Redskins Are Going Nowhere

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NO PLAY BETTER summed up the state of the Washington Redskins than the New York Giants' first extra point on Sunday.

The holder badly mishandled the snap — to the point that he had to reset the ball — yet the kick got away uncontested.

Any team with players running toward the play would have at least disrupted the chip shot, if not simply blocked it.

The Redskins were standing still, though, just as they have for more than a month.
Gone are a 4-1 start and 6-2 record at the halfway point. Washington is 7-5 and on the outside of the playoff picture.

It seems as though the version of the Redskins that lost to the Rams is a lot closer to reality than the one that beat the Cowboys and Eagles in consecutive weeks early in the season.

Jim Zorn's team isn't getting worse per se; it just isn't getting better.

Say what you want about Joe Gibbs 2.0, but his teams almost always played best in the home stretch.

The Redskins are — to borrow ex-Cardinals coach Dennis Green's infamous line — who we thought they were.

They play solid defense but can't score. Nothing is going to change the rest of the way.

Washington probably has a couple wins left in it.

But, in conclusion, the Redskins look like they are good enough to just miss the playoffs.

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