The beginning of the end
It was a Monday Night Football game in 1985 that Joe Theismann’s playing career came to an end. Lawrence Taylor didn’t bite on the flea flicker and the rest of the story is censured due to extreme violence. So, lets hope that the Redskins don’t call a flea flicker tonight and if they do LT is no where near the field. If history does repeat itself, Jason Campbell could be the next failed experiment in the broadcast booth.
Onto the actual game- The NFC East has been extremely competitive, in the 9 league games the average margin of victory is 7.1 pts. If you exclude the 40-17 schalacking the Eagles put on the Giants in Week 8 that average drops to 5.1 pts. That being said, I expect more of the same this week. In the last few weeks, the Redskins have taken care of the Raiders handily and narrowly lost to the Saints, Cowboys, and Eagles. I think they are due for a quality victory. I’ll take the Redskins to cover (+3) and win a tight game in honor of the great Joe Theismann. I wouldn’t be shocked to see a back and forth scoring affair either.
(All spreads provided by SportsBook)
Update: Well, that was a complete beating…. The Redskin offensive line tried their best to recreate Theismann’s monday night masacre, and Washington never looked like it belonged on the field. Thanks for the memories Zorn.
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