Groundhog Day: 5 Redskins Games I Don't Ever Want To Relive
by Kevin Ewoldt on Feb 2, 2010 4:31 PM EST
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Being February 2nd, I couldn't help but think how much the Redskins 2009 season relates to the infamous movie, and one of my favorites, Groundhog Day. By far the best scene for me is the constant interjection of "PHIIL?!! PHIILL CONNORS??!" ... where Bill Murray immediately decks the guy.
This pretty much sums up my 2009 season as a Redskins fan. Devestating loss after devestating loss and each week opposing fans and my college friends who are NFC East foes fans come at me with the same crap "You lost to Detroit!!!"..."How did you lose that game? You f&ckin suck!"...and 2500 others I'm sure you've heard. If Groundhog Day happened to me, these are the 5 days from last year I'd least want to replay over and over for me:
1.) The loss to the DET Lions
What I did: Cursed, played more beer pong, and cursed more.
What I would do differently: Same thing but put $1500 on the Lions to cover. My friends and I wanted to bet the Lions but we
2.) Suisham missing the FG vs the Saints
What I did: Cursed profusely, walked to the Fedex Field bars and drank heavily
What I would do differently: Nothing.
3.) The botched swinging gate play on MNF vs the Giants
What I did: Leave the game in the middle of the 2nd quarter
What I would do differently: Nothing
4.) The stunned silence followed by booing with the Chiefs win at Fedex
What I did: Booed.
What I would do differently: I don't know. I am still shocked at that loss and the numbness I felt that day leaving the parking lot.
5.) Vinny Cerrato stating on ESPN Radio he gave Zorn a playoff-caliber roster
What I did: Wrote a post blasting Vinny Cerrato.
What I would do differently: Drive to his house and staple it to his front door
Honorable Mentions:
- Cooley breaks his foot,
- Romo throws a TD in the final moments at Dallas to win the game 7-6
- News Chris Samuels was out for the year and likely his career at week 5
What about you guys? Any other days stick out as worse?
Image via fundraisingcoach.com, Hat tip to holytaco.com for the post idea
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DeAngelo Hall
not being able to run down and old, immobile quarterback sucked pretty hard.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
When was that?
I must have been on a beer mission.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
or purposely blocked it from your mind
Jake Delhomme embarrassed D Hall to get the first down to basically end the game
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Giants Game 1
Almost everything about that game was a microcosm of what was to come:
- JC gets killed repeatedly and fumbles for the untimely defensive TD in a close game
- We moved the ball well at times only to get to the goal line and….and….do something so predictable that a 3-yr old could have stopped the play (CP Left) and we lose possession inside the 5 on 4th and 1.
- Manningham runs through our entire defense - in a straight line with a handful of missed tackles on a 3rd and long and scores on a WTF?
- Defense played great on 1st and 2nd down then gives up 1st downs on 5-6 yd runs
- We have wacky special teams play – this one worked!
- Defense holds G-men to 10 pts
- Our O scores a couple of FGs
- CP continuously runs into back of our linemen or trips on the turf for two yd gain.
- G-men on D were taunting and laughing at us; showed no respect whatsoever. Moss gets in a fight and no one comes to help out, gets face masked and then refs give HIM the penalty which ended the drive.
Need I say more? I was so pissed because I had sky high hopes for the season with the easy schedule – and here we had a chance to come out of the blocks and beat the superbowl team from 2 yrs ago and the favorite to win the NFC East. And then the team just repeated and added injuries until after the 1st half of the Falcon’s game.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Not that the Giants look particularly scary compared to the rest of our 2010 opponents
but if we open the season AT NYG again I’m going to vomit.
Well...
That opening drive Portis runs for big gains, then Zorny calls the Randle El half-back pass which results in a sack out of FG range.
But prior to week 1, we all said on this site we’d likely be sitting at 5-2 and we’d probably lose the Giants game. It did suck, especially for me since I was there and had to endure the Giants fan, but at that time it wasn’t brutal for me.
"I am excited about starting 2009. We are looking forward to an outstanding year. We're on our way. We have a lot of healthy players this year." - Vinny Cerrato
Clinton Portis
Constantly running with his shoe laces tied together or at least it looked like it.
Suishams 2 missed field goals against the cowgirls
Felt like driving a stake into my stomach after each miss, the ending that day was inevitable and we all knew it at halftime.
by skinsymets on Feb 2, 2010 4:56 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Not even the kicks themselves
But the entire 2:20 before the first half setting up the missed FG.
Zorn having the offense lay down 3 downs to set up a FG instead of going for it, followed by penalties, followed by challenges, followed by respotting the ball, followed by timeouts to ice the kicker, all 20 minutes of a “Two minute Drill” coming to the exciting conclusion of… Our kicker pulling a “Suisham” to end the half.
Aggghhh...
Death by impalementwould have been less painful, especially the death part.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
The interception...not its a TD for Saints
Drew Brees had just thrown an interception to Kareem Moore, when Meachem came across the field, stripped Moore and returned the fumble for a touchdown to tie the game going into halftime.
Every double move made during the entire season
by opponents’ WRs. They did not have a camera in the stadium with a wide enough angle to include our defenders.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
JC getting sacked/fumbling multiple times in the 1st half of the KC game
with a nod to the first half of the Atlanta game.
Heyer and Sellers both
whiffing on blocks which helped lead to a safety.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
On an unrelated note
I just saw on the “news” bar on the side of this that the Iggles signed Durant Brooks. He’s another thing I wouldn’t want to live over and over again.
Are you serious?!?!
He’s still in the league?!?!?
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Hey, don't take those
38 yd punts too lightly. Especially when missing the coffin corner by oh….28 yds.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
hunter smith
scored us some touchdowns, so he gets a free pass
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
He put more inside the 20
which hurt his average, methinks. Gano, however, was outstanding on many of his kickoffs, putting them inside the five near the sideline and forcing a return, often for little gain.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
YEa...
They signed him to a 2-year deal. I love their new GM already!!
I’m going to start a weekly new post which is basically a Daily Slop just for the NFC East…I’ll throw it up tomo morning.
"I am excited about starting 2009. We are looking forward to an outstanding year. We're on our way. We have a lot of healthy players this year." - Vinny Cerrato
You should do a news post
just highlighting stupid things that other teams do. You know, just to make us feel better about ourselves.
That probably sums up my
I’ll throw it up tomo morning.
entire season in a nuts hell.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
On a similiar note:
In reference to the NFC East kicking carousel, is it our turn to sign Nick Folk again?
Yes, Turk is a 13 year veteran.
He is also an unrestricted free agent.
by Jefferson1935 on Feb 2, 2010 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
for me the two main nightmares of the Season
were the last two games
broadcast in Australia, and we get humiliated two weeks in a row vs Giants and Cowboys
not even making it into the Redzone vs the Giants was without doubt the worst thing I saw
Pommylee
The sad thing was
that we actually had a reason to play hard those games and no one really stepped up at all.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
some did
but it was just the usual suspects. Campbell, Haynesworth, Fred Davis, MK, the backups etc.
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
also one other thing
in them games Seeing Haynesworth, all 350lb’s of him, sprinting past linebackers, safeties (whatever they were I cant remember, but they were thinner) to get to a sideline tackle he was never going to make anyway.
The point is, as I made at the time, whether you can get there or not is irrelevant, you try anyway.
I played Soccer as a kid, and I used to spring after balls that I was clearly never going to catch, and people wondered why, but then one day, one of these no hope runs ended with the ball hitting the corner flag and bouncing back into play (which is play on in Soccer) leaving me with a one on one with the goalie, and the winning Goal.
My point is, that you never know what might happen, so you dont stop tell the ball is dead, and Haynesworth seemed to get that, while others did not
Pommylee
Got a little
excited about it just reminiscing, huh? :)
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
it was a great goal
even took it around the keeper :)
but more importantly it was a big F*** U to everyone who thought it was silly chasing lost causes!!! :)
as for Haynesworth, for all the criticism he cops, I thought it interesting that hes the only one who chased the lost cause, I like Big Al
Pommylee
Me too!
I like Big Al
I actually think that Vinnie was right in one sense. He believed he delivered a playoff caliber team – and maybe so talent-wise. But if your talent isn’t playing with heart and pride or whatever, they are only a play-off team on paper. I think Dan has finally gotten that and will let the coaches mold and motivate the talent we have, which is considerable, into a dreadnought of a football machine.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
Landry constantly getting faked out
and biting on EVERYTHING all season long.
the fights
and no teammates going to help. I think this was the worst! Haynesworth came over and that is why I like him. But when Hall was surrounded by 25 falcons, landry backed off and nobody else came over to pull him out or help him. This happened twice and and Hayneswroth is the only Redskin out there fighting for his teammates. I’m not advocating for fighting. I am just pointing out that this was indicative of the team’s camaraderie and how together they really were.
And even your coach....
"I am excited about starting 2009. We are looking forward to an outstanding year. We're on our way. We have a lot of healthy players this year." - Vinny Cerrato
by Kevin Ewoldt on Feb 3, 2010 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
Nice capture of a true
chicken hawk in action, Kevin.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
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