From Rally Rags.....

To Crying Towels...

Week 11

Skins vs Cowboys

Some NFL promotions are born just so they can fail. This was one such promotion.

If you don't know what I'm talking about then you're no Redskins fan.

I knew the moment I heard a certain radio station was going to hand out what they were calling "Rally Rags" to the first 50,000 fans in attendance at last Sunday night's game, we were in for a rough ride. The last time that a towel was handed out at Fed Ex field it was for a very different reason. The outcome of the game however, was the same.

Anytime you pick pocket another team's mojo, you create bad karma. These "gimmicks" often accidentally create many pages of auctions on ebay due to the "collectability" of the swag.

But I digress.

We attempted to copy Pittsburgh's long standing fan participation of waving the "terrible towel".

Bad karma plain and simple!

Dallas came to town on Sunday night and I'm just now recovering enough to write this week's blog. That should tell you something.

High hopes of a sweep plummeted as the game went into what seemed like it's 50th hour(actually it was the 4th quarter). Skins clinging to a 3 point lead at 10 - 7. I knew down in my B & G soul that 10 points wasn't going to be enough. As that dreaded time clock,(you know the one that advances so slow through 3 quarters of play and then miraculously moves at the speed of light once the opposition scores the go ahead points.), did what it always does and showed 4 zeros that indicates time's up and the Redskins on the short end of the stick.

14 - 10 was the final score but not the Coup De Grace. Those "stolen" towels waved in a mockery to those of us not lucky or unlucky enough to see that game in person. Constant reminders of our lack of originality. Kinda like the way our offense has been playing. (Did I say that out loud?)

Some of our "firepower" was gimpy. Others were gimpy and sucked it up in order to give us a fighting chance. But even Superman has a few bad days.

In the end, it was another game of missed opportunities. 2 INT's that resulted in zero points.

Overthrows and sacks plagued Jason Campbell, the O-line showing it's age with each passing game.

The defense did a better job than the 'O' overall. After all it takes skills to hold down a 4-fingered QB in his prime (sarcasm meter overload). Seriously though, by the end of the 4th quarter these guys were whupped! Dallas controlled the ball for over 11 minutes of that quarter. Can you say tired & winded? I knew that you could!

There were a few questionable calls made by the men in zebra shirts on both sides of the ball. So you can't really walk with that crutch very far.

Although it appears that if you wear a blue and silver uniform with a star on your hat, you can score a TD without the ball actually breaking the plane of the end zone. Who knew? (Sarcasm meter reading 10 on a possible scale of 10). I wasn't aware of this rule as it only applies to one team in the league. Bummer for the us and the rest.

So where do we go from here? To Seattle of course!. The kryptonite of the Redskins, Qwest field. The Seachicks record won't dazzle or warm the cochles of any of their fans' hearts but I bet they're beside themselves with joy that it's Washington a coming to call.

Perhaps we snap out of whatever nightmare we've been living in for the past few weeks to pull one out on the left coast. All things considered the worse part about this past Sunday's game was simply the fact that it was against Dallas. That fact alone causes great anguish. The chance to bury your hated, divisional rival doesn't or hasn't been a frequent occurrence. We should learn to jump on that bone!

I like what I see for the most part on the field. Zorn will be more than anticipated I believe. I'm not giving up on him or the team. But let's stop reverting and start the forward progression again. Then maybe these towels will be used to wipe up the opponent's tears the next time.