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Written by DCist contributor Rob Birgfeld
If you don’t consider yourself a “die hard” fan of the 'Skins, or simply have a peripheral interest in the team, you’re more than excused for falling asleep during the first half of Sunday’s game against the Browns. In summary, the first half went like this: Punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, missed field goal. Riveting stuff.
In the second half, however, both teams appeared to wake up—showing signs of life on the offensive side of the ball. Behind a dominating offensive line, the Redskins moved the ball well enough to seal the game 14-11, and escape with a much needed win.
Despite his late-game fumble, Clinton Portis once again proved that his pockets are, in fact, straight -- rushing for 175 yards and the game’s first touchdown. The reenergized Portis continues to put up big numbers and is on pace for 1,870 yards. With seven touchdowns and a league-leading eight runs of over 20 yards, CP is clearly one of the early frontrunners for the league MVP. (The last Redskins to win league MVP? Joe Theisman, 1983.) Jason Campbell had an above-par performance, going another week without an interception and connecting with Santana Moss on what turned out to be the decisive score of the game.
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
While the first half was a snoozer, it did provide Redskins fans with a ray of light in the punting game. New punter Ryan Plackemeier, a portrait of athleticism, proved to be a fantastic upgrade in one week’s time. When Browns QB Derek Anderson wasn’t overthrowing to running backs two yards from him, the Redskins defense looked stout. London Fletcher, Chris Horton and Carlos Rogers delivered big hits and made some impressive stops against a team who moved the ball well a week ago against the New York Giants.
In other good news for the Redskins: The Rams, who appeared to be the laughing stock of the NFL two weeks ago, dominated Dallas from whistle to whistle. With or without Tony Romo, the Cowboys appear to be all bacon, no scallops, and spiraling downward with a disappointing 4-3 record.
So the Redskins are now 5-2, and looking forward to next week’s game with another winless (and consequently very threatening) opponent, the Detroit Lions. After last week’s meltdown against the Rams and this week’s close-call, the Skins have little to no reason to be overconfident. They do, however, have a solid defense, a punishing offensive line and running back and a pudgy new punter. Today, there’s plenty to smile about at Redskins Park.
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Love that headline. The exact same thing happened to a Navajo friend of mine when I took him to Ben's for chili cheese fries and chili halfsmokes. On the plus side, it did motivate me to get that new air vent installed in the bathroom.
If we want to be taken seriously we need a dominating performance against the Lions. Like with a score of 49-10. Three cheers for Porky Plackemeier.
it's absolutely amazing to me (as someone who didn't grow up here) the amount of dedication to this football team. biking through the neighborhood yesterday afternoon, you could hear the shouts coming from multiple houses at once when a key play occurred. it's like some giant symphony...
anyone as annoyed by that guy's arms that kept getting in the way of the plays? i basically missed moss' touchdown.
You have a $2 billion contract to cover NFL games, would it kill you to buy the seat in front of the camera at FedEx Field.
Yes, I did notice the guy's arm, CBS robbed me of Moss' TD. Did anyone else notice how terrible CBS's coverage of the game was?
i'm with IMGoph. the level of dedication shown to the landover redskins amazes me. this is a team that abandoned the district of columbia for the suburbs. they also have a terribly racist and offensive name. i guess they look better than they have since the early 90s but they are truly an embarassment.
I think we only have to watch one more Skins game on CBS this season, I vastly prefer Fox's coverage.
Also plenty of football teams don't play exactly in the city from which they take their name. Land is expensive and football stadiums take up a lot of space. I am not a fan of how the Redskins are run as an organization but I still love that team, so suck it JPK.
JPK = Eagles Fan = .500 = last place in NFC East.
Don't worry JPK will suffer an anerism when the Rays beat the Phillies in 5.
Plackemeier looks like such a plackemeier, no other name could fit that guy. Speaking of fit, i think they made him wear Durant Brooks old uniform, it was so snug I could see his scallops.
GO SKINS!
JPK can suck scallops. And IMGoph, what are you doing riding your bike around during a Skins game anyway? Beautiful sunny Sundays are not for spending outdoors, they're for spending in dark bars with degenerate gamblers.
Hey JPK - Go Scallop Yourself. The team is 5-2 and doing better than anyone could have hoped for and you want to bring up the old tired racist team name argument. Save you negative posts for the Economist.
just1: it's funny, because there's a house on a corner in bloomingdale that sets up a big flat-screen out in their yard to watch 'skins games, and i've seen people biking along stop to watch the game. it's a real community bringer-together.
hey IMGoph, nothing funny about that, it is lame. next time ride your bike into JPK's face. Now buzz off you scallop smacker!
SKINS!
did i just walk into some kind of a feud here?
Monkey: important detail, our friend is Cherokee, not Navajo.
And IMGoph, just blurt out something juvenile about scallops and you'll be back on track.
thanks, connie. these things should come with instruction manuals sometimes.
Though not our best effort this Sunday, Cleveland still rocks.
Redskins got lucky to squeak out a win against the hapless Browns.
Monkey: important detail, our friend is Cherokee, not Navajo.
And IMGoph, just blurt out something juvenile about scallops and you'll be back on track.
OOoooh, look who it is, the smartest person in the room, Connie "the blob" Dobbs. Everybody loves getting corrected by their friends, $20 bucks says Monkey wrote that just to piss you off, Monkey hates you and you know it.
And as far as juvenile goes, how’s this - Connie the slob Dobbs sucks scallops by the gobs.
GO SKINS!
I just didn't want our Navajo friends thinking that they were the perps what let off the worst gas in a century, you know?
And thanks, jtw77! You win. I'll be sure to send you your grand prize express mail via UPS. What was your address again?
what intelligent discourse from the landover redskins fans. and it's philly fans who get accused of being moronic thugs . . .
Way to go Connie. That scallopbag jtw77 just got served.
burp.
philly fans don't get accused of being moronic; they ARE moronic. not so sure about the thug part though. from what i've seen they're a bunch of scallop-slurpers.
I noticed fans' hands getting in the way of camera angles more than once. It more than sucks, when you consider that the overwhelming majority of fans are watching on TV, and not at the stadium. Speaking of which, FedEx Field is by far the worst stadium in the NFL that isn't more than 20 years old.
And as far as juvenile goes, how’s this - Connie the slob Dobbs sucks scallops by the gobs.
That's not what your mom told me.
monkeyerotica - you totally scalloped all over his face with that 'your-mom' comment. that sh!t is totally fresh. way to hit it out of the park. i can see why connie takes the monkey scallop nightly.
i've never followed the comments on these 'skins threads before, but it looks like y'all have your own little dcist subculture going on in here.
This is better than when we used to sit around watching "The New Zoo Review" after soccer practice and light eachother's farts. Way better. Now we just have to live vicariously by watching millionaires run into eachother.
that sh!t is totally fresh. way to hit it out of the park. i can see why connie takes the monkey scallop nightly.
That's not what your dad told me.
dang - snap, again. you are scallop heavy, my man. you are one bad monkey.
but why you hanging out with everyone's parents? connie not giving the good scallop love to you? send her over to misturfistur, he knows how to please a scallop or two. it is all in the name.
send her over to misturfistur, he knows how to please a scallop or two. it is all in the name.
That's not what your dog told me.
Hey guys, this is a friendly reminder to keep things civil in here or we will start deleting comments. Feel free to talk all you want about your love and/or hate for the 'Skins, but keep it clean and don't personally attack other commenters, that's not going to fly.
Thank you Sommer, things were getting out of hand, this is about how great the Skins are, not about who can write about scallops the most!
Just Punt Kick
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Can Only Chip Kicks!
that made me laugh