Dallas vs. Washington: The battle of two old fart quarterbacks

In a football pool among friends this week, after the afternoon games, I was in 2nd place with my roommate Jack close behind. If the Redskins beat the spread (5.5 point dogs to Dallas), then I lock 2nd and make my money back. So we watched the Dallas/Washington game pretty intensely. And I have to say, the Redskins looked awful! Mark Brunell was ineffective, and their defense could not tackle for the life of them.

Now I'm not sold on Dallas yet, because I don't know if Drew Bledsoe is good either, but I am sure that the Redskins are pretty bad. I don't even know how much Clinton Portis could help them either, because their defense is just abysmal.

As for my pool, I am now tied with Jack and it comes down to the Pittsburgh/Jacksonville game tomorrow night (pick). My scenarios for winning 2nd are a Pittsburgh win with exactly 28 total points, or a Jacksonville win with less than 30 total points. This kind of pool is kind of exciting, but I catch myself rooting for weird situations, like for Washington to pull within 5 at the end of the game at least. But it does motivate me to watch more football.