Redskins beat Bucs, 16-13

Positive thoughts from yesterday's game:

Between Horton and Doughty, we have two safeties that can tackle. Landry needs to stop believing the hype and worry more about wrapping up than ending careers. I don't think he'll ever be Arrington or Taylor, but that doesn't mean he can't be Horton or Doughty...

With DeAngelo Hall, we have one corner who can catch. Plus, Tryon looked great chasing down Josh Johnson.

London Fletcher seems to play all three LB positions at once. With someone like him back there, surely we can spare Orakpo to rush the passer going forward.

Jeremy Jarmon seems to be nothing but awesome whenever he's in the game. I'd love to see the following defensive line-up on third down situations:

Horton, Doughty, and Landry in Cobra
Rogers, Hall, and Tryon
Fletcher and Orakpo
Jarmon, Haynesworth, Daniels, and Carter

With Orakpo to blitz or QB spy. We need as much speed as possible in the defensive backfield, and we have to rely on Fletcher or one of the three safeties to play the draw.

Offensively, we got one quarter. Out of 16 quarters of football this year, we so far have one quarter where this team has actually played like we (naively) expected it to. That may sound depressing, but I actually feel like it's a glimmer of hope. So far this year, I imagine JZ and co. have been showing the players a lot of "if only" in the film room; if only this block had held up, if only Campbell had made this read, if only Kelly had run the right route, if only Portis had cut back... At least now we should have one quarter where the offense can watch itself do something right.

Also, as bad as the first series was for Chad and Stephon, the team seemed to run really well to the right side. It was the run to the right where Portis tripped at the LOS, but could have broken a huge one. I don't know if it's because the Bucs didn't gameplan for us running to the right (it is outlandish) or because the young lineman on the right are gutting it out, but that seems like a really positive sign.