November 17, 2009

Denver Fan Eats Hat as Redskins Drop W-Bomb on Broncos

It's hard to believe that 27 points is the high water mark for Redskins scoring this year. It's also hard to believe that the Broncos, who started off so promisingly at 6-0 have now dropped their last three games and look this abysmal. It is, however, extremely easy to laugh at Denver fans as they quibble and blow up with one another as if this wasn't predictable. Hey, it could be worse, you could've hired Eric Mangini as your head coach, right? The perpetually underperforming Redskins mustered their highest point total of the year against a defense that supposedly turned a page in Denver this offseason. All I can say is, Hail to the Redskins.

I'm not convinced that Denver's problems stem from any one person, i.e. McDaniels or Orton. The Broncos start every year hot - they do, go back and look up the records. Then every other team catches up to them. Why? Becuase the Donkeys do little to no adapting as the season goes on - every other team gets to study their film and then stop they Broncos cold. Denver doesn't seem to be able to add new packages, change up their offense or disguise the defense once they are 6-8 weeks into any give year. The fans love Mcdaniels then hate him, love Orton then call for Simms, throw Simms under the bus then start blaming McDaniels all over again. It's a vicious cycle of self-deprication and Denverites are all on a different part of that cycle, fighting with those on the other two steps, hilarity.

Now, my Redskins on the other hand, just kinda suck. But I know that and pretty much expect it with Jason Campbell making the decisions - with the ball in his hands, that won't change much. Having lost to Detroit this year and being pretty much a laughing stock for much of the season, it's refreshing to watch Denverites blow their domes over this game.

The Skins pulled a trick play fake field goal that resulted in a 35-yard touchdown pass towards the end of the first half. Actually, they screwed it up and advertised their play beforehand to the Denver defense. Then, Denver proceeded to still let the fake go on as planned, complete with the kicker throwing back across his body to the fullback, Sellars who tied it up at 14. Then in the second half, Washington proceeded to pretty much run at will on the Denver D. Ladell Betts amassed 114 yards in replacement duty for an injured Clinton Portis. To make matters worse in Denver, Orton left with a severly twisted ankle leaving Chris Simms to handle the offense. He went 3-13 for 13 yards and a pick, garnering him a glorious 7.5 QB passer rating. I have a feeling things are going to be...rocky the rest of the way for Denver - ahahaha, I crack myself up.

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