The only bright spot on the Redskins' offense statistics was the fact that Clinton Portis broke the 100 yard mark for the first time this season finishing with 109 yards. Of course, that is only because he happened to break one long run of 79 yards. Aside from that one play, he mustered only 14 carries for 29 yards the rest of the game, and that is against the worst defense in football.
Chris Cooley somehow continues to be the team's best option as a receiver despite teams focussing coverage on him. Santana Moss only managed one catch matching the output of the team's young trio of Malcolm Kelly, Devin Thomas and Fred Davis.
Jason Campbell was finally benched at halftime in this game after being thoroughly ineffective again. The benching was a long time coming. Unfortunately, Todd Collins is just no longer the same player he used to be and he is no longer a viable option at QB. Barring injury, Campbell will most likely remain the starter for the remainder of the season.
This game andthis season in general would have been the perfect opportunity for second year QB Colt Brennan to play and show off his abilities had he not been hurt and placed on IR in the preseason. He probably would have been able to play a significant amount of time in the second half of this season. And even while losing game after game, fans would have at least been able to justify it by saying we are breaking in a young QB.
At least the defense kept the Chiefs out of the end zone and forced them to kick field goals. It was also nice to see the defensive line pad their stats a little with 5 sacks in the game. As Redskins fans can attest to, a 5 sack game only comes around about every 2 years or so.
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