It's only Week 3 of the 2018 NFL regular season, but the Redskins are in desperate need of an impressive win after laying an egg in the Week 2 home-opener.

But an impressive win will be hard to come by against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. To make matters worse, the weather forecast is not cooperating. FedEx Field is cold and wet, meaning the Redskins will need to rely on the run game to move the chains.

Rich Tandler is here to provide the good, the bad, and the ugly from Week 3 between the Redskins and Packers.

Redskins vs. Packers: Good, Bad, & Ugly

FIRST QUARTER:

GOOD: The Redskins’ opening drive — Three passes got them into the end zone. Alex Smith to Jordan Reed for seven yards, to Vernon Davis for 20 and then a bomb that Paul Richardson caught going to his knees at the five. He popped up and the Redskins were up 7-0 just over two minutes into the game.

Alex Smith to Paul Richardson for a 46-yard touchdown.



You're up Aaron Rodgers.pic.twitter.com/QAnK2SMFuM — Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 23, 2018

BAD: Vernon Davis got flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after a big Adrian Peterson run. The taunting call negated the yardage gained on the run. Davis should know better than to put himself in that position.

UGLY: Aaron Rodgers’ passing on the Packers’ first two possessions. He was one for four for eight yards plus a sack. Rodgers did start to heat up towards the end of the quarter, helped by a pass interference call on Quinton Dunbar.

SECOND QUARTER:

GOOD: The Redskins started out on their two-yard line and drove 98 yards for a touchdown. They got going with a 34-yard pass from Smith to Jordan Reed. Then Adrian Peterson rumbled for 41 off the right side. Smith scrambled nine yards to convert a third down and finished it off with a nine-yard pass to Jamison Crowder. That put the Redskins up 21-3.

BAD: The Redskins gave the Packers an easy touchdown when somebody forgot to cover wide receiver Geronimo Allison. He was wide open in the middle of the field and Rodgers lofted a pass to him for the touchdown.

Geronimo Allison (great name, by the way) lined up against Josh Norman bottom of your screen.



Norman passed him off to a Safety who didn't exist, meaning Allison was wiiiide open.



64 yard Packers TD. pic.twitter.com/Gd6Zaj2YeV — Chad Ryan (@ChadwikoRCC) September 23, 2018

UGLY: Alex Smith threw his first interception of the year. There either was a miscommunication with Jordan Reed on the play or Reed slipped coming out of the cut. In any case, the Packers got the ball at their own 45.

THIRD QUARTER:

GOOD: The Redskins stop on fourth down as the Packers were driving in Washington territory was huge. Their 28-17 lead looked precarious as the Packers went for it on fourth and two at the 43. The pass to Randall Cobb was originally called complete for three yards and the first down. But the ball moved and hit the ground. Jay Gruden threw a quick challenge flag and New York reversed the call on the field.

CHALLENGE THAT! (sorry for yelling) pic.twitter.com/A7HUYXBGZo — NBC Sports Redskins (@NBCSRedskins) September 23, 2018

BAD: The Redskins two offensive series in the third quarter. They went three and out the first time they had the ball. They almost went three and out again but a roughing the passer call on a sack negated it. A holding call spiked that drive.

UGLY: The Redskins’ third-down defense on the Packers’ drive to open the third quarter was almost non-existent. The Packers were four for four on conversions. Aaron Rodgers threw for three of them and he ran 10 yards for another. That last one was the worst as he is playing on one leg.

FOURTH QUARTER:

GOOD: After allowing a TD on the Packers’ first drive of the half, the Redskins defense clamped down. The Packers moved the ball on a couple of possessions, but they never did seriously threaten. Washington wrapped it up with a Fabian Moreau strip and a Josh Norman recovery of the fumble.

BAD: The offense continued to rest on its first-half laurels as they couldn’t kill much clock, much less pad their lead.

UGLY: Nothing from the Redskins’ standpoint. The scoreboard when the clock hit 0:00 was a thing of beauty.

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