Sunday, December 16, 2007

Not Pretty, but Back at .500.

With tonight's win the Skins are 7-7 and building some momentum for a run at the wild card.

The winds at Giants Stadium gusted, but Todd Collins — making his first start in over 10 years — guided the Redskins to the win.

Collins completed only 8 of 25 passes but a couple of key deep balls to Santana Moss set up scores for the Redskins. A 36-yard reception in the second quarter set up the game's first touchdown on Ladell Betts' first carry of the game. The 14-yard rush gave the Skins a 13-0 lead.

The Skins would eventually go up 22-3 before a touchdown pass from the Giants' Eli Manning to Kevin Boss cemented the 22-10 final. Brandon Jacobs had success for New York with 130 yards on 25 carries, but the Giants struggled to put points on the board.

Conversely, Redskins' running back Clinton Portis picked up 125 yards on 25 carries and gave the Redskins their other touchdown to go along with Shaun Suisham's three field goals. Suisham snuck some knuckle-balls through the uprights, going against swirling winds.

The Skins now finish off with Minnesota next Sunday night and Dallas at home on Dec. 30. With Tampa's win the NFC South is clinched, leaving only the two wild cards open in the NFC.

At 9-5 the Giants would be the first team in right now followed by Minnesota if they beat Chicago tomorrow. If not though the Vikings would be tied with the Skins and New Orleans at 7-7, bringing tie-breakers into play.

Assuming Washington won out and the Giants faltered against Buffalo and New England, the Skins could possibly win a tie-breaker there and get in with at least one of the wild cards.

Nothing is for certain yet, but I'll break it down further after tomorrow's Vikings and Bears contest.

1 comment:

Matthew McGovern said...

The Skins are eligible for a wild card despite multiple blown leads, not to mention that illegal timeout against Buffalo. Their improbable run is starting to remind me of 2005.

Lets hope the Giants blow it against Buffalo this weekend.