Leaving home to go behind enemy lines always feels better when you have a two game win streak under your belt. The Redskins have continued to improve week to week, beating both New Orleans and Arizona after their loss to the Giants. Going into Dallas, the Redskins have 987 total offensive yards, 7 touchdowns, 6 sacks, 4 interceptions, and 2 forced fumbles.
However, a big part if the Redskin's win on Sunday, Jason Taylor, will be out for the game against the Cowboys. He was (unintentionally) kicked in the calf during the second quarter, and although he came out for a brief time, he finished the game on it. Said Taylor, "It was obviously more serious than I thought it was, I kind of blew it off as just a bruise and it ended up getting worse. I did finish the game with it, but I didn’t play very effectively. It was hurting." After the game, the injured calf swelled up, and early Monday morning, Taylor underwent a 20 minute long procedure to ensure that no nerve damage would occur further down the season.
Jim Zorn's comments about the situation were; "He’s going to be fine. Our problem is that he’ll miss the Dallas game. I can’t tell you beyond that." Taylor's backup, Demeteric Evans will most likely get the bulk of the playing time, but other players that could see action are Chris Wilson, Erasmus James and Rob Jackson. Taylors comments on the upcoming game were, "They have won before I was here, and they can win without me for sure. They can do it this week."
I Completely agree with him. This is usually very interesting, and usually close, and this year, the Redskins match up very well with the Cowboys. Shawn Springs is one of the only CB's that consistently matches up well with Terrell Owens, and our LB corps should do a good job on Witten, as they should be getting saftey help through out the game. I have quite a few keys to the game, so here they are.
1. Stop Marion Barber--- this guy is a beast. every NFL team he plays has trouble with him, and if the Redskins don't contain him, he could single handedly beat us. Short version: keep him under 100 yards rushing and don't let him rack up YAC (yards after contact).
2. Block for Portis--- Our O-Line has done a much better job of this our last two games. The result of that? Two wins. Keep this up and it will be three.
3. Disrupt Romo, Catch the Ball --- If he feels pressured, he WILL make mistakes. His mistakes are generally throwing it to the other team. Out secondary has to catch any of these easy ones.
4. DON'T KICK IT TO PACMAN!!!!!--- I realize not alot of teams are thinking about this when they go in to Dallas to face their high powered offense, but do not let Pacman Jones get a big punt return. Momentum is a killer.
Things that didn't make it on the list but should be considered:
-Jason Campbell has to take what the defense gives him, not make the mistake of forcing balls in to well covered recievers.
-Keep Romo from completing the deep ball. Make him take 5 yard passes.
-Get Cooley in the Endzone. You gotta get the ball to your playmakers, and they gotta get in the endzone. Only good things happen when Cooley gets the ball.
Final Prediction: Redskins win, 31-27
I am really looking forward to watching this game. It should be a good one.
Sources: nfl.com, redskins.com
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