Redskins win Dirty

What an UGLY ass game. If you did not have a rooting interest in either of these teams, then Im sure this was hard to watch. The Redskins just beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-10 @ Raymond James Stadium in Tampa to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Over the Redskins 6 game winning streak this is the second game the Redskins had to win ugly. Earlier in the season the Redskins played Arizona and committed 3 turnovers in the first half. They won on a kick off return for a touchdown. Today the Redskins won off a fumble recovery for a touchdown. But guess what, my standards are low, and Ill take a win no matter how ugly she is.

This game featured fumbles, interceptions, attempted 4th down conversions, dropped touchdown passese, and even an ejection. Sean Taylor, who returned what turned out to be the game winning fumble for a touchdown, allegedly spit in Michael Pittmans face on third down. The Bucs got 15 yards on the play and Taylor was ejected. After that play it seemed like the Bucs opened up their full playbook and they started to challenge the Redskins secondary with deep balls. However the Redskins defense held up as the Bucs scored only once after halftime.

The Redskins offense looked terrible. How terrible? Well they set the record for the fewest yards gained in a playoff game by a winning team. They gained 120 total yards, 98 of those yards came on the ground. However the offense only made one major mistake, Brunell's fourth quarter interception, and did not mess up the gem of a game the defense was playing. The player of the game was Sean Taylor, despite his (alleged) stupidity.