Yeah the line play was pretty bad. Probably the worst we've seen it all year since maybe the Rams loss. But that's what happens when you lose Parnell and Omameh. Sharp decline in the running game with those two missing out there. Robinson got manhandled by Chandler though. And he's no slouch either. New England traded him away because they can't afford to keep everybody. But he's certainly been one of the more feared and productive edge rushers in the NFL now for the past three years.

To me it seemed like a bad case of coaching in most instances. Adam Archuleta was constantly questioning as to why Wash was favoring zone coverage or man coverage with Gabbert playing QB. And he was also wondering why at some point that Marrone or Hackett didn't make any efforts to slide or assist any protection over to Robinson's way to help keep Chandler out of the backfield. Lewis and Koyak were barely used to chip in most cases from what I saw. And did they even use the full back in this game? I can't recall seeing very many I-Formations or Split back formations with Bohanon lined up to lead block in this one.

At some point you have to realize your team is struggling throughout the game and you need to adjust. The defense adjusted a bit in the 2nd half and got away from Zone in favor of Man. And as soon as they did that what happened? More pressure was getting there and we ended up getting an INT with Church. Plenty of blame to go around.

But hey. We're 7 - 4 and we still have plenty of football left.

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