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Late on Sunday afternoon, Washington Redskins Coach Jay Gruden emerged canada goose outlet factory from the back of the team’s locker room and began walking canada goose outlet boston down a FedEx Field corridor. Outside, the scoreboard said his team had lost,
As Gruden walked, his eyes stared at nothing in front of him. He let out a deep breath. Smith had gone down midway through the third quarter on a sack from Houston’s Kareem Jackson, his leg breaking in such a grotesque manner that it provided an eerie reminder of another Redskins quarterback, Joe Theismann, 33years to the day since his own gruesome leg injury. Anyone who watched Gruden making this postgame walk had to wonder whether the season was crumbling before him.
“To Dallas,” he said when asked where his mind turns now.
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“It hurts to watch it,” center Chase Roullier said.
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“Whenever someone goes down, the next man has to come up, step up for him,” said tight end Vernon Davis, the player who knows canada goose outlet michigan Smith the best from years they played together in San Francisco.
[As Colt McCoy takes over as starting QB, he tells Redskins, ‘You’re in good hands with me’]
And backup Colt McCoy ran onto the field after the https://www.canadagoosejacketoutlett.com Redskins got the ball back with an interception at the Houston 27. Once a star at the University of Texas and considered a possible quarterback of the future for the Cleveland Browns, the 32 year old McCoy has been the Redskins’ emergency option at quarterback since he played five games in the team’s lost season of 2014.
“You pray for opportunities to get to play,” McCoy said. “You never like to see how it happened today, but for me I just have to go out there and give it all I got.”
“Let’s go get this win” is all Gruden told him.
McCoy ran for four yards on his first play Sunday. Then he lofted a pass that landed in the arms of tight end Jordan Reed, who streaked across the back of the end zone for a nine yard score, cutting Houston’s lead to 17 14. After a Texans field goal, McCoy then led a drive of 67yards over the course of 4:22, hitting Reed and wide receivers Josh Doctson and Trey Quinn with quick passes and running 15 yards himself, setting up a seven yard touchdown run by Adrian Peterson that put the Redskins up 21 20.
It was Peterson’s second touchdown run of the day, and in addition to putting the Redskins ahead, it marked the first time all season the lead hadchanged in a Washington game.
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And then the great comeback ended.
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Canada Goose Coats On Sale Hopkins thought he had hit his kick well. The ball climbed high and straight toward the goal posts, but he noticed the ball was flying too high. It wasn’t moving far enough. He turned his head before the game winning attempt fell short. Much like Smith’s injury, which many Redskins said they will avoid replays of, it wasn’t worth watching. Canada Goose Coats On Sale
“We don’t have to change anything,” Gruden said about the team’s offense going forward. “I think [McCoy] and Alex have very similar skill set, so [the] offense won’t change. That’s the good thing. [We] will continue to do what we’ve been doing and canada goose outlet store toronto build off the things we’ve done well.”.