Redskins vs Cardinals

Maureen and I went to the Redskins game yesterday.
I was fortunate enough to procure tickets from a business associate of Teamsters Local 67. Our seats were on the club level so we decided to go early to walk around and have lunch in one of the restaurants. The orange parking pass got us pretty close to the stadium. As we walked nearer the stadium we saw a little crowd gathering and decided to investigate. NRG, the company that is providing solar power to Fed Ex Field was putting on an event (NRG Bowl) with 4 celebrity quarterbacks. The way it worked was, four people would enter at a time. Each was paired with one of the quarterbacks, then for 30 seconds the quarterback fed footballs to you, which were thrown through a hole in a target about 10 yards away. The contestant who hit the target the most won a nice Redskins hat. I was paired with Joe Montana. He did a great job feeding me the ball. I was throwing every couple seconds and hit the target eight times, which was good for the win in my group. I shook hands with the other three Theismann, Flute and Rypien on the way to the prize table. Maureen went next and was paired with Mark Rypien. The competition was pretty weak and they let her move up a little, so she won too. We got 2 hats and 2 tee shirts.

The game was very exciting. It started off early with Rex throwing a couple of picks and Arizone taking the lead 7-0.

The Skins came back in the second with a nice rushing attack that lead to a Gano Field goal and a Fred Davis TD. Skins lead at he half 10-7. Beanie Wells scored early in the third giving the Cardinals 14-10 Lead. Gano cut it to 14-13 with another field goal.

Then the Redskins looked to suffer a dagger, as Arizona star wideout Larry Fitzgerald caught a 73-yard pass from Kolb for a score that would give the Cards a 21-13 lead.

At that point, it was up to the Redskins offense to carry to load and lead a comeback charge - something that seemed unlikely immediately after the score.

But score they did, as Grossman led a touchdown drive that culminated in a fourth-down, 18 yard throw in the right corner of the endzone to Santana Moss to make the score 21-19.

The Redskins failed on a two point conversion to tie the ballgame up. After forcing an Arizona three and out, the offense had to march down field yet again for the winning score. With the offense failing to capilaize in the red zone, it was up to kicker Graham Gano to boot the Redskins to a fourth quarter lead.

Gano proved clutch when he sent his field goal attempt through the uprights from 34 yards, giving the Redskins a 22-21 lead that would stand.

What a fantastic finish to a fantastic day.