If you enjoy reading about the Redskins’ failures, as NewMexiKen does, you’ll like Thomas Boswell’s column today.
Meanwhile, Tim Hasselbeck had a 0.0 quarterback rating, tying a record that can never be broken. It’s not like the SAT. You don’t get points for signing your name….
For those who want to make the case that Spurrier is many miles away from becoming an elite NFL coach, then this game can serve as their Exhibit A. The Redskins prepared for the same blitz-crazed defense that the Cowboys used to beat them, 21-14, in Dallas in November. “We prepared for them to come after us a lot. We felt we had a lot of answers for that,” Hasselbeck said. “But they played us differently than they did last time.”
What a shock. Parcells’s team switched tactics. The Redskins prepared, primarily, for the last war. Indeed, the Cowboys almost never blitzed. “They have Bill Parcells, so they are very well-prepared,” Coles said. “It seems that they are anticipating what you are going to do. When you run a route, it seems like they are waiting for you.”…
“People are going to talk about the coaches this week and whatever,” said a disgusted Smoot. “But between the Wilsons and the clocks, the game is about the players, not the coaches. . . . We didn’t play today. . . . Half the guys did, half the guys didn’t.
That’s good — “between the Wilsons and the clocks.” (Wilson is the brand of football the NFL uses.)