Redskins Stomach Punch

Horrible loss for the Redskins yesterday. They really got screwed by the officials in a few cases. First, Alstott's elbow was down. Second, Patten was interfered with on the last drive. Moss was interfered with earlier in the game on a pass that was intercepted by Rice. And on the first drive Galloway stepped out of bounds, but they ruled a forceout, but he wasn't even touched. That said, the Redskins blew it. For the second week in a row they played prevent offense and didn't even try to make a first down. Two minutes is plenty of time, its better to throw a pass with a 60% chance of getting a first down, than to waste 40 seconds. Also the defensive backs got burned all over the field, by Galloway and Edell Shepherd. And Brunell continues to turn it over way too often (3 times in the first half) but he came back and played well in the second half. Blocking the extra point really hurt them too, because I don't think Gruden would have taken the point off the board had they made the try despite the penalty. They really need to win at least 3 of the next four games (oak, sd, at stl, at arz) before the divisional stretch (dal, nyg, at phi) starts.