The beauty of the NFL season is that six days separation means there's a chance of little carryover... I know, try to explain that to Redskins Nation after a 59-28 loss to Philadelphia. This was a night where nothing went well on every level-- exposing a 4-4 contender as actually a 4-5 pretender. There's still a lot of football to be played but the window of opportunity that was there at 4-3 (4-1 NFC and 2-0 against the East) is gone.
Saving the Worst for the First-- trailing 28-0 after one quarter is no way to go through life, and the Skins allowed a touchdown on the first play of the second quarter. Ouch. Washington had the ball four times in the first quarter-- and gained 23 yards on 12 plays... the only non-three and out was an interception.
Donovan and Distance-- one week after being benched after going 17 of 31 for 210 yards over 58 minutes... Mr. McNabb went 17 of 30 for 295 yards-- and three interceptions (one set up the Eagles third score, the other was returned for a TD).
New weapons in the arsenal-- move over, MossCooley-- ArmstrongDavis is ready to take your place! On a night where Santana and Chris combined for 6 catches and 51 yards, Anthony and Fred tallied 4 receptions for 154 yards. So what if neither could find the end zone on long passes? It's just nice to see other receivers make plays-- now if they can do it before the team trails by 35...
Defending the defense-- yes, they allowed 59 points and 592 yards... but sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the other team that played extremely well. Michael Vick had a night very few have...and although the last in the league defense was exposed... you try to move on.
Third Down and Out-- the Skins suffered complete failure... going 0-10 when trying to move the chains; and allowing the Eagle offense to stay on the field 8 of 13 times. The Skins offense remains last in the NFL at 21.6%.
Dissecting the Division-- Philadelphia's win puts the Eagles in a first place tie with the New York Giants... and they currently own the common games tiebreaker with the Giants. The Skins hold down third and are in tenth place in the NFC standings... and Dallas is securely placed at 15th in the conference.
What's a Haynesworth?-- The 100 million dollar man notched one tackle in the loss to Philadelphia... but made headlines by lying down on the field after being blocked. Unfortunately, there were seemingly 15 cameras focused on Haynesworth and each showed him hanging out instead of getting back up in pursuit. Not awesome.
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