Skins lose

Lets be clear. The Giants didn’t win the game. The Skins lost it. Again, a lack of consistency as the Skins were much better in the second half. The difference in the game was turnovers. Here are my thoughts:

1. Rexy was okay. He made some good throws and in the second half was keeping drives alive. However, he does not seem to have that great of a pocket presence and a sense of when the pocket is collapsing. He never really has and again, that cost us. He fumbled twice and his one INT was bad. However, his deep pass to Armstrong was a great pass over the middle and just the quick strike type of throw we could use. Again, if he proves to be our QB next year, I don’t have a problem with him but I see him only as a bridge until we get some one else.

2. Turnovers killed us. As mentioned above, the INT was bad and Rexy’s two fumbles didn’t help. Seems like he cannot feel the pocket collapsing and he also has a hard time holding on to the ball if he is going to get hit. Moss’s fumble was critical as it came deep in Giant territory. The worst part about it is that he looked like he was covering up to protect the ball but it still came out.

3. Gano sucks! I know he was named the NFC Special Teams player of the week last week (not sure why). However, he sucks. He missed a 30 yarder that could potentially have been the difference in the game. Loved after his miss the shot of him on the sidelines looking shocked as he was talking to the holder and the snapper. Kickers are expendable and we need someone more dependable.

4. Defense was strong. Another good performance by the D. We stopped the running game and held the Giants to 82 yards on 32 attempts (2.6 avg.). We were able to get pressure on Eli and really didn’t give much up outside of the big play they had. Felt pretty good about the D. Like this guy Bryant at NT.

5. McNabb. Interesting shot of McNabb on the sideline standing by himself. He looked totally removed from the team and the action. It was kind of sad but at the same time it is obvious that he is not going to be part of the team moving forward. Sad that he ran the scout team this past week. I understand it is embarrassing and it’s best for everyone to move forward. I wish him the best as he is a class act. Although, I didn’t like the way he conducted himself the last week or so where it seemed that he was talking out of both sides of his mouth.

6. Terrence Austin. Liked his play. He made some nice catches and brought some excitement which was good.

7. O line solid. The O line has been shuffled around the last couple of weeks but we seem to have found the best fit with the guys that were in there. They went up against arguably the best front four in football and did an admirable job.

The season is over. I was ambitious to go 8-8 this year. We ended up 6-10. The year was up and down but I did like the way the team finished. We fought hard until the end. I did like that we were able to look at some guys the last few games and it helped evaluate as we move forward. It’s clear some guys will no longer be part of the plans moving forward. The year can best be remembered by the Haynesworth and McNabb sagas. It will be good to not have to deal with those two distractions next year. I do feel like we made progress this year. There are things to build off of and it will be interesting to see the moves made during the offseason.