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I, without any qualification or expertise, doubt that the NFL would block the richest man in the world from making them richer.

Seems like the Post is the shark and the rest of the Interwebz are the remora. The shark has the story and everyone else is just swimming along scarfing down whatever scraps may escape. I don't think anyone has anything except the Post at this point.

I think Samuels's sudden retirement due to spinal stenosis was the reason we took Williams that year. I don't think there was an overlap there unless I'm forgetting about Samuels being on the sidelines at some point.

In a recent interview, Rivera said (paraphrasing poorly) that he's listening to offers, but no matter what he has to get an impact guy or else we just have a bunch of picks. I'm a big fan of this approach. I'll take a HOFer (not crowning Young as such, just a hyperbolic hypothetical) over a couple of dice rolls for starters.

Yeah man, don't Sweat it.

I'm sitting here in the press box with a personal conflict. I want us to win, yes. But I want us to win a Super Bowl. This year, unless we have a Gibbs-like turnaround or 2012 going from 3-6 to 10-6, ain't that year. We had high hopes out of the gate, the offseason seemed to be drama-free for the most part, it looks like we got something special in Scary Terry, and for the most part the draft seemed serviceable at least. Of course we started off with our starter-by-salary-only hurt, but at least we had McCoy with the steady hand. Oh, wait, he's still hurt? Um, okay, who do we have now? Keenum? Wasn't he in Minny and replaced by the other guy who used to be wearing number 8 here? Uh, okay, I guess that's fine. Colt will be back any minute now, right? Oh, that's a negative, too. Well, we have that Haskins guy we drafted, but we'll sit him like the Jags and Giants are doing with their rookies. More on that in a minute. Then we have Williams holding out, us refusing to trade him for a ship ton of picks like Miami did, while he takes up the cap. Reed gets hurt because why not and then we sign a couple of placeholders while our next big homegrown signing in, number 75, starts playing at 75% and then gets injured because, again, why not? I'll change my name to Francis so that I can be frank: This ain't going well. Everything was fantastic when we were up 17-0 against Philly in their house, and it's just been a steady trajectory of suck since then. With rumors swirling about this game potentially being the last straw for Gruden, it's not going well. And on the other sideline? All those LOL's at taking Jones at #6 have turned into quite chortles while our rookie sits behind a five-turnover game by the new guy. Our coach is making excuses that our team has new players, which is the same for 31 other teams, and that we've got to execute. The Giants, though, benched a two-time Super Bowl MVP (in case you weren't sick to your stomach by this team already) in order to start Daniel Ten Cents or whatever they're calling him. Their alleged once-in-a-generation running back goes down, and now they look better than ever. What do we do? Have our once-in-a-draft running back get injured while our Hall of Fame back, um, sits? I mean Thompson's on my fantasy team so there's some selfish plus to that, but, okay? And of course injury bug. So, this comes back to the conflict between the angel and devil on my shoulders. Do we win today and really make a run at it, going 16-3 to win the Super Bowl? Nah, the brownie I ate wasn't the special type, so I don't see that happening. But do we want to beat the Giants just because Giants? I guess. But something that this team has really robbed of us is any real hope, replaced by a passionate apathy and a team logo of shoulder shrugs. So, we'll see. Nobody's gotten hurt at warm ups so far, so we've got that going for us. Let's see if anything else gets going today. INACTIVES: McCoy McLaurin (replaced with Harmon) Colvin McKinzy Roullier (replaced by Bergstrom at center) Scherff (replaced by Martin at right guard) Reed (Obviously Vernon Davis at TE) This does mean that Robert Davis is active and Dwayne Haskins is our #2. If Keenum plays like he did last week, then be ready to see Haskins on the field. Fun note: If Haskins takes any snaps today, then he will be the SIXTH quarterback since November 2018: 1) Smith 2) McCoy 3) Sanchez 4) Johnson 5) Keenum Fifteen minutes until kickoff, and we had no visible injuries during warm-ups. Woot. FIRST QUARTER: Let the stupid begin. Stupid pass on that pick, RIDICULOUS decision to not decline the hold leads to a first down for NY at the 19. And we're five minutes in and we've already had a pick, a dumb call to accept a failed third down, and given up a touchdown due to a miscommunication. More self-inflicted BS. The Giants dominated that quarter as we had ten or fewer plays from scrimmage. Atrocious start, and the trajectory isn't pointing up. SECOND QUARTER: Let's see if we get a different result. Keep in mind this drive started at their six, and at the beginning of the quarter, they're on our 44. And at 12:01 left in the half, touchdown. An unbelievable amount of stupid in penalties. No update on Norman yet. Norman back. Hell of a hit by Settle and a pick by Dunbar at the 8:17 mark. And the Haskins era begins at 6:35 left in the half. Haskins with four good minutes, including that 14-yard scramble, rookie miss to Davis. END OF THE HALF: Well, this looks pretty bad. Having the spark with Haskins was good, and he's already out-playing Keenum. Unfortunately that's like being the tallest of the Seven Dwarves, but he was pretty okay. Nobody expected him to light it up. When it comes to the defense, we've got two picks on Daniel Jesus, but we keep extending drives and they're destroying us on TOP. The biggest problem? Penalties, specifically holds in the secondary. It still doesn't feel like a win is coming, but it feels like maybe the tide is turning with the team. Hopefully we will be able to play a little less stupidly and we'll see what that brings. Still doesn't feel like we're doing too much right to outweigh the dumbass mistakes. Let's hope that Haskins lights it up once we get the ball back. Giants receive at the half. THIRD QUARTER: Well, Haskins threw his first TD pass, just to the wrong team. We continue to have an ungodly amount of flags. Stupid, stupid flags. I feel like they can just take the burgundy out of our uniforms and just keep the gold, since that's the only impact we're having today. Haskins is not lighting it up like Jones did, but folks, remember that this is how a rookie typically plays. FOURTH QUARTER: And with pick and loss number 4, we're out. The battle for Tua begins Week 6. ____________________________________________________________ Well, here's at least something good with some of the fans here in Not New York. And that's @TK giving the finger to this stadium so I have permission. #dontbanme There were quite a few out there tailgating at about 9:00 (they open the gates at 8:00), probably twice as many as there were on Monday Night since, you know, nobody not wearing a Bears jersey was there after halftime.

I actually think that we'll pull this one out. Not sure why, just have a feeling. The guy covering the game is insanely awesome and has a perfect record at the Meadowlands, so that could be it, too.

How sad is this? This offseason especially started off so high, and now, nothing in the win column. Hopefully that good luck charm in New York will work yet again this year.

Yeah, but all of which were absent last week. Tickets are still available for Dallas. DALLAS! It blows my mind.

I'm not lazy! I'm efficient.

Brother, you've been a lifesaver more than once. I usually forget to thank because usually what you've provided me access to is heartbreak, but it always is appreciated!

*sniff sniff* My little baby thread is going to be ten years old tomorrow. They grow up so fast!

I know, I know, that's a terrible title. However, I've only been to one game here at the Linc, and we won. Division championship in 2015, a thing of beauty. I'm also 2-0 while writing these things. At the same time, I was at the Monday Night Massacre/McNabb's Payday, so don't get too ****y. Philly has been fun-ish. We went to Geno's to get some world famous cheesesteaks Steak-Ums. More overrated than any free agent signing we've had since, well, you know. No matter what this turns out to be, it'll be a nice break from all of the distractions off the field. #yourenotwinningoffthefieldbruce It's been something that's divided us intensely, and I'm glad that we can all agree that we're scared ****less about the ramifications of this game. A few weeks ago we are two games up, Dallas is faltering, Philly is doing poorly, and Giants gonna Giants. Now? With a loss today, we're in third place in the division. I mean, that's, ouch. Some of us can see the bright side in the deepest cavern, and others of us only see shadows while staring at the Sun (I happen to fall into the latter category). This game means everything. It's not a tone-setter, it's as Code Red as Tampa three years ago. It's definitely nice to see Thompson and Crowder back. I hope that Stroman can defend Wentz, because he's gonna get picked on all day. And that #86, you gotta cover him. As @TK said, that number is dangerous for both sides. A big problem is actually following through on that. We knew that Cooper was going to get the ball, but our safeties (I love ya, DJ, but ugh on Thanksgiving) were more like safety valves. We cannot let that happen, even once, against this Eagles team that has Sproles returning. As you've already read, Inactives: Sudfield Maddox Mills Hicks Warmack Mailata Pryor Quinn (ugh!) Dunbar Perine (forgot he was on the team) Marshall Howard Ioannidis So some hits on both sides. Both secondaries need to really bolt down to give their respective teams a chance (don't worry, I didn't tell Philly that). Oh, and then there's that Colt McCoy guy. With a non-zero number of practices with the ones, hopefully he can actually do something. With 38 minutes to go, it's not looking much better than FedEx. I even heard cheers when our boys ran out. Well, that's it for pregame unless something else happens. With 13 minutes to go, the stands are maybe half full? Nothing to Josh Norman's standards for sure. With three minutes to go, we are at about 2/3 capacity. All levels on the home side look full, but other than that it's not impressive. FIRST QUARTER 7:31 Zach Ertz with the insane false start. Except not. So touchdown. Well, looked like typical Redskins. A little help from the refs for the Eagles touchdown and then for two straight, and wasted, first downs. But Doctson did something. So at lest we have that. SECOND QUARTER McCoy hurt. Sanchez in. Peace out, season. And I'm wrong. Colt's first play after coming in, touchdown. Sanchez's first play after coming in, touchdown. Longest run in Redskins history. At 4:03 - And a fourth down stop? Sanchez with a nine-play, 40-something drive ending in three points. At the half, the team is showing some grit. Two bad calls by the refs led to 14 Philly points, the non-call on Ertz on their first touchdown and the ticky-tack roughing the passer by Stroman. Moreau looking very, very good today, which is a relief. Josh Norman needs to tackle, not strip. It's costing us yards and on the Sproles run cost us seven. Overall we're doing better than I thought we would. THIRD QUARTER Off to a bad start. McCoy out for the year. The rest of the third was also bad. Another injured lineman, down to zero reserves. Moreau injured after being awesome all game. This isn't going to end in a win for us, unfortunately. FOURTH QUARTER: And it just keeps getting worse. Sanchez, Sanchez, Sanchez. That was awful. In all ways. I don't know how it could've been worse. I'll finish this up later, emotions are too high in being too low.

Thank you sir. And no, can't be New Rick. We discussed changing my name to another all-time Redskins great, Skip Hicks, but I'm not getting any support from the wife on the home front. Unless an eye roll is support. Then I'm set.

It's been quite a trip so far up here in the Big (No Eli) Apple. Google Maps decided to see how many U-turns I could make in a one-mile radius. The waitress at the restaurant decided to see how long I would wait until my hangry came out (45 minutes for a grilled chicken sandwich?!). Then the Ambien decided to see if I could function after taking it, I could not from what I remember. Oh, and then I managed to pull a muscle in my neck either while I was saving kids from an orphanage on fire or while adjusting a shower head. Let's just go with the former. Oh yeah, we have a football game, too. I know, I know, we're 4-2. The Giants are 1-6. So I'll say what we're all thinking: Sitting here in the box, I'm looking down on a 1-6 team, both figuratively and literally. Just before our game, they get rid of Eli Apple (wrong Eli) and Snacks. We've got AP hitting on all cylinders and likely making history today, with 26 yards he'll be moving to 9th all-time in rushing yards, passing Tony Dorsett. So that's a win no matter what since we'll be moving a Cowboy down the list. Suddenly Kerrigan and Preston seem to be starting to remember that they're on the team, and the Giants have an offensive line that is underperforming. However, it's the Redskins. The Giants have won four games in the past two years, and two of them have been against us. That's not a distinction that is something to brag about. At the same time, Dak was 5-0 against us until a random penalty and an upright saved our win. To sandwich that point, we are the one win that the Colts have. Another thing to not brag about. If we want to win, then today we've got to not let it come down to lucky plays, yellow flags, and a regret about cutting Dan Bailey. We play well with the lead, but there's not a lot to look to in order to have faith that we can come back from behind. We're going to need to avoid looking at our record or theirs and getting some sort of ****iness, something that seems to haunt us after a win. We will need to stay after Eli and get him to make mistakes. With our depleted secondary, it's had to trust that we can cover Beckham, Shepard, and Engram. Oh, and they have some running back who can catch the ball. Man, just thinking about that, how the hell are they 1-6? As of this writing (11:37), inactives have yet to be announced. Expect Crowder to still be out in case you drafted him in fantasy. Thompson is a game time decision in case you drafted him in fantasy. I bet you can guess which Redskins I drafted. As the game starts and things are announced, I'll update this. In the meantime, HTTR. And right before I post this, inactives are announced: Quinton Dunbar Samaje Perine Kenny Ladler Casey Dunn Geron Christian, Sr. Jamison Crowder Brian Quick Mo Harris is in for Crowder, and Moreau is in for Dunbar. About an hour until kickoff and the Giants punter looks great. Hopefully we see a lot of him today. With 49 minutes to go, the stadium looks like people thought it was at Washington. Basically nobody here. We'll see what it looks like once we get underway. During warm ups Richardson has looked very comfortable. No noticeable holding back or wincing. Same goes for Thompson. With ten minutes to go, stadium is maybe half full? Something like 90/10% Giants fans. Crazy since they're 1-6 coming off of a 3-13 season. FIRST QUARTER: Not quite sure how to feel about this quarter. It's great that we're up 7-0, but that'st he danger of this offense. Control the clock methodically, but then it takes two seconds for the other team to throw a bomb and flip the field along with the momentum. SECOND QUARTER: I'm quite sure how I feel about this quarter. Smith, man. Smith. Throws seem off target, happy feet, not keeping his eyes down the field. I don't know what's up with this offensive line. They're supposed to be amazing, but they're in their Halloween costume of Swiss Cheese lately. It's nice to see Doctson playing well along with Reed. I just can't be happy about this lead even though it's only halfway over. Hopefully Jay adjusts at halftime (LOLOLOLOLOL), because this just isn't the team that we've seen. THIRD QUARTER: I feel like we can copy and paste this each week. No adjustments, defense still plays well, and we don't score a touchdown. Unfortunately Peterson has a very rare fumble that gets returned a mile, and we start the fourth quarter with the ball on the Redskins 41. We seem to be winning on the field, but the scoreboard makes me very nervous. Again. Every damn time. FINAL: Well that fourth quarter was actually pretty fun to watch. Peterson got a hell of a TD after being denied the whole game. Our defense showed up, except for Norman not getting that pick, costing me like 12 points in fantasy (I was playing against Engram). Somehow we are 5-2. It doesn't feel like it, does it? Somehow it feels like a struggle every time, but man, aren't we used to that struggle regardless? The difference this year is that we are no longer snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, we're actually coming out on top. I was just down in the locker room and at the press conferences (except for Smith, he was late, because he's Alex Smith), and there's a different feel. These guys know they're not performing to their peak, but they know they're only going to get better. It's a lack of satisfaction that I have been dying to see. Jay's not happy with close endings or miscues on offense. Adrian's not happy with how little he's seen the end zone (not in a selfish way; guy's the nicest person I've ever met). DJ isn't happy with anything which is awesome. The whole team won't be happy until, as DJ said, we're winning Super Bowls. DJ said today, and I'm paraphrasing very poorly, that today's victory is nothing. The other four are nothing. Channeling his inner Iverson but in a good way, he said that we haven't yet won the division, won a championship, won a Super Bowl. We're 5-2 and have the Falcons to focus on. Well, DJ, for the first time in a very long time, it feels like we're on the edge of our seats and on our way. Hail.

Hey, at least you get your apple pie thing for free!

Awesome, we're getting T.O. Something something Snyder sucks something something it's Kirk's fault something something GMSM something something

Good find but geographically restricted. I think if you can get DirecTV at the address, then you aren't eligible.

I voted burgundy before being reminded of the 2005 white uniforms. I'm now for white on white, but I feel like any team could do that and so it wouldn't be Redskins-specific color rush that they're looking to ruin our eyes with. Gold on gold would put this game on the radio for me.

Good luck, my man. At least Bourbon Street is there.

Jesus, TSO! That while thing was fantastic. You and TK make a great team. You're like the defense and he's like the offense. @TK I'll save you the trouble: Hi there. ?

Wonderfully written, TSO. I hope the team makes all of us who are, let's say, very aware of the injuries feel a lot better about our depth's depth's depth.

Damn, man. Nice write up! Before reading this it just seemed like KC was indominatable, but it seems like a poor Philly defense almost kept them in check. Manusky seems to be about taking away the big play, and I hope that Nicholson's pick on the second play of the OAK game will make Reid think twice, along with that huge hit on Crabtree that ended his day. I don't have much evidence of us keeping a speed back in check. With the Rams, we were up 20-10 pretty quickly and I wonder if that limited them on the run. I think that our best defense was a good offense in that we ran like crazy and held the ball for almost a full quarter more than they did. If we can keep the ball out of Smith's hands, then I think we have a shot. I think it'll really come down to committing to the run and picking up first downs.

Thank you guys for your coverage!

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