Here is a look at some of the interesting, and often painful numbers from the Redskins’ 19-14 loss to the Detroit Lions:<\/p>\n
644 – Days since the Detroit Lions last won a game. That’s 92 weeks, or 15,456 hours, or 927,360 minutes, or 55,641,600 seconds – in other words – an awfully long time. 55,641,600 also seems to be about the number of times that someone on the TV said, ‘people in Detroit are happy,’ on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
340 – Yards passing for Jason Campbell; he had two touchdown passes, and an interception.<\/p>\n
241 – Yards passing for Matthew Stafford, who showed great composure for a rookie quarterback; it was a huge albatross that he removed from the city of Detroit’s back.<\/p>\n
178 – Yards receiving for Santana Moss; one of the very few Redskin bright spots in the game.<\/p>\n
101 – Yards rushing for Kevin Smith, before he injured his shoulder. It was his 3rd career 100-yard day and he ran all over the Redskins on Sunday.<\/p>\n
97 – Yards of penalties on 9 calls against the Redskins; that’s the entire length of the field. None of them were more costly than the pass interference on Chris Horton.<\/p>\n
57 – Yard bomb to Moss in the third quarter, was the Redskins’ best play of the day and their longest from scrimmage this season.<\/p>\n
42 – Yards rushing for Clinton Portis, on 12 carries; neither number is close to high enough for Washington’s best offensive player.<\/p>\n
37 – Minutes of possession for the Lions, to the Redskins 23 minutes; usually when a team has the ball for a whole extra quarter, they win.<\/p>\n
19 – Straight losses for the Lions – the second longest NFL losing streak ever; the Buccaneers lost 26 straight in the late 70’s.<\/p>\n
11 – Tackles for London Fletcher, plus 5 assists; can Redskin fans try to make sure that he gets to the Pro Bowl this year?<\/p>\n
10 – Different Redskins caught passes (<\/p>\n
3 – Yards rushing for the Redskins in the first half. While Portis had more looks in the second half, he didn’t get nearly enough in the first.<\/p>\n
2 – Third down conversions for the Redskins, on 10 attempts – not nearly good enough.<\/p>\n
1 – Sack for first round pick Brian Orakpo; his first career sack, and the first of many for the Redskin rookie.<\/p>\n
1 – Number of large brown paper bags added to the grocery list this week.<\/p>\n
The Redskins return home to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next Sunday – likely to exactly what they faced when they were last at Fed Ex – a sea of boos.<\/p>\n
Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Mark Solway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"