sports.yahoo.com - 10/6/2008
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Another road win against a division opponent has the Washington Redskins in perfect position to make a run at the NFC East. Clinton Portis ran for 145 yards and one touchdown, wide receiver Antwaan Randle El threw a TD pass and the Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 23-17 on Sunday. Washington (4-1) has made it through the first five games under new coach Jim Zorn better than anyone expected.
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Jim Zorn Is Real Good At The Rope-A-Dope
Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos —
... good game, you just fell for the oldest trick in the book, the rope-a-dope. Kidding of course, no way the Redskins wanted to be down 14 points with 7 minutes left in the 1st quater but 23 consecutive points will certainly make a team look a lot better after that kind of start. Lets face it though, if the Eagles could just manage one yard in the 4th quarter like the Redskins did (on 4th down i might add) it would've been an entirely different game...but they didn't, so suck it up. Game over, 23-17, Redskins. 4-1 vs. 2-2. Who runs the West Coast offense now, huh punks? ...
The expectations game
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... of those goal line 4th downs... Never mind that in addition to losing Westbrook for that game we were also without Curtis, LJ Smith, Reggie Brown(who was still considered a starter), and Shawn Andrews(who had just been lost 2 weeks prior). Then we head home to face the Redskins, go up 14-0 in the first quarter but then proceed to lose the game. Our offense could only muster 3 points in the last quarters and our defense got manhandled in the run game. Afterward, sports writers were already writing our obituary. ...
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Redskins Owner Dan Snyder Is Fired Up
nfl.fanhouse.com 10/6/2008 — The Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles yesterday, and that has Redskins owner Dan Snyder very pumped up in this video: For the first couple of seconds of the video, you hear someone yelling, "Whoo! Yeah! 4-1!" and you assume it's a ...
Yes, Donovan McNabb, the Redskins Are Better Than You —
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In his recap of the Eagles-Redskins game , fellow FanHouser and Eagles fan Enrico Campitelli shared Donovan McNabb's assertion that the Eagles were better than the Redskins even though they lost today. Even after all of this, the Redskins are still not respected. All Washington did was beat the ...
Ten Reasons why the Redskins will beat the Eagles —
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10. Carlos Rogers is off to his best start as a professional cornerback. Coming off of major knee surgery less than a year ago, all Rogers has done is shut down his side of the field. He struggled a little bit against Plaxico Burress in the season opener, but has for the most part held names ...
How the Redskins will beat the Eagles —
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A win in Dallas changes everything.
Maybe those out-of-towners in Congress can’t come together to save the economy, but the Redskins can go to Dallas and unhinge the Cowboys. All is right with the world because Washington won 26-24.
No more questions about whether a veteran team can ...
Redskins at Cowboys Game Tape Review — Offense —
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The Redskins are now seen as a powerhouse NFL team! The Redskins played their best game of the season, but the still have some things to improve on if they want to 1) beat the Eagles next week, 2) take down the Giants later this year, and 3) Withstand the Cowboys when the come back to FedEx ...
