Jamison Crowder Burns Up 85 Yards on Punt Return Touchdown

One of the most intriguing matchups on the schedule is the “Battle of the Beltway” showdown between the 2-2 Washington Redskins and the surprisingly 3-1 Baltimore Ravens. One question was asked repeatedly: What’s wrong with the defense? In some ways, it wasn’t a bad thing. The Ravens had three more shots but they didn’t threaten the end zone and Cousins was able to take one last snap from victory formation.

The veteran Baltimore Ravens receiver remembers the young cornerback he’d always run into in the film room back when they were Carolina Panthers teammates, the man he considers “almost like a little brother”. Expect Jay Gruden to feed Jones to give Kirk Cousins favorable one-on-one matchups with the Redskins receivers on the outside. We just have to stay resilient, focused and play hard for the entire length of the game. “His will imposing upon mine and mine imposing upon him and trying to edge out and see who can get the best of each other that day”. “You have to make some plays in the passing game”. Baltimore has won three of the five all-time meetings between the two franchises, with the latest matchup being the exact game that jumpstarted Robert Griffin III’s lengthy injury history in the NFL. It was the first punt return for a TD for the Redskins since 2008, which was completed by Santana Moss.

Fans might take consolation in the fact that after their team’s two previous losses to Washington, Super Bowl wins followed at the ends of those seasons.

After punting on their first possession of the third quarter, the Redskins got the ball at midfield following a Ravens three-and-out. It was his first 100-yard performance since making his National Football League debut with exactly 100 rushing yards in Week 1 of 2014. They defended screens with excellent reads by Compton and Foster. The Redskins also generated pass rush pressure when needed with Trent Murphy leading the way.

The Redskins will be without their first round pick for several more weeks as Doctson believes that rest will best heal his injury.

However, the defense buckled on Oakland’s final drive, allowing Derek Carr to hit Michael Crabtree in the back of the end zone just a minute later. First they have the big bodied tight end, Jordan Reed.

They deserved the scrutiny after some lousy games early in the season.

The Ravens are considering making a change in the starting lineup at the cornerback position because of his struggles, but no decision has been made on that front as of the time of this writing.

“Everyone’s saying the D-line is trash, Will and Mason are trash, the safeties are trash”, Compton said. As every quarterback will say after every game, there are going to be areas where he wants to improve situational awareness, taking a sack along the way, whatever it might be.

The defense deserves much of the credit for today’s win.