A day after Washington’s loss to…yes—hated rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, I find myself indulging in that oft-snarked out tendency of Redskins fans: the telling of sweet little lies. At least we didn’t get run out of the stadium, as we did against the Patriots. At least we didn’t collapse stupidly, like we did against the Eagles. At least the team we struggled with was a quality team (insofar as anything the NFC produces this year can be termed “quality”), and not a woeful also-ran like the New York Jets. And, yeah, while I pretty much believe the right call was probably made, I find myself wondering if, indeed, the replays we saw of Rocky McIntosh’s interception actually provided “indisputable visual evidence” of an incompletion. Had the play stood, I tell myself, there would have been a different result.

But, a loss is a loss, and now Washington finds themselves the peer of the Arizona Goddamn Cardinals.