Obviously, Clinton Portis didn’t get a whole lot of help from the rest of the offense in a loss to the hated Giants. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
- Giants 23, Redskins 17: So did anyone happen to read the Post’s ombudsman’s thoughts on the paper’s overwhelming amount of Redskins coverage? Don’t get me wrong, it was a decent read; but perhaps the people weren’t complaining about the amount of coverage, so much as having early visions of having to read a whole lot of reporting about the stinker that the Skins laid in the swamps of Jersey yesterday. Don’t let the score fool you — the Giants owned this game from start to finish. If it wasn’t for a late Chris Cooley touchdown after Washington went hurry-up late on and the Giants’ utterly shocking inability to finish inside the red zone, the scoreline would have been much more lopsided. On a bright note, the defense — led by London Fletcher’s 18 tackles — played fairly well. But on a day when Jason Campbell (the fact that he had a 93.6 rating in this game just proves that the rating equation is nearly beyond fixing) couldn’t manage the clock, couldn’t locate receivers downfield, and turned over the ball twice, including a fumble returned for a touchdown, anything other than a perfect game from the D was going to lead to a loss.
You know, when the best offensive play until quasi-garbage time comes from your punter on a fake field goal, well, it’s probably time to revisit a few things on the practice field.
It’s hardly anything to jump off a cliff about — after all, winning on the road in the NFC East is always a struggle and Washington gets the just terrible Rams at home next week — but based on the reactions that the team’s having (DeAngelo Hall’s post-game reaction, which one can probably apply to the whole team: “I feel like the guy that just couldn’t make a play to save my life….I just didn’t execute and play to my ability at all”), you can tell that they know that plenty of improvement is needed. And hey, on the plus side, we now know what Jim Zorn’s face looks like before he vomits.
- Nationals 7, Marlins 2: What’s that? They’re still playing baseball? Oh, yes, right. Well, the Nationals won, so that’s good. John Lannan (9-11) got off a bit of a slide and tossed five good innings for the win, and the bats were in gear. Christian Guzman had three hits after Ryan Zimmerman was given the day off, and callup Pete Orr capped a memorable series for young Nationals with a double and a homer. With 19 games left, the real question is for how long the Nats can stave off 100 losses — or if you’re being optimistic, how quickly they can get to 62 wins.
- Liberty 86, Mystics 65: So, a completely meaningless game against the last-place team in the conference, with the playoffs right around the corner? Enough said.
