Betts is a still a decent back and the run defense has been terrible as of late.

But the bone bruise can take a while to heal too…. he will not be @ 100% however

If we can shut down the Skins running game without Portis, I love our chances against Campbell having to throw a lot.

Hell, maybe in a few weeks we’ll be seeing Leftwich in Pittsburgh the way Big Ben has been getting beat up every game. Wouldn’t that be sweet.

very nice!

I know we need the win, but I want the respect too, I don’t want to hear the excuses. I think we would win if the put Riggo, Monk, and Theisman out there so I want there whole team.

on the Portis note though, Moss is not 100% either

…if we don’t win the battle of the trenches, we lose the game.

For some strange reason, they always seem to run well against us, and that has to stop.

Second, Wade needs to devise a plan to stop Santana Moss from beating us deep. I like the way the Patriots rolled a safety over to stop the Bills deep threat Lee Evans from beating them for any bombs.

I would love to see us run the ball effectively, dominate time of possession, and pressure Washington relentlessly when we’re on defense.

And definitely don’t beat ourselves with stupid-a** turnovers and penalties.

From what they are saying today..not good….

that Portis doesn’t play. It’s head games.

Has moved the ball at will against Dallas in their last 3 meetings and a lot of that has been through the air. I don’t expect this Sunday to be any different. The Redskins like to run a quick pass offense that hits a lot of things underneath the coverage. The Cowboys, as you know, with Wade Phillips like to line up their DB’s some 10 to 15 yards off the line of scrimmage, basically giving the Redskins plenty of room to work with underneath. So unless for the first ever in the Wade Phillips era we see a lot more press coverage I’d expect the Redskins to have very little difficulty passing the ball.

Also, Ratliff is playing out of position, (he should be a DE in the 3-4 scheme where he’d be a perennial probowler) and this team really needs a true NT if they ever really want to get good at stopping the run. I’d expect the Skins to run at will against this undersized defensive front regardless of who’s carrying the ball. :(

“as long as the Cowboys remain disciplined to their gap responsibilites”

- Have you been watching the games. This team is not long on discipline.

The run defense is average at best and has to face four very good running teams in the next six weeks. Two others feature Frank Gore and Westbrook who are not chop liver either. Seattle is the only game left where Dallas faces a weak running team. Dallas is not going to turn this season around by becoming a sound run defense. This teams hope rest on the ability of Tony Romo and the offense to carry this team.

Dallas needs to score 24+ a game to win.

as long as we win