Washington Redskins: 5 Reasons Why Perry Riley Shouldn’t Get Blamed for Loss

November 30, 2010   ·   Josh McCain   ·   Jump to comments

As Redskins Nation celebrated watching the Lil' Assassin Brandon Banks run for a punt-return touchdown, a yellow flag dampened our spirits.
At first, many Redskins fans were in disbelief and hoped that somehow the penalty was on the Minnesota Vikings.
It was not. The flag was on rookie linebacker Perry Riley for his second block in the back penalty of the day.
Many of us wanted Riley's head, not because of the penalty, but because of the needlessness of the penalty.
The guy that Riley blocked was already out of the play.  Banks had made a move on him and he wasn't going to catch the tiny speedster.
In spite of Riley's penalty, that wasn't the only cause for the loss.
Reason number one was the Redskins interior defensive line.  It seemed that every time the Vikings ran the ball, they got at least four yards. 
It's a good thing that Adrian Peterson left the game in the first quarter, because he was looking like he was ready to set a car...

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