WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden defended some of the decisions that left him open to second guessing in his team's loss to the NFC East-leading Dallas Cowboys.
— The 55-yard field-goal attempt: "I know Hopkins' leg. I know he can make that kick," Gruden said. "Where do you draw the line: 52,Kanken Backpack Uk, 53, 54, 55? I mean, you're talking about a difference of 9 feet. And I know he's got plenty of leg to get it. He had plenty of distance, he just pushed it to the right."
There was the stuffed wildcat run on first-and-goal on a possession that ended with only a field goal. Then another red-zone possession at the end of the first half that also led to only three points after more than 15 seconds ticked away — on purpose, Gruden said.
"My mindset's going to not change. We're going to be aggressive in all phases of the game. If we see a look that we like,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, we've got to call it,Cheap Seahawks Jerseys China," Gruden said. "We're not going to end the game and say, 'Dang, I wish I would have tried an onside kick' or 'I wish I had tried the field goal.'"
There was the missed 55-yard field goal — Redskins kicker Dustin Hopkins' career best was from 54 — that gave Dallas a short field, which it took advantage of for a six-play TD drive. And the botched onside kick early in the fourth quarter Thursday, which again left the Cowboys with a short field, resulting in an eight-play TD drive.
Given the way some of his pivotal choices worked out — or didn't, actually — Gruden might have been expected to say he wishes he had not tried that onside kick (it was recovered by Dallas) or had not let Hopkins attempt that field goal (it sailed wide right).
Here is what Gruden said Friday about the four key moments:
— The end-of-half clock management: Gruden said he let time run down before calling his last timeout on third down at the 2, presumably to make sure the Cowboys wouldn't have time for an end-of-half drive. He did acknowledge regretting having wasted a timeout on his team's opening possession, when he stopped the clock instead of taking a 5-yard delay-of-game penalty because he only had 10 players on the field.
— The failed wildcat run by Robert Kelley with Kirk Cousins split out wide left as a receiver was doomed by poor execution, according to the coach: "It's the same run whether we handed it to him or just snapped it to him. So we just thought we'd get the quarterback out of there and just loosen up the box a little bit."
One by one during a conference call with reporters on Friday, Gruden went over some of the key moments of a 31-26 road defeat, ending a two-game winning streak for the Redskins (6-4-1).

Despite the setback against Dallas (10-1), third-place Washington remains in the hunt to earn an NFC wild-card berth a year after winning the division. The Redskins haven't been a playoff participant in back-to-back years since going three times in a row after the 1990, 1991 and 1992 seasons.
Note: Gruden said TE Jordan Reed (shoulder) would have an MRI exam on Friday to determine the severity of his shoulder injury. "There is something there,Superstar Shoes On Sale, though, that we have to deal with," Gruden said.
"We're not in the spot we want to be, obviously, in relation to our division. But when you're looking at the big picture,Adidas NMD Wholesale Price, the object is to get in the playoffs, to get into the dance, and right now we're in position," Gruden said. "But we still have a lot of work to do."
— The onside kick after Cousins' 67-yard touchdown pass to DeSean Jackson cut Washington's deficit to 24-19 with about 9? minutes remaining: "I thought it was a good opportunity to try to steal a possession, quite frankly. We had the look that we wanted; just didn't execute it. It was kicked a little bit too hard."

The tailgate parties began at dawn. West Coast rap and grilled meat aromas drifted among the fans gathered in the nearby parking lots and neighborhoods for a ritual confined to college games in LA for the past 21 years.
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They're all back now, eager to make new memories. Dickerson, the Rams' greatest star of their Anaheim era, was surrounded by a crowd of bubbling fans as he walked around the concourse before the game. After the Chili Peppers' show, six Hall of Famers — Dickerson, Jack Youngblood, Orlando Pace, Marshall Faulk,Raiders Jerseys On Sale, Jackie Slater and Tom Mack — gathered on the famed peristyle end of the Coliseum for a ceremonial lighting of the Olympic torch.
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The Rams are still three years away from moving into their billion-dollar new home in Inglewood, and any LA fan with a television probably knows they haven't had a winning season since 2003.
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The Rams hadn't played a football game that mattered in Southern California since Dec. 24, 1994, when they left Angel Stadium in Anaheim and moved to St. Louis.
After two decades of fan frustration and a year of anticipation building to this regular-season home opener, Los Angeles really, truly had pro football again.

Fans packed into the rows of seats near the famed Coliseum tunnel two hours before kickoff, cheering wildly for the Rams taking the field for warmups and booing the Seahawks — even Richard Sherman, the star cornerback who grew up just a few miles away in Compton.
After CeeLo Green sang the national anthem, the showbiz festivities continued during the game: Late-night talk show host James Corden performed with the Rams' cheerleaders between quarters, his gut protruding rudely from his uniform.
If nostalgia is a big part of what these Rams are selling, they're in the perfect stadium for it now: The packed Coliseum was their home for their first 34 years in LA, and the venerable home of the first Super Bowl was rocking once again.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the Rams poured down the tunnel in their blue-and-yellow-gold vintage uniforms and emerged in the 90-degree California sunshine, a sold-out Coliseum crowd loosed a long-suppressed Sunday scream.
Not many pro sports franchises would choose their first game in a new hometown to wear vintage uniforms, but the Rams aren't the normal new kids on any block.
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USC fans have kept the Coliseum busy on fall Saturdays, but the Trojans — particularly their struggling teams of the past half-decade — don't command the same passion in a town that lives for the biggest events on the grandest stages.
Returning in front of 91,046 fans ardently hoping this Hollywood sequel is better than the original, the Rams beat the Seattle Seahawks 9-3 in a game that made up for its tepid offensive performances with a thrilling late defensive stand by the home team, capped with a fumble recovery by middle linebacker Alec Ogletree.
And since this is LA, the cathartic moment came with a Wes