TO needs to keep his mouth shut!

Yesterday was a great day for the faithful of Redskin's Nation. Going into hated Dallas and completely dominating from time of possession to rushing yards to just being tougher than every single Cowboy. The Redskins popped Dallas smack in their face and the Cowboys were too scared to answer back. Ever since the Seattle playoff game last two years ago for the Cowboys, you know the game where Tony Romo mishandled the snap on a potential game winning field goal, any time the going gets tough for the Cowboys, they crawl into a cave and quiver. We saw it last year when the Giants marched into Dallas for a second round game and manhandled the 'Boys; and we saw it again yesterday. Dallas doesn't like street brawls, which unfortuantely for them, they play in a division where every game is a street brawl. But I digress. Back to TO.

After yesterday's game, TO, in his press conference complained that Dallas wasn't giving him enough oppurtunities to make plays, that not enough balls were thrown his way. He obviously wasn't watching the same game the rest of the nation was. Out of 58 offensive plays, TO was involved in 19 of them (17 throws, 2 runs). That's over 1/3 of the total plays. Are you kidding me TO?! If anything, offensive coordinator Jason Garrett called way too many plays for TO. It looked like Dallas was trying to force the ball to TO.

What I noticed was Shawn Springs smacking TO in the face and TO giving up and either being lazy and not finishing routes or just flat dropping balls. Maybe that's the culture down in Dallas, giving up. Don't get me wrong, he is one hell of a player, but he is a cancer to any locker room and the sooner he learns to stop talking, the better he will be and the better off Dallas will be. So you know what TO, keep talking, and I can't wait to see the Cowboys crash and burn again in the playoffs.

First year head coach Jim Zorn seems to have righted the ship that is the Washington Redskins offense. After an abysmal performance in week one against the New York Giants and a less than stellar first half against the Saints in week two, Zorn has the offense clicking on all cylinders heading into an NFC East showdown with Dallas this upcoming weekend. Jason Campbell is coming into his own as he is only one of three quarterbacks to not throw an interception this season. Clinton Portis and Santana Moss are both in the top ten in the NFL is rushing and receiving yardage respectively. And most importantly, the Redskins have shown that big play ability that they lacked under the Joe Gibbs regime. Zorn has shown a knack for keeping the opposing defenses off guard with timely and unpredictable play calling and it seems the Redskins are finally beginning to grasp his West Coast schemes. While it is still early and with a couple monster games looming on the horizon against the Cowboys and Eagles, things are looking up for these ‘Skins.

Let me throw some stats at you. Jason Campbell is completing 65.6% of his passes for 647 yards, 4 tds, and ZERO interceptions for a 100.1 QB rating. But in the 4th quarter, in crunch time, Campbell is 23 for 32, for 331 yards,which for those at home without a calculator is 71.9% completion percentage, 2 tds, and a spectacular 125.9 QB rating. That right there, folks, is what you call clutch. It really seems like the young quarterback is starting to figure this league out. Lets hope Coach Zorn continues to trust Campbell and allow him to take his shots down field, because so far, it has worked out.

The Ryder Cup starts up tomorrow at Valhalla Country Club in Kentucky and the Europeans are the overwhelming favorites. No one is giving the Americans even the slightest chance to win. The Americans don't have the best player in the world, Tiger Woods, six of the Americans have never participated in the Ryder Cup, and this is considered the weakest American team ever put together. Despite all those reasons, I wouldn't write them off so quickly. Yes, the Europeans have tons and tons of experience, feature Padraig Harrington who just happens to have won the last two majors, and just feature a bunch of golfers that excel at this format. But the beauty of not having experience for the Americans, is that most of the golfers picked by U.S. captain Paul Azinger weren't part of the last three losing teams and thus are naive to the whole losing theme that seems to have followed the last few American teams. Second, this years Ryder Cup is on American soil, at a course designed for long drives and short wedge shots which is exactly what these Americans excel at. Will they miss Tiger, despite his less than stellar Ryder Cup record? Absolutely. It is crazy to say the Americans are better off without him. But with some up and coming stars like Anthony Kim, some savy veterans like Lefty, home course advantage, and an us-against-the world attitude, I believe that come Sunday, people will be surprised at the outcome.

Redskins Update

Washington Redskins rookie wide receiver Malcolm Kelly seems to be making strides towards a comeback from arthroscopic knee surgery early in training camp and could be available to play as early as this Sunday's game against the Saints. Kelly coming back would provide a big target for struggling QB Jason Campbell and would free up space for the Redskins other big playmakers such as Santana Moss and Chris Cooley.

As a side note, I am extremely happy that the Redskins will not have to face former Hofstra standout Marques Colston. If the Giants showed the Redskins faithful anything, its that big wide receivers can hurt the 'Skins secondary. So maybe this is just the break the Redskins need in order to get that first win.

T.O. is back at it with McNabb

T.O. can't seem to stay away from his controversial relationship with Donovan McNabb. He was quoted as saying "I will say that Donovan made me a better receiver in Philadelphia, but I think Donovan would have a hard time admitting I made him a better quarterback". So basically T.O. is saying he is responsible for Donovan's success and for elevating McNabbinto one of the game's elite. Is anyone else besides me tired of the whole T.O-McNabb saga and wants it to end. However, the media can't seem to get enough of it. Unfortunately for the rest of us, as long as both T.O. and McNabb still are playing, and are still in the same division, we will never see an end to the drama that seems to follow the two of them.