'Skins Eliminate Giants From Playoffs: Cowboys 17, Redskins 0

Arguably, one might say that the Redskins got the sweetest revenge against their rivals in New Jersey for sweeping them this year by deviously and surreptitiously exhibiting incompetence and ineptitude on every level against the Dallas Cowboys in a game that led to the Giants' elimination from post season contention. Another person might say, on the other hand, that all Redskins fans wanted was a win against Dallas to soothe the burn that this awful 2009 season has been.

  Instead, we got to watch our offense do jack-diddly-poo to the tune of zero points and zero entrances into the red zone. 

We got to watch Ganther run for 1.2 yards per carry or something like that.  We got to watch Campbell hold on to the ball after a play designed for a 3 step drop and throw and get sacked for a 15 yard loss.  We got to watch the offensive line get shoved around once again.  And we got to watch the Cowboys easily outcoach the Redskins who placed their safeties way too deep, allowing easy completions over the middle for 8-10 yards.

Watching this one wasn't as painful as watching the Giants game because the score didn't explode too much early on, and some admirable 4th and short stops by our defense made a come back technically possible.  But as Cris Collinsworth got right, the Redskins offensive coaches simply will not and cannot call plays that take a lot of time to develop because the offensive line can't protect for more than a split second or two. 

This results in the defense blanketing our receivers within the first 10 yards, and easily sniffing out screen passes. With one game to play, it definitely seems like the Skins are a collection of individuals who are just hoping to keep their jobs after their coaches lose theirs.  Or maybe they are like a lot of people who think I really hope I don't get fired, but if I do, sweet!  I'm thinking of people like Carlos Rogers, who is a pretty good cornerback, but not great, who is in a contract year, who watched DeAngelo Hall get paid and not him.  Think Rogers is excited about getting the hell away from Washington? I'm hoping that the team gets basically gutted by Bruce Allen and Mike Shanahan, and that the new people they bring make the team super awesome and it goes to the playoffs.  I'd also like to win the Virginia Mega Millions jackpot.