Sunday's offense

The offense showed more balance against the Rams than in the previous week. No doubt about it. Portis found openings, mostly on the left side, but none the less totaled 79 yards on 19 carries. JC was good for 28 yards and Betts added another 13. The Skins totaled a respectable 125 yards on the ground Sunday but what bugged me was the disappearance of any kind of push in the red zone once again. The Skins totaled 22 yards on 10 carries inside the 20-yard-line. That's how you end up with 9 points after 4 legit scoring opportunities.

As far as the passing game goes, I though JC was for the most part on target. There were some dropped passes that hurt Washington, particularly in the red zone, but I thought the emergence of Malcolm Kelly was promising. Had JC not under thrown him on that flag route up the right sideline in the first, he had him beat and could have taken it to the house. #12 is looking nice, it's official.

MVP goes to Cooley. Anyone opposed? He was targeted 9 times and caught 7 balls for 83 yards. He was the top chain-mover too with 5 1st down catches. Randle El continues to ball in the slot and Betts is looking nice out of the backfield.

Santana Moss. Where do I begin? 5 catches in 2 games and a drive-killing fumble. That's got to change ASAP. I'm picking Moss right now as my player to watch against Detroit next week.