The deep ball

[CaliSkinsFan92]

It is so nice to see the deep ball being utilized as it was today. One of the big positives about RG3 before he was drafted was the amazing deep ball that he posses and it has been used well the last 2 weeks and was used early in the season in St Louis. Aldrick Robinson seems to be our obvious deep threat while Garcon is a guy who can take it to the house from anywhere. Moss, Morgan, and Hank are more possesion recievers who all caught some important first down catches today but might be able to get deep as well. I find it very excited to have such an awesome deep ball thrower and having the threat of scoring at anytime. That was an amazing throw today.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Robinson has a knack for it, but I like that several of our guys have gotten open for long TDs this season. I can't remember a season when so many different guys have hauled in deep passes like this. In 2005 Moss had a bunch and in 1999 we had both Westbrook and Connell. But so far this year Moss, Robinson, Hankerson, Paul, and Garçon have scored relatively long TDs in the passing game. Davis and Morgan also have the ability as well. This could be fun if these kids continue to gel!

[greenspandan]

rg3 currently leads the league in TD passes over 30 yards with 9. nobody else has more than 7.

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

Completely agree that's it's a MORE than welcome return to the game of a guy who had arguably the best deep ball game in college last year. And I've been critical of the OC for not letting him air it out more often purely because of that ability we know he posses in abundance.

But to be fair, we've utilized him fantastically well all year long to both utilize what he's comfortable with in helping him transition to the pro's and play to his strengths therein; and also to play the current strengths of the O and the weakness' we have. All the B/S from the talking heads, and indeed many fans about the 'gimmicky' offense and 'teams catching up with the scheme' are simply that, B/S. This O is as pro as any other O out there. It just looks more college like as we run far more base sets out of the gun and pistol. But the plays are far from collegiate. And the more we go, RGIII will placate everyone as he has the ability to cover ever single facet of a QB's bag of tricks. Those that want a drop back passer will get that in abundance. Those that relish the option runs and his unique athletic ability will continue to see that. The dude has EVERYTHING and more.

This will be the most dynamic offense in the entire league within the next year or so. And even if teams do catch up, stopping it and more so him with the brilliant use of zone reads and that unique duel threat of arm and legs is another thing altogether.

And when the D finally catches up .....

Hail.

[Rabsuz]

rg3 currently leads the league in TD passes over 30 yards with 9. nobody else has more than 7.

But the media has been telling me all he does is checkdown and dump off to preserve his completion percentage!

This can't be possible!

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

And shout out to the posters who were trying to question RGIII's deep ball a couple of weeks ago

[WVSkinsfan]

But the media has been telling me all he does is checkdown and dump off to preserve his completion percentage!

This can't be possible!

You can thank the coach for calling very conservitive plays on that.Its about time they took the reins off of RG3 and let him play football.

[Mahons21]

Props to RG3 for sure but also to Kyle he's schemed some plays to get people wide open deep today.

And Moss for this resurgence, half expected to see one of his infamous 4th qtr fumbles.

[HeluCopter29]

What I've loved about the deep ball this year is how we've run it.

It seems like guys are always running wide open when we use it. Probably because of basically everything else we run they have to think about, the deep ball is gotta be the last thing on anyone's mind.

[rdskn4eva]

Garcon being back opens things up, but man, RG3 spreads the ball around like crazy. Its gotta be tough to defend when every game 7-9 different receivers are catching passes and 3-4 guys are catching long TD passes. Moss, Hank, Garcon and Robinson all have long TD passes this year. It's crazy.

[GO HAMSKINS]

Im sorry I know we won and all but the REFS were really trying there hardest to cheat us out of a victory!! The Refs called a horrible game Im just being real,I don't care that we won, the game was called one sided And it really Irked my nerves!!!!

[greenspandan]

Im sorry I know we won and all but the REFS were really trying there hardest to cheat us out of a victory!! The Refs called a horrible game Im just being real,I don't care that we won, the game was called one sided And it really Irked my nerves!!!!

i liked that one play where griffin clearly ran for the first, the ref gave him a HORRIBLE spot making it 3rd and inches ... and we get a touchdown on the next play. it's nice to be good enough to win even when things don't particularly go your way.

[beachboy757]

But the media has been telling me all he does is checkdown and dump off to preserve his completion percentage!

This can't be possible!

Can't wait to hear Charlie Casserly's weekly RG3 critiques. Last week he said RG3 was taking off running when the first read was not there and then discredited the perfect passing rating by saying that most of the throws were checkdowns.

[NoCalMike]

I refuse to get ahead of myself so forgive my hyperbole, but the last two games it has looked like a modern day Posse out there at WR. Now I know as a unit they have a long way to go before they deserve that comparison, but they have really been dominating the secondaries of the NFC East....next up NYG!


Also, lets not forget, there were plenty of catches earlier in the season that RGIII either put right on the money, or at least looked very catchable, that were simply dropped by the WRs, so it hurt the perception of his deep ball. We have to remember, if you aren't a 'Skins fan, and aren't watching these games, incompletions simply get tallied as incompletions, no one else really looks at the game or film to see why they were incompletions.

I am not sure what the coaches did during the bye week....maybe called in Jerry Rice and Art Monk to teach "how to catch a football thrown right into your hands" seminars all week long? Whatever it is, it seemed to work.

[nuposse87]

Whats amazing is that RG III was able to be as accurate as he was while still be under duress for quite a bit of plays. The line did a fairly nice job, but there were more blindside hits on RG III then I care for. It is a testament to RG III's poise. His play action is truly elite, there will be times when he probably doesn't fool the safeties but he showed a nice ability to get the ball up to intermediate levels too. Morris running effectively is also instrumental in this. He really makes it easy for us with how much the opposing defense has to respect him. I think with the extra days off, and a relatively weaker Giants rolling into town next time, Shanny and company should be able to put together a gameplan that may have potential to duplicate this performance. The team is trending in the right direction, we finally have reason to be excited