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No Respect

September 29, 2008

The NFC East is regarded by many “experts” as the clear cut best division in football.  Although those “experts” are right, they were wrong about the Redskins this Sunday.  I would pay someone to find an “expert” that picked the Redskins would defeat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

Even after the Redskins defeated the Cowboys, all of the news is how the Cowboys didn’t run the ball enough and how Terrell Owens is running his mouth — again.  The only places I could find any positive news about the Redskins actually doing anything good was at Redskins.com and WashingtonPost.com 

The first article I found that wasn’t on what some would say a “biast” news source, was NFL.com.  The article by Steve Wyche finally gave the Redskins some credit.  Finally! Now, don’t get me wrong, I am a diehard Redskins fan, but this has gone too far.  The love affair the major networks have with Tony Romo and the Cowboys, Donovan McNabb and the Eagles, and now Eli Manning and the Giants is unbelievable.

We’ll forget that the Redskins are now 3-1, we’ll forget that now the Redskins beat the “best team in the league” on Sunday in Dallas, we’ll forget that Jason Campbell compared to the other godly quarterbacks has a better: completion precentage, quarterback rating, and zero interceptions. 

Finally Wyche, is writing my words for me in his article.  Finally Campbell starts to get some recognition, along with his teammates.  Finally someone is saying that the NFC East isn’t just a three team race.  “It’s all about Campbell because after playing poorly and drawing criticism from first-year coach Jim Zorn in a season-opening loss to Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Campbell arguably has been the most efficient and effective quarterback in the NFL.” 

“Now may come the hard part. Campbell might not be viewed as a project anymore. The Redskins won’t be looked at as the fourth team in the NFC East. Focus and concentration will now be tested.”  Considering after next weeks game at Philadelphia the Redskins play the Rams (0-4) and Browns (1-3) both at home then travel to play Detroit (0-3).  This team has a realistic shot to get at 6-2.

No Respect !