"I can only brag on (Santana) as much as I can brag on him," Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs said. "I haven't had anybody who has made more plays than what he's made for us, or meant more to the team." (Ed: The itlaics are mine.)
As long as the Washington Macacas are running the ball with two tackles and a guard in front of the ball carrier, whether it be on a pitch, toss, stretch, or screen, they will continue to win games. When Clinton Portis is doing the ball-carrying, The Washington Redskins are the best team in the Eastern Division of the Nation Football Conference, and perhaps the entire National Football League.
I was wrong about Mark Brunell. Again. He still throws three to five passes a game that miss open to semi-open receivers, and that isn't going to win many playoff games, but as long as he continues to hit the above-mentioned Santana Moss in stride, The Washington Redskins continue to win football games.
Haven't heard about Shawn Springs. I say - rest him this week (@ Giants), rest him next week (Tennessee), and rest him the week after that (Indianapolis). Worst case scenario - we drop two of three and go in to the bye 3-4. With a healthy Springs/Portis/Brunell (sounds crazy, eh?)/Offensive Line after the bye week, knowing that they need to win seven of their last nine, The Washington Redskins can challenge any professional football team in America.
The game Sunday is a tough one for me to pick, because I just can't see this Giants team going 1-3, and being 2 1/2 games behind the Redskins and the loser of Cowboys/Eagles at 3-2, with the winner up 3 1/2 games. There's two much talent on all eight sides of the ball in the division. However, The 'Skins look good: The offense will still have hiccups, but The Dirtbags are murdering the line of scrimmage right now. Sacks by Henderson/Stroud of Jacksonville last week: Zed. Osi and Strahan and that kid from BC are good, but not there isn't a much better pair of tackles than those two.
Pick: Toss Up.
Approaching Week 5 notes-
- Donovan McNabb looks good. Philly looks beatable, especially if you can run through the middle of their line and stretch their linebacks. Their secondary swarms but ends up making a very suspicious amount of tackles on running plays. Their receivers are still dropping the ball, and Brian Westbrook's knee still isn't entirely healthy. All this being said - McNabb looks good.
- The Dolphins stink. Culpepper stinks.
- Tennessee stinks. Everyone except Jeff Fisher stinks in Tennessee. That Haynesworth douchebag should have been suspended for the entire season and be forced to go before the NFL before being cleared to play (medical) next year. Stomp the Cowboys all you want. That sh*t was gay.
- Steve McNair is awesome. The Ravens are going to win a lot of football games this year.
- Uncle Charlie's Smokehouse has recently surpassed "Naked in a hottub with two girls from Iceland" as the greatest place to watch the NFL on Sundays. 152" of HDTV and another 135" pumping the other important games of the day via The Sunday Ticket. And there's beer.
