{"id":19291,"date":"2013-01-07T12:20:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T17:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=19291"},"modified":"2013-01-07T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T17:20:20","slug":"a-brief-2012-washington-redskins-post-mortem-with-a-chainsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/01\/a-brief-2012-washington-redskins-post-mortem-with-a-chainsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"A brief 2012 Washington Redskins post-mortem (with a chainsaw)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

That Washington Redskins season sure was unexpected. I had them at 6-10, they reversed it, won the NFC East and hosted a playoff game. Robert Griffin III surprised expectations by any metric and Alfred Morris came out of no where. It was fun to be a Skins fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DC = DRAMA CITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won’t add much to the way it all ended other than I know why Mike Shanahan left RGIII in and it was still a poor decision against the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just hope they don’t blame the grass field for it and get some improved grounds-keeping instead of a rug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Shannahan would have run Barbaro in the Belmont Stakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Luigi de Guzman (@ouij) January 7, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For the record, this is not as bad a loss as Game 5 in the NL Division series last year. The Washington Nationals losing to the St. Louis Cardinals was much worse and I took that pretty well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE DC SPORTS EXPERIENCE SUMMED UP WITH POWER TOOLS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One deep-thinking individual, Chris Cox, likened being a D.C. sports fan to taking a chainsaw to one’s own footwear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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