This Sunday's game pitting the Washington Redskins against The New York Giants is one of those necessary big-boy games that reveals a lot about a team.
The 'skins have made it very clear that they can play with anyone, but that a lot of the time they have trouble with the elite teams in the league. Yes, they had a couple of nice wins in Dallas and in Philadelphia, but both of those teams appeared to be a little overrated. Now the Cowboys may have righted the ship and the once benched Donovan Mcnabb had a huge Thanksgiving day game in front of those hideous Philadelphis fans.
The Redskins now need to make their own statement. In 1991 when they couldn't beat the Giants in the previous few years to save their lives, they went into the Meadowlands 7-0 and everyone sensed a little doom and gloom to their nice season. They beat the Giants that day 17-13 and then they started to believe . The Giants came down to Washington a few weeks later and the 'skins took it to 'em 34-17. The doubt was gone and the season ended with a Super Bowl spanking of the Bills. I'm not necessarily saying that the 'skins are ready to win a Super Bowl, but this could be a statement game for a team with a talented young quarterback. They also need to protect their home field in general, and especially against their division rivals.
There would be no shame in losing to the Giants. I didn't believe in them even after they won the championship, but they have changed my mind and are clearly the class of the league. I have even come around on an Eli Manning that I was sure was going to always be Peyton's brother and maybe even the official black sheep of the family.
The Redskins have some winnable games coming up at home and on the road and and starting off the stretch run with a win against the best team in the NFL would be an excellent start and could be the catalyst for an excellent end to the season, and possibly a nice playoff run.
Those things would do wonders for an already up-and-coming quarterback going into next season.
Respectfully,
sportsdoc
Keywords: Jason Campbell, NFL Football, Washington Redskins
