Monday Night Football week one: Redskins vs Eagles in FedEx. We’ve had this date on our calendars for months. I purchased a new game jersey and baked for five hours to prepare for tailgate. The fans were ready for week one; the Redskins were not ready.

The first-half was like an SEC team playing a Big South team. The Eagles dominated in yards 322 to the Redskins 75 yards and the Eagles crushed the Redskins 21-3 on first downs. THREE first downs in the first-half of a Monday Night Football game, THREE! It was awful and embarrassing and knowing it was all happening against my most hated NFL team made me want to throw up.

The Redskins first seven plays will be on ESPN’s Not Top Ten plays. A lost fumble by Morris, a three-yard loss by Morris, illegal shift penalty, a screen to Morris for a loss of yards, RG3 throws an interception on a triple coverage, Young dropped pass, and Morris dropped the ball in the end zone for a safety. It was some of the worst football I have ever witnessed.

The Eagles ran 53 plays in the first-half; they ran only 24 in the second half. The Eagles gained 322 yards in the first-half and only 121 in the second-half. They scored 26 points with 20 minutes and 20 seconds of possession of the ball in the first-half and only scored 7 points with 12 minutes and 19 seconds of possession of the ball in the second-half. It was all because they were not in Chip Kelly shape (thank you sports gods)! If the Eagles were in Chip Kelly shape this game would have been the 2010 MNF nightmare all over again for the Redskins.  

                 

How long the Eagles offence will last in the NFL is questionable, but the bottom line is that it worked on the Redskins and the Redskins are now 0-1.

When the Eagles scored in the 3^rd quarter to go up 33-7 I was more shocked to see FedEx still packed. Usually, the fans leave when it starts to get ugly but this mood was different; we were all in shock. THIS wasn’t the team we expected to see. And don’t get me wrong; Washington fans are very familiar with losing seasons and we usually set our expectations low, but THIS year all we’ve heard is how special THIS team is. Shocked, we were all in shock.

After the game I kept hearing about the great “comeback “. Let’s be honest. The Redskins only put points on the scoreboard because the Eagles were exhausted from Chip Kelly’s marathon, don’t stop, no huddle, play after play offence. We are lucky the score was only 33-27.

It’s scary to think that if Kai would have made his field goal and we could have made the two-point conversion in the 4^th then those five points would have made it a one-point game. Even then, I would still be just as worried about my team in burgundy and gold.

Maybe the media hyped the expectation, maybe RG3 has become a bigger brand, or maybe they should just call training camp, camp. We have A LOT of work to do and being “rusty” isn’t an excuse. I expected the Redskins to show up game ready and I hope that by playing RG3 when he’s not 100% doesn’t haunt us in the future.

Win or lose I’ll still be chanting Hail To The Redskins, but I’ll call it a “comeback” when the Redskins show up ready to play four quarters in the NFL.