Results through week 10:

1.   Deadskins….97-47….67.36%

2.   TeeterSalad….96-48….66.67%

3.    Mursilis….94-50….65.28%

4.    DesertSkin….91-53….63.19%

        KazooSkinsFan….91-53….63.19%

6.   Hoss….89-55….61.80%

7.   jeremyroyce….88-56….61.11%

       VetSkinsFan….88-56….61.11%

9.   SkinsJock….87-57….60.42%

10.  TincoSkin….84-60….58.33%

11.  langleyparkjoe….81-63….56.25%

        REDEEMEDSKIN….81-63….56.25%

13.  tribeofjudah….79-65….54.86%

Please remember to have rest of picks entered by Saturday 9pm est or you will forfeit your picks.

Week 11 Picks:

Miami @ Carolina:  Carolina

Indianapolis @ Baltimore:  Indianapolis

Washington @ Dallas:  Washington

Cleveland @ Detroit:  Detroit

San Francisco @ Green Bay:  Green Bay

Buffalo @ Jacksonville:  Jacksonville

Pittsburgh @ Kansas City:  Pittsburgh

Seattle @ Minnesota:  Minnesota

Atlanta @ NY Giants:  NY Giants

New Orleans @ Tampa Bay:  New Orleans

Arizona @ St. Louis:  Arizona

San Diego @ Denver:  San Diego

NY Jets @ New England:  New England

Cincinatti @ Oakland:  Cincinatti

Philadelphia @ Chicago:  Philadelphia

Tennessee @ Houston:  Houston

MNF Tie-Breaker:  42

Clearly, he doesn’t understand.

Old Lenny is enamoured with Jason’s statistics… which, on their face, are impressive.  However, only an amature, who looks only at the statistics, would fall for that.  Hey, Lenny… have you actually watched him play? 

Len feels that, in the right system, Jason would flourish… hmmmm… as if he is the victim of circumstances, repeatedly trapping him into schemes that don’t match his skills…

Sooooo… kindly explain why he can almost never connect on deep passes when the opportunity arises.   Isn’t that, supposedly, one of his strengths?

Victim of circumstances my butt.   Joe Gibbs offense was tailor made for a tall, mobile QB with a cannon arm.  Look at the quarterbacks who succeeded… most had less “talent” than JC appears to have… yet, Mark Rypien, Doug Williams, and to some extent, Jay Schroeder and Stan Humphries could manage games and WIN in the Gibbs system.  Rypien and Williams both won Super Bowls… and, on paper, both were less talented.

There’s more here… and the tired “wrong system” excuse is just that… tired.

Clearly, Len has never watched anything other than a Jason Campbell highlight film… that must have included all 3 of the passes he has completed over 30 yards in his career… probably from multiple angles.

Campbell throws the most uncatchable ball in the NFL. Too hot. Too flat. too far. Too short. Way in front. Way behind. No touch. How many times have we seen a wide open S Moss struggling to catch up to that deep pass, that either leads him out of bounds, or is 4 yards too deep… or he has to turn around for, giving the defender the time to catch up and either defend the pass, or make the tackle? He can’t read a defense. He doesn’t see coverages. He isn’t allowed to audible, because when he does, he invariably makes a call into the teeth of the defense.

We lose by an average of less than 3 points… which means that there have been many opportunities for “game winning drives.” Yet, how often has he orchestrated one?

As usual, Lenny is clueless.  A quarterback is more than the sum of his statistics.

Admittedly, Campbell does not have the strongest supporting cast.  His offensive line is, well, offensive.  Many have provided that as the primary excuse for his inability to live up to expectations… so, why was he so frequently missing wide open receivers last week, when he was rarely harrassed, and had plenty of time?

I will not argue that the Zorn version of the WCO does not play to Campbell’s strengths.  The problem is, Gibbs offense offered plenty of vertical opportunities for Campbell to shine… and he didn’t.   Zorn’s offense also offers plenty of vertical opportunities… most have been missed.  It’s just time to stop pretending that Jason is a franchise quarterback.  He simply isn’t, and he won’t be.

For most of his carreer, I was one of those providing cover for Jason.  I can’t do it anymore.  Len Pastarelli is wrong.  He needs to look beyond the stats.  He needs to look at game trends.  Jason’s trend is… medium.  He is clearly a great young man, with excellent character, and a strong work ethic.  Unfortunately, as has been noted many times… he just doesn’t have “IT”. 

I would LOVE to be wrong on this.  Jason Campbell deserves to be a winner.  I would thoroughly enjoy eating my words, and celebrating Jason’s multiple championship efforts and victories.  Unfortunately, Medium does not win games.   “IT” does.

In this PC crazed society, many grown-ups were either never taught that lessen, or have long since forgotten in favor of litigation and legislation.

The Supreme Court recently declined to review the case of Harjo vs. Pro-Football inc. At issue for the highest court in the land was not whether or not the term “Redskin” is offensive, but whether or not the plaintiffs waited too long to bring the case. (Supreme Court rejects ‘Skins Logo Case)

Now I have argued the merits of whether or not the team name is offensive or not in an article I wrote a little over a year ago. (Redskins: Racism or Easy Target?)

Here’s the summary; I’m a nerd.

For the sake of this argument, that’s what I’m calling myself. I wear it with pride. I wear t-shirts with video game logos, and love to talk sports and video games with anybody that comes along. I will bore you to death with my opinions on which is the best racing game to come out for the Xbox 360 this year (Dirt 2) or what I think the Washington Capitals should do when facing their next opponent.

Now keep in mind; ”Nerd” is what I am choosing to call myself. I am not encouraging you to refer to anybody else by that connotation, but you can refer to me as one all you like.

Now you may be like me. You may think that Dirt 2 really is the best Xbox 360 racer to come out this year (it is, trust me), and you may agree with many of the things I think about when it comes to sports. You might not. You may have similar emotions but feel that Forza 3 is the best racer, and may hate the Capitals.

You wouldn’t automatically assume that because I call myself a nerd, that you are also a nerd by proxy, would you?

You may not like it when people call you a nerd; maybe that’s what the bullies called you in high school as they dunked your head into a flushing toilet. You may have deep rooted emotional distress over being called such a thing, but your automatic response isn’t to be insulted by what I call myself, is it?

Of course not; you don’t care how I refer to myself. Why would you? For that matter, you may even agree that yes, I am a nerd.

Now some people might say, well, why wouldn’t they be offended?

These people who think this way have probably never had their heads dunked into a flushing toilet. They may not know what it is like to have people say and do hurtful things to you based on your being different than they are.

The reason they wouldn’t care (for all you “dry-heads” out there) is because there is not intent to malign. I don’t call myself a nerd to be hateful of others. I don’t dunk my own head in the toilet while I call myself such things. I wear it with pride.

Nerds are generally considered “smart.” These brainacs may be socially inept, but they can put together electronic devices (computers, entertainment center components, etc.) in their sleep. They live to pwn noobs in online computer games where they live supreme; taking vengeance on the jocks and bullies who would, in real life, torment them physically.

As far as nerds go, I’m not even the biggest nerd. There are people far “nerdier” than I am. They are smarter, better with computers, and routinely pwn me while playing video games.

It would be ridiculous to conjure up some sort of “implied” offense meant on my part, by what I choose to call myself, because I wouldn’t intend to be derogatory in my own “self labeling”.

If Susan Harjo walked up to me and called herself a “cracker,” I wouldn’t be offended; I’d laugh, if I’m being honest. Even if it was obvious that she was indirectly trying to refer to me. I would think that was the most ridiculous way to attempt an insult I have ever heard, and trust me, I’ve heard them all.

The fact is that the team name “Redskins” was NEVER meant to disparage anyone, and Harjo knows it. She wants the court to conjur up images of brutally mangled bodies with the tops of their heads removed and exchanged for profit.

At no time does the team, or it’s fans re-enact, or attempt to imply that the name means any of that stuff. As a matter of fact, the team has a very negative opinion about “scalping” and strongly discourage it’s practice.

The logo isn’t showing a freshly scalped “injun” but a stoic, brave warrior. The fans and supporters of this team think of exactly what the original team owner thought of when he named the team; a group of fiercly devoted warriors to be respected and often feared.

Even if Mrs. Harjo get’s her day in court with her new barely-pubescent “plaintiffs” she’s going to lose.

She may have an argument that when used in a certain way, the term “redskin” can be very offensive. Such as if a bully were calling her that as he was dunking her head in a flushing toilet.

Unfortunately for her case, it can be found to mean other things that aren’t derogatory, much like shovels can still be called spades without intending offense to anyone because they refer to the shape of the shovel head. Those that are offended by such a thing choose to take offense.

The courts can’t control what people choose to be offended by. There is no way they can determine how, and to what level you were offended. What they can determine is the intent to offend by the perceived offender. You’ll notice there are no laws referring to “offensive smells” and that pornography laws define specifically what is pornographic without determining what is “offensive”.

The courts have danced around this issue because they know they cannot determine what is offensive. That’s why they referred to the statute of limitations on the recent case between Susan Harjo and Pro-Football Inc. Once you start regulating what is, or could be perceived as offensive, then you open up a whole new world where anybody can sue anybody for anything as long as they show that it was possible for them to be offended.

Some nerd could sue me for not conceding that Forza 3 is a much better Xbox game than Dirt 2 based on the fact that my loyalty to Dirt 2 offends his sensibilities. He could then sue me for referring to myself as a nerd, because he had a traumatic experience in high-school involving a restroom setting and has required years of therapy just to cope with hearing the word. Simultaneously, he could sue Willy Wonka, were he so inclined for their candies with the same name. He could certainly sue me for referring to him as a nerd; he could practically do that now.

He could then argue that Harjo vs. Pro-Football inc sets the precedence of allowing one to seek damages by showing how they could be so offended, even if no offense was intended.

The courts are already clogged up with enough senseless litigation; they will never open themselves up to the deluge of “perceived offense” cases.

Mrs. Harjo can continue her attempts, but in the end, it is only a matter of time before a court finally tells her she doesn’t have a case, and strikes out on appeal.

Would have been nice for all of us, if they had done so already…

Carlos was a little sensitive after the game:

“I gave up the first one. It was a double-move. After that I didn’t play no more. After that, it was on whoever it was. I really didn’t pay attention.”

You really didn’t pay attention? For real?

Now I may not have played professional football, but in any team sport that I have ever played, we paid attention. Having been a fairly decent soccer player, there were very few instances where I was actually taken out of a game – and I hated every one of those instances – but not ONCE did I ever not support my teammates.

This is coming from a guy in a contract year? Seriously, what a brain dead move.

Redskin fans know very well that Rogers is more of a number two guy than a number one guy, but more because of a lack of consistency than anything else. There have been periods in Carlos’ tenure that he has been exemplary in the secondary; and then other times where he has been a ghost. Unfortunately the thing that he has been most consistent with, is his inability to catch a ball.

Consider that Rogers is only an unrestricted free agent in 2010 if the Collective Bargaining Agreement is extended – otherwise, he’s a restricted free agent. Perhaps he is trying to guarantee that no matter what type of free agent he is – he won’t be in Washington in 2010. He practically said as much on Sunday:

“I didn’t really worry about it, and I’m not really going to think about it. I ain’t even going to think about no future here.”

Awesome attitude Carlos. I’m sure that teams will be lining up like lambs at the slaughter for a cornerback with a pariah personality, and the hands of a snake. Perhaps someone could get ‘Los’ a piece of humble pie for him to enjoy on the bench in Dallas – while he’s not really paying attention.

If his intent was to make sure that the Redskins have NO interest in retaining his services for next year – then he’s probably going about it in the right way; but if he spends the rest of the year on the bench, he might be hard-pressed to get a contract offer of any worth.

Jim Zorn and Jerry Gray haven’t announced what they’ll do at CB against the Cowboys yet; they’re expected to make an announcement later this week. Fred Smoot filled in last week, and filled in well. Justin Tryon is playing better and better, and the Redskins also have 2009 draft pick Kevin Barnes to work into the equation. On paper, Rogers might look better than all of the incumbents; but sometimes, you have to make personnel decisions that are good for the team as a unit. In my opinion, the time is now to find the players on the existing roster that want to continue to be Washington Redskins.

At this point – the ONLY value in getting Rogers back out there is to create some kind of trade value for him. If the CBA isn’t extended and Carlos is a restricted free agent, then someone is going to have to see some value in him to give up compensation to the Redskins.

Time to sit or get off the pot.

I’m still in disbelief.

Saturday night was dreary, not quite raining, cold and the Caps had just lost to the Devils. I braced myself for another awful loss to a team that started off well (Denver went 5-0 to start the season), and was looking to rebound on the most charitable team in the NFL; the Washington Redskins (giving up more wins to winless teams than any other team in the league).

I slept in a little Sunday morning, and as I got dressed, I selected my Dexter Manley jersey from my closet. I’ve taken a lot of flak for still wearing jerseys on Fridays and game-days with the ‘Skins doing so poorly, but tradition is tradition.

As I moved to the front of the house, I realized the sun was out. I hadn’t seen the sun in four days. I’m not usually a big fan of the sun, but after four days of miserable drizzly rain, it was nice to have a break. I went outside and realized it was actually warm. Like mid-70’s warm.

If the ‘Skins were going to lose, at least it was going to be a nice day.

I settled in to watch pre-game on ComcastSportsnet. It’s become harder to watch as, well, the ‘Skins haven’t really done much worth talking about, and these guys have an hour and a half to fill. Who wants to watch an hour and a half of speculation about where things went wrong for this team this year? How many interviews with players talking about how hard they are working, and how disappointed they are in their team’s performance can you watch before your eyes begin to bleed?

Dan Snyder announced that morning that signs were going to be allowed in FedEx again (2 hours before game time when most people were already at the park) and the focus turned to this week’s patch-work offensive line combination.  The news wasn’t any better as the team added a new guy to play the most important position on the line (left tackle) and moved Stephon Heyer (who had been struggling at both sides) back to the right tackle, next to Chad Rinehart who had been struggling in every game he played.

The Washington Post Live guys practically giggled at their witty predictions picking Denver to win big with the ‘Skins who would only score their maximum 17-points (the most they had scored in any single game all season).

The game started off with the Redskins blowing coverage and leaving Brandon Marshall wide open in the end zone. The guy could have made a pot of coffee while he waited for the ball to land easily in his hands with no defenders anywhere close; Broncos 7, Redskins nothing.

The Redskins’ first possession was a 12-play, 78-yard drive that led to a touchdown when Campbell connected with Yoder in the end zone. “Well that’s different” I said to myself, “the Redskins never score a touchdown in the first quarter”; Redskins 7, Broncos 7.

Denver get’s the ball back, and again, the Redskins forget about Brandon Marshall and leave him running down the sideline 75-yards for the touchdown with nobody close to him. “Damnit”; Broncos 14, Redskins 7.

“This is going to be a long game if the Redskins don’t figure out how to cover him,” I say to my wife; both of us have resigned ourselves to the ultimate fate that the Redskins will lose this game.

Second Quarter; fourth down for the Redskins and the field goal unit goes out on the field to try a 53 yard attempt. Zorn quickly calls a time-out, obviously upset about something as he flings his clipboard down to the ground. “It’s fourth and short,” I say to my wife, “we’re too close to punt, and too far for Suisham’s leg, they might as well go for it. Worst case is they turn it over at the 35.”

My wife, being smarter than I, pointed out that even if they punted it out of the end zone, the 20 is better than the 35.

The game comes back from commercial and the team is lining up for a 53 yard field goal attempt. My wife and I both become highly critical of this play-call. Go for it, or punt; Suisham will never make this.

Suddenly, Suisham lines up as a gunner as the team switches up into a punt formation. Denver begins to panic. They were lined up for a field goal block. They start changing their play to punt return when the Redskins snap the ball. Mike Sellers tears down the sideline all by himself, and Hunter Smith airs the ball out 35 yards to hit Sellers at the five and he dives in for the score! Unbelievable! The Redskins have scored another touchdown and tied the game!

Denver marches down the field 18 plays, 82 yards before the half, but can’t punch it into the end zone. On third down, Brian Orakpo lands on Kyle Orton awkwardly, and he limps off the field as Denver gets the go-ahead field goal.

My wife and I are waiting for the Broncos to drop the hammer in the second half. Washington get’s the ball first and does nothing with it. They punt it away. “They’re sending in Chris Simms!” I say.

“We victimized him in the playoffs back when he was with Tampa,” my wife responds, starting to get excited, “bring it!”

Simms never gets anything going, and for the the third quarter, it looks like the Redskins aren’t going to either. My wife’s father calls after the Redskins fail to convert on fourth down (with a stretch play to Rock Cartwright that loses yards) for a “WTF was that!” moment with his daughter.

The Redskins do manage to tie the game halfway through the fourth quarter when Suisham nets a 30 yard field goal. “How big is that failed fourth down now?” my wife asks rhetorically.

It’s still anybody’s game until Ladell Betts finally caps off a 60-yard drive with a one-yard touchdown push into the end zone. The ‘Skins have finally taken the lead by more than three points! Denver has just under three minutes to tie the game, they must score a touchdown and we are standing as we watch the final minutes tick by.

I’m waiting for the defense to give up the “big play” they always do when the team takes a lead, but it never comes.

Denver goes for it on 4^th and 10 from their own 27, and the pass is incomplete to Brandon Marshall. The Redskins push the ball back to Denver’s 18 and Suisham nets a 35-yarder to put the game 10-points out of reach with 1:10 remaining.

They did it! The Redskins actually won a game against an opponent with a winning record! They won a game they were supposed to lose! They vicariously beat the Cowboys who had lost to this same Denver team earlier in the year. They restored hope to a city that was tearing itself apart!

We, like I’m sure most of you, tuned in to watch the Cowboys get nearly shut out by Green Bay. You can almost hear the chants of “we want Dallas” as the ‘Skins enter “Dallas Week.”

For six days at least, there is something that has been missing around Washington for a long time…there is hope!

I’m wearing Art Monk as my victory jersey today, and I’m wearing him proudly.

I want Dallas!

Go ‘Skins!

The Caps even missed the services of Mike Green for a couple of those games, and didn’t miss a beat.

The injury bug finally caught up with them when Mike Knuble was injured Friday night and absent from Saturday’s game in New Jersey.

Knuble hasn’t been the prolific scorer that Ovechkin is, but he’s a hard worker. He wears down opponents.  He finds the open slots, controls and moves the puck well, and if he sees a few inches of daylight, he’ll score on you.

The Caps still got good pressure on New Jersey. I don’t want to take anything away from the team. They fought hard against a rested New Jersey team, and a future hall-of-fame netminder in Marty Brodeur, but they missed Knuble who plays well from in front of the crease gobbling up rebounds for either redistribution, or second chance attempts.

Hopefully he feels better soon; and with that, let’s get to some recapping.

Wednesday, November 11^th, vs. NY Islanders – :08 seconds in and the Caps were up 1-0 thanks to Alex Semin. Six minutes later the Caps were down 3-1 and Jose Theodore was replaced by Semyon Varlamov. A period and a half later, the Caps were up 4-3, and with less than three minutes left in regulation, the Islanders tied the game on the power-play and forced overtime. After a scoreless overtime period, the game came down to a shootout. The Caps elected to shoot first. After the obligatory three rounds, both teams had scored a goal. With each stop of a Caps’ shot, it put all the pressure on Varlamov, as the Islanders could end the game with their next goal. Verizon Center was on it’s feet, and in the 11^th round it was Chris Clark that finally put the pressure on New York when he scored. Semyon held his team’s fate in his glove literally as he caught New York’s final shot and ended the game with a big win and a big grin! Washington would win 5-4.

The goal that tied the record – Alex Semin’s goal in the first :08 seconds tied a Caps record for the fastest first goal of a game that dates back to March 14^th, 1987.

Note to the fans – Shootout goals do not count for season stats or hat-tricks. Alex Semin’s goal during the shoot-out was in fact the third time he had put a puck in the net, but it doesn’t count as a “hat-trick.” This can actually have the unintended consequence of icing your own goalie, as he waits nervously while all the hats are cleaned up off the ice. Thankfully; it didn’t take long for the hats to be cleared, and I think Varlamov has ice in his veins.

The Goalie of record – After giving up three goals in the game’s first six minutes, Jose Theodore was given the night off. When Alex Semin tied the game at 3 early in the 2^nd period, it became Varlamov’s game to lose. He played 57 minutes (including OT) and stopped 25 of 26 shots surrendering his only goal while NY was on the power-play. Words cannot accurately convey how spectacular he was in the shoot-out.

Friday, November 13^th, vs. Minnesota – Coming into Verizon off a tough shootout loss in Tampa, the Minnesota Wild should have been exhausted. They started off strong outshooting the Caps 7-1 in the first half of the first period, but after that it was all Washington who outshot Minnesota 32-9 over the next period and a half. Cal Clutterbuck, who torched Washington last season for two goals, got his third against the home team as he put Minnesota on the board first just 1:31 into the second period. It was the first time in eight games that Washington hadn’t notched the game’s first goal. Defenders Mike Green and Brian Pothier scored two for the Caps to put them back on top and it was Brooks Laich with the empty netter that put the game out of reach. Minnesota would fall 3-1.

Varly is Gnarly – Varlamov stopped 55 of 57 shots in the 117 minutes he played this week. He is now 11-1-1 in regular season games, and 7-1-0 this season. He has a .912 save percentage and a 2.67 goals against average in his games this year.

On the bright side – The loss of Mike Knuble comes just as the Caps are about to welcome back Alex Ovechkin. This should leave room on the roster for the Caps latest call-up, Mathieu Perreault. In Perreault’s six games he has 2 goals and 3 assists and a 22% shooting percentage.

Saturday, November 14^th, @ New Jersey – Washington entered New Jersey tied for first place in the Eastern conference. Washington was riding a four game winning streak; New Jersey had won their last eight straight. Just as the game was five minutes old, the Caps had a 2-0 lead; unfortunately it would be all New Jersey from there. Bruce Boudreau was looking for his 100^th career victory but would have to wait a little longer as he watched New Jersey score five unanswered goals over the next 38 minutes. Washington, who had played pretty disciplined hockey over their last four victories, began to come apart as they pressed for answer goals. The Caps gave up several odd-man breaks, breakaway goals, and started committing penalties that greatly hindered their come-back effort. In the end, the Caps fell 5-2 and slipped to second in the Eastern Conference.

Random Scoring Stats – For the fourth time this season, the Caps scored on their first shot of the game. For the first time the season, the Caps found themselves down by as many as three goals.

Reaching a milestone – Caps’ Captain Chris Clark played his 500^th game Saturday night.

Coming Up – The Caps are hanging around in Jersey waiting for their matchup Tuesday versus the Rangers. Then they come back for a Friday night game versus the Canandiens, and immediately head to Toronto to face former Caps Coach Ron Wilson and his struggling Maple Leafs.

New York is always a tough opponent for Washington, especially in New York, but it is looking like the Caps are going to get some high powered help with the return of Ovechkin. Having a few days off before facing Montreal should help the Caps, but the overnight flight to Toronto could make that game a little more even than it would be ordinarily.

If I’m Coach Boudreau, I start Varlamov versus New York and Montreal, and give him a break Saturday by starting Theodore versus the Leafs.

All in all, it’s been a good week for the Caps, but now I’m off to write a ‘Skins blog as they finally put together a game to be proud of this week!

C-A-P-S Caps! Caps! Caps!

On Friday night, after falling behind in the second minute of the first period, the Bears went on a four-goal run and then hung on nip Norfolk, 5-3. BEARS NIP NORFOLK

On Saturday night, the Bears bested Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, pounding out a 3-1 win, in a physical battle against the pesky Penguins. BEARS BRUISE PENS

With this weekend’s wins, the first place Bears broadened the gap in the standings, and they currently enjoy a six point cushion over the WB/S Penguins and the Albany River Rats.

In related news out of Chocolatetown, former “mayor” of Hershey, Dean Arsene received his first ever call up to the Edmonton Oilers. MAYOR WINS ANOTHER ELECTION

For all of your up-to-date information and video on the Bears, visit JohnWaltonHockey.com

It Was Over When:
Shaun Suisham kicked a field goal with 1:10 left to play, to go up by 10.

Game Ball:
Levi Jones, who anchored the left side of the line, and looked phenomenal in his debut. Ladell Betts gets to share that ball though.

Key Statistic:
18 carries for 91 yards for Betts in the second half. Check out By The Numbers for all of the interesting statistics.

Game Recaps:

NFL.com
CNNSI.com
Redskins.com
Fox Sports

Highlight Videos at NFL.com

Check out our message board threads from during the game, and the post-game discussions.

Ten Longest Plays for Washington Redskins:
4-20-DEN 35 (6:39) (Field Goal formation) H.Smith pass deep left to M.Sellers for 35 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Field Goal formation switched to Shotgun, direct snap to #3 (Smith)
3-3-DEN 32 (4:37) J.Campbell pass short right to D.Thomas to DEN 5 for 27 yards (T.Law).
3-4-WAS 15 (2:06) (Shotgun) J.Campbell pass deep right to A.Randle El pushed ob at WAS 41 for 26 yards (C.Bailey).
1-10-DEN 29 (8:11) J.Campbell pass short right to F.Davis to DEN 5 for 24 yards (A.Davis).
1-10-DEN 43 (8:06) J.Campbell pass short middle to Q.Ganther to DEN 25 for 18 yards (B.Dawkins).
1-10-DEN 47 (14:24) L.Betts left tackle to DEN 29 for 18 yards (T.Law).
2-9-WAS 35 (15:00) (Shotgun) J.Campbell pass short middle to M.Kelly to DEN 47 for 18 yards (R.Hill).
1-10-WAS 44(9:33) R.Cartwright left end to DEN 39 for 17 yards (B.Dawkins).
2-7-WAS 44 (8:51) J.Campbell scrambles right end to DEN 43 for 13 yards (W.Woodyard).
2-2-WAS 40 (8:33) L.Betts left end to DEN 49 for 11 yards (C.Bailey).

Ten Longest Plays for Denver Broncos:
1-10-DEN 25 (3:46) K.Orton pass deep middle to B.Marshall for 75 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
3-11-WAS 40(12:56) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass deep left to B.Marshall for 40 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
1-10-DEN 33 (14:53) K.Moreno right end to WAS 39 for 28 yards (C.Rogers, A.Carter).
2-20-DEN 29 (11:00) K.Moreno right end to DEN 47 for 18 yards (J.Tryon, R.Doughty).
3-3-DEN 18 (5:15) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short middle to B.Stokley to DEN 33 for 15 yards (R.Doughty, J.Tryon).
2-10-WAS 47(2:41) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short right to E.Royal to WAS 34 for 13 yards (D.Hall).
3-9-WAS 33 (1:55) (Shotgun) K.Orton pass short middle to T.Scheffler to WAS 21 for 12 yards (R.Doughty).
2-7-DEN 43 (10:03) K.Moreno left end to WAS 46 for 11 yards (R.Doughty).
1-10-DEN 33 (4:32) K.Moreno up the middle to DEN 43 for 10 yards (R.Doughty, R.McIntosh). WAS-R.Doughty was injured during the play.
1-10-DEN 40 (6:32) K.Orton pass short right to T.Scheffler to DEN 49 for 9 yards (D.Hall).

Noteworthy:
The 27 points by the Redskins was the most that they have scored since week 2 of 2008… Jason Campbell was a perfect 9 of 9 in the second half… Suisham is now 12-for-12 on field goals the season… Broncos failed to capitalize on WR Brandon Marshall catching 40- and 75-yard touchdowns on Denver’s first two possessions…

TE- Chris Cooley

RB- Clinton Portis

CB- Kevin Barnes

LB- Robert Henson

DT- Anthony Montgomery

FB- Eddie Williams

T- Mike Williams

DE- Renaldo Wynn

Enjoy regardless!

THN: What did Coach Bugel and Coach Zorn get across to the offensive line and the team, respectively, at halftime? Reportedly Zorn was passionate with what he said at halftime, which is contrary to his usual style of talking to the players.

AC: I didn’t hear what was said during halftime. All I saw was an offense move the ball very well in the 2nd half.

THN: During Zorn’s Monday press conference, Landry is going to be considered to move back to his natural position of strong safety, a move which has been wanted by a lot of people for a while. Do you feel him being at free safety has hindered his talents at all? How would being moved to strong safety help him?

AC: I feel LaRon has performed to the best of his ability. He is a playmaker and a hard hitting safety. I am sure adjustments needed to made due to the injuries we have on the team.

THN: Coach Zorn said that the idea of signing Larry Johnson will be discussed at further length later today (Monday) and was already discussed a little bit this (Monday) morning. Based on the Redskins injury situation and Larry Johnson’s personal and professional situation, would you welcome him in the locker room?

AC: I welcome anyone who loves the game and is willing to win.

THN: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/11/inside_the_sideline_melee.html
Dan Steinberg broke down the sideline melee pretty well in the link posted above. What happened in that situation and do you think it was justified that the Redskins were flagged twice on that play and the Falcons did not get flagged?

AC: I didn’t see it. All I know is that LaRon and Hall did their best to get off of Atlanta’s sideline.

THN: DeAngelo Hall is still missing big tackles, this time on Turner’s final touchdown run. Has anyone talked to him about being more physical and wrapping up?

AC: He is doing his best. That’s all we ask.