Washington Redskins: Gut Check Time for a Battered Team

November 22, 2010   ·   Josh McCain   ·   Jump to comments

Before the Washington Redskins took the field in Nashville, Tenn. to play the Titans, they were already down two key players: safety LaRon Landry and cornerback Carlos Rogers.
With those two key players injured and a porous 'Skins defense having to face Vince Young, Chris Johnson and Randy Moss, I thought the Redskins (especially after last Monday night) had zero chance at winning.
The Redskins would go on to lose seven more players including running backs Clinton Portis and Chad Simpson, linebackers Lorenzo Alexander and Rocky Macintosh and a host of others across the offensive line.
The latter caused for great concern given the fact that the starting bunch has done a terrible job at pass protection, as well as run blocking.
All of this could have easily spelled doom for the Redskins, but like the remaining three quarters of the Monday Night Football game, the players didn't give up.
They played hard and when the game was on the line in there first possession ...

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