I think that's a wrap on the 2010 season

For whatever reason, I was feeling good about the Redskins today. Unfounded optimism is not one of my known specialties, but I had a big dose of it this morning. Of course if I had known that Haynesworth was out, I wouldn't have been feeling it so much.

The 'Skins were doomed early on with some of the worst tackling I've seen since their last game. I've been hating on the 3-4 scheme Haslett is going with but it is putting players in a position to make tackles. The problem is that the first guy to the ball hardly ever makes the play.

Offensively this team is just a nightmare. Penalties, drops, sacks, turnovers - they do it all. They don't look as if they practice in between games. Maybe Allen Iverson is consulting them from Turkey.

So they are 5-7 and I don't think 9-7 will get them in to the postseason. Of course the chances of going 9-7 are pretty slim.

28: In each of their past two divisional games on the road, the Redskins have been down 28-0 at one point. That's not bad. It's awful.

Capture the flag: It looked like Mike Shannahan was about to challenge a clear fumble by McNabb until his son, Kyle, dove on the red flag. I've never seen that.

Ga-won't: I know it didn't really matter today but I never have ANY confidence that Gano will make a field goal when he trots on the field. He went 0-1 today at a windy Giants Stadium.

Road Trip: As recently as 2 weeks ago I gave serious thought to going to this game. I like to travel for road games and I love to check out new stadiums. I'm really glad that I'm not driving home right now. Really glad.

Sellers: He had a pretty huge drop when the game wasn't completely out of reach. I guess you can't get too upset when your fullback drops a pass. Mike did his best to make up for that drop by coming through with his patented move of hurdling over a defender that is trying to take out his legs. It never results in a lot of additional yardage but it looks pretty sick. Small victories in times like these.

Favre: Brett came to FedEx last weekend and didn't commit any horrible turnovers. He only played 3 snaps today and threw an interception. All I needed was one of those last Sunday to see a victory from some pretty good seats. Figures.