STATSBOMB: Week Eight - Washington Redskins 25, St. Louis Rams 37

Ruh-roh.  Here I was, watching the final minutes of the beatdown that Detroit laid on Washington thinking to myself that we got beat by a surging team that played with passion and conviction - not such a bad way to record an L - but then my television showed me an unfortunate couple of shots.  The first was Rex Grossman wearing a helmet.  The second was Donovan McNabb wearing a baseball cap.  Oh dear.  I am not at all pleased that we came away from this game with not only a loss but a bonafide QB sabotage.  Ineffective play my ass - you should take your lumps and regroup for the next game.  Remember when McNabb led a late comeback against the Packers?  I do.  Let him have the ball.

Anyway, on to the stats from this year's Annual Motown Meltdown (hat tip: Mike Wise), starting with the bad ones, and finishing with a few positives:

• Average yards per carry by Redskins running backs: 2.3 (35 yards on 15 carries)
• Net yards gained by Santana Moss minus lost yards on six sacks: -3 yards
• Net yards gained by offense: 275
• Net yards gained by Brandon Banks (not counting called-back TD): 271 (213 kickoff return yards, 58 punt return yards)
• Number of 3 and Out Drives by Redskins: 7
• Number of Drives where Redskins Lost Yardage or Gave up a Defensive Score: 5
• 3rd Down Conversion Rate: 14%
• Number of Penalties: 10 for 77 yards
• Combo Redskins D made Stafford to Johnson look like: Montana to Rice
• Redskins' Touchdowns Called Back by Penalty: 1
• Lions' Touchdowns Allowed by Redskins' Penalty: At least 1
• Cumulative punting yards by both teams: 759 yards

A few upsides:

• Minimum number of oh-wow returns by Brandon Banks: 3
• % of Redskins' Points Scored or Directly set up by Brandon Banks: 88% (22 of 25)
• Athletic Sack of the Day Award: Albert Haynesworth
• Passes Deflected by Washington: 9
• % of Stafford's Passes Either Deflected or Intercepted: 22%
• Turnovers Forced by Redskins D in 2010: 19
• Reasons to Think that Detroit's D-Line Won't Abuse Other O-Lines: None - they are nasty