Larry Gude
Strung Out
...I was gonna name this 'Redskins Helloween', but, well, I didn't. I will, however, start with the scary stuff;
Brunell has a rib muscle problem. Those linger for weeks if you DON'T get hit again. For a guy who needs to be near 100%, this is doom. He's not dead or in a coma, so, clearly no reason he shouldn't start. Hooray.
Santana has a hammy. Same thing, lingering type injury. Playing and getting back to 100% don't go together. Great.
Portis has another longer term type injury, the dreaded 'high' ankle sprain. These just take time. Wonderful.
Lemar Marshall has an ankle issue and Marcus is dinged. Get the Kool Aid.
Add to the misery;
Romo has absolutely sparked Dallas. They dominated a decent team playing pretty well, losing close to Cinncy last week and beating Baltimore of late.
TO is fired up. He dropped an easy one on third down early and could have gone in the can. Romo did what a veteran QB needs to do; keep giving the squeaky wheel the grease. TO responded and was about unstoppable. Add in Glenn and a pro bowl caliber TE, Witten.
Add a Julius Jones and a running game that looks at the very least solid.
As a last death toll, with Brunell starting, once he gets pummeled and is to obviously hurt to continue, Collins, not Campbell, comes off the bench.
After that, how do you just throw Campbell to the Eagles next week? I see Collins getting the Gibbs nod there after he explains this week how important a veteran is going into an environment like that.
The Brunell age and health check is coming due, soon, and we gotta pay it and we ain't got no Romo who has been in the same offense for four years, chomping at the bit to get in there. We're at the edge of a cliff for this season.
Now, the cheery news:
Carlos 'The Human Gas Can' Rogers and Shawn Springs will start together for the first time this season. Both Cornelius and Big Joe are supposed to be in good shape. With key LB's hurting this may be no better than trading one weak spot for another.
Moss not playing shouldn't be a killer on a team with our depth at WR. Except Randl El isn't feeling great either.
There's no getting around losing Portis. He just has that special jump or extra move that really matters to a struggling team like us. Maybe we're forced to pound the Double T's, Duckett and Betts and hope to not get behind early.
Also, we are coming out of a bye and do have our backs against the wall. A lose this week, especially a bad lose, would be DC's version of the Apocalypse.
Washington 27
Dallas 13
Brunell has a rib muscle problem. Those linger for weeks if you DON'T get hit again. For a guy who needs to be near 100%, this is doom. He's not dead or in a coma, so, clearly no reason he shouldn't start. Hooray.
Santana has a hammy. Same thing, lingering type injury. Playing and getting back to 100% don't go together. Great.
Portis has another longer term type injury, the dreaded 'high' ankle sprain. These just take time. Wonderful.
Lemar Marshall has an ankle issue and Marcus is dinged. Get the Kool Aid.
Add to the misery;
Romo has absolutely sparked Dallas. They dominated a decent team playing pretty well, losing close to Cinncy last week and beating Baltimore of late.
TO is fired up. He dropped an easy one on third down early and could have gone in the can. Romo did what a veteran QB needs to do; keep giving the squeaky wheel the grease. TO responded and was about unstoppable. Add in Glenn and a pro bowl caliber TE, Witten.
Add a Julius Jones and a running game that looks at the very least solid.
As a last death toll, with Brunell starting, once he gets pummeled and is to obviously hurt to continue, Collins, not Campbell, comes off the bench.
After that, how do you just throw Campbell to the Eagles next week? I see Collins getting the Gibbs nod there after he explains this week how important a veteran is going into an environment like that.
The Brunell age and health check is coming due, soon, and we gotta pay it and we ain't got no Romo who has been in the same offense for four years, chomping at the bit to get in there. We're at the edge of a cliff for this season.
Now, the cheery news:
Carlos 'The Human Gas Can' Rogers and Shawn Springs will start together for the first time this season. Both Cornelius and Big Joe are supposed to be in good shape. With key LB's hurting this may be no better than trading one weak spot for another.
Moss not playing shouldn't be a killer on a team with our depth at WR. Except Randl El isn't feeling great either.
There's no getting around losing Portis. He just has that special jump or extra move that really matters to a struggling team like us. Maybe we're forced to pound the Double T's, Duckett and Betts and hope to not get behind early.
Also, we are coming out of a bye and do have our backs against the wall. A lose this week, especially a bad lose, would be DC's version of the Apocalypse.
Washington 27
Dallas 13
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