If you saw the Redskins opening drive of the game against the New York Giants yesterday, you may be one of the people tossing around those adjectives this morning. “Vintage,” perhaps. “That was old-school!” you might have said to a coworker this morning. Or a “blast from the past”, as the Post termed it. Power running, nifty play-action, a roll-out toss to the soft hands of a tight end, packages moving in and out, culminating, as it should, with a one-yard rush for the opening touchdown. Yeah, you can call that vintage. But you can call it modern, too. A balance of power-running and play-action? That’s what happens week in and week out of the NFL.

It just hasn’t happened week in and week out when the Skins offense was on the field. But for an afternoon, fans got a taste of what the offense might look like once Gibbs got in a playcalling rhythm. The results were pretty sweet, and it’s okay to think so! Players flowed on and off the field in packages, perfectly synchronized. Receivers stuck to the balls they dropped a week ago. And Patrick Ramsey, taking baby steps, got into a groove and played close to mistake free. Dig that nice shovel pass to Portis for the TD! How about that comeback toss to Chris Cooley on the right-side roll-out that went for a touchdown? Yeah, it was called back on a Cory Raymer hold, but that was a damn good play Ramsey made—not every starting QB in the league can make that play. After the second touchdown, did you catch the look in Ramsey’s eyes as he came off the field?