Turn Around 1000 Feet

What's up chicken leg. You my little puppy now.

Once again, no one qualified for the profile treatment from Curly R. Looking back at the Cowboys game, there are some performances worthy of mention, but no one earned their own post:

Nick Novak: clutch clutch clutch performance in the untimed play to end the game, but not so much much much on the 49 yarder five plays before. Novak now 2-5 on the season, which is not good. Just for the googlejamming value, I am officially changing Nick's Curly R name to Bob, so if you googled Bob Novak and wound up here, it worked.

Troy Vincent: since he is now basically the starter and Adam Archuleta is our 30 million dollar backup, I have to start sucking up to him, and oh how I hate sucking up to ex-Eagles. Archuleta gave up a 28 yard pass to Jason Witten, and Troy Vincent blocked the kick on the next play. Nuff said. One more big play Troy and you get your own profile post with a goofy name like Vincent's Price or The Sack of Troy. On the other hand you're 35 and if Donte Stallworth or Steve Smith gets behind you for a gamechanger, it'll be a shame post with a name like The Burning of Troy or The Face that Launched 1000 Boos.

Mike Sellers: yay: a 22-yard rumbling bumbling stumbling punt return, a big run and a big catch in the 4th quarter. Nay: you backed up on on the penalty-shortened kickoff after TO scored and did his naptime thing and interfered with Rock Cartwright's return, when he should have caught it moving forward. As a result, the ball was downed with no return right about to where a normal kickoff would have been returned. Big Mo took that series off and the Redskins three and outed. But I like seeing him integrating into the offense.

Mark Brunell: a solid effort, even if it looked like you have no accuracy past 20 yards. Prove me wrong. Note the pass distribution last Sunday: six different receivers. Taking away Santana makes the offense less predictable but let's have Santana come on back anyway. Steady as she goes Mark. No one is expecting you to win the Whitbread, just don't put us on the reef.

Team Defense: I have been trying to articulate an agrument that the Redskins' defense would improve all over and not just at the corners or in the secondary if Shawn Springs and Carlos Rogers could just play together one time. Something about the increased flexibility in the scheme, and that sounds like a truthy argument, but it was not really borne out. The Redskins defense continues to get worse. Having said that, I'll take a defense ranked 35th in total yards if they can move above sea level in scoring defense. It's the old Ron Lynn bend-but-don't-break-well-actually- break-but-hopefully-not-into-too-many-pieces defense. Let's hope the improved scoring defense comes first and the better play in the middle of the field comes next.

Offensive Line: I like the pass blocking Sunday. Give me some better run blocking. Get out there and hit someone! Philadelphia is ranked 19th against the run, giving up 117 yards per game. Next Sunday is a chance to play ball control offense and keep Dono off the field.

Think about it this way: Redskins are 3-5 with a yuge opportunity. Eagles refuse to take the lead, Cowboys are ahead by one game, Giants are ahead by three, three division games to play, two of those at home. Even though Andy Reid is 7-0 after the bye, there's a lot of nervus lafter in Philadelphia right now. If the Redskins win Sunday, the Eagles are looking at a 4-game losing streak and a record of 4-5. There is an old show business saying that goes, be nice to the people you meet on the way up because you will meet them again on the way down. 4-5 records is where the Eagles and Redskins meet.



Cornelius Griffin and Tony Romo: Joel Richardson / Washington Post