It is Sunday, September 25, and the Washington Redskins have won a game in the 2016-2017 NFL season.
The Redskins handed the New York Football Giants their first loss of this young NFL season in rather dramatic fashion, 29-27. Oh yeah, by the way.
Was the game perfect? No. Will the level of play shown today win a Super Bowl? No. But every win is a step in the right direction. Avoiding the pit of an 0-3 start is a big step, considering only 3 teams since 1990 have been able to find their way out of that pit. The game saw the return of the heated Josh Norman-Odell Beckham Jr. rivalry and while Beckham had seven receptions for 121 yards, Norman and the Redskins came out victorious...so draw?
This may finally be the Redskins offense that was expected after last season. Kirk Cousins overcame his red zone scoring frustrations by deciding that the red zone was overrated anyway. His two touchdown passes came from 44 and 55 yards out respectively and reminded fans and critics alike that sometimes you have to unleash the dragon. The play calling was the most balanced that it has been this season, with 30 rushing attempts to compliment 36 pass attempts. among those pass attempts came this fourth down trickery from punter Tress Way.
What ultimately killed the Giants may have just been an inability to avoid mistakes, mistakes in the forms of 11 penalties for 128 yards and three turnovers. Included among these penalties was center Weston Richburg, who was ejected from the game.
The Redskins next game is against the Cleveland Browns on a week from today at 1:00 p.m. The Browns are coming off of an overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins.
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