The last time Washington had a 5-1 home record at this point in the season was 1992.
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But they’re also a playoff team. Here is a look at the Redskins heading into the Monday Night Football game. The Eagles appear to be falling apart at the seams, the Cowboys are dead in the water, and the Redskins have proven they can beat NY. One season later, the Cowboys now sit at the bottom of the NFC East, with only three wins while the Redskins sit atop the division, although with a losing record of 5-6. That other stuff comes naturally to players, and they all look up to Kirk, and they all look up to Dashon. Cousins is “still finding his way” according to Gruden who said the Redskins is “his team”.
It’s easy to just get rid of Jackson, but with whom exactly do the Redskins replace him? After winning the 2012 Rookie of the Year award and taking his Redskins to the playoffs, Griffin has regressed each year since.
Cousins’ most important stat was probably this: zero interceptions. He is dependable, but not flashy.
“Who is this guy?’ is unlikely to surpass ‘You like that?’ as the unofficial Redskins” team quote, but it’s good to see DeSean Jackson back to doing DeSean Jackson-things instead of playing with the nipples of his head coach. It’s his fourth reception of 50 or more yards against the Giants. Pierre Garcon has been dependable, leading the receivers with 49 catches for 508 yards and three touchdowns.
Jackson managed just two yards on the punt from New York’s Brad Wing.
“We’re on Cloud Nine right now, but we can’t stop here”, running back Alfred Morris told reporters after Sunday’s game.
The Redskins have a fairly decent defense. They are ranked 29th in the league in total offense but a respectable 8th in total defense. Romo will be replaced in the lineup by veteran Matt Cassel as the starting quarterback. With a playmaker like Bashaud Breeland, that number should go up this week. In two of Cassel’s starts this season, he has failed to get the Cowboys into the endzone. “We have a big one coming up (versus Dallas) and the nature of winning is that it just creates bigger games up ahead”. Many fantasy owners desperate for a productive quarterback in the final stretch of the regular season rode him to a victory, proving yet again that you can win crunch-time fantasy games with waiver wire castoffs.
The Redskins defense had one of its best games of the season and kept Washington alive despite early offensive miscues.
It’s a mistake you can’t make when Jackson is on the field. No room for any more injuries to an already depleted secondary.
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The Giants wasted a chance to take a comfortable lead in the division. But he deflected passes, sealed windows, made tackles and forced throws to receivers not named Beckham throughout the game. In the long run, they would nearly certainly be worse off for making an improbable run to the postseason, no matter how satisfying it might be for the team’s supporters. And it’s a rivalry that seems to always have at least one close game. He writes for a variety of national publications and has over 15 years of sports journalism experience.
