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    Redskins Outlast Rams

    By Jeff Gordon
    As we predicted, the Rams put up a good fight Sunday for coach Steve Spagnuolo.

    But as we also predicted in this corner of cyberspace, they didn’t have enough to actually beat the Redskins in suburban Washington D.C.

    The Rams fell to the Redskins in a 9-7 struggle, leaving them 0-2 this season and 5-29 during the last two-plus seasons.

    “I am proud of how hard the team fought,” Spagnuolo told the Rams Radio Network. “We are disappointed. There are no moral victories in football.

    “We were a play or two away. There are positives here, but there are details we have to iron or else we’ll continue giving games away.”

    Rams fans did see some progress in Week 2 of the NFL season. Here were a few highlights:

    Marc Bulger took another physical beating, but he threw the ball OK within the confines of the West Coast-style offense. He developed a nice connection with wide receiver Laurent Robinson and lofted a 2-yard TD pass to him. Under duress, he didn’t turn the ball over.
    Running back Steven Jackson did some powerful north-south running against the physical Redskins defense, rushing for 104 yards. His 58-yard run set up the only Rams TD.
    Receiver Keenan Burton made a couple of nice catches at a critical juncture of the game.
    Newcomer LaJuan Ramsey was a disruptive force at defensive tackle.
    Safety O.J. Atogwe forced a critical fumble late in the first half, keeping the Rams within range.
    And now, here were the lowlights:

    Donnie Avery’s red-zone fumble in the fourth quarter doomed the Rams. He spit the ball up after making a catch inside the Washington 10 and trying to fight for a first down.
    During the first half, the offensive line folded like a $10 tent against the Redskins pass pressure.
    The kick return game had little to offer.
    The defense allowed Washington to run 20 more plays than the Rams ran. They didn’t stop the run consistently and they didn’t pressure Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell consistently, earning just one sack.
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    Re: Redskins Outlast Rams

    Wow. Just like the announcers said, Avery must be "fumble prone". I dare any of you to look at the replay, the perfect or maybe lucky dive that put the helmet right on the ball, and tell me that you could hold onto that it.

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    • RamsInfiniti
      Sick of hearing how Washington beat themselves ....
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      Because you know, the Redskin's were beating themselves when they took advantage of the early fumble inside our own five and scored a touchdown ...

      And also, you know, when their offensive line gave up four critical sacks, had Campbell running for his life half that day, and were so scared to death on pass protection that they had three false starts, AT HOME ...

      And also, you know, when Adam Carriker batted that pass up into the air and Pisa made a very direct, clean hit to knock it free, and OJ Atogwe, who always seems to be around the ball, took it to the house. All luck right? I wonder how it would be viewed if the 'Skins did that?

      And the Redskins, you know, beat themselves, considering the Ram's had MANY, MANY stupid penalties that kept this from turning into a Ram's blowout of the Redskins ...

      And the Redskins, you know, beat themselves, when Bulger hit Avery on a clutch first down, then on another deep pass, setting up Josh Brown's fourth FG, yet, you know, Brown just got lucky off course, since one of his 50+ yarders hit the goalpost ...

      And the Redskins, you know, JUST GOT BEAT! AT HOME! But when the Giants rolled us at home, it didn't mean a thing? Redskins fans were quick to point out how we sucked. HAHAHAHAHA!
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      The first of the two unique goal post incidents came early in the first period when Sammy Baugh, behind his own goal line and trying to pass the Redskins out of a deep hole, saw the ball slip off his fingers and strike the posts, bouncing back into the end zone for an automatic safety and two points for the Rams.

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      The much-heralded pitching duel between Sammy Baugh and Bob Waterfield failed to materialize when Baugh's bruised rib received an early jolt and he had to leave the game. He played part of the first period and only a few minutes more during the remainder of the game but the injury that has been dogging him for the past month finally caught up with him at the most inopportune moment. He had been playing with the handicap the past month and thought he could squeeze by today, but it wasn't to be.

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