Redskins Week 4 Review – Player ratings Vs Eagles
By jonfox
Oct 4, 2015; Landover, MD, USA; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford (7) is sacked by Washington Redskins outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (91) and Redskins outside linebacker Trent Murphy (93) in the final seconds of the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. The Redskins won 23-20. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Defensive Player Ratings
5 DE: Chris Baker 5.99. Two sacks and a roughing the passer. This is pretty standard for him.
0 NT: Terrance Knighton 4.6. To be fair, he wasn’t needed that much since the Eagles only ran the ball 18 times and most of those were to the outside.
5 DE: Jason Hatcher 5.1. Had a pass deflection, but didn’t penetrate as much as he could have.
OLB: Ryan Kerrigan 5.1. Got credited for a sack, but was generally invisible throughout the game. He clearly whiffed on two sacks on Bradford.
ILB: Will Compton 4.75. He didn’t embarrass himself, but he didn’t do much positive either. Leading the team in tackles was nice however.
ILB: Keenan Robinson 5.24. He did well when the Eagles tried to run at him, especially when they thought that they could get outside on him(bad move Kelly).
But the Skins are so concerned about his pass coverage that Goldson is now playing up to help him out. And that’s not good.
OLB: Trent Murphy 6.2. This author’s star of the game for the Redskins. Murphy did solidly well against the run and gave a more consistent pass rush throughout the game culminating in his two sacks on the final drive.
The rub is if this was because of situational and matchup(playing a struggling Eagles’ offensive line and not having to watch the run) or if Murphy has taken a step in his development.
CB: Chris Culliver 3.5. Culliver probably felt that he had to play since they had almost no depth behind him at CB. But he gave up two long touchdowns to Riley Cooper, who isn’t known for his speed or quickness.
Cooper didn’t flummox him with a double move or some hip shake, he just ran right past Culliver both times and Robinson shouldn’t be asked to cover deep like that. In all truth, Culliver shouldn’t be out there until he can run near full speed.
CB: Bashaud Breeland 4.6. He had a couple nice plays, especially late but generally struggled in coverage. It looks like the league has their book on Breeland and is happy to use it until he shows he can stop it.
FS: Dashon Goldson 4.5. Teams, like with Breeland, have their book on Goldson: bait him into overplaying the slot receiver. The Eagles were able to do this consistently on sunday.
Even with Barry’s switch on defensive schemes, Goldson still struggled and will be targeted until his play recovers.
He certainly will be baited to get him out of position to clear out for a deep ball. This makes it even more critical for the pass rush to disrupt the QB or Trenton Robinson will be giving up a lot of long TDs.
SS: Trenton Robinson 4.3. He was burned toast on too many deep balls, but asking him to play deep when Goldson freelances is just asking too much of him.
His biggest mark downs came on a flurry of penalties from him-including two personal foul calls in big situations. He just can’t do this and stay on the field.
Prominent backups:
Ricky Jean-Francois 5.6. More RJF please. He’s a veteran who seems to have more of a positive effect on the team than Paea does.
Stephen Paea 4.6. Did you hear his name called? The Eagles didn’t run the ball a lot against any of the defensive linemen, but Paea didn’t do much as a rusher either.
Preston Smith 5.23. His play was limited since Jackson Jeffcoat took some of his snaps, but a sack and a couple hurries is pretty impressive.
Kyshoen Jarrett: 4.8. He was in for a significant amount of snaps and didn’t embarrass himself. Jarrett looked perfectly comfortable as a backup safety asked to make sure tackles in the middle of the field.
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