The Atlanta Falcons had opportunities to win their Commanders contest, but blew each individual opportunity in turn. But for the mental incongruity of the Falcons, the Washington Commanders would be 2-4 today.
Fiesty Jack Del Rio haunted the Falcon Offense into a dysfunctional neurosis with his Wile E. Coyote Gameplan. Demonically shifting fronts. Bringing blitzes. Playing unsung heroes. Confining young Desmond Ridder to anemic garbage yards and mucking the Falcon running game up enough to keep them out of sync.
JDR was the cause of the Falcon mental dyspepsia. Special commendations to Casey Toohill and Khaleke Hudson. Both should be awarded a start against the Giants as a reward.
The Commander Offense gave the comeback kid Falcons the ball back too many times. It is essential this young offense learns to run the football and WHEN to run it. Up 24-10 is a good time to run the football. Instead they pass.
I'm not saying ONLY run the football. Knowing when to run it is an art. Knowing the benefits it brings is on the coaching staff. Desmond Ridder threw for over 300. The Falcons lost the ball game. They ran 29 times. They should have run it 40.
It is a league wide addiction to the pass we're talking about here.
The New York Football Giants present a spiritual threat to the existence of the Washington Commanders. They know no shame in destroying Redskin-Commander seasons. It is for them something of a "speciality".
A quick glance at their season thus far suggests the Commanders might want to try "running the football". However, I'm not expecting the Commanders to attempt the obvious.
On the other hand, the Giants might want to attempt the obvious against the Commanders, whatwith the shifty mercurial presence of Saquon Barkley and the Staubach-like irritants Jones and Taylor.
No it isn't Staubach's Coffee. Nor was Roger Staubach Roger Starback as we pronounced it as kids when we played Cowboys and Redskins in the old schoolyard. Blocking punts into the road, the ball getting stuck in Old Man Blankenship's undercarriage.
The Giants knew enough to run the ball against the Buffalo Bills, who run a similar defensive scheme to Washington's and nearly beat the Bills in the waning moments of their contest yesterday.
The Commanders need to include Madman Nick Gates in the D-Line meetings this week so he can infuse the defense with his vaunted wisdom regarding the blocking schemes of the New York Football Giants. Maybe plug Gates in at the Nose in the Cinco formation. Washington will have to play even better run defense against the G-Men than they did against the Falcons.
Once again, Jack Del RIo will have to gum up an NFL Offense's engine.
So, by way of preview, let's review those two startling football games against the G-Men last year:
And this year's evidence against the Giants:
2023 Common Opponent Cardinals
49ers versus Giants, Best Defense against the G-Men
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