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Week 6 Game Recap: Washington Redskins 14, Green Bay Packers 17
What you need to know
| Washington Redskins |
It was a tale of two halves for QB Jason Campbell. Through the first two quarters, he completed 63% of his passes for 149 yards in leading the Washington offense on two touchdown scoring drives. After scoring his first career rushing touchdown from six yards out in the first quarter, Campbell followed that up in the second quarter by connecting with TE Chris Cooley on a fourteen yard touchdown pass. During the second half, he was only able to complete half of his 18 pass attempts for an anemic 68 yards and was sacked twice by the Packers pass rush.
Redskins' rushers struggled to pick up yards on the ground against the Green Bay defense. Washington came into this contest averaging over 130 yards per game running the football, but was only able to churn out 94 yards on 29 attempts. In addition to the paltry numbers on the ground, RB Clinton Portis and WR Santana Moss lost fumbles on second half rushing plays.
Chris Cooley had by far his best game of the year hauling in nine passes for 105 yards and a touchdown. With the Washington wide receivers having trouble getting open and hanging on to the football, QB Jason Campbell looked to him early on in this contest targeting him eight times in the first half alone. This game marked the fourth in a row that Cooley has hooked up with Campbell for a touchdown.
| Green Bay Packers |
QB Brett Favre came into this contest leading the NFL in passing yards, but he had a tough time making plays against the Redskins' secondary. On a cold and rainy day at Lambeau Field, the Green Bay quarterback completed only 51.4% of his passes for 188 yards and finished with a season low quarterback rating of 43.5. Adding to the passing struggles of Favre was the fact that he threw two interceptions to S Sean Taylor, the first of which gave Favre the record for the most interceptions in a career.
Entering the game averaging only 67 yards rushing per game, the Packer rushing attack was only able to grind out 56 yards running the football. Proof that Green Bay is having problems making plays on the ground is the fact that QB Brett Favre tied with RB DeShawn Wynn for the Packers longest rush of the game (seven yards). In spite of the poor rushing numbers, Green Bay did get a touchdown on a Wynn three yard run in the first quarter.
In a game filled with poor play and miscues by both offenses, it was the Green Bay defense that made enough plays to win this game. After surrendering 14 first half points, the Packer defense kept the Redskins off the scoreboard over the final two quarters. Throughout the game, Green Bay forced three turnovers, had three sacks, and allowed Washington to convert first downs on only three of 14 third down plays. The Packer defensive unit made the play of the game when DT Corey Williams forced a Santana Moss fumble that CB Charles Woodson returned 57 yards for the deciding touchdown.
What you ought to know
| QB Jason Campbell, Pass: 21 - 37 - 217 - 1 TD / 1 INT, Rush: 2 - 6 - 1 |
On Washington's first scoring drive of the game, Campbell completed four of five passes for 52 yards and scored a touchdown on a six yard rush. He was just as good on Washington's second scoring drive when he went five for five for 52 yards and hooked up with TE Chris Cooley on a 14 yard touchdown pass. His lone interception came in the first quarter on a high pass to WR Santana Moss that hit Moss in the hands and deflected into the arms of CB Charles Woodson.
As effective as Campbell was in the first half, he was just as ineffective in the second half. After halftime, he would go on to complete only nine passes for 68 yards. Despite hooking up with TE Chris Cooley seven times in the first half for 97 yards, Campbell would only connect with the tight end twice in the second half for a total of eight yards. Campbell's numbers in this game could have been better if not for six dropped passes.
| RB Clinton Portis, Rush: 20 - 64 - 0, Rec: 3 - 25 - 0 (4 targets) |
The Redskins made an effort to get Portis involved in the offense, giving the ball to him on 20 running plays. He was able to turn 11 of those running plays in to gains of four yards or more including longer runs of eight, eight, 11, and 13 yards. The remaining nine rushes however went for a total of minus eight yards and included a play in which a Portis fumble was recovered by Green Bay deep in Washington territory. In addition to his rushing duties, he also grabbed three passes including a 21 yard pass reception early in the second quarter.
| RB Ladell Betts, Rush: 3 - 10 - 0, Rec: 3 - 21 - 0 (5 targets) |
Betts averaged 3.3 yards on three carries, and contributed in the passing game by grabbing three passes for 21 yards.
| RB Mike Sellers, Rush: 3 - 14 - 0, Rec: 1 - 1 - 0 (2 targets) |
Sellers averaged just over 4.6 yards on three first half rushes and caught his only pass in the second quarter.
| WR Keenan McCardell, Rec: 2 - 30 - 0 (2 targets) |
McCardell caught his first target of the game with nine and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter. He caught his only other pass of the game two plays later.
| WR Antwaan Randle El, Rec: 2 - 30 - 0 (4 targets) |
Randle El's status for this game was in question due to a hamstring injury, but he was able to make the start and finished the game with two catches. He had a drop on a third down play in the second quarter that would have picked up a first down. In addition to his receiving duties, Randle El also returned one punt for four yards.
| WR Santana Moss, Rush: 1 - 0 - 0 (6 targets) |
After missing last week's game with a groin injury, Moss did start in this contest but turned in a dreadful performance. In addition to being held without a reception and dropping a couple of balls that hit him in the hands, his third quarter fumble on a reverse was returned 57 yards for a touchdown by CB Charles Woodson. In addition to the turnover in the third quarter, QB Jason Campbell's only interception of the game deflected off the hands of Moss into the arms of Woodson.
| WR Brandon Lloyd (3 targets) |
Lloyd's first target went for an eight yard gain that was negated due to an illegal formation penalty. He had the opportunity to make a big play in the fourth quarter after he got past the Green Bay secondary, but a Jason Campbell pass fell incomplete just out of the reach of the diving Lloyd.
| WR James Thrash (2 targets) |
Thrash had a 40 yard reception negated because he was flagged for offensive pass interference. His only other target came with just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter and fell incomplete.
| TE Chris Cooley, Rec: 9 - 105 - 1 (10 targets) |
QB Jason Campbell looked to Cooley often early on in this contest. The tight end hauled in four receptions in the first quarter that went for 55 yards. Cooley followed that up with three more catches in the second quarter that went for 42 yards, including a 14 yard touchdown reception. After being targeted eight times in the first half, Campbell only looked in Cooley's direction twice in the second half. He caught both of those receptions for a total of eight yards. Cooley finished the game with a career high in receiving yards.
| TE Todd Yoder, Rec: 1 - 5 - 0 (2 targets) |
Yoder's only catch of the game came in the third quarter.
| PK Shaun Suisham 0 - 0 FG, 2 - 2 XP, 2 points |
Suisham converted on both of his extra point attempts.
| WAS Rush Defense |
The Redskins run defense gave up only 56 yards on 20 carriers for an impressive 2.8 yards per rush. Washington did surrender a three yard rushing touchdown to RB DeShawn Wynn for the Packers first score of the game.
| WAS Pass Defense |
The Washington secondary kept QB Brett Favre in check, allowing him to only compile 188 yards through the air. The one big pass play the Redskins gave up was a 60 yard completion to TE Donald Lee. On the play, CB Carlos Rogers had the opportunity to stop Lee, but the tight end bounced off the attempted tackle and took the ball all the way down to the Washington three yard line. S Sean Taylor did intercept a couple passes, but had three other Favre passes hit him in the hands that fell to the ground incomplete.
| QB Brett Favre, Pass: 19 - 37 - 188 - 0 TD / 2 INT, Rush: 3 - 8 - 0 |
Favre and the Packers' offense struggled to sustain drives against the Redskins' defense. He completed only four passes over ten yards and turned the ball over twice on a couple of bad passes that were intercepted by Sean Taylor. Three other errant throws could have been intercepted as all three passes hit Taylor in the hands, but in each case the ball fell incomplete.
Favre struggled with his accuracy throughout the game. On a couple of plays, it appeared that he had receivers open deep, but the passes hung up in the air and defenders were able to close on the receiver to prevent the completion. He did have a couple of throws that could have gone for touchdowns. In the third quarter, Favre hit WR James Jones on a 23 yard completion that would have been a score if not for a questionable holding penalty called against the offensive line. In the fourth quarter, TE Bubba Franks made an eight yard catch in the end zone but fell out of bounds before he could establish possession in bounds.
| RB DeShawn Wynn, Rush: 13 - 37 - 1 (1 targets) |
For the second week in a row, Wynn rushed for a touchdown. His first quarter, three yard run into the end zone was his fourth rushing score of the year and gave the Packers a 7--0 lead. Wynn only averaged 2.8 yards on 13 carries and for the first time this year, he failed to catch a pass. He dropped his only target of the game on a screen pass. Following a fourth quarter run, Wynn was shown on the sidelines holding his wrist.
| RB Vernand Morency, Rush: 4 - 11 - 0, Rec: 5 - 23 - 0 (5 targets) |
Morency averaged just over 2.7 yards on 4 rushes, but did catch all five of the passes that were intended for him.
| WR Donald Driver, Rec: 5 - 38 - 0 (8 targets) |
Driver's first catch of the game went for 15 yards, but came with less than a minute to go in the first half. His remaining four receptions would average less than six yards per completion and he did fumble the ball once (though it was eventually recovered by RB Korey Hall.) In addition to the passes that were caught, he also drew an illegal contact penalty on CB Shawn Springs during Green Bay's first drive of the game.
| WR Greg Jennings, Rec: 3 - 20 - 0 (12 targets) |
Jennings led all Packers receivers with 12 targets. Despite the high number of passes thrown his way, he was only able to haul in three passes. Jennings did draw a pass interference penalty on CB Carlos Rogers and was the intended receiver on Favre's second interception.
| WR Ruvell Martin, Rec: 1 - 18 - 0 (1 targets) |
Martin caught his only target of the game for an 18 yard pickup late in the second quarter.
| WR James Jones (4 targets) |
Jones failed to catch a pass in this game. He did haul in a 23 yard TD pass that was negated due to a holding penalty on OL Mark Tauscher.
| TE Donald Lee, Rec: 3 - 75 - 0 (4 targets) |
Lee had the big play of the game for the Green Bay offense making a 60 yard catch and run on the Packers' first play of their second series. On the play, Lee made the catch, bounced off an attempted tackle by CB Carlos Rogers, and raced to the Washington three yard line. The play led to Green Bay's only touchdown on offense. Lee would go on to catch two more passes including a 14 yard reception that led to a Packers field goal.
| TE Bubba Franks (2 targets) |
Franks did not have a catch in this game but was targeted by QB Brett Favre in the end zone. On the second and goal play from the Redskins eight yard line, Favre lofted a pass near the back corner of the end zone. Franks secured the pass but fell out of bounds after contact from the Washington defender. He looked a little shaken up following the play and was carted off later in the fourth quarter with what was reported as a knee injury.
| PK Mason Crosby 1 - 3 FG, 2 - 2 XP, 5 points |
After missing only one field goal all year long, Crosby misfired on two field goal attempts in this contest. The first miss was from 46 yards and sailed wide left as time expired at the end of the first half. Crosby did hit on his next attempt, a 37 yarder near the end of the third quarter, but his 38 yard attempt in the fourth quarter bounced off the left upright. He made both of his extra point attempts.
| GB Rush Defense |
In addition to holding the Redskins to 94 yards on the ground, Green Bay's defense also forced and recovered two fumbles on Washington running plays. The first came in the third quarter when DT Corey Williams forced a fumble on a reverse by WR Santana Moss that was returned for a touchdown by Charles Woodson. The second fumble was when S Atari Bigby hit RB Clinton Portis and jarred the ball loose. LB A. J. Hawk recovered the ball on the play. The Packers defense did give up a six yard rushing touchdown to QB Jason Campbell in the first quarter.
| GB Pass Defense |
QB Jason Campbell had a good first half completing 12 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown, though the Packer defense held the Redskins' passing attack to just 68 yards over the final two quarters. The pass defense came up with a big play with just under seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. With Washington trailing by three and operating from the Green Bay 33 yard line, the Redskins decided to go for it on a fourth and two. Campbell took the snap and threw a completion to RB Ladell Betts out in the flat. Packer LB Nick Barnett was in perfect position and stopped Betts for no gain. Washington would not enter Green Bay's territory for the remainder of the game. CB Charles Woodson had an interception in this game and the Packers would record three sacks. DE Cullen Jenkins left the game with an apparent knee injury with 3:50 left in the second quarter, but did return to the field after halftime.
