Washington Redskins 17, St. Louis Rams 10
The Redskins won this game the old fashioned way by running the ball on offense and playing great defense. The awful Rex Grossman showed up today as he only completed 15 of 29 passes for 143 yards with 1 TD pass and 2 INTs. Ryan Torain led the way on the ground for the Redskins in this game with 135 yards rushing on 19 carries (7.1 ypc) with 1 TD run. Roy Helu (8 carries for 35 yards) and Tim Hightower (8 carries for 24 yards) also pitched in for the Redskins in the running game. WR Jabar Gaffney (4 rec, 62 yards), WR Santana Moss (5 rec, 39 yards, TD) and TE Fred Davis (4 rec, 34 yards) led the way for the Redskins in the passing game today. The Redskins finished up with 196 yards rushing on 40 carries (4.9 ypc) and they also completed 15 of 29 passes (51.7%) for 143 yards as they had possession of the ball for 35:10.
The Redskins didn’t give up any points until the 4th quarter and they sacked Sam Bradford 7 times today! CB DeAngelo Hall (6 tackles and 1 pass defensed) and OLB Ryan Kerrigan (6 tackles, 1 sack and 1 QB hit) led the way for the Redskins’ D today. OLB Brian Orapko (5 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 2.5 sacks and 3 QB hits) and DE Stephen Bowen (5 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1.5 sacks and 2 QB hits) also had outstanding games as they seemed to be living in the Rams’ backfield. DT Barry Cofield pitched in with a fumble recovery in this game. The Rams finished up with 45 yards rushing on 17 carries (2.6 ypc) and they also completed 20 of 43 passes (46.5%) for 127 yards. The Redskins are now 3-1 on the year.
