Washington Redskins

It Never Felt So Good to be Wrong

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One of the dangers of writing stuff down is that sometimes people actually pay attention.  And when people pay attention, they remember things – things you said, even if those things were said a long, long time ago, like three weeks.  And perhaps those things you said may have been ever-so-slightly ‘wrong’.  Now, in many cases, this is a bad thing, unless you work for ESPN, in which case you just ignore what you said previously, and ESPN wipes all evidence of it from the face of the earth, problem solved.  I don’t have that luxury.

So some weeks ago when I seemed to imply that the Redskins would most likely lose on the road to the Cowboys and the Eagles, I was wrong.  But here’s the weird thing – I was so wrong, that I came back full-circle to being right again.  This type of circular relationship between being right and being wrong doesn’t happen all the time – for example, with my wife, I’m either wrong, or even more wrong.  There’s no getting back to right.  It’s like a long, steep one-way decline into the dark hole of wrongness, slicked with grease and with a bleacher full of wives cheering your descent.

Anyway, let me explain my new-found rightness.  I claimed that after a difficult first five games, we’d find out what kind of character this Redskins team has.  Could they climb out of the hole they would supposedly be in?  Or would they fall apart, shaken by their early losses?  Well, I got the losses wrong, but the part about the importance of how this team will react after their first five games is dead on.  The Redskins are flying high right now, and face some dangerously bad teams in the next few weeks.  If they can maintain their focus and energy, we’re looking at a very good football team, perhaps as good as the media now seems to think they are.  However, if they fall into the trap, we’ll sink into the mediocrity that our opponent’s fans are predicting.  Time will tell.

Tough putting together drivel this week, by the way.  The Eagles just aren’t that funny.  No wonder they don’t have any Lombardis (zing!).

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What Can You Say about the now 4-1 Redskins?

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The Washington Redskins may not be the best team on paper, but they certainly look like one of the best in the league right now.

After falling very painfully to the Giants in week one, most had written this team off to a 5-11 record. Their chances versus the New Orleans Saints seemed pretty slim. Drew Brees was a much better QB than Eli Manning and had thrown for over 300 yards in week one. The Redskins defense would not be able to stop them, and Jason Campbell would not be any better than his efforts versus the Giants. The West Coast offense was just too hard to learn.

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Redskins vs. Eagles Post Game Wrap

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Well, the Washington Redskins did it again – they walked into a division rival’s house and pinned a big ‘L’ on them. Going into the game, the ‘experts’ seemed sure that the Philadelphia Eagles would take this one, but then again, they said the same thing last week about Dallas. Here are some links to some of Sunday’s game coverage:

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