The Redskins defense did everything it could to keep the game close except catch interceptions. Fred SMoot did pick one ball off but there were two dropped picks that would really have helped them one by Smoot and one by Landry. Plaxico did his best and had a great game making swell catches left and right despite tight coverage. Jason taylor played but not great and Shawn Springs sat out which hurt the Skins at corner. The thing that hurt the SKins was penalties and not being able to complete a screen pass other than the last play of the game when it was too late. The Skins too many times ended up with fourth and ones becasue recievers could not get that much needed yard after the catch. Jason Campbell was 15-27 for 133 yards and a touchdown to Moss. Portis ran 23 times for 84 yards and Betts once for 0. Portis did berak a 23 yarder. Cooley caught a screen he took about 23 but it was called back on offsetting penalties. That was a huge blow. Randle El had 7 catches for 73 yards and Moss had 5 grabs for 37 yards. Betts Cooley and Devin Thomas each had a catch Betts for 11 Cooley for 7 and Thomas for 5. Landry and Carter split a sack and Chris Wilson had one of his own and the Giants got a sack on the first play but their vaunted pass rush only got 1 sack while the Skins had 2 and almost more on a couple occasions. Rock Cartwright had one 50 yard return which sparked the only Td drive for the SKins and one 37 yard return. Randle El could do nothing on punt returns. London Fletcher led the team with 17 tackles 12 solo. 0-1 for the Skins as they face the Saints next Sunday at 1:00 a game the need to win badly and one in which the Offense needs to be alot better in order to win.
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The Redskins have a good chance, I think, to have a good season. However, they play in a tough division, so they're going to need to win some close games to have a shot at the playoffs.
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