Underrated decision by Rivera & props to Blackburn and ST unit

[t96]

Before half we could've attempted a 50ish yard FG but instead chose to punt it. At the time I was pissed and couldn't believe it but it actually turned out to be a very good decision. The wind was apparently a big factor that day and a miss would've put the Eagles in prime territory for a FG or TD, and instead we punt and are able to down it within the 5 (props to Blackburn and the ST unit, especially after the gaffe against the Skins...) preventing the Eagles from adding to their lead which would've been huge at the end of the game. That was a very overlooked play, and maybe Rivera at times actually does know what he's doing...

[WesleyM]

Chase has honestly really surprised me so far this year.  Hopefully we have that position group helmed for awhile

[Ivan The Awesome]

Now if only Washington gets it together. ..

[arbnranger]

ST is looking pretty tight. Best I’ve seen in a while. On Sunday it felt like everywhere you looked #10 was around the ball. 

[Khyber53]

2 hours ago, Ivan The Awesome said:

Now if only Washington gets it together. ..

I agree with this, but I also think that he is. For what could be about a hundred reasons, this defensive unit hasn't gelled to the point of creating their identity, or at least that's how it looks from the outside. In previous years, we've had a fearsome defense from the start and it stamped itself on opposing teams. This year it just didn't seem to happen.

But if you look closer, we've played some darned good teams right out of the starting gate this year. Offenses across the league are just lighting up the scoreboards in what has been a pretty much unprecedented manner. And yet, here we are, six games in with a winning record and about two plays away from being undefeated. Our defense, I think, has just withstood the storm. We're going to see them begin to dominate more in the coming weeks.

[4Corners]

Blackburn has been huge this year

[Porn Shop Clerk]

I've forgotten what it was like to have competent special teams.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Sometimes a punt isn’t a bad play...

 

[Adb6368]

When keeping it conservative, doesn’t go wrong 

[BrianS]

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that Blackburn told Rivera "Hey, the chances of us hitting this FG with this wind are pretty low, we should probably punt instead"

[Dunn]

Hell I was worried when they were going to kick the FG to start.  we were down watching everyone warm up an hour before the game, on that side of the field the ball would die about 15 yards from the goalpost.  There was really bad wind on that end, as apparent with Gano's missed XP and Elliott's FG miss to start the game.