RedskinRat
11-06-2006, 12:07 PM
TimesDispatch.com | Win without reason? Skins won't ask why (http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArti cle&%09s=1045855935462&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191534648&path=%21sports%21redskins)
LANDOVER, Md. According to Cornelius Griffin, who lines up at defensive tackle and armchair philosopher for the Washington Redskins, two or three games in every NFL team's season aren't really won or lost, they just drop from the sky.
Yesterday, one of them dropped into the Redskins' pocket.
"There's not always a whole lot of reason to it," Griffin said. "When I look back at this game, I won't be thinking a whole lot about 'why.'"
Washington's 22-19 victory over Dallas ended with consecutive field goal attempts - by opposing teams. Math majors already have deduced that the Redskins (Nick Novak, 47 yards) made theirs and that the Cowboys did not.
"I'd be really interested," said Skins quarterback Mark Brunell, "to learn if another NFL game had ever ended that way. My guess would be no."
With 6 seconds remaining, the Cowboys were setting up for a 34-yard three-pointer that would have allowed them to escape FedEx Field with a sloppy but timely victory. There was certainly no plausible scenario that would have provided for a Redskins victory without overtime.
"I agree," Troy Vincent said. "Some odd things had to happen."
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LANDOVER, Md. According to Cornelius Griffin, who lines up at defensive tackle and armchair philosopher for the Washington Redskins, two or three games in every NFL team's season aren't really won or lost, they just drop from the sky.
Yesterday, one of them dropped into the Redskins' pocket.
"There's not always a whole lot of reason to it," Griffin said. "When I look back at this game, I won't be thinking a whole lot about 'why.'"
Washington's 22-19 victory over Dallas ended with consecutive field goal attempts - by opposing teams. Math majors already have deduced that the Redskins (Nick Novak, 47 yards) made theirs and that the Cowboys did not.
"I'd be really interested," said Skins quarterback Mark Brunell, "to learn if another NFL game had ever ended that way. My guess would be no."
With 6 seconds remaining, the Cowboys were setting up for a 34-yard three-pointer that would have allowed them to escape FedEx Field with a sloppy but timely victory. There was certainly no plausible scenario that would have provided for a Redskins victory without overtime.
"I agree," Troy Vincent said. "Some odd things had to happen."
Admin/Mods please relocate to News Wire.
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