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The Washington Redskins’ offense would be hard pressed to look worse than they did in the first half against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In six possessions, the ‘Skins were truly offensive – punting three times and turning the ball over three times.

The hometown crowd quickly grew restless as they helplessly watched a sorry Bucs team that couldn’t even gain a first down until the third quarter one week earlier head into halftime with a 10-0 – despite the Bucs being on the road with a virtually unknown quarterback making his first career start.

But thankfully, the Redskins turned to tight end Chris Cooley early and often in the third quarter and order was restored. We caught up with the rockstar tight end after the game to, first and foremost, thank him for saving the team’s season.

We’re going to be completely honest – that first half was awful. But then this Pro Bowl tight end came along and caught a crucial touchdown pass early in the second half and showed this team that it’s okay to put points on the board. How big was that catch?

“I think it was big in a lot of ways because we really worked on a great drive to get the ball down the field, we had some good conversions and got over a huge hump as far as getting in the red zone and made a big play for a touchdown,” Cooley said. “So I think it was big for us.”

And to follow that up with the first-down bomb to Santana Moss …

“That was an outstanding call,” he said. “Momentum was in our favor. We make a big play defensively. We come out and go play action on them and give it to our best playmaker. It was just such a good call and a greatly executed play.”

With points being so tough to come by, what do those two plays do for the confidence of this offense?

“It’s so frustrating when we come out and score zero points in the first half and have no yards,” Cooley said. “We all look around and it’s like, ‘****. We practiced our asses off this week. What the hell is going on right now? We’re better than this.’ I think it was just a relief that we CAN score points. We are a good football team.”

Was the first half a result of the Redskins not getting it done or the Buccaneers doing something right?

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Not sure if that's the best analogy, but Cooley sure makes things entertaining, doesn't he?

I dunno ... I can see similarities between the two. If this team was ever able to get it going for three straight hours, we'd have to see a doctor.

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If this is how we are performing against the "Easy" portion of the NFL I'm terrified to think what will happen when the Saints come to town, and I honestly think the players should refrain from saying to the media "Were a good team" until it is proven on the field.

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