State of the Union: Washington Redskins

This guy's psyched to start on Sundays.

The first two words when I think of the Redskins right now are old and incompetent. That can't be good for Dan Snyder's crew. Sure they retooled in the offseason, but they do that every year (See Haynesworth) and it hasn't seemed to work in quite some time. With no nonsense Mike Shannahan at the helm now though, maybe things will change. Or he'll continue to be a mediocre coach away from John Elway. I'm leaning towards the latter.

Donovan McNabb was never appreciated in Philadelphia the way he should have been. Sure he choked. Sure he threw up in big games. Sure he never won it all, but the guy is a potential hall of famer who had to went out to play every week knowing that most of his "fans" would still hate him. He doesn't have the weapons around him that he had as an Eagle last year and he doesn't have the familiarity of a coach that he's played with every year since he's been in the league, but he's a pro who should help the team improve. That is until the fans realize that the team sucks, they have a terrible offensive line, and it wasn't totally Jason Campbell's fault and want to trade back for him. They have Santana Moss and Joey Galloway for him to work with (did they really have to have open try outs at a retirement home?) as well as the dependable Chris Cooley. Chris Cooley pretty much does whatever he wants and even Eagles fans have to kind of like the guy. With Clinton Portis and Larry Johnson in the backfield, the most interesting part of Skins games may be when they have to bail on their walkers to leave the locker room.

For as bad as the team was their defense wasn't terrible. Even if Fat Albert Haynesworth gets traded the second after their game against the Cowboys they still may be decent only because he's such a distraction. He's a great player but with that kind of media attention it's hard for players to focus in the room. Their secondary played well but it'll be up to the front seven to learn how to stop the rush. That was supposed to be Haynseworth's job so it'll be a wonder if they can be all that much better without him, but again he's such a locker room cancer that it'll be worth the move. Shanahan best be right in his ego trip though because if they're worse it'll be on his head.