OK, for us long suffering Nationals fans, at least we're not the Mets. Second fiddle to the popular, long history Yankees. But I'm sure someone wants to work for them. George Costanza anyone?
This hilariously so bad it's good video was forwarded to me from a Mets fan friend of mine.
NFL Week 1 is finally done and the Redskins prevailed over the Cowboys 13-7. Yes, Dallas Week is behind us already. Feels kind of odd, that the home game against the bitter rival is already past us. However that might have been the blessing needed to actually beat the 'Boys.
As in many Week 1 games, both Dallas and Washington looked rough. Despite a fully loaded offense with the addition of Dez Bryant, they held themselves from scoring in the first half and then only mustered a touchdown for the entire game. Well there was that last second touchdown, but tackle Alex Barron helped negate that with his holding penalty. Arguably, his holding preventing the Redskins Brian Orakpo from sacking Romo that would have ended the game anyways. Of course, to allow the Redskins to get a single touchdown, we all need to thank Tashard Choice with his fumble at the end of the half, allowing DeAngelo Hall to strip it and take it in for the half ending touchdown. Special thanks to Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett and Head Coach Wade Phillips for the brilliant play call in the waning seconds of the half.
The question on the burgundy and gold side (and literally this past week with the burgundy tops and gold pants) is the offense. The addition of Donovan McNabb, Larry Johnson and a bunch of wide receivers resulted in little change. McNabb was efficient and better than Jason Campbell or any Redskins QB in the past decade, but not enough to score an offensive touchdown. His main targets were the main targets of all previous QBs - Chris Cooley and Santana Moss. Johnson shows why Kansas City let him go and wonder, beyond cost, why we Ladell Betts go. Clinton Portis seemed to improve, but that's because after all these years, we finally addressed the offensive line.
Finally the final question goes to Josh Bidwell. His botched snap handling cost a field goal that would have prevented Redskins' fans' hearts from stopping and starting in seconds at the end of the game. His one lackluster punt made us wonder if Durant Brooks stole his uniform. That punt also set up the Cowboys only score.
Overall a win is a win. Week 1 behind them, the Redskins know they need to improve to have a chance against the Houston Texans this coming weekend. The Redskins Defense was like always, solid, but with the Cowboys offense failing in so many ways, we shouldn't take that as a given.
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