NFC East Showdown

Monday Night Football gave us a showdown between NFC East rivals, the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles. Luckily, one offense actually showed up. The Skins took the cream out of Philly’s Twinkie late Monday night by managing to put together successful offensive drives that actually led to touchdowns. This was something that Philly couldn’t muster. Donovan McNabb looked trigger-happy, rocketing passes over receivers, behind receivers, into the dirt, etc… It was brutal. The sweet irony of football hit the Eagles Monday Night. They actually out-gained the Redskins 340-337, yet still fell 20-12 in final score. The Eagle offense was only able to get David Akers into kicking range four times, not once crossing the goalline. The Redskins, conversely, scored twice, once on a throw from Jason Campbell to Chris Cooley, and the second on a Clinton Portis touchdown run. Philly’s defense didn’t look imposing and the offense was sputtering. The real problem: Philadelphia has no premier receivers. The second problem: Donovan McNabb shaved his head, which means no fro-magic for him. Without the fro-magic, I don’t trust him. So, the Eagles dropped to 0-2 on the season, getting booed heartily from the home crowd and the Redskins (yeah, it’s shocking) are 2-0 and tied for first place in the NFC East with…

The Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys have put up 82 points over the first two weeks of NFL play. Not bad. Unfortunately, they have also allowed 55 points, but victories are victories and Dallas has two of them. Tony Romo has been a fantasy god, with 6 TDs and only one INT, putting up a passer rating of 119.3. TO has lived up to his own self-proclaimed hype and started the season with 3 TDs. So, the Cowboys are shining bright in the division, what about those Giants? Eh… not so good. Deny Manning and the bunch have suffered back-to-back losses to Dallas and Green Bay. Unfortunately for them, they meet the undefeated Redskins in Week 3, so feasibly, Washington could be 3-0, leaving the Giants 0-3, with two division losses after Week 3. Fun things to look forward to for Manning, Coughlin, and the rest of the bunch, most of who are injured.

All in all, the NFC East is only a shadow of what it once was. Dallas will probably come out ahead this year, though if Washington can put together wins like they have, who knows?