No Fly Zone

Four straight wins, four straight weeks of the best audio to come out of Washington since 1972. An explosive rushing performance by Matt Jones, paired with a defensive effort that shut down rookie phenom Carson Wentz lifted the Redskins to a 27-20 win.

Just like every other Redskins game this season and seemingly every single game for the rest of time, it wasn't always pretty. There was the 86-yard kickoff return touchdown, set up by an excessive celebration penalty on Vernon Davis' touchdown. There were slight red zone struggles, capped by Malcolm Jenkins taking a Kirk Cousins pass 86 yards to the Baja. Overall though, it was a fun win to watch.

Aside from the pick-6, Cousins continued to cruise with the offense, going 18-for-34 with 263 yards and a pair of touchdowns, one of which was this beautiful 16-yarder to Jamison Crowder. Balance was restored back to the offense, with 33 rushes to nearly match the 34 passing attempts. 15 of those rushing attempts came courtesy of Matt Jones, who took those attempts for 135 yards an a touchdown.

The Redskins defense cooled down the hot start of Eagles rookie phenom Carson Wentz. The North Dakota State product went just 11-for-22 with 179 yards and no offensive touchdowns to his team's credit. in addition, he was sacked five times, with two and a half of those coming courtesy of Ryan Kerrigan. The backfield continued their streak of keeping the offense without a 100-yard receiver and in the surprise of the season Bashaud Breeland looked comfortable in coverage. Any given Sunday.

After the disasters that were the first two weeks of the season, this Redskins turnaround has been astonishing. Not only was the defense able to recover, but the offense has been able ton establish a running game and work through the woes of the red zone that plagued their start. The Redskins are now second in the NFC East, behind the equally surprising start of the rookie-led Dallas Cowboys.

The Redskins next game is a week from today in Detroit against the Lions. The game is at 1:00 and the lions are coming off of two straight victories over the Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams.