another good defensive showing (no let down) after last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweinhart Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Yeah, the whole D got it done.The Silent Assassin was a roving monster and O'Neal was shut down.The D looked real good even though the Skins are pitiful w/ the ball and their lack of running Portis was insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbrooks21 Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Deltha and Tory were both great again. Deltha dropped three picks, but was making great plays on the ball. The rookies again stepped up, and with the exception of two throws Carson looked good. He is getting better every week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweinhart Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Seemed like a boatload of dropped INTs. Justin had one too. Still, the D swarmed and the pressure was on the QBs.CP was automatic for awhile. I'd like to see him string 2 halves together one game. Maybe next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyJay Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 I agree. Game balls on defense, all around. Good takeaways and pressures on the Skins passing game, or lack thereof. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Let's not forget the o-line, which did a great job of both protecting Palmer and opening holes for Rudi against the top-ranked D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjjeep90 Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 My game ball goes to the D-line. Stopping Portis was key after all of the team's woes on stopping the run and forcing mistakes by the Redskins' QBs. Great job.Now make some more interceptions!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
membengal Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Entire D front to back gets game ball.Consistent pressure coupled with solid corner play.If I closed my eyes, it was like I was watching the Ravens play. Lewis must have been thrilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkendall Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Let's not forget the o-line, which did a great job of both protecting Palmer and opening holes for Rudi against the top-ranked D! Absolutely. They've played (the o-line), in the past two weeks, like we expected them to play at the onset of the season. Seemed like a boatload of dropped INTs. Justin had one too. Still, the D swarmed and the pressure was on the QBs.Clemons dropped one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Next_Big_Thing Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 My game ball goes to Clemons. Not only was he in the QBs grill all day, but he also managed to break up a pass (and nearly get an INT), and play well against the run too.My second game ball goes to Tory and Deltha. If Tory doesn't make the pro bowl, there's a problem. He's leading the league in INTs and is covering well too. When was the last time we had a secondary playing like this? My third game ball goes to Chad Johnson, and only because I've never laughed so hard as last night watching "Chad's Corner" when he said yes, we can beat Pittsburgh, we just need crowd participation. If you missed this last night, you missed a good one. He said we needed a sell out, was told we have one, and then responded with "good, now everyone donate $1 to the pot, and he'll give us a good celebration. With $1 per person he can pay his fine". It was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjjeep90 Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 LOL!!!Lewis needs to get on the horn and tell fans to show up early and be in their seats an hour before the game during warm-ups.WOOHOO! MAKE SOME NOISE!! :player: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BengalNation1281 Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 My game balls:The Offensive Line, for allowing Palmer time to throw and giving Rudi a 100-yard day.The entire defense, with the focus being on Madieu, Landon Johnson, Langston Moore and Robert Geathers (the young guys who are coming through)Carson Palmer: this game was more impressive to me than the Dallas game, in that he threw the ball accurately all day and didn't freak out when he threw the interceptions. This was the game where he really looked like he could be something special...poised under pressure, confident, throwing lasers, not letting the early mistakes get to him. I would rather see him make a mistake and respond the way that he did against a tough defense than see him not make any mistakes against a sub-par defense. This was his best game so far this year.I'm not ready to admit that I'm wrong yet, but I'm getting there.BN1281 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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