Sunday, October 30, 2005

From 52 to 0 in 7 days

I will TRY not to gloat too badly. I can't help it, though- after hearing about what a wonderful team the Redskins are supposed to be this year, I have to wonder how it was possible that they were unable to score any points at all today. Scoring 52 points against a lousy team is one thing; scoring 0 points against a decent team is a telling sign, in my opinion. (Oh, I'm sure this game was only a fluke, or something along those lines.) And it's too bad- I loathe Eli Manning and I can't stand the Giants. I actually would have preferred to see the Redskins put up a good fight today!

But four Washington turnovers? Not getting a first down until the second quarter? You're not going to win football games playing like that. Hell, even the Texans won today! (I wish my dad had gone to the game- I would have liked to hear the first-hand fan reaction- but he gave his tickets away.) That would have been a fun game to attend; a real nail-biter, too. Because of the crazy fans (i.e. the guy in the photo; he's pretty typical), Texans games are a hoot to attend either way, but I imagine they're even more fun when the Texans win. (I've never been to a winning game, unfortunately.)

Anyway, it will be interesting to see who ends up at the top of the NFC East at the end of the season; I doubt it will be Philly. If it's Dallas I will puke, quite literally, on the first Cowboys fan I see after that happens. (I may puke on a Cowboys fan regardless; depends on my mood.)

Redskins fans will wish the little error below on the NFL.com website from Sunday evening was true. I know it's hard to read, but the caption below the photo says, "The Redskins, Panthers and Cowboys have already produced blowout wins, and now the Broncos are taking it to the Eagles in one of four contests currently in action."