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."


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess now I am glad I only put 20 down on the Eagles. Getting blown out by the F@#$ing Cowboys, barely winning last week and now this. I could use any number of excuses for this weeks loss, but one thing is certain, other teams have solved the Eagles. As an Eagles fan I hope that Reid can Fix the Eagles.
First the Eagles, then DC United. No comments on DC United getting blanked today. Two bad games for me to deal with in one day. Nuff said.

Anonymous said...

Fred... I cannot verbalize the absolutely awful taste left in my mouth as a result of the 2nd leg at RFK. Then again, one can only assume Christian Gomez had a bad taste in HIS mouth before attempting to eliminate it...

Anonymous said...

i-66... Let's hope that they can get their act together next year. I am also looking for someone to get a little more mature in the off season.

Anonymous said...

I'm less concerned how he matures as much as I am where he does it

Anonymous said...

This is from the post:
Kevin Payne, the United team president, said: "Eric has no clue. What does he know?" Furthermore, Payne said he planned to have Adu on his roster next year and that the league had no say in it. Payne added that Freddy's best chance to develop his trade was still in the District.
I saw part of the interview with Payne on Comcast and he looked like he was PO'd with the question. He was quite forceful with his declaration. I hope he does stay here, but someone needs to sit him down a have a one on one. They cannot make him out to be the second coming when he is not ready to be a team player. He has great individual skill, but this is a team game.