Filed under: Rams, Redskins, NFC East, NFC West
One game was at home against an unbeaten team. The other was on the road against a winless team. Washington built a 17-point lead in the first contest and quickly fell behind by 14 in the latter.What the games had in common was how they finished. A week after blowing a 27-10 lead with 16 minutes left in regulation and losing 30-27 in overtime to visiting Houston, the Redskins spotted the Rams a 14-0 lead, then rallied to go ahead 16-14 only to be outscored 16-0 the rest of the way, and lose 30-16 at St. Louis.
"We put ourselves in a deep hole early on," said Redskins center Casey Rabach. "We have flashes of pretty good stuff, but we've got to find a way as an offense to play a complete game."
The Redskins were just 1-for-10 on third down and 0-for-3 in the red zone.
"When you get in the red zone, you have to score," said quarterback Donovan McNabb, who slumped from 426 yards against the Texans to 236 today. "Kicking field goals will come back to haunt you. We have to understand what happened and come out next week ready to make a change.
"There are no excuses. We just have to be able to score. There are definitely plays we should have gotten in the end zone on. It's very frustrating. We're much better than what we showed today."
The disappointment was at least as strong for Washington's defense, which allowed the Rams to score 30 points for the first time since October 2008 even though the Rams lost running back Steven Jackson, the core of their offense for years, to a groin injury in the first half and that rookie quarterback Sam Bradford was making just his third start.
"You definitely don't want them to start fast and that's what we allowed them to do," said Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels. "We have to jump on a team like this early and give them no momentum. We gotta find a way not to play to a team's level and lose games in this fashion."
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