Five Quick Points about Seahawks-Redskins

1) Did anyone notice that the Seahawks won by 21 -- THE SAME NUMBER AS THE MOST FAMOUS DEAD GUY EVER, SEAN TAYLOR -- points?

Seriously, Redskins, if The Ghost gets the credit when you beat the Cowboys by that number, then you have to give him the blame when you lose by that. (Personally, I think Ghost left after giving the Skins that gift possession after the kickoff, then watching the offense squander the possession and miss the field goal... but as TB notes, why didn't Ghost make the miss come back enough for the three points? In life and in death, Taylor's lack of discipline hurt his team.)

2) This will probably be the last time anyone lets Todd Collins start a game, but I liked his play as much as you could like anyone in a three-touchdown loss in which two of the touchdowns were INT returns. (The first was a ball that Santana Moss shamefully gave up on, and the second happened with a minute left.) Meanwhile, the Skins' stars - Moss, Cooley, Portis - were dropping balls left and right in this game, especially in the first half when any kind of score would have been big... and his OL could not keep him upright. When he had time, he threw a good ball much more often than not. There are plenty of worse QBs out there with starting jobs.

3) I can't wait to bet against Matt Hasselbeck on the road. He was flat-out terrible in this game, and his OL didn't have him feeling comfortable at any point in this game, even when he was working with a lead. Against a rested Packers team with good CBs on the road, he's no threat -- and neither is this team.

4) The next guy that Shawn Alexander makes miss will be his first in 2008. I haven't seen an RB this spent since Duce Staley was wearing a Steelers uniform.

5) He'll be forgotten for bigger goats like Shawn Missed Figgie And Momentum Killer Suisum and Shawn Springs, but Mike Sellers had a horrible, horrible game for the Redskins. He got stuffed on a fourth down play, committed a penalty on a big kickoff return, didn't create any holes for Portis, and caused a timeout and big momentum break in the third down before the field goal miss by not knowing where to line up. He also then mouthed off to his QB about it.

It's funny to say this for when a higher seed wins a home game by 21 (SEAN TAYLOR'S NUMBER! SPOOKY! SPOOKY!), but I really felt like this was more a case of the Skins losing it than the Seahawks winning it. Sure, they rushed the passer well, but it wasn't like people weren't open all night for Collins. I can't imagine not taking the Pack next week against this team.

Final note: We're 2-0 in our picks so far, though that over really didn't look good for a while there. Ride the gravy train, baby!