Boswell: Putting Up a Fight Before Christmas
 

Pro football is not a sport that is known for its tender mercies. But this holiday season, the Redskins have been granted a special dispensation. At a time when the team might have been immersed in sadness, uncertainty, disappointment and doubt, the franchise is energized and blessedly distracted by the possibility that it might actually make the playoffs.

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