Each week, we take a peak at some of the ‘numbers’ that might have contributed to the past game’s outcome. Here are this week’s numbers from the Redskins 25-17 win over the Detroit Lions:
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The Redskins’ Anti-Discrimination Fan Policy in Action
You have to admit, the Redskins have a little something for everyone. It’s like a buffet at your local Chinese food place.
You’re an optimist? Great, come on in and grab a cupcake (with happy face frosting on top!). We’ve got a 6-2 record at the mid-way point of the season – good for second place in the best division in football, Clinton Portis is tearing up defenses, Jason Campbell hasn’t thrown a pick yet, our defense is ranked 6th in the league, and apparently we picked up another star wide receiver named ‘Santonio’.
Pessimism is more your style? Swing by and grab a drink from our half-empty glass. Despite our record, we’ve barely squeeked by two teams that we should have crushed, and lost to a winless team – at home, no less. Our defense is riddled with injuries, our draft picks are invisible, and our defensive line push is more futile than that of a constipated old guy on the toilet.
The Redskins are truly an equal opportunity team when it comes to fans, trying to offer something to everyone, to please all types. Hopefully, when this season draws to a close in whatever fashion it’s fated for, that balance between fodder for the optimists and pessimists will still hold true:
‘I know we just won the Superbowl, but did you see how crappy the defense played?’
That which we call drivel by any other name, would still be as random and incoherent….
Skins vs. Lions Recap Links
The Washington Redskins moved to 6-2 with their win over the Detroit lions on Sunday – here is a quick list of where you can find out everything you wanted to know about Sunday’s win…
Get On Your Horse
Back on September 14th, I blogged about the Redskins need to put the ball into the hands of their most lethal offensive weapon, Clinton Portis. Needless to say, the Redskins don’t listen to me, but Coach Zorn obviously agreed with the sentiment, as since that time, Portis has been busy, and he has been effective. In fact, he’s been more effective than any other running back in the league.
Hognostications Week 8
Congrats to BigRedskinDaddy for winning week 7 with an impressive 11-3 record. Many great results last week and this thing is still very much any one’s game. For the season Floyd and BigRedskinDaddy are tied in first place at 61-25. Only 5 wins separate first and tenth place.
THN Weekly With Andre Carter: Week Eight
Following a 14-11 victory over the Cleveland Browns, the Redskins now sit in second place in the NFC East at 5-2, a record last matched in the 2000 season. “It’s a blessing to be 5-2. Actually, my thought process was to take one game at a time and never look at the season as a … Read more
Honey, get me the defibrillator paddles, the Redskins are on.
They never make it easy, do they? First a dominating performance turned into a loss last week, and then another dominating performance almost turned into a potential loss this week. They should ship a free season’s supply of heart medicine with my subscription to Sunday Ticket. They can call it an ugly win, but hey, it’s a win nonetheless. You know what they say about bad sex – and if you’re not old enough to know what they say about bad sex, then what they say is that you should wait until you’re married for bad sex, so don’t do it. The rest of you know what I’m talking about.
And let the critics critique. Let them say that we lost to the lowly Rams (Strahan even went so far as to say that the Rams beat us ‘handily’ – what?) and barely beat the Browns. If you watched those games from start to finish, you’d see that the Redskins – most of the time – are winning the game. They punish the opposition on offense and defense. The problem the past two weeks have been untimely mistakes. As the season progresses, you would expect that those mistakes will fade, and the true talent of this team will shine through.
Once again this week, a snooze-fest in the first half made it difficult to generate any drivel, but, alas, if you wait long enough, the drivel will come. As Master Yoda says, ‘There is no try. Drivel or don’t drivel.’
Gameday Preview: Week Eight
The Redskins travel to Ford Field on Sunday to face the Detroit Lions, this is the only time this season the Redskins will play in a dome, Kickoff is at 1 pm. Detroit faced the Houston Texans last week and Lions’ quarterback Dan Orlovsky finished with 265 passing yards and a 99.6 rating, and wide … Read more
Redskins Lose Crummey To Bengals, Fill Void
The Cincinnati Bengals signed offensive lineman Andrew Crummey from the Redskins practice squad. Crummey, who was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Maryland, is now on the Bengals active roster. The Redskins filled the void by signing guard Isaiah Ross to the practice squad. Ross, entered the NFL in 2004 as an … Read more
JJG’s Z-Men
You have to give credit where credit is due… Zorn has everybody focused on the task at hand. With two losses this team should be in the dumps. Not because of the the losses, but to whom and how. Week one against the Giants it looked bad when the final whistle blew but Zorn and … Read more