LANDOVER, Md. (AP) There seemed to be some critical scoreboard enjoying inside Washington Redskins locker room. A near-perfect online game coming from Robert Griffin I buoyed the hope on the staff which hadn't gained a house game with more than a month.
"Did Dallas lose?" right guard Kory Lichtensteiger requested a group regarding reporters.
In the Philadelphia Eagles locker room, it absolutely was exactly the same older exact old. The dropping skills experienced climbed to five games, accelerating your countdown towards that doable ending associated with Andy Reid's 14-year tenure as coach.
"I do not know how it could possibly obtain a lot worse," tight conclude Brent Celek said.
Sunday's interacting with regarding last location inside the NFC East still left your thick line involving your Redskins as well as Eagles. The 31-6 victory allows Washington (4-6) to be able to look as being a playoff contender for no less than several far more days, while Philadelphia (3-7) is usually bound that will expending six additional months long lasting almost endless inquiries about the potential of the franchise.
"We realized this kind of game below was likely to possibly be help make and also bust pertaining to just one with each of our teams," Washington linebacker London Fletcher said.
The Redskins' expectations keep on being intact mainly as a result of Griffin, who carried out 14 connected with 15 goes over pertaining to 200 yards, such as touchdown goes of 6, 49, 61 and 17 one particular throughout each one quarter. He additionally went twelve instances pertaining to 84 yards as well as had been for a second time serenaded along with chants associated with "RG3."
"I'm sick and tired of talking about Robert," mentioned Santana Moss, who seem to leaped somewhere between two defenders in addition to retaliated his way on the stop zone for any 61-yard report while in the third quarter. "Nothing's likely to change; Robert's about to continue right now there plus end up being special. That's the treasure in which he / she has, he has been a special guy. He delivers in which sorts of 'specialness.' I are not aware of if that's a word, but he or she provides it to our offense."
There has been another chant while in the finalized minutes, the actual familiar "We need Dallas!" The Redskins have a simple full week in advance of heading to Texas for your Thanksgiving take a look at on the Cowboys (5-5), who, with the way, ripped in two out the particular succeed throughout overtime against the Browns.
"If most of us acquired lost today, we're going towards that in the future using a complete several way of thinking of, hey, 'spoiler' might be fight to determine in the event the stars line up merely right," Lichtensteiger said. "But these days we've found a legitimate shot with all the means this particular dividing is perfect now. There's surely a opinion proper now."
That's a considerable ways on the affirmation Mike Shanahan produced immediately after a deprivation for you to Carolina, once the train really very much lost the battle about this postseason and talked about checking skills to get subsequent year. Shanahan has since transformed his tune in addition to says each sport the rest belonging to the means is similar to a playoff game.
"It appeared to be a game most people had to have," Shanahan explained Sunday. "We knew that."
The Redskins also finally located a formulation with regard to conquering a out of law school quarterback: force turnovers and have your personal rookie participate in better. The protection became a few takeaways along with four carriers when facing Nick Foles, the actual third-round select Arizona whom was doing their very first NFL start simply because Michael Vick is actually sidelined having a concussion.
Foles' very first commute lost having a go away tipped to DeAngelo Hall for an interception. Foles as well obtained picked about his following push whenever he used in to twice insurance coverage to safe practices Brandon Meriweather, exactly who made his or her time debut following not universally known the actual Redskins' earliest nine mmorpgs using your knee injury.
The acquire snapped that Redskins' remarkable eight-game dropping streak alongside rookie quarterbacks that will began inside 2006.
"That's the style of football we have already been wanting to play most year," explained Washington linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, which acquired a sack, a pressured fumble and also a fumble recovery. "And in particular with Philly aquiring a fresh quarterback, we sought to actually receive once him."
Still, the particular Eagles using Foles resembled the actual Eagles along with Vick: competent at moving that ball downfield, solely to own all the effort negated by means of turnovers, penalties plus a patchwork offensive line.
Philadelphia entered the sport with an NFC-worst minus-11 yield returns differential; it can be at this point minus-14. The Eagles committed nine fees and penalties with regard to 70 yards, as well as a set of first-quarter bogus starts by right defend Jake Scott, who may have happen to be using the group less than a week.
Foles, who made his or her NFL debut within elimination yesterday after Vick was injured, carried out 21 for 46 regarding 204 yards. LeSean McCoy acquired 15 carries for 45 back yards previous to being carted down in the final two seconds using a concussion.
"I you should not feeling your lack of focus," said Reid, that rejected to immediately resolution a question about his or her work security. "That's not exactly what I sense. I see these folks trying to play hard. I see these individuals centering inside during practice. At times, probably we could striving also hard."
NOTES: The Eagles have got their own best in-season dropping streak since dropping eleven in a very strip at the conclusion of 1994. . Griffin finished goes over to nine receivers as well as has solely three interceptions within 277 makes an attempt this specific season. Foles undoubtedly provides several in a mere 78 attempts. . Washington continue defeat your first year quarterback on Dec. 24, 2005, a 24-9 acquire over Ryan Fitzpatrick and also the actual St. Louis Rams. . Meriweather, exactly who were sidelined which includes a eventually left knee injury, injured his right knee within the 3rd quarter, although he's predicted to experience in opposition to Dallas. . Washington WR Pierre Garcon arrived originating from a feet injury plus found three passes for 5 various yards. . Penalties continue to be issues to get the particular Redskins: 13 with regard to 80 yards.
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