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Redskins Cover the Spread, But Not T.O.
By Jamie Mottram | November 18, 2007
To paraphrase Chris, this was about as good a game as we could expect.
It sucks to lose, especially to Dallas, but the Redskins have proven — in this game and previously at Green Bay — that they can play with the NFC heavies. The trick now is actually winning five out of six to get into the playoffs.
Anyway, here are notes from the loss that was:
- With Portis going nowhere, JC threw for 348 and just one INT on a pass he’ll always wish he’d never thrown. He and Romo will be running the NFC East for the next decade (sorry, Eli). Update: Mike Wise on Campbell’s big day.
- Reed Doughty is a slight dropoff from Sean Taylor.
- In the first half, Gibbs chose to attempt a 50-yard FG on 4th-and-1 rather than go for it. At best, Suisham has a 50% chance of making that kick, so I don’t understand the rationale.
- T.O. toasted Shawn Springs all day long. Not for all of his 173 yards and 4 TDs, but for a lot of it. Also, to Owens’ credit, he didn’t try to intercept the hail mary at the end of the game, which surprised me. Update: The Post has more on this.
- The Redskins defense was horrible on third down last year, and they were horrible on third down again today.
- I’ve never seen a worse-snapping center than Andre Gurode. He put two over Romo’s head and was high out of the shotgun all day.
- Speaking of snaps that went over Romo’s head, both bounced right into his hands. And another snap bounced off his facemask and directly into Barber’s arms as if they drew it up that way. The guy is charmed.
- Aikman: “I think Clinton Portis is just terrific. He may be my favorite player in the National Football league.” Me too, Troy!
- The Cowboys hats with the new school D look like Duke hats. I wanna set them on fire. Update: Deadspin has the clip.
- Mike Sellers hurdled a bama. Didn’t know he had that in him.
- Al Saunders’ playbook was wide open today, as evidenced by 55 pass attempts, including a halfback option followed by a fake reverse.
- Shazzam Suisham makes me nervous, but he was three-for-three from inside 50 yards and even tackled the return man inside Dallas’ 40 on the opening kickoff.
- To be fair, DeMarcus Ware got called for one of the worst roughing the passer calls ever.
Round 2 is at FedEx on December 30th. Let’s just hope it means something.
Topics: Dallas Sucks, Redskins | 6 Comments »
November 18th, 2007 at 9:21 PM
I guess having half your secondary injured makes a minor difference. Skins sans Taylor was much like Oregon sans Dixon: You really don’t understand the impact til they aren’t there.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:52 PM
It was a good game. I feel better about this loss than I do about the win against the Cardinals. We almost looked like a football team out there (except for Reed Doughty). I think this is the first time I’ve seen the Redskins pull off a 2-minute drill in about 5 years.
The good news is, if we’re still in contention for a wildcard spot by the Dallas home game, the Cowboys will probably be resting their starters …
November 18th, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Has anyone noticed that the Redskins are 0-4 when Aikman and Buck broadcast the games? Giants, Packers, Pats, and now the Cowboys. Can we get Gibbs to make a call into Mr “GOD”dell’s offices about this?
November 18th, 2007 at 11:49 PM
Two thoughts:
1. I agree about Gibbs and that 4th & 1. What’s he thinking? You’ll give up field position if you fail on either option, but you have to prefer the odds on a 1 yard run, right?
2. Eli actually looked like an actual Manning today. An inferior Manning, but a Manning nonetheless. He still looked like he pooped in his pants but, you know, he looked like he was happy about it. Peyton looks a lot more like Eli BTW without Marvin.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:37 AM
I would say Romo is more Charming than Charmed, but hey, poTAYto, poTAHto.
November 19th, 2007 at 5:04 PM
where is dexter manley when you need a good ol qb cheap shot. he could have taken out brady and romo