Game 7: Redskins (2-4) at Colts (5-0)

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The season is rapidly going into moral victory territory, so whoo-hoo, let's go Redskins! Why the hell not, right? The Redskins are only going to play at Indianapolis 4:15 ET on Sunday. Those Colts are at home, healed up from a week off and running the number 4 overall offense, the number 5 overall passing offense. The Redskins are that kid in the cafeteria you could get to trade his jello for your carrots. They're running the 22nd overall defense, the 24th overall passing defense. So run defense is the specialty. Right.

La Canfora in the WaPo:

fans are expressing anxiety about everything from the structure of the Redskins' front office to the team's annual free agent splurges to the division of labor among its highly-compensated coaching staff.

Yeah, that's about right. See, this is what happens when a football team does not play well: questions about everything but football. The Redskins field 11 guys each way every week, and they're just beat. Beat off the ball, beat off the pass, beat through the middle.

Instead of keys to the game, I'm just going to give you the whole game. Colts are the worst run defense in the league, though as I recall, so were the Titans...then they played the Redskins. Let's leave diversity for the liberals and just freakin run the ball. That keeps Peyton off the field and he can't score from the bench, except when Shawn Springs can't get the Sprint ad out of his head, laughs, falls in coverage, touchdown Marvin Harrison (he's on my fantasy team). Because when Peyton gets on the field, he's going to light it up. Marvin, Reggie and Brandon are looking at the Redskins secondary like a drunk at a 3am pizza delivery.

That and Joe Gibbs has a 16-3 record when playing indoors. (PDF) And with the whole 'underdog' thing now in the Washington CW, I won't be shocked if this is a competitive game. The old Joe Gibbs looooooved to be underestimated.

Hogs Haven preview here. Stampede Blue here. Here's how blase' they are about this game in Indianapolis. Headline:

Media blasé on Colts' success

This is a gameday open thread.



Lions and Christians here.
Underdog purloined from here.