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For Foes, a Redskins Flaw Exposed
Colt Reggie Wayne, right, outmaneuvers Kenny Wright to pull down a touchdown pass in the Redskins' loss last month.
(By Toni L. Sandys -- The Washington Post)
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On the winning drive that ended with Glenn running the post corner from the slot to beat the seam for the second time in the game -- this time for a touchdown -- Cowboys running back Marion Barber beat the 3-2-6 when Redskins linebackers Lemar Marshall and Marcus Washington were blocked into one another, turning a four-yard pass into a 26-yard gain. On the following play, Glenn's big score flattened the Redskins.
"Those are easy plays," Gray said. "Our players are in position to make those plays, and we just have to get them. Play to the design of the defense and take it away. And when we do, you'll see."
Washington beat Houston, 31-15, on Sept. 24, but three and a half minutes into the game, the tape revealed how Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson copied Glenn by moving into the slot and catching a 53-yard post corner. Archuleta opened the play by falling for a play-action fake.
In the 36-30 Redskins win over Jacksonville, the Jaguars burned the 3-2-6 twice for touchdowns of 33 and 51 yards, the former coming when, just asin the Dallas game, Marshall missed wide receiver Reggie Williams over the middle and a four-yard pass turned into a 33-yard touchdown.
In the loss to the Giants, quarterback Eli Manning used play action with running back Tiki Barber to free slot receiver Plaxico Burress, who beat Taylor inside the hash marks for 46 yards.
In the Redskins' worst game to date, rookie Tennessee quarterback Vince Young exploited the seam in Washington's 25-22 home loss. Two minutes in, slot receiver Bobby Wade beat Taylor along the seam in coverage. Young used the seam to his advantage for three 20-yard plays on the afternoon, the biggest coming on a fourth-and-two 23-yard pass to wide receiver Brandon Jones.
On four major plays, the Colts used a similar formation, with a similar trigger -- play action -- and the Redskins fell for it every time.
"When you're getting beaten the same way every time, the best thing to do is get new players," Johnson said. "But you can't do that midway through the season in the NFL, so you have to disguise the coverage, to make them think one thing when they're getting another."
