Redskins Recap

Photo Credit:  Tri

Just wanted to give a little recap of the Skins’ opener on Sunday.  Obvi, being 09/11 meant that football wasn’t the only thing on the minds of the players, coaches and fans.  The tribute before the game was touching and, for many, the playing of Taps brought tears to their eyes.  Colin Powell was there as the honorary captain, the field-size flag was beautiful and watching everyone raising the little flags given out at the gate was also a moving sight.

Photo Credit:  AP Photo/Susan Walsh

And then it was game time.  The Skins got off to a pretty rough start.  At one point, a fellow fan (my dad) said to me “It’s pretty bad when after 4 series the other team has more points than our team has total yards.”  But, we decided to pick it up in the 2^nd quarter.  Tim Hightower had a 1 yard TD run early on.    It was tied for most of the quarter until both teams scored another TD within the last 3 minutes of the half.  The Skins was on a 6 yard pass from Rex Grossman to Anthony Armstrong.  Who cares how the Giants scored.

The 2^nd half was more Skins.  In the 3^rd quarter rookie sensation Ryan Kerrigan batted down one of Eli Manning’s passes, which he then caught and ran in for a 9 yard Pick-6.  As it turns out this was all they would need for a victory, but Brian Orakpo went ahead and blocked a field goal and then Jabar Gaffney caught a 4 yard touchdown pass in the 4^th quarter to keep things interesting.

Photo Credit:  Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post

Sexy Rexy threw for over 300 yards w/ 2 TDs and a fumble.  At least one of his passes should have been picked – Giants gave that one away.  I’m not mad about that though.  Hightower ran 25 of 26 running plays for the Skins for a total of 72 yards.  Fred Davis and Santana Moss were the leading receivers.  And in the good news department, Chris Cooley was active and played on Sunday.  He was def not full strength, but it was nice to see him on the field.

And just in case a home win against a division opponent was enough for 1 day, the Cowboys added to Redskin fans’ delight by throwing away their game against the Jets in dramatic fashion on Sunday night.  HA!

One more thing……from what I hear, the team usually has “Victory Monday,” meaning if they win, they get Monday off.  The Redskins, as a team (minus coaches), decided they wanted to practice on Monday so they could be better prepared for next week.  That’s what I like to hear.

Any way – not saying we’re world beaters or anything.  But I am saying after week 1, we are in first place in the league.  Bring it Cardinals.