So it's interesting that the Nationals are "in the market" and made what I think is an excellent trade. ESPN reports that the Nationals acquired Lastings Milledge for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider. My initial thoughts are that we won't miss Church. He was a touted prospect who ended being a good filler when we needed the help. Schneider however will be missed.
This from the Miami Herald. If it is true, I hope this helps the Redskins and all fans heal faster
More Redskins are eligible as semi-finalists than in recent years. Green, Jacoby, Grimm, and Monk have all made it to the semi-final round.
The Terps overcame their early season turnover struggles to bring home a win at Comcast Center tonight 69-61.
There has been a lot of talk this week about the Eagles having unearthed some sort of defensive blueprint for defeating the Patriots. I think this is nonsense. In the game Sunday I saw a Pats offense that was disrupted at times, but was essentially able to move the ball. Brady was still able to complete well over 60% of his passes and convert a number of key third downs. Look, if you are able to put pressure on the QB using the blitz, it's going to make his job tougher by forcing him to make quicker decisions. This is no big secret. But for the most part the Pats handled the blitz. More importantly, Brady made good decisions and did not turn the ball over.
The Eagles success in the game had much more to do with the play of their offense. A.J. Feely had a career game and Philadelphia was able to keep the chains moving, converting on 8 of 13 third downs, and on their lone fourth down attempt. The Eagles also used an ultra-aggressive offensive gameplan, recovering a surprise onside kick, and attempting several gadget plays, albeit with limited success. They were able to sustain long drives and limit the number of possessions by the Pats offense. This game showed that the best way to beat the Patriots is by having an aggressive, efficient, and mistake-free offense. Sure it may help your team's chances of winning if you can get pressure on Brady, but more importantly, your offense has to score a lot of points and take a lot of time doing it. Philadelphia's few mistakes were what cost them the game.
After Maryland demolished the Wolfpack, the Terps became bowl eligible. The two most likely scenarios involve MD playing in Boise or San Francisco.
Last night after Monday Night Football, Kenny Mayne and Scott Van Pelt were anchoring the Sports Center Desk.
It's interesting the attachment people make to their sports teams and icons. While it would be going too far to say that sports figures are like family, fans all do feel in some way a connection with an athlete. I think in some small way we feel they are an extension of us, represent us, or at least possess qualities we would like ourselves to have - the athleticism, the perseverance, the cunning, the success and the passion.
Terrible news after what we all thought was a good sign yesterday evening. As you may have heard, Sean Taylor passed away overnight. Last night, Vinnie Cerrato of the Redskins and Sean's father gave us reports that Sean had squeezed a doctor's hand on command. This morning, some reports say that was reflex.
Just got this from WTOP. So are we surprised?
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Before the rebuild began the Caps made the decision to retain Olie and trade Bondra. It appeared that Olie was playing well and would return solid value back. Ultimately, the Caps didn't receive the value back for Bondra's services.
Coach Hanlon fired on Thanksgiving. Should GM George McPhee be worried about a similar decision on Christmas or New Years Day, if things don't improve?
Who will slow down the juggernaut that is The New England Patriots?
Gilbert Arenas will miss at least another 3 Months after under going MCL surgery on the same surgically repaired knee.
Although the Redskins failed to post a "W" in the win column, they won an even larger battle towards solving an identity problem as they move closer to regaining the tradition of Gibbs Version 1.0 from 1981-1992.
So at 3:30 PM today, I started to think about today's Redskins Cowboys game. I already had my article written in my head. The title was to be "Ugh". As in awful. Because I imagined the score would be 21-3 at half and 37-17 or something like that at the end of the game.
Of course, we saw the unbelieveable. The Redskins led at the half. They were in the game the entire game. Minutes left, they had a chance to score. They failed. The defense stopped the Cowboys. The offense got the ball back again. And they had another chance to win it. Never had it crossed my mind that it would come down to the Hail Mary. Fitting though that TO was there, playing DB on that final play.
So while I'm not exactly happy that the Redskins lost to our archnemesis, at the same time, I'm not dissapointed. Which for this season's Redskins, is a pretty good thing.
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