Redskins Recap - Yup, We Lost To The Dolphins

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Well  I didn’t see the game this week.  Happened to be driving back from Nashville all day on Sunday.  But from what I have heard and read, I didn’t really miss anything.  I guess the big news of the week was that the Skins went back to Rex Grossman as the starter.  Different QB, same results.  Little to no offense, decent defense,  a check in the loss column and injuries to key players. 

The Redskins punted away their first possession.  The Dolphins took it right back down the field on them and Reggie Bush ran in his first touchdown of the day.  The Redskins put a little bit of a drive together and gave Graham Gano a shot at a 50 yard field goal, which he missed.  During the Dolphins next drive, the Skins’ Kevin Barnes picked off Matt Moore and returned it for 30 yards.  They drove down the field a little and this time Gano hit a 26 yard field goal.  This first quarter ended with the score of 7 to 3 in favor of the Dolphins.

That didn’t last long as the Dolphins put up a 21 yard field goal early in the 2^nd.  Then, in the next drive, Rex got back to his old self and threw an I-N-T.  Dolphins did nothing and the Skins got another field goal, 47 yards, from Gano.

To start the 2^nd half, Ryan Kerrigan sacked Matt Moore, causing a fumble which was recovered by the good guys.  Once again, Grossman couldn’t get the offense into the endzone.  We settled for another Gano field goal – this time for 23 yards.  At this point the Skins are only down 1, at 10 to 9.  The Dolphins got a field goal of their own in their next possession.

The Skins had the ball to start the 4^th, but Grossman threw another interception.  The Dolphins drove down the field and Reggie Bush got his 2^nd TD of the night.  Gano missed a 49 yarder for the Redskins.  That was pretty much the end of the scoring, leading to another loss with the final score of 20-9.

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The numbers:  Grossman – 21/32 for 215 yards, 2 interceptions and no touchdowns.  The Skins ran for a total of 61 yards.  Pitiful.  Hankerson was the leading receiver with 8 catches for 106 yards.  The bad news, he also got hurt and is out for the remainder of the year.  Reed Doughty led the defensemen with 9 tackles.  Riley, Fletcher and Landry all had 7 tackles each.  Ryan Kerrigan put up 5 tackles and 2 sacks.

We get the Cowboys this week.  The Redskins will undoubtedly be huge underdogs.  But, it’s a great rivalry, so maybe they will play with a little fire and emotion.  We shall see.