This will be a short one, because Kelly and I are about an hour and a half away from departing on our baby-moon...a short overnight trip without Harper (thank you grandma!).
INSTANT UPDATE: I'm typing this as Harper watches her new favorite movie - Elmo in Grouchland. Anyway, the movie just started with Elmo waking up to his alarm, and along with lots of toys and stuff you'd expect to see in a five year old's room, there's also a HUGE poster of Tiger Woods - circa 1997 I'm guessing. Great stuff. Harper - watch out for Elmo.
Anyway, Kelly and I will be out in Middleburg this afternoon, and won't be able to watch the game. However, I think it'll be a lot like the Texans' game. The Packers can't run, and are going to have to pass for a million yards, just like the Texans did back in week two. I think the difference here will be Kareem Moore - the Redskins' free safety, who was missing from the Texans' game. He's much more athletic than Reed Daughty, who was destroyed by Andre Johnson when they played the Texans. The Redskins will be able to keep up when the Packers try try to stretch the field, but as we've seen in the last few weeks, the Skins seem succeptable to those little 5-7 yard routes underneath the defense. It'll be interesting to see if Laron Landry can break up that stuff this week.
On offense, I'm really really REALLY excited to see what Ryan Turain can do. He looked great last week against the Eagles - like a little Brandon Jacobs (he's taller than six feet, and is a relatively big back). Based on what we saw last Sunday, he's definitely an upgrade when compared to Portis. However, against a really strong linebacking group, I wouldn't mind having Portis in the game just for his blocking ability. Hopefully they'll be able to get the run game going early enough to hold those linebackers in place.
I'm thinking Redskins 27 - Packers 26.
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