Sometimes life serves you lemons and there is no lemonade to be found.
An unforeseen life hiccup caused me to be offline for much longer than expected, my apologies.
Things have smoothed out now, and I look forward to trying to bring you some interesting Washington Football Team content in 2021.
As for Sunday, what do you even say?
It was bad, then it was good, and then it was bad again.
The Washington Redskins fall to the New York Giants on Sunday in a heartbreaking 41-35 overtime loss. Despite a valiant effort, the Redskins couldn’t overcome Daniel Jones’ explosive performance and some key injuries. Dwayne Haskins started strong before disaster struck. The rookie quarterback completed 12 of 15 passes for 133 yards and two touchdowns in … Read more
Wow, this season is becoming fun, albeit a lot of work for the editors of TLP. Back to back divisional wins have been rare in recent history, and sacking Sheli Manning 7 times in a great defensive effort, seemingly even rarer. How great was it to see the sad sack QB pouting hit after hit?
Along with the stellar defensive play, the resurgence of Adrian Peterson made this the editors favorite game of the season. To celebrate, we bring our loyal readers a trifecta of NY newspaper articles. The first comes from the pages of The New York Daily News:
After eleven weeks of NFL football, what’s left to play for in the NFC East as one of the league’s most competitive conferences edges towards a conclusion – and what do the Washington Redskins have to do?
Currently third in the NFC East, the Redskins are 4-6, just behind the 5-5 Dallas Cowboys. With a margin so tight, a single weekend of NFL action could change the standings completely. The only problem is that the Philadelphia Eagles are running away with it, with a 9-1 record, and are standing amongst the contenders to go all the way to the Super Bowl. So the Redskins and the Cowboys are “battling” for second place, and on an outside chance, a Wild Card berth.
On this day, September 16th waaaaay back in 1937, the Washington Redskins defeated the New York Giants 13-3 at Griffith Stadium. This game could quickly and concisely be described as a “Riley Smith” game. After all, the Redskins opened the scoring when Riley Smith kicked a field goal in the first quarter. The Giants tied … Read more
You will often hear people remark that no one, single play defines a game, but it would be tough to deny that if you string even two or three really bad plays together, the result will be reflected negatively in the score more often than not. Such was the case on Thursday night in the Washington Redskins’ 32-21 loss to the New York Giants.
Obviously football is a complicated sport, and mistakes are going to happen on every play. That isn’t what we’re talking about. We’re talking about plays that are head-scratchers, or change the momentum of a game, or both as is often the case.
Are you ready for some Thursday Night Football?
The Redskins were completely embarrassed by Eli Manning and the New York Giants on Thursday. Here are some of the more telling statistics and numbers from New York’s 45-14 dismantling of Washington:
449 – Total yards of offense for the Giants, to the Redskins 329.
300 – Yards passing for Eli Manning on 28 completions (40 attempts). He dismantled the Redskins defense, with 4 passing touchdowns, and also rushed for one himself.
259 – Total yards passing for Kirk Cousins.
With two interviews already in the books and two more occurring this weekend, the Redskins head coaching search 2014 continues to cast a wide net. Washington is gathering information on an extensive range of candidates. The comprehensive Redskins head coaching search 2014 reflects the organization’s commitment to finding the right leader after a disappointing season.
The Redskins reportedly interviewed Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell on Tuesday. The team confirmed it had interviewed Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Rich Bisaccia Friday. He has ties to Redskins general manager Bruce Allen from their time together in Tampa Bay. Washington is also reportedly interviewing Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott in Charlotte Saturday.