« Impossible Is Nothing: Rooting For The Wizards To Void Gilbert Arenas’ Contract | Home | Zorn Star Fades to (Maroon and) Black »
Redskins-Chargers Winners & Losers
By Jamie Mottram | January 3, 2010
WINNERS
Bruce Allen — What more could a new GM want than lowered expectations and the No. 4 pick in the draft? (Note: Take Okung.)
Malcolm Kelly — A career-high five catches for a career-high 109 yards. Too bad he doesn’t have breakaway speed, or that beautiful 84-yard reception would’ve been an 89-yard touchdown. As it is, he still has yet to score in the NFL.
Touchdown Todd Yoder – One catch for two yards and a touchdown in the game, giving him four catches for nine yards and three touchdowns on the season. Kind of like a poor man’s Touchdown Terry Orr.
Norv Turner — Rides an 11-game win streak into the playoffs, where I’ll be rooting for him.
LOSERS
Jim Zorn — He came in a complete unknown and goes out a complete loser. In this game alone he punted from the San Diego 34 rather than try a 51-yard field goal, punted on 4th-and-1 in San Diego territory, failed to let the Chargers score from the 1 with a minute left, burned timeouts at an incredible rate, etc. I like the guy, we all do, but pack shit, get out.
Fred Smoot and Justin Tryon — Each exhibited the Carlos Rogers-ies, dropping easy interceptions. Smoot’s cost them an early field goal, Tryon’s the game-winning touchdown.
Fred Davis – Dropped three passes.
Joe Bugel – Not his fault really, but the O-line dropped another turd in what may’ve been his final game on the Redskins sideline. Love you, Buges.
Derrick Dockery – Special mention for him, as he false started on 4th-and-1 at the goal, forcing the team to attempt a field goal instead.
The guy who decided not to show this game on TV in Virginia — Look, I know this was a glorified preseason game, but it was still a Redskins game, and Virginia is Redskins country. You don’t just decide in Week 17 that the team is undeserving, so you’re going to show Cowboys-Eagles instead. That’s just not right. Either go with the Cerrato-esque “best game available” policy all the time or not at all. And trust me, no Skins fan I know would want to watch Dallas-Philly over Washington-anyone.
MEDIUM
Jason Campbell — Put up fine numbers to become the first Redskins QB to finish with 3,600 yards and 20 touchdowns in a season since Brad Johnson. Also missed a bunch of throws and heaved it out of bounds on the final play.
Antwaan Randle-El — Broke off a 43-yard punt return. Would’ve been a touchdown if he could run.
Rocky McIntosh — Had a real nice INT, fumbled on the return.
Topics: Redskins, Winners & Losers | 6 Comments »
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:42 PM
the next 108 days will be terrorfying with all the speculation of who they are taking. If it is anybody that does not play on the OL, unless they get lucky and get Suh, I am making a Delorean with my ecentric Dr friend…..
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:44 PM
LOSER for me … the endzone replays of touchdowns that made me feel like I was looking out of a foggy windshield.
Not my vid … but here’s an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gtU90Fma28
January 4th, 2010 at 12:14 AM
Thanks for mentioning the foggy replays. They were driving me crazy.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:46 AM
LOSER: John Lynch. I know he’s new at this, but that wasn’t very good NFL analysis. When you utter the phrase “Fred Smoot is usually sure-handed” when he drops yet another sure interception, then I know you haven’t done the proper research.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:24 AM
Loser: my heart. I told myself I wouldn’t watch this game, that it was going to be a slaughter and I could be more optimistic for next year if I just went in without this final insult. Then by some odd coincidence my bro turns on the game and the skins are up 20-16 and I get my hopes up and then have it systematically crushed by Billy fucking Volek.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Zorn…packed shit, was escorted out.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/redskins-fire-zorn-after-2-sea.html?hpid=artslot