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Watching the Redskins each week is part of my cardio exercise for the week. I can run for miles on the treadmill but all that running doesn’t get my heart rate as high and low as watching the Redskins; the defense causing a high heart rate and the offense bringing my heart rate to a low.
Obviously, the NFL stat guy isn’t watching the Redskins on Sunday. Washington is ranked last in the league in yards allowed- it’s a good thing games are won by how many points a team scores and not by how many yards are given up. Shanahan’s new 3-4 defense may look disappointing on paper but have you looked at the damage the defense is causing to opposing teams offense? In the past four matchups the Washington defense has not only impacted the game but also the active roster of the opposing team’s next game.
Eagles QB, Michael Vick hasn’t played a down since he was sandwiched by DeAngelo Hall and Kareem Moore and he is still suffering from a rib cartilage injury. It was later reported that running back LeSean McCoy played through a broken rib and both Riley Cooper and Asante Samuel experienced mild concussions.
Packers tight end, Jermichael Finley was carted off in the fist quarter with knee injury and he is out for the season. Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion.
The Colts and the leagues top receiving tight end, Dallas Clark, has been placed on injured reserve and he will undergo surgery on his wrist this week. A bye week doesn’t look like enough time for running back Joseph Addai’s shoulder injury to recover from hard hit by London Fletcher.
The Ego of Chicago’s QB Jay Cutler may have taken the worst beating of all as he threw four picks to DeAngelo Hall and the Bears were 0-0 on 4th downs at Soldier Field.
Talk about Hard Knocks…. Have you seen the size of LaRon Landry’s biceps? With 158 consecutive starts, London Fletcher hasn’t missed a game start since 1998. Both Landry and Fletcher are in the leagues top five for most tackles. DeAngelo Hall leads the league with five interceptions and Brian Orakpo is fifth in sacks.
When you consider a team with a 4-3 start, ranks eighth in the league for toughest schedule, a new coaching staff and basically a brand new team playing in the NFC east, I say-Hail Yeah!
So to the NFL stat guy: yards given up affect your fantasy points. Points scored affect the outcome of the game.
2 Comments.
Ugh, I have to disagree. Your argument is that it’s not necessarily about how well you play the game as long as you’re bigger than the other guys and ultimately just make sure they don’t finish the game?
I think the Redskins obviously still have a lot of work to do. As a transplant to the area, I’ve only recently started watching the games [unfortunately I can’t catch the Falcons up here and don’t really feel like paying for the NFL Sunday Ticket]. Of the games that I have actually watched the Redskins play, they haven’t lost- my choice of words was explicit here in that they didn’t really win either.
I think they still have a ton of work to do fundamentally, and that goes beyond hard hits and big biceps- else they’ll never really compete without lady luck on their side.
HAHA Oh Brad… I’ve been a Redskins fan all my life and we never have a pretty win, but a win is a WIN!!!