Fantasy Team Goes Down

Once again Book’em Dano’s fantasy team proved that they could not stay with a good football organization. This is why the NY Giants & Philly are thinking about the division title and possible trip to the Super Bowl. The Redskins are hoping for a wild card spot.

The talent gap between the two teams was decided years ago when Dano skipped the draft and went expensive big-name free agents. On offense the Giants started 9 players they picked on draft day while Washington had 5 free agents with another acquired by trade. Defense much the same with the Redskins built with 6 free agents including the whole defensive line; Giants with 8 drafted starters.

Which team seemed faster on Sunday? Redskin’s second biggest weakness, after lack of depth, is lack of speed.

After the game gut feeling: Redskins are not a playoff team, again.

Then you think, well, they were playing the Giants, who may be the best team in the NFC East. They were on the road. They never beat New York in New York and seldom look good losing there. Hey, they covered the 6 1/2 point spread.

By can your eyes and gut be wrong?

They had NO offense, until they scored that meaningless touchdown late in the game. The TD may not have been so meaningless if the offense had not wasted 2 of its time outs earlier. Campbell looked like he’s all arm and nothing else. Portis did nothing of importance. Or, was it the offensive line that couldn’t open a hole.

Who knew after all the money Dano spent on defense that it was for a bend-but-don’t-break style. Where was the pass rush? Can DeAngelo Hall cover a bad check? Before anyone jumps up and down about his interception, please, understand that his man was wide open, he just caught safety LaRon Landry’s defection.

Hope springs eternal and optimism comes in the form of the schedule. There are many NFL teams with bad organizations. In the last 3 years the Redskins record is 22-26. In the next 5 games we play three teams: Rams (13-35), Lions (10-38) and Kansas City (15-33); whose football building operations make Dano look good. The Skins MUST win all three of these games for playoffs to remain a dream. Also they play Tampa Bay (22-26) at FedEx field. This is a very winnable game. The only game in the 5-game stretch that looked like a sure loss was Carolina (27-21). However, it appears that Panther QB Jake Delhomme has lost his touch, which may turn this into a possible win.

Washington needs to win 4 of these games. If they only win 3, they do make not playoffs and if they only win 2, Jim Zorn will be unemployed.