I have seen and been around football for some years, and I have only seen one performance worse than the Redskins’ showing Sunday in Toronto. Ironically, it was the Redskins in 2004 against, you guessed it, the Buffalo Bills. A game in which the Redskins quit. Then Redskins starting Outside Linebacker, LaVar Arrington was literally ready to go upside Rob Johnson’s head for joking around after such a poor showing. I thought that I’d never see another game in which I was embarrassed to be a Redskins fan. Well I spoke too soon. This past Sunday was a very bad performance by the Redskins. Not only did they not score any points, at no point in this game did they look competitive. That is not good.
Let’s give Buffalo some credit. They’ve suffered some years as well with underachieving teams. They have had teams in which people expected them to make a run for the AFC East title. No one has ever showed any pitty for the Bills and they’ve never asked for it. Ralph Wilson, their owner, has never had a pitty party, and never intended to. This man has had four AFC Championship teams that ended up losing Super Bowls. Buffalo was the punchline in a lot of jokes in the 90’s. Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas along with others played extremely well in the late 80’s and early 90’s, they just couldn’t get over the hump. Now I am not saying that the team the Bills have now is comparable to the great Bills teams form 20 years ago, but you can’t argue with a surprising 5-2 start in the same division with the N.Y. Jets and the New England Patriots. Who guessed that we’d be having this conversation? With guys like Fred Jackson, who shouldn’t even be in the NFL, Leodis McKelvin, Ryan Fitzpatick, George Wilson and Rookie Man-Beast Marcel Dareus this team is going to make some noise in the AFC East this year and challenge New England for the that crown. But as on team is going up, another team is going down.
Washington looked pathetic. There was a blocked FG attempt, a few INTs, more than a handful of sacks and lot of knock downs. Poor John Beck was getting pummeled. There was absolutely no pass protection, no running game to speak of and NO POINTS!! Washington has 6 starters either out or on IR (Injured Reserve; essentially out of the season) and have guys in key positions that are playing with little experience. The Offensive line looked porous and confused. The WRs were getting manhandled by the Buffalo CBs. Hell I even saw one WR trip over the invisible man. That’s what happens when things are going bad. Washington mounted 26 Rushing Yards in 60 minutes of football. My alma mater Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Washington, DC had RBs who could do that in one play with their eyes closed. Are you kidding me? Somebody call Coach Fleming from Wilson and ask him does he want to coach the Redskins. He could do a better job than Shanahan. Carlos Rogers my have had hands like feet, but he was one of the best Press Cover CBs in the NFL. Yes you read that right. Rogers is one of the best Press Cover CBs in the NFL. Derrick Dockery was the only man on the Offensive Line to start every game in 2009, yet the Mike Shanahan was deactivating him for no reason last year and finally released him a the end of the season. They disrespected an ultimately dismissed Jason Campbell and Donovan McNabb, for Rex Grossman. I’ll bet Jason Campbell and Donovan McNabb could have played better than Rex did this season. As a matter of fact the last time that the Redskins mounted 8 wins was when Campbell was the starter. Andre Carter looks really good playing Defensive End in a 3-4 Defense in New England. Why the hell did the Redskins try to make him and Outside Linebacker? If you ask me, one, if not, both Shanahan’s need to right this ship in the next few weeks or they need to get fired. Philadelphia at 1-4 was better than this team. When will the bleeding stop?
The good thing about this point of the season is that there are still nine games left. Washington could still finish 8-8, but I highly doubt it.
On a lighter note, this weeks game ball goes to Fred Jackson of the Buffalo Bills. Jackson had 120 Rushing Yards on 26 carries, and had 74 Receiving Yards on 3 Receptions. This man is the real deal.
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