Rams Hold Off RGIII And The Redskins In Week 2

Week 2 in the NFL belonged to the rookies, the rookie quarterbacks specifically. Five signal callers started Sunday’s games with no prior professional experience before Week 1 and Brandon Weeden’s short-lived baseball career.

Let’s compare and contrast the top two picks for Week 2.

The writers at SB Nation’s Redskins blog, Hogs Haven, seemed a bit frustrated after the Week 2 performance. They had some interesting things to say about the game, go take a look for yourself.

On the coaching staff:

Turf Show Times stated that that was enough, as Griffin was forced into multiple reads and did not have an easy day throwing the ball:

In his post-game press conference head coach Mike Shanahan said Orakpo will see Dr. James Andrews, who performed the initial surgery during the offseason.

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Jackson was benched after receiving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. On a 3rd-and-1, he was stopped inches shy of the end zone. After being called short of the goal line, Jackson spiked the football in frustration and drew the penalty. The Rams were backed up 15 yards and forced to settle for a 33-yard field goal.

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Gibson went down the field on a go route. Bradford connected with him on a perfect throw to put the Rams on top.

The happiness! The elation! The unbridled glee! Thanks, Chuck Norris!

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Should RG3 have picked up on Finnegan lurking? Sure. Should have he tried an off-balance pass while lunging away from the defender? No way, no how. However, if you’re a Skins fan looking for solace, you can at least see that the QB was a victim of over-confidence, not of being clueless.

The Redskins currently lead, 21-16, at halftime.

The latest incident came on what looked to be a Steven Jackson fumble at the goal line. Under the new rules, any fumble is supposed to be reviewed, but the replacement refs in this game must have missed the memo in their expedited training sessions. Rams head coach Jeff Fisher threw the challenge flag, which is supposed to be a 15-yard penalty for throwing it on a play that gets reviewed no matter what.

The replacement refs missed that too, and former NFL VP of officiating Mike Pereira went on a screed, taking the league to task for its handling of the situation with referees and the damage being done to the game by the sub-standard replacements.

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No ‘Griffining’ though, and that’s a terrible wonderful thing.

It’s still very early in the game, but the Redskins are up 14-3 on the back of Griffin’s 30 yards passing, and 15 yards rushing.

Orakpo was seen with his shoulder pads off, sitting on the sideline as he was being attended to by the team’s training staff. The fourth-year player out of Texas has missed just one game in his NFL career up to this point. He has 28.5 sacks out of his pash-rushing linebacker position since coming to the Redskins.

The Redskins are currently on top of the Rams, 7-3, in the first quarter of play at the Edward Jones Dome.

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The Redskins face the Rams at 4:05 ET in the Edward Jones Dome.

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If this quarterback thing doesn’t work out, maybe Robert Griffin III should give the afternoon show hosting gig a try. His attempts to inspire the other Redskins players got the feature treatment on Sunday NFL Countdown on Sunday, and there were no better soundbites than the ones provided by wide receiver Santana Moss.

“It’s my twelfth year, and I’ve done had about 12 quarterbacks,” Moss said on ESPN. He then went on to talk about having an elite QB like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, indicating that RGIII could be there some day.

Griffin was spectacular in his NFL debut last weekend in New Orleans, leading the Redskins to the upset 40-32 victory. He completed 19 of 26 passes for 320 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 42 yards. Bradford was 17-of-25 for 198 yards and a touchdown in the Rams’ 27-23 loss at Detroit.

Kickoff is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. ET (3:05 p.m. in St. Louis) and the game will be televised by FOX. Washington opened as a 3-point favorite, with the over/under total at 45.

The Rams have been a disaster at home in September games dating back many years. They are just 2-11 ATS in their past 13 at home during September.

But the Redskins, despite their Week 1 success, have not been a great bet as a favorite. In 12 recent games in that role, they have covered the spread just twice, according to the OddsShark.com Twitter feed.

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The majority of experts at ESPN are selecting the Redskins this week, with only one NFL analyst taking St. Louis as their pick.

Pete Prisco over at CBS Sports is predicting that the Rams will fend off the Redskins at home by the score of 20-14. He believes back-to-back road games will hinder Washington’s chances in this game.