The Good:
Robinson and Etienne looked fresh, fast and furious on the few opportunities they had on the ground. Was good to see both of them involved in the receiving game as well. The receiving group looks a lot better than expected. Walker showed out and made an instant impact on more than one drive. The kicking situation, although not perfect, looks a little bit more hopeful. Didn't see too many blown opportunities on special teams tackling and gunner wise. Didn't really see a turnover until the final drive of the game. Something I can live with. The coaching staff showed the ability to adapt and adjust and the team responded well in the second half after a slow first half. 

The Bad:
A lot of misfires on offense. Pass protection was spotty at best with a Chase Young-less defense. A few critical drops and overthrows really came back to ultimately hurt this team down the stretch. Not a fan of the overall imbalance on offense. It's a season opener on the road. No reason to have your QB dropping back 40 or more pass attempts while limiting two of your most explosive and dynamic players on offense to a whopping 15 carries in total. That needs to change as soon as this home opener kicks off against the clots. 

The Ugly:
Lawrence has a lot of work to do. His completion percentage is not ideal. His footwork gets sloppy at times and he has a bad tendency of drifting backwards instead of stepping up into the pocket or sliding to an open passing lane. Needs to be more aware and making quicker decisions with the football. As the game progressed, it was obvious the pass protection was going to continue to struggle. This is a give and take situation. Lawrence has to be faster if Pederson is going to keep putting him back in the pocket in passing situations and Pederson needs to also be better with his play calling to make Lawrence's life easier whether it's a screen play, swing play or going back to the ground game. 

When it's all said and done. The game came down to four possessions. The opening possession and overthrow of Etienne, the dropped TD by Etienne on 4th and goal, the missed field goal after the turnover before the first half ended and the final scoring possession that Washington had to win the game. There was some opportunities there for this coaching staff to really cut it's teeth. Calling a time out on that 3rd and 10 situation around midfield on Washington's last offensive possession that won the game could have resulted in a different outcome. 

Running the football a little bit more in a closely contested game could have also changed the overall outcome of the scoreboard. Really wasn't impressed with the base front four's pass rushing efforts. Caldwell probably should have stole some ideas from Jack Del Rio and started blitzing a little bit more creatively from various lanes to shake up Wentz a little bit more sooner in this game. 

All-in-all. Feels good to be a nit picky in a close loss Vs. being woefully somber for what the year has in stored after a game is lost at half time or gets ugly fast in the 2nd half. Last year we could have probably expected Lawrence to get more desperate and start throwing up YOLO passes into coverages that shouldn't have been there. He didn't. That shows maturity. 

Hopefully this week shows some even better maturity, learning and growth from all aspects of this football team.

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