Redskins Ingredients for Improvement: Momentum must be maintained
By Ian Cummings
Even after a Redskins win, there are still areas to improve.
There are two very specific sects of fans in any fanbase. For one faction, there’s always a brief honeymoon period after a win; where no ill can be spoken of the team. They are perfect in every way.
For the other faction, anything less than imperfection is a disappointment. Squandered opportunity. Something that will inevitably come back to bite the team in the future, and sooner rather than later.
On Sunday, the aftermath of the Washington Redskins win versus the Packers was a perfect case study. The blind Super Bowl aspirations are back again for the honeymooners. And the restless critics used the second half as their primary ammunition.
In truth, no NFL game will ever be perfect; the only thing that is after each NFL game is the one-week record for the winner: 1-0. The Redskins came out of Week 3 at a perfect 1-0, but they did not do enough to silence the critics. Here are ways they can do just that.