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I was away for Christmas so I haven't had a chance to offer my comments on the game, but here goes.

DISGUSTING. Neither team deserved to win. You got to see why Cowboys fans are almost universal in their contempt for Testaverde. Teases with a great throw to Crayton at the end, but looks pedestrian at best the rest of the game.

The Cowboys defense isn't as bad as the numbers indicate. They're 9th in the league over the last 9 weeks, 5th over the last 6. 9 weeks corresponds with the benching of the second worst draft pick in Cowboys history, Tony Dixon (what the heck would make someone draft a player in the second round if he gets beat out for his starting spot halfway through his senior season???).

The injury to Smoot might actually prove beneficial to you. You'll be the only team with truly accurate information on the severity of the injury. It may drive his asking price down if teams shy away given the limited medical evidence they have.

Is anyone really sure that Ramsey's the answer? Tom Landry used to have a 3 year rule that if a player wasn't delivering by then, it was time to move on.

In summation, excluding the last few minutes, this has to go down as one of the most boring Dallas/Washington games in history.

at least you won.

hailskins666 wrote:at least you won.

After we were mathematically eliminated earlier, I was almost hoping for a loss.......Scratch that, it is still nice to beat the Redskins.

I'd hope for a Dallas loss vs. the VaGiants, but a win will only push us down from 12 to probably 14 at worst in the draft if it moves at all.

The loss got you the difference between Terrence Newman and Jimmy Kennedy.



I do expect some "leaks" from Washington in the next few days about how bad Smoot is, and statements from his agent that he could have started this week. The offseason started for both teams even before kick off.

curveball wrote:the VaGiants,

classic

regarding smoot and the draft... i think our pick just got better. if our banged up seconadry can't defense vinny and crayton, its going to be a looooong day against culpepper and moss.

Yeah, but when was the last time they didn't back into (or out of) the playoffs?

General Failure wrote:Yeah, but when was the last time they didn't back into (or out of) the playoffs?

good point. even arizona was able to play spoiler.
regardless, i still don't see it.

but Cullpeper, their CB Winfeild, and TE Wiggins or somethin like that all got sent home with the flu. no joke, so that should help...

hailskins666 wrote:... its going to be a looooong day against culpepper and moss.

You are -not- kidding.

At least we are going to get to see other CBs other than Jimoh and give them a chance.

We'll be fine. Moss is over-rated and Culpepper fumbles too much. If Testeverde and Crayton can't beat us, than .... oh......check that thought.

The Redskins are close enough to beat anyone. They haven't given up yet, so Minnesota, playing outdoors in the cold, can be beaten.

King is picking the Skins in an upset!


Minnesota at Washington
I keep hearing, "The Redskins are going to be without Clinton Portis and LaVar Arrington Sunday, so this looks like a Vikings win." Now just wait a cotton-pickin' minute. The Vikings have won outdoors on grass once, maybe, in our lifetimes. The Vikings had an easy set-up game last year in Arizona and choked it away. The Redskins have been playing without Arrington, for all intents and purposes, all season, and still are one of the two or three best defenses in football. And as for missing Portis, that's a loss. But Patrick Ramsey's got a good arm, the Vikes are 30th in the league against the pass and Antoine Winfield's not 100 percent.
Washington 21, Minnesota 20

What's gotten into fatboy?

Maybe we got to him...he's a decent guy. I coached in a Montclair, NJ, girls softball league that he worked very hard to keep together.

And maybe he noticed that the Vikings don't play that well outside on the grass in winter.

Which team will hit harder? I have seen the Redskins lose some games, but haven't seen them decisively out-hit by anybody.

welch wrote:The Redskins are close enough to beat anyone. They haven't given up yet, so Minnesota, playing outdoors in the cold, can be beaten.

yea, but ist not gonna be that cold this weekend.

Didn't they lose in Tempe last year to fall out of the playoffs?