Riggo's Rag » 49ers http://riggosrag.com A Washington Redskins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 18 May 2013 13:19:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Redskins: How to beat the champ http://riggosrag.com/2012/02/06/redskins-how-to-beat-the-champ/ http://riggosrag.com/2012/02/06/redskins-how-to-beat-the-champ/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:05:55 +0000 Dawn Holton http://riggosrag.com/?p=7156 Since this game has been over, I’ve bounced between three different ideas/explanations of how the Redskins beat the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants twice, but could not beat the NFC best record 49ers (who the Giants beat in the conference championship) or the New England Patriots (AFC champs). The New England game was close… [...]

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Dec 18, 2011; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) is sacked by Washington Redskins nose tackle Barry Cofield (96) and outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (91) during the second half at MetLife Stadium. Washington Redskins defeat the New York Giants 23-10. Mandatory Credit: Jim O

Since this game has been over, I’ve bounced between three different ideas/explanations of how the Redskins beat the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants twice, but could not beat the NFC best record 49ers (who the Giants beat in the conference championship) or the New England Patriots (AFC champs). The New England game was close… but no cigar. The Niners game wasn’t even a contest.

One thought I had was that maybe it was just the sheer will and drive of the players in the game. Could the Pats and Niners just have wanted it more than the Skins in those matchups? It’s possible. The Pats game came down to the final quarter and mistakes separated the Skins from them. Against San Fran, The defense played well, but the offense just couldn’t seem to get the ball rolling. There were tons of mistakes in that game. Then against the G-men, the momentum ball started rolling early and they never let up. The “Any Given Sunday” factor still seems like a viable option. (more…)

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