There were a lot of great individual performances to choose from in the Redskins dominant 27-10 win over the Oakland Raiders. It would be easier to list the players that didn’t play well, than the players who did. Why not just ask Redskins Nation, and see what they had to say?
I know it's hard, but tweet me your ONE player on both the offense and defense that get your game ball. #Redskins #crowdsourcing #HTTR
— TheHogs.net (@TheHogsdotNet) September 25, 2017
Just click on the tweet to view all of the replies, or respond yourself; but here are a selection of some of the choices of Redskins fans:
Thompson and Zach Brown
— Michael Carter (@d2dap636) September 25, 2017
Chris Thompson and Preston Smith
— SkinsFan (@Tom_McGu1gan) September 25, 2017
Thompson and Nicholson
— Mr Lawson 2U (@Mr_Lawson2U) September 25, 2017
Thompson for sure. On D, it's tough. Preston smith maybe. But gallete, brown, the secondary, spaight, Kerrigan, Allen all made plays
— Jonathan Thomas (@JTizzle521) September 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/TkoPoe/status/912166448021225472
Thompson and Nicholson
— Mr Lawson 2U (@Mr_Lawson2U) September 25, 2017
I'll give the ball to two guys who didn't even step on the field: Jim Tomsula and Greg Manuski
— Command Central (@Mideastener) September 25, 2017
Thompson and Preston smith
— Daniel Crepeault (@DJRB2006) September 25, 2017
Chris Thompson / Zach brown.
— Papa Jack (@JackRafff123) September 25, 2017
Nicholson & Thompson
— Craig (@Craig32135154) September 25, 2017
@MattIoannidis and Moses
— EBlake (@eblake981) September 25, 2017
Chris Thompson, Preston Smith.
— Darren Gregory (@darrengregory65) September 25, 2017
Chris Thompson and Zack Brown
— Darnell Fitzgerald (@built2survive) September 25, 2017
Chris Thompson and Preston Smith
— Davy Cadd (@MSgt0811) September 25, 2017
Preston Smith
Chris Thompson— JM (@HokiesSkins) September 25, 2017
Chris Thompson and Monte Nicholson
— We Like WFT (@WelikeWFT) September 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/krevinas/status/912166915522613248
https://twitter.com/SolidRocC/status/912167652512104448
Chris Thompson and Monte Nicholson
— LongIslandTony (@AnthonyMezz27) September 25, 2017
Fuller and Thompson (Cousins and Nicholson honorable mention)
— The Commandalorian (@dantheman1348) September 25, 2017
Chris Thompson, Ryan Kerrigan
— Mark Pierce (@mfpierce49) September 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/HmBrewer72/status/912164544327413760
So safe to say that Chris Thompson garnered the bulk of the offensive votes, with Kirk Cousins and various others picking up a few here and there.
On defense, Preston Smith, Zach Brown and Montae Nicholson seem to have divied up the votes.
Easy to see merit in all of those selections on both sides of the ball.
This is theHogs.net, so I’m going to go with Spencer Long on offense. I haven’t seen a lineman pull out of the center position with that kind of tenacity, effectiveness and regularity since the golden days of Jeff Bostic. Sure Thompson put up big stats, but how many times was he running right behind Long?
On defense, I’ll go with Nicholson. I think everybody on the defense played a great game, but Nicholson has really been thrown into the fire, and could he have responded any better? His first NFL interception was great, but he smacked the taste right out of Michael Crabtree’s mouth on a stone cold killer clean hit, and dislodged the ball on a big play. To me, he played beyond his experience, and left me wondering aloud… Su’a who?
My thanks to all that took the time to respond, and hit me up on Twitter @TheHogsdotNet about this or anything Redskins.
Hail!!! On to the Chiefs!