Washington Redskins Football Is Upon Us!

August 13, 2010   ·   Josh McCain   ·   Jump to comments


Well Loyal Reader, tonight is the night.
Tonight is the night to see if all of the hopes and dreams that we've piled on Mike Shanahan and Donovan McNabb get off to a good start.
Don't get me wrong, it's only the first preseason game, so I'm not expecting fireworks or anything.  But I'm hoping the new and improved first team offense puts up a touchdown, maybe two before taking the rest of the night off.
Also I'm hoping for the new 3-4 defense to really show me something.  The strongest part of the Redskins for the past five seasons or so has been the defense.
However, they've been more of a bend not break type of defense for most games, but with the offense so anemic the fourth quarter has rarely been kind to them.
With Defensive Coordinator Jim Hasslet's new attacking 3-4 scheme, not only do I expect the defense not to bend, I expect a lot more take aways and sacks, something this team hasn't done much of in the past.
To make a long story ...

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