The Redskin Report

Hello again, Pigskin Pick’em Players, and welcome to Week 16s results.  I’m sorry this is a tad late getting up, but with it being Christmas day and all, I figure that you’ll forgive me this once.  This coming game is the last of the (regular?) season for our beloved Redskins; if they win, they are in the playoffs.  Lose, and they are PROBABLY out.  Of course, this week’s inspiring victory over Minnesota in the Metrodome was the biggest news of the week, but the Saints loss to Philly put us, once again, back in the driver’s seat for a playoff berth.  Say what you will about Coach Gibbs’ ability this go around, but during his dozen years out, we went to the playoffs ONCE.  In the four years he’s been back, we’ve been to the playoffs ONCE, and we’ll make it TWICE if we win at home against the Cowboys this week.  As for the Pigskin Pick’em, most players did quite well; even the folks who have “given up” on playing eked out 11 wins, though play or not, there wasn’t more than a few games difference between the players.  There’s still one more week to go, though, so try to get up over 160 points, guys!

Weekly Kudos this week go to S K and M. Chesser, with a very nice 13 of 16.  Good work guys!  S K, as folks will recall, scored a perfect 16 two weeks ago, and was only one off the pace at the top last week; if he’d picked as well in the early part of the season, he would have easily been one of the top players.  I think we may need to keep an eye out for him in ‘08!

Upset Pick of the Week Kudos go to M. Chesser, R. F., M. Edmonds,  and S. Michael Young for not going with their hearts, but with their heads, and picking the Giants over the Bills; as Redskins fans, that would have made the weekend’s games perfect if the Bills had won, as it would have left the possibility of Washington being not the 6th seed, but the 5th seed, if New York loses to New England and Washington beats Dallas this weekend.  A lot of us projected what we WISHED, and not what we thought; I know I did, and it burned me when I revisited my picks and made that change (as well as revisiting the Saints-Eagles game, and also missing that pick, by going with my head instead of my heart).

Season Props of course continue to go to A. Fishman, but most folks probably figured that.  He kept pace with the #2 guy, with a 4 game lead, and gained a game over the #3 player, clicking up 7 games.  I hate to say it, but I think there’s a rotund female wearing a horned helmet on stage with her arm outstretched and her mouth open; I’m not hearing MUSIC yet, but you get the gist.  It would take a truly awful performance, or a poor performance and an outstanding one, for anyone to pass Mr. Fishman this week, and the game ends with the playoffs.

Here’s the full standings for the week: