We learn this week that, even though they got beat down by the Steelers, at least one of the Redskins was trying extra hard--that would be Mr. Portas, who it turns out badly sprained his MCL during that contest. Thus, my paradigm that winning is in direct proportion to how much in the way of important players' body parts a team is willing to leave on the field might need some tweaking.
However, the fact still remains that the Steelers' star quarterback gets a partial dislocation of his throwing shoulder in helping get the win, only to lose the next game for his teammates by his own admission (no, he did not use the shoulder as an excuse and I am oh so sure that it did not affect his play), and the Skins' star running back is going to miss the match-up of all match-ups, a home game against the evil empire, the Dallas Cowboys.
The only drama this week is which team's injured star player will be f#$%% stupid enough to play, Romo or Portas. My money is on Romo. Why? He already has got the chick, and it's only a pinky (hell, some college player, and I swear this is true, cut his freakin pinky off when he learned that it was going to keep him out of his division IA school's game against his heated rivals, no really, this is true, pinky swear).
So, does that mean I'd take the Boys against my Skins. Hell no. Why? Because Shawn Alexandar has something to prove after his former team cut him loose after a hall of fame career when they figured he was all washed up after he blew out his knee. Look for a stellar game from him, and the Skins eke it out.
And, yet, there are some people who still insist that pro football is somehow about which team is more skilled, as oppose to which has lesser maimed players of consequence. No wonder my portfollio is down.