Smashing

Another good game yesterday. Actually, that is a lie, it was a yawnfest for the entire first half. 4 first downs through the entire first quarter is not the recipe for entertaining football. I don't mind watching a low scoring game, but for a while there it was getting ridiculous. But our defense looks good, and watching them stuff the Browns on the goal-line stand was exciting. Losing to the Rams was deppressing, but after they beat down the Cowgirls, maybe Haslett has them going in the right direction. If that guy somehow finds a way to have those guys make a run he deserves to win coach of the year even if they don't make the playoffs. In the meantime he gets my coach of the week for not only beating but smashing the Girls.

What the last two weeks have proven is that the Skins are good, but not great. Lets not get carried away, but the Giants were good but not great last year and look what they ended up with. They have to play hard, practice hard, study hard, and focus every moment for the next three and a half months if we are going to do anything big. For example, if Randle El was as good at returning punts as he was stopping drunken idiots from running onto the field, we would have great field position all of the time. I don't understand risking an NFL career tackling a guy that is not in an opposing team's uniform, but maybe it gets you out of your next ticket as the cops chasing these stupid idiots did not look like they were going to catch them until they ran out of room. But maybe we should think about putting Devin Thomas back there for a few punt returns I'd say Moss, but I don't want to risk that guy getting injured with the season he is having.

Sidenote to aforementioned drunken idiots, and not just the guys that ran onto the field, but every stupid drunken idiot that comes to Fedex every Sunday; stop. If you are falling down aisles, spitting on opposing fans, running into people at halftime because you can barely walk, talking incoherently, swearing in front of kids, fighting guys in an opposing jersey just because, or just generally acting like a jackass, this does not make you a man. I enjoy a few libations at any sporting event, but chugging a fifth of Crown Royal in Fedex's parking lot at 9 in the morning is only impressive if you can conduct yourself like a human being throughout the football game. I take a lot of pride in being a Skins fan, and the guys acting like this bring shame on the whole Redskin community and ruin the experience for everyone else that wants to watch what is shaping up to be a good season in a town that hasn't seen one in a while. If you can't handle your alchohol have a few less or watch it on TV.

In a season that looks like it will be close all year, the defense is the glue that is holding this thing together. Portis looks like the obvious MVP of the team thus far while leading the league in rushing yards and carries. I think the MVP has to come from the defense that has kept us in every game, even the Giants game. Ironically, the Giants game was his worst game. Carlos Rogers could not shut down Plax, but he has been lights out since. Since then he has shut down Desean Jackson, TO, Holt, and Edwards. He shut down Edwards by draping him, so much so that he got in his head and Braylon might as well have been the Land o Lakes girl with the hands he had. London Fletcher says he is the best corner in the NFL this year, which is great, we drafted him high so he is supposed to be able to cover the top guys. But he is not just pussyfooting around and sticking to his guy like glue. The hit he put on Cribbs yesterday must have left him wondering if Sean Taylor was still hanging around in the secondary somewhere. That guy couldn't get up for a couple of minutes, and it came from a guy who isn't all that large but is showing a lot of heart.

A win is a win, wether its all finesse or smash-mouth West Coast "ground Zorn." Zorn has these guys playing well and with heart, and the possibilities for this season are limitless. Congrats to the Rays last night as well. As always, smash the hearts of every man, woman and child in Philly.