From: patpower@crchh458.bnr.ca (Patrick Power)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Washington Redskins News - 9/8/92
Date: 8 Sep 92 22:44:03 GMT
Reply-To: patpower@crchh458.bnr.ca (Patrick Power)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Tx

In article <56030@olivea.atc.olivetti.com>, rsmith@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Russ Smith) writes:
|> In article <24711@oasys.dt.navy.mil> swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams) writes:
|> >The Redskins lost because:
|> > 2) Alvin Harper beat Darrell Green for a 26-yard touchdown pass with 1:02
|> >    left in the first half;
|> 
|> At the risk of being labelled a Cowboy basher, this was IMHO the key play
|> of the game, and it was a pretty questionable no call by the ref. Ther's not
|> a doubt in my mind that harper only got open by pushing off on Green
|> and Dierdorf seemed to agree. It wasn't a blatant shove, but he definitely 
|> could have (and I believe should have) been called for interference on the
|> play.
|> 

    Yeah, that was a real mugging.  But wasn't that catch sweet?  :)

|> One interesting thing I noticed in the game was that despite really outplaying
|> the Skins, the Cowboys seemed to me to be a team that wasn't quite hitting
|> on all cylinders. Thats a little scary to beat the Skins that easily and
|> look(IMHO) like a team that is still a long way from peaking.
|>

     Yeah, there's still plenty of room for improvement here.  Several lapses
in defensive coverage.  But, (and I've been waiting so long to say this) the
heat put on by the 'Boys DL and LBs helped cover the weakness of the secondary.
Offensively,  Troy wasn't as sharp as usual. Michael was rusty at first.  And
there was some miscommunications on some plays.
 
|> If I had one bone to pick with the Cowboys it would be that they seem to
|> have a few problems internally. The fumble recovery by J. Jones in the first
|> half was kind of funny, because he and teammated Gant were visibly fighting
|> over the ball(risking losing it to the Skins) and then Gant was apparently
|> yelling at Jones as they went to the sideline, and it didn't look like
|> he was congratulating him.

         Naw, that's just Gant.  He's a very excitable boy.  He's very 
 animated after making a big play. 

 Later, after Clark burned Washington for a TD
|> pass, Holt pointed at Washington and started yelling and shaking his head
|> as if to say "your fault" . IMHO that should have been done on the sideline,
|> not out in the middle of the field.
|>
    True enough...
 
|> Overall the Cowboys look good, and obviously the Skins will get better as
|> Rypien and Green get into playing shape.
|> 
|> The NFC East is definitely going to be tought this year.
|> 
|> 
     Again, true enough...



Now for some fun facts and observations:

JJ quote: It was great.  It sounded like we were playing in a dome stadium.
          When they tried to audible, the crowd got louder.  There was a 
          lot of electricity in the air.
CHaley:  It's (his knee) 85 percent, but when game day comes the adrenaline
         flows, and you forget about aches and pains.

Outstanding Players:
  
     Charles Haley: A sack, several pressures. Dictated the Piglets (ex-Hogs)
                    play.  Caused several offsides penalties.

     Leon Lett:  Blocked pass, lotsa pressure.
     Darryl Johnston:   14yd run, carreer record. :)  Outstanding blocks,
                        pass catching are std for this guy.  A good run
                        is icing on the cake.
     Alvin Harper:  A little rusty/nervous at first.  Two big-time grabs.
     Emmitt:  26 for 139, only RB to do that in 4 consec. game vs Skins
     Holt:  Blew a couple, but anytime a Dallas DB scores (block punt)
            it goes as outstanding to me.
     The Entire OLine:  No sacks, 174 rushing, 216 passing.


Less-than-Outstanding:
     Michael Irvin:  A couple of drops, a couple of miscommunications w/Troy.
                     Offset by a couple great catches.
     Troy:  Had some pretty sloppy tosses. One legit INT, two INTs total.
     Wash:  (not the team) miscommunications...





Best SLAM:  Emmitt put an exclamation point on the end of Mayhew's INT.  There's
            no truth to the rumour that Emmitt will start in place of Norton
            next week.
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