They Can Beat the Best, But the Rest…
The thing you have to know about Baltimore and Washington sports is that they are, despite what their records may indicate, really good teams. Across the sports spectrum, you can find clubs that can beat the best their leagues have to offer.
It’s the rest of the league you have to watch for.
Take the 07-08 Washington Wizards. They were the only team to beat the Boston Celtics three times last year. The Orioles have put a hurting on the New York Yankees for two games in a row, and the Washington Redskins dispatched the eventual Super Bowl Champions, the first seed in the NFC and the league’s best defense in a late-season three game stretch in 2007.
So what is up with the rest of the world? My sense is that when you win games you are supposed to lose, and lose games you are supposed to win, from top to bottom there is a lack of concentration. Most people blame it on players, but that’s on coaches, scouts, everybody. It may be argued that up and down the roster, players and coaches tend to buy into media-manufactured hype, and they show it in practice and game situations.
But when you’re up against the best, there’s nothing to lose but the element of surprise.
The Baltimore-Washington area is a virtual desert for sports relevancy. It would take a Super Bowl appearance, Eastern Conference appearance or ALDS party crashing for the rest of the sports world to know what exactly in going on here. But as long as the teams and fans are content with being occasional giant killers, there will never be any giant steps taken towards championship glory.
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Yea but…..
The Redskins were also up 17-3 at the half over an 0-2 Giants squad in disarray.
The G-Men went on to win 24-17 and ran off six wins in a row…….season changer, all thanks to my DC NFL team.
“Great”