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The Redskins are coming to the end of a four-week period that we pessimistically thought was going to torpedo their season. Surprisingly, the team has gone 2-1 over the last three games, taking advantage of Michael Vick’s rib injury and Green Bay’s general incompetence in the second half and overtime. Initially, this weekend’s game against the Bears was going to be another test of how the porous Redskins defense would match up against another elite passer in Jay Cutler. But Cutler and his backups — former Redskin Todd Collins and Caleb Hanie — have been eating a lot of turf the past three weeks, and the Bears have lost 2 of their last 3. Jim Haslett has no doubt studied game film and is ready to unleash his brand new 10-1 defense, where he sends 3,000 pounds of beef at the quarterback and asks LaRon Landry to cover everyone else.

The Bears are off to a 4-2 start, despite a myriad of offensive struggles. The team hired offensive genius Mike Martz to work with Cutler and add a little of that Greatest Show on Turf magic, but Martz hasn’t been a good offensive coordinator for years, and the Bears offense is just his latest failure. In typical Martz fashion, the running game has been miserable, with Matt Forte only averaging a little over three yards per carry (outside of his 68-yard touchdown run in Week 5). Chester Taylor, who signed a rich deal in the offseason based on how many touchdowns he stole from Adrian Peterson, was brought in to be a reliable third-down back and hasn’t contributed anything.