"You Love the Vision of Clinton Portis"

Don't no fumble mean no nothin

Monday update: game tape review tonight I hope, check back this evening for more detail. -Ben

Sunday update: Hail to the Redskins my friends, hit refresh, this gamewrap is evolving, I am sitting out on my neighbor's deck watching the Tampa Bay game and running stats. Drop a comment or shoot me an email with your take on the game to help me. -Ben

Takeaway drill: conservative on offense, smothering on defense, Clinton Portis is a supermarket pony. Good defense is the laboratory for an emerging offense and Greg Blache is mad mad I tell you.

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Monday walkthrough: sunny and cool in Landover with a bad loss last week the Washington Redskins outlast the Cleveland Browns 14-11, move to 5-2. The Redskins offense kept it simple and let the defense lead the way. Josh Cribbs will remember Carlos Rogers.

1st quarter

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

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Soapbox: Clinton Portis is all you really need to know. Run blocking is the best thing this team is doing right now and I love it.

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Chattering class:

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Omnibus: Shaun Rogers is a frighteningly large man.

Chris Horton continues to be the steal of the draft, he is everywhere, at this rate I have started to consider Chris for my next jersey purchase.

12:39 left fourth quarter color commenter Solomon Wilcots who I love on Sirius NFL Radio, after 26 yard Clinton Portis run said quote you love the vision of Clinton Portis unquote.

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Retro Zorn:

Shooter:

Coltrolled:

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Washington Post recap, box score, play by play, photos. NFL recap, box score, full play by play, Gamebook (PDF), photos.

Other recaps: Spence at DC Pro Sports Report has a post game quick take. Money quote:

It was a fairly unimaginative game plan by Head Coach Jim Zorn, who never wavered from his desire to win the game by running the ball early and often. The running game worked well, so Zorn is vindicated on that point, but the fact is the Redskins simply are not scoring many touchdowns. Sooner or later, that is going to cost them unless they can improve their scoring somehow.

Next up: the Redskins two game home stand is over, Washington travels to Detroit to play the Lions who are still looking for their first win. Band two is still in play.



Clinton Portis: Gerald Herbert / AP photo from here.