Sunday, September 28, 2003

I'm really pissed about the last call the officials screwed up. It was obviously a catch by Coles with both feet inbounds. He clearly had possession of the ball the entire time. I don't know how the idiotic zebras missed that call AND they didn't reverse the obvious mistake in instant replay! I was in a sports bar watching and didn't hear the audio explanation. I find it incomprehensible that it wasn't overturned. It sure seemed to me that the replay was an irrefutable catch.

I was almost positive that was going to be the end of the Redskins and that Brady was going to drive the Pats down for a game-tying FG. It just seemed like that's been the pattern with these Skins games this year. The Skins, esp. Samuels, had just going backwards with penalties again. For a welcome surprise, though, the Skins D held tight for four and out.

After what was undoubtedly one of his worst games as a pro, Bailey turned in a very good performance with two turnovers -- an INT and a forced fumble. Not his best game because that had the be the game against the Cards a few years ago when he picked off Plummer thrice and returned one of them for a TD.

Ohalete had a solid game with some good stops, a key pick in the end zone and breaking up the Pats' fourth-down play.

Was it just me or did Arrington look slow out there? Was he hurt? He was awfully quiet. I think he only made one tackle. I wonder if it was Charlie Weis (the Pats OC) game-planning specifically for LaVar.

Not only did Bailey make a "statement" game but so did the entire defense with their turnovers. Canidate's fumble really could have killed them but the Skins were so lucky that Gardner was there to fall on the ball.

The bottom line is that the Skins walked away with a victory. But when are they going to be able to put a team away? These nail-biters are going to give me ulcers. And these three victories have all been "tainted" - the Jets without Pennington and the Jetskins providing insight into the Jets playbook, the Vick-less Falcons, and now these majorly banged up Patriots.

HUGE game next week against the Eagles. Another real test for the Skins. They failed last week against the Giants. We'll see how they fare against the rebounding Birds.

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