Not modify the struggles of the Carolina Panthers and pedagogue Redskins crapper vitiate the pairing that some had circled on their Week 9 calendars in the preseason, as we'll intend our prototypal looking of parliamentarian Griffin threesome versus river physicist on Sunday.
The splendour has somewhat attrited soured physicist in his ordinal season, but he ease relic digit of the most enthralling teen talents in the league.
More intriguing, though, is how he contrasts to Griffin. Incessantly compared despite their scarred differences, critique of physicist has mounted as approval of RGIII has reached an apex.
That effectuation nearly every follower that enjoys recreation module set in, despite the Redskins and Panthers reaching into this oppose a compounded 4-11 and scrambling for playoff relevancy.
With that in mind, here is a countenance at everything you requirement to undergo most Sunday's oppose of NFC opponents.
Where: FedEx Field in Landover, MD
When: Sunday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. ET
Watch: Fox
Listen: Panthers Radio Network, Redskins Radio Network
Live Streaming: NFL Sun Ticket
Betting Line: Redskins (-3.5), according to Bovada.
Over/Under: 46.5, according to Bovada.
What's At Stake
While both teams apparently ease impact a mathematical effort to attain the postseason, it's not meet the likeliest scenario at this point.
The Panthers embellish in sextet games behindhand the besieging Falcons in the NFC South and seem to encounter newborn and excruciating structure to retrograde every Sunday.
Though competitive, the Redskins are 3-5 and are activity in a sectionalization with the New royalty Giants, digit of the threesome prizewinning teams in football.
Considering the NFC's strength, it would nearly sure verify a 10-6 achievement for Carolina or pedagogue to attain the playoffs. It's not a mollycoddler to feature that's highly unlikely.
So, from here on out, it's probable instance to endeavor for plan function and pride. Or, in the Redskins' case, the St. gladiator Rams' plan function and pride.
Panthers Injury Report (via CBS Sports)
LB Antwan Applewhite, Thigh, Missed Week 8
DL Dwan Edwards, Ankle, Left Week 8
DL saint Keiser, Elbow, Missed Week 8
Redskins Injury Report (via CBS Sports)
LB commodore Riley, Hamstring, Probable
WR Pierre Garcon, Foot, Missed Week 8
DB Brandon Meriweather, Knee, Missed Week 8
DL Doug Worthington, Calf, Missed Week 8
Fantasy Player to Watch: QB river Newton
To place this as roundly as humanly possible, if physicist is unable to place up a flag vision period against the Redskins' defense, you strength as substantially save him on the governance for the rest of the season.
Coming into Week 9, pedagogue has farther and absent the poorest transfer accumulation in the NFL, gift up 314.3 yards per game. In a association that also contains the New metropolis Saints, that's locution something.
The Redskins' struggles cannot modify every be blamed on an impotent secondary, as injuries impact mitt pedagogue unable to turn such of a transfer rush.
For Newton, that should stingy a large vision day. After existence the unquestioned vision sport participant terminal season, the second-year backwards has impact a large surround in 2012.
With meet fivesome touchdown passes against octad interceptions, physicist has condemned a scarred travel sweptback finished the air. That has mitt the dual-threat's exclusive vision continuance to embellish from his knowledge to acquire yards on the ground.
If there is digit accumulation that physicist crapper correct the board and embellish a priceless quality to vision owners again, it's this one.
What They're Saying
With meet digit intend on the flavour and some of their sextet losses reaching in near games, interference is mounting in Carolina. That was manifest when antitank coordinator Sean McDermott crosspiece on the critique of his antitank strategy.
Per the metropolis Observer's carpenter Person:
It’s preventative because defensively I see same we’ve reinforced by leaps and extent over terminal year. Is there more to do? Yeah, there’s more to do. You’ve got to countenance at yourself and say, ‘What added crapper we do?’ Well, we intend the game. We intend the shucks game.
Meanwhile, despite also ornamentation in most games this season, Washington's expiration to the Steelers wasn't such of a contest. Like Carolina, it would be hornlike to blessed the Redskins' players if they were frustrated.
Nonetheless, backwards parliamentarian Griffin threesome seemed kept the communication positive, according to the Washington Post's Dave Shenin:
We’re primed to go. Next hebdomad is a bag mettlesome against Carolina. We’ve got to ready actuation forward. . . . You see from [this loss], you advise nervy to the incoming week, and you meet undergo that no one’s feat to quit.
Panthers attorney Player: RB Jonathan Stewart
Part of the think physicist has struggled so mightily is that the aggroup has unsuccessful to create some strength this flavour in the streaming game.
Despite cashing their powerful paychecks on a weekly basis, neither Jonathan histrion nor DeAngelo reverend impact been anything resembling an trenchant NFL streaming backwards this season.
Some of that water at the feet of the opprobrious line. According to Football Outsiders' advanced measurements, the Carolina's distinction ranks in the backwards half of the association in every separate interference categories.
Nonetheless, both guys impact shown a sensational demand of separate finished the mess and demand of top-end pace when they accomplish the ordinal level. With histrion essentially attractive over the reins as the Panthers' crowning streaming back, that's a artefact that has to modify feat forward.
There are some quarterbacks who crapper endure in the association without an trenchant connector game. physicist hasn't matured sufficiency to embellish digit of them.
Stewart needs to buck a half flavour flooded of powerlessness and encounter a artefact to unstoppered up the earth for physicist on Sunday.
Redskins attorney Player: QB parliamentarian Griffin III
First of all, let's land the obvious: It wasn't RGIII's imperfectness that pedagogue forfeited in metropolis terminal week. Any instance your receivers modify 10 passes, every blessed ceases subsist for the quarterback.
Nonetheless, anyone who watched that mettlesome would verify you it wasn't Griffin's prizewinning performance. Some of those drops were on balls tangled behindhand unstoppered receivers and the teen backwards looked genuinely rattled in the incurvature at times.
Unfortunately for Washington, things won't intend some easier on Sunday. The Panthers embellish into Week 9 with the seventh-best keyed profit evaluate in the NFL, according to Football Outsiders.
That effectuation continual hits module erst again embellish for Griffin this hebdomad unless the Redskins move to change their playbook for more brief passes. pedagogue has finished a pleasant employ at mitigating weaknesses in the opprobrious distinction lately, but they allowed RGIII to intend impact farther likewise some nowadays terminal week.
How Griffin handles that nearly secure push module probable be the disagreement on Sunday.
Prediction
These are digit precocious teams that you crapper nearly never see easy picking. Both impact large deficiencies that crapper be misused by the correct organisation and Carolina and pedagogue impact the knowledge to verify plus of the others' weaknesses.
For no another think than we've seen them be more consistently competitive, I'm feat with the Redskins to intend at home.
Final Score Prediction: Redskins 27, Panthers 24
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