After the ‘Skins blew a 14-point lead and lost their first-round playoff game to Seattle, fans will be left to heap blame and worry about Robert Griffin’s III knee. But many more will be thankful that they had one hell of a season.

Mayor Vince Gray bet big on the ‘Skins game yesterday against the Seattle Seahawks, and now D.C. is going to have to pay up.

Unimpressive wins still count. Coming off of two painful losses at home, a win away from home feels even better. Yesterday, against a Seahawks squad that is a shell of what it was just one season ago, the Redskins played down to the competition. Driving fans crazy yet again, the Redskins took another game to the wire—and came out with a 20-17 win. It was a game of sweet revenge. Jim Zorn, the longtime…

Starbucks’ stock won’t be the only thing falling in Seattle this weekend. More Caffeine, Please: The Redskins, who are coming off their first consecutive losses of the season, will face the Seahawks for the first time since losing to them 35-14 in the Wild Card game last year. And with Seattle only 2-8 in 2008, it’s clear that two of the big reasons behind Seattle’s past success are now on the visitors’ sidelines. Without…

It can’t be said that they didn’t get their shot. On the road against the rested and ready Seattle Seahawks and a hostile crowd lending decibels to the cause, the Redskins forced some timely turnovers, kept Seattle’s scoring down, and managed to send all-everything league MVP runner Shaun Alexander on an unscheduled bye week. But the opportunities they created went for naught as the Washington offense underwent a second week of anemia. With Seattle…

For three quarters on Sunday, the Redskins rode a solid gameplan, gritty defense and a scintillating performance from Mark Brunell, taking a lead on the visiting Seattle Seahawks. In the end, however, it took some late-game heroics and a few lucky breaks to secure the win and remain undefeated as the team pulled out a 20-17 overtime win. What’s to be done when your team has a peerless defensive side but an offense that’s…

Coming into this weekend’s game against the Seattle Seahawks, the Redskins have a little to buzz about. Their dramatic, come-from-behind victory in Dallas went a long way in sating fans’ appetites for victories. Santana Moss has put up a pair of fantastic games at wideout. The defense: as good as it gets. And even though the NFC East hasn’t presented a team that’s likely to bring home a championship this year, the division seems poised…