Browns - Skins Post Mortem

So much for “getting that swagger back.”

Clinton Portis ran for 175 yards and Jason Campbell did not cough it up. That was all the offense the Redskins needed (14 points) playing a Browns’ offense that was atrocious for the fifth time in six tries.

How bad was it?

The Browns did not get their first passing first down until late in the third quarter. If you thought that was bad, here's another one - It took the Browns eight tries from inside the 2-yard line to score their lone touchdown of the game.

By the way, I did not agree with Romeo who went for it on fourth down inside the 1-yard line when a field goal would have cut the Washington lead to eight – within one TD and the two-point conversion.

It did not matter of course. DA was really bad again and “Butterfingers” was equally inept – dropping at least three more passes and not being on the same page with the guy he's worked with for the past two years.

I wonder if the moron contingent will still use Braylon's pre-season foot injury as the excuse for being out of sync with the QB?

And poor CHUD must be pulling his hair out. He actually tried several "give me" passes to get DA untracked. Unfortunately, Anderson couldn't even complete those simple flat passes.

Folks, when DA and Butterfingers are bad, they are REALLY bad. There is no middle ground for these guys anymore. It’s like watching a starter being clubbed for six runs in the first two innings. These guys just don’t get you to the late innings consistently enough.

With all that being said, they (offense) had the ball in good field position in a two minute mode needing just a field goal to send it to OT. Yet, they failed to get it done - again.

The truth is, I am almost at the point where it isn’t any fun watching this anymore, it's so predictable.

And I also cannot stand seeing teammates arguing almost every Sunday either on the field or on the sidelines. Today, it was Vickers and DA. Romeo has no control of this group and one thing is clear - some players on this team have no respect for their QB. Could you imagine some second-year mediocre fullback pull away from John Elway when he had a point to make?

I could go on, but why bother. We had it about right in our weekly prediction saying the Skins were better, their quarterback would outplay DA and Portis would get his 100+.

Kudos to the Browns’ defense. They at least showed up, holding the Skins to 14. The offensive line also did a solid job of pass protection. Unfortunately, when your quarterback completes less than 40% of his passes, you aren’t going to win often.

Simply - the Skins deserved to win this game while the Browns did not.

I have to go now. I am actually going to watch sports this evening (Sunday). Two of my favorite QBs are facing each other (Jeff Garcia & Seneca Wallace). I may also tune in some to game #7 between my Rays and the Red Sox.