Gut Check Time: Redskins 19, Titans 16 OT

"Shanahan is going to lambast the players this week, and they'll all be scared sh*tless about their job security, and they'll play well from here on out."--Steve

"I really don't know what to think. Last night's game was the worst beating I've ever seen. I just hope they can forget about it entirely and compete this week."--Me

"Gut check time"--Dad, 3:38 pm, on a cruise ship off the Florida coast

It was not easy, and it was not pretty, especially with the long list of injuries.

But enough about me and Joey trying to clean out the den, ripping a roomba wall unit of the wall, tearing apart a mobile shelving unit, a redistributing the multitude of crap and knicknacks we have compiled over the years.

Let's talk Redskins, and how they overcame injuries before the game, in pre-game warmups, and during the game to grab a badly needed and well earned victory in Nashville.

Landry and Rogers--pre-game scratches

Chad Simpson--hurt in warmups

Clinton Portis--played well in the beginning, picking up first downs on screens and off-tackle runs, but re-injured his groin

Lorenzo Alexander, Kedric Golston, Rocky McIntosh.

Hall and Moss left the field in the second half.

Then there was the offensive line. Artis Hicks was already a scratch, so the starting lineup was this:

Williams--Dockery--Rabach--Lichtensteiger--Brown

Rabach hurt his knee, so Will Montgomery played Center. Dockery got hurt, so Lichtensteiger went to play left guard, and back up tackle Stephon Heyer came in to play right guard (he had never played guard in his life before).

So it became: Williams--Lichtensteiger--Montgomery--Heyer--Brown.

McNabb threw for almost 400 yards and a td to Moss.

Big Massive Props to Heyer who gets a lot of shit from critics, mostly because he often plays so awfully and comedically terrible.

The game was back and forth and unspectacular. Late in the third quarter, Vince Young threw a td pass to Moss that was called back because of pass interference, VY hurt his thumb on the play. A guy named Rusty Smith came in, and he kind of stunk. However, the skins couldn't take advantage of his terrible interception because, on a crucial third and 4, the Skins went back to their worst play--step on McNabb's foot for a loss of 5.

McNabb gave us a chance to win at the end of regulation, but Gano's kick fell short.

In OT, Chris Johnson ran for 20 on the first play. This was followed by a stuff, and two incomplete passes.

The Titans ended up completely giving it away on our drive, with a roughing the passer penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, and defensive holding.

Gano got another chance, and he nailed it. He...naailed it.

However, the Skins couldn't gain much ground in the playoff chase because the Bears, Eagles, Saints, Bucs, and Packers won. But they can't all win forever.