While July is the sunrise to the overall season, August is the snooze button for Redskins Nation. The diehards are up and ready to go with each practice-- charting possible cuts and personnel groups while the casual fan notices the preseason score, and then hits snooze and turns back over for another week's football slumber.
Thoughts entering the preseason (not exhibition) opener against Buffalo:
Someone please explain why this is being played on a Friday night at 7:30... has anyone ever heard of beltway traffic? On a Friday? Fed Ex Field is near the beltway! It's not like the old days when you could find a myriad of ways to approach RFK...let the record show it's also raining and there's a baseball game in DC. If you are planning on attending the game, you should depart early. Like Yesterday.
Donovan and distance-- if you want to see #5 at QB, don't show up late. McNabb will probably see less than one full quarter of play as is the custom with the first preseason game, although with a new QB, system and coach there's the temptation to give him more work early to hammer out any remaining kinks.
What's a Haynesworth-- the 100 million dollar man makes his nose tackle debut... as thankfully he passed his conditioning test last weekend. It'll be interesting to see what type of 3-4 they'll use... I often call the Steelers 3-4 a "1-6" because the linebackers/defensive ends with their zone blitzing are virtually interchangeable. And Haslett was a defensive coordinator in Pittsburgh.
Ask and ye shall receive-- Malcolm Kelly's banged up. Marko Mitchell is no more. Will one of the young big receivers step up? Or is Donovan McNabb destined to throw to the Lollipop Guild?
Hold the Line-- They've upgraded in the offseason... now its time to see the new unit hold its own for one or two possessions. Or at least remain healthy. Hoping for both, accepting the latter.
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