Ok so welcome to the full recap of Week 4's showdown between the Redskins and the Raiders. Title of this full recap says it all. Just admit Raider Nation when we all found out that Pryor got ruled out, even though he was medically cleared, how many of you lost a bit of anxiety after finding out Flynn was the starter? I know I was one of them.
So let's talk about Matt Flynn shall we? Matt Flynn, 21 of 32 in the passing game for 227 yards. Impressive on the 2nd drive with a long pass to Denarius Moore and connecting a TD to Mychal Rivera. Not bad huh, looks like Flynn's stepping up right? Until the 2nd quarter, threw a pick 6 to Redskins defensive back, David Amerson, basically taking all that momentum away after scoring on an offensive TD and on a blocked punt and after that the Redskins never looked back.
To say it's all Flynn's fault is an understatement, but outside of Rashad Jennings, Denarius Moore, and Mychal Rivera, the offense was downright awful. You can credit the absence of McFadden, Reece, and Pryor, but you can tell the offense played uninspired when Flynn was at the helm. Offense went from dynamic under Pryor to predictable, one-dimensional under Flynn. And it was frustrating to see stalled drive after stalled drive, failing to cash in after forcing a critical turnover and also deferring.
Defense and special teams, I say, they came out to play. Aside from failing to stop no huddle plays from the Redskins and giving up 24 unanswered points, most of those points were not their fault. The defense as a whole only gave up 3 points if you negate Flynn's INT and fumble and Sebass' missed 51 yard field goal after forcing a fumble. The blame doesn't go towards the defense. Special teams aside from Sebass' missed field goal that could've given us a TD lead, they did a decent job, blocking a punt for a TD deep in Redskins territory and making a gutsy fake on 4th and inches involving Jacoby Ford and Taiwan Jones. Other than that, defense and ST competed when our offense couldn't get the job done.
So I'm gonna end this post, hopefully we get our guys healthy for next week against the Chargers. And Matt Flynn: you suck, career backup QB at best.
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