With nothing left to do but go for broke, the Washington Redskins kept their playoff hopes alive for the second week in a row by beating their division rivals from New York 22-10 in the frigid Meadowlands last night. It was the type of win fans have hoped for throughout the past month in a half: a solid game from Portis, truly stout play from the offensive line, and, most importantly, a held lead.

Early on, it looked like the game might turn into a private battle between Eli Manning and Todd Collins to see how many incomplete passes each could throw. Collins missed on his first eight throws, but managed to thaw himself out as time went on to give the offense just enough of a passing game. Manning had the worst of it as the game wore on, ultimately throwing 34 incomplete passes. Not that the blame was Manning’s entirely. By the end of the game, he seemed to running out of receivers (an injury to Jeremy Shockey – a broken fibula that will require surgery – being the worst).