Sunday, November 04, 2007

Wrong Again


Note the lanyard matches the plate

The Washington Post's Mike Wise has fallen off the wagon, he has pretty much been sober since trashing bloggers in August unless that was a bit and he's workshopping new material.

His Friday piece expresses a sort of elitist disdain for the notion that Redskins fans might be right to be a little on edge about the team at the midpoint and he uses Seinfeld logic to make his case:

ELAINE: (to Jerry) Five more days?

JERRY: Well today's almost over. And weekdays always go by fast. Friday we're leaving. It's like two days really. It's like a cup of coffee. It will go by like that. (snapping his fingers)

(scene ends)

Shorter Mike Wise: c'mon the Redskins are 4-3 and the Jets are patsies so that's 5-3 and that's halfway to 10-6 and the playoffs so what the hell is everyone freaking out about?

Here is what everybody is freaking out about.

The Redskins are playing terribly on offense and the defense just suffered a huge loss. The offensive line is decimated. Clinton Portis' carries are steady but his production is going down. Players with receiver numbers have zero touchdown catches. The team tried to give away the Cardinals game, couldn't hold a second half lead in the game before and were just annihilated in the last game. The team is trending downward and 4-3 is just as easily halfway to 7-9 as it is 10-6.

Redskins fans are worried. The Joe Gibbs 'mythology' is long gone, he's just another NFL coach. If I have to choose between winning and Joe Gibbs I choose winning. I hope winning happens with Joe Gibbs but let's not pretend that the new old speeches are sure to work or that the Jets are a walkover or the team doesn't face two straight division games next. A letdown against an inferior team could happen, then a post letdown letdown and then it's Cowboys week.

I'm not going emo or anything I merely do not agree with Mike's premise. The Redskins have a great many problems right now and it is time to take the schedule game by game starting tomorrow.



Mike Wise and cheese: Washington Post uncredited photo from here.

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