REDEMPTION!!!! Redskins 29 / Saints 24

What started out as a game that probably left most Redskins fans holding their heads in exasperation, ended in spectacular fashion as the Skins came from behind in the 4th quarter to beat the Saints.

While the Skins looked greatly improved on offense and made it to the red zone four times in the first half, they came away with only 6 points. At that point I was wondering if this was going to be another frustrating loss against a team that normally will put up scads of points. However, after giving up a punt return for a TD (Yeah Vinny! How about that rookie punter you drafted? you F%#@ idiot!) and down by 9, the Redskins came alive. A beautiful 80 yard drive in which Jason Campbell ate up the Saints secondary with precision passes and culminated in a sweet draw play that sent Clinton Portis relatively untouched into the end zone. Redskins down by 2. A brilliant defensive stop gave the Skins the ball on their own 33. On first down, Campbell showed great poise stepping up in the pocket, avoiding the pass rush and launched a 67 yard bomb to Santana Moss for what would turn out to be the winning touchdown.

This game, however; belongs to the Skins defense. Through the first half, the Skins held the vaunted Saints offense to somewhere around 70 total yards. They completely shut down Reggie Bush (although he did score on the punt return, but I blame that on the punter). They had critical 3rd down stops and, for the first time in what seems like forever, generated a pretty good pass rush. The real key came thanks to a rookie so new I can't remember his name: Horton or Orton or something like that. Playing in his very first game, this rookie corner came up with two picks, a fumble recovery, several key tackles, and performed well in man-to-man coverage. The D gave up some points but kept it close enough to give the offense a chance. What more can you ask for?

Now let's take a quick look at Vinny's choice to draft a punter (???) and then release the veteran Derrick Frost, who has since been picked up by the Packers. In the game today, Durant Brooks had punts of 30 and 28 yards one of which was returned for an easy TD! Now let's compare this year's stats:

Durant Brooks (rookie): 9 punts, Avg. 36.8 yards

Derrick Frost (4 year vet): 9 punts, Avg. 46.4 yards

Hmmm? Way to go Vinny, you putz!

Despite Vinny's draft day brain freeze, the Redskins showed serious improvement over last weeks futility. Let's hope they can gain some momentum going into next week's game in Arizona.

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!!

On a far more depressing side note, al three of my fantasy teams are TOTALLY getting their asses handed to them.