Peter King on the 'Skins

[ntotoro]

From his "Ten Things I Think I Think:"

5. I think when we look back on this season one of the special things about it will be how Washington played after the shooting death of Sean Taylor. That was no flukey win against the Giants on Sunday night. The Redskins got very little out of Todd Collins (8-for-25, with no touchdowns or interceptions), making his first start in 10 years, but they did get a strong, 126-yard performance from Clinton Portis and will have a good chance to make the playoffs if they can win at Minnesota next week. "We're thrilled," Washington coach Joe Gibbs said. "I told our players that they're taking me for a ride." Players often say after a tragedy like the Taylor death that they're playing for their late friend. But it's becoming remarkable that the Redskins lose their quarterback (Jason Campbell) to a knee injury and their best defensive player (Taylor) and play better than they have in weeks. Whatever is happening here, somehow, the 'Skins are playing their best football of what had been a disappointing season, and it's an inspirational thing to watch.

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[redman]

"You know [Peter], just when I think you couldn't be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!"

[Santana_Fan]

Thanks for that post, that was cool to read.

[LD0506]

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[WhoRUSupposed2Be]

"You know [Peter], just when I think you couldn't be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!"

I share those same exact sentiments. There is something about this team that imposes it will upon oponents.

[redman]

Wow, but eff him anyway....

It bothers me to think that thousands of people die every day from senseless accidents and none of them are him.

Don't be a donkey. Thanks.

[praise_gibbs]

Wow.

Don't you just hate when someone you can't stand says something you agree with and like? You want to hate PK but, he then writes something like this.

Nice tidbit.

[gortiz]

"You know [Peter], just when I think you couldn't be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!"

you my friend just wrote a funny thing ... good work!

I can see that sloppy high five in my head

[CallMeGreen]

He's mostly right about CP's performance. He played "his heart out" and made some fantastic highlight reel blocks. I think some of the credit on a couple of longer runs also should go to the play-calling and line blocking.

He's being a bit harsh on Collins IMO. Looking purely at the 8 completions doesn't do his efforts justice. He made some key plays, did a good job selling those "shotgun draws" and made very few mistakes. As Madden said (and TC later himself), he managed the game well.

[LD0506]

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[#98QBKiller]

Wow, but eff him anyway....

It bothers me to think that thousands of people die every day from senseless accidents and none of them are him.

Huh? That was a great write-up on the team.

[Jimbo]

I've done a 180 on Petey ever since he jumped on the Art Monk for the HOF bandwagon. This just helps his case that much more. He's a kinder, gentler Petey these days.

Now if we can just lock in Dr. Z then Art might have a chance.

[praise_gibbs]

Now if we can just lock in Dr. Z then Art might have a chance.

Mills or Monk?

[chrisxcore]

That was a nice thing to read... can't help but get the feeling like something special is happening to this team as of late.

Playoffs or no playoffs, they've come together incredibly these last few difficult weeks. Gotta respect that they've been able to go on playing after losing ST and it's nice to see we're getting at least a little respect around the league.

[LD0506]

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