Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
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AP“It’s been a wild year for us,” said Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell, who was sidelined with a knee injury in a win over Chicago 10 days ago. “We started off 2-0, everything was great for us. That setback against the Giants, the last part of that game, it seems like that’s when our problems started, whether it’s finishing games or people getting hurt.”
The Redskins have three games to turn it around again. They are tied with Detroit, Arizona and New Orleans, and a game behind the Vikings in the race for the second wild-card berth.
Washington holds the tiebreaker over Detroit and Arizona, and has a game at Minnesota a week from Sunday. The Redskins end the season against Dallas in what might be a meaningless game.
“To keep the dreams that we have for the football team going, we have to win on Sunday night,” coach Joe Gibbs said.
To win, the Redskins will need another good game from quarterback Todd Collins, who’ll be making his first start in an NFL-record 10 years and two days. His last start was for the Buffalo Bills on Dec. 14, 1997, in a 20-14 loss to Jacksonville.
Collins came off the bench after Campbell was hurt in a scoreless game and completed 15 of 20 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. It marked the first time in almost 10 years that he had thrown more than seven passes in a game.
“There were some frustrating moments,” Collins said of being a career backup. “There is no question, everybody goes through them. There was never a point where I said this isn’t worth it anymore, otherwise I wouldn’t be standing here today.”
Collins will be facing the league’s best pass rush. New York has a league-high 47 sacks. Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan will be lined up against undrafted rookie Stephon Heyer at right tackle.
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Still, they have a chance.
“That’s the way this NFC is,” receiver Antwaan Randle El said. “You don’t know how it’ll wind up, but we’ll take it. Once you get in, you’ve got a chance to win it all, just as anybody else.”
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.
