Saints at Redskins - Initial thoughts

Well, the Redskins looked like absolute crap on Thursday night. I hope I don't sound too optimistic, but I think our defense compares reasonably well with what the Giants do - we have some bookends in Smith and Grant who are solid v's the run and can bring some push on a pass rush. Ellis and Clancy did well enough on the ground, and on 3rd and Passing, McCray brings a little extra heat - enough to rattle one of the coolest and most experienced QB's in the league in Garcia. Portis is a great back, but our LB corps plays the run well. Shanle and Fujita pursue from sideline to sideline, and Vilma is Vilma.

So basically I really love our chances against Washington despite their long week to prepare. There's only so much you can fix in 10 days, and the Skins obviously hadn't even installed their 2-minute offense last week!

If we can avoid turnovers and play solid football like we did v's Tampa Bay, I don't see any way we can lose that game. Their midget receivers might be tricky to cover, but it looks like Porter and Gay had the speed to stick with the Bucs guys all day long.

I'm stoked! We haven't even talked about our offense yet and the fact that Colston wasn't really involved with many plays or Brees never really found that rythymn that we all like to see.

Bring on the Hogs.