A Little Clarity

The Cowboys won’t know who they’ll be playing next weekend in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, as they wait to see whether Tampa Bay or the New York (football) Giants will be coming to Texas Stadium. They do, however, know who it won’t be.

The Washington Redskins looked flat for the first three quarters of their tilt with the Seattle Seahawks. Uninspired. That said, ask any Cowboys fan who watched the game about the ‘Skins and how that can all change in two minutes. Their 14-point surge at the start of the fourth quarter looked eerily like their comeback against Dallas on a Monday night back in 2005. Had Shawn Suissham not muffed a 30-yard chipshot field goal, there might have been a similar feeling on the Seattle sidelines tonight.

Instead, Todd Collins’ Cinderella ride came to an end with relentless Seahawk blitzing and a 78-yard interception return, which sealed the deal. For all of the talk of “getting back to Dallas” and winning it all for Sean Taylor, Joe Gibbs’ crew forgot one thing: you have to play the game that’s in front of you.