Let's win for Sean: Bills vs. Redskins game thread

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Jamaican'Skin

Guys, its been a tough week for the entire Redskin family. We all need to calm down. I realize that people wanted us to win, but that didn't happen. I thought that this week would have at least taught us that football is just a game. There are more thn 53 men out there today who were still nursing an extremely deep wound. It would have been great to win one for Sean, but that didn't happen, and thats trivial now.

I also realize that many of you may have been depending on this game as a possible means of upliftment after a hard week, and you have taken it to heart that we have lost. Don't! Watch the memorial service tomorrow, and come to closure with the issue, but don't expect these players, who were much, much closer to the man than you were, to close the issue for you. These guys came out and played hard; as hard as one could possibly do after dealing with intense heartbreak. Don't blame them, or the coaching staff for this loss.

Guys, girls, you can't be a true fan and give up on your team, ever. This is a site for true, knowledgeable fans, not ranting bandwagonists, so if you fall into that category, please leave the site. No disrespect to you, but when people like that post, it negatively affects the board and the posters, and unecessarily so.

Sorry if this was incoherent, had a lot to say

Not incoherent at all...very good post.

I am not going to criticize any member of the organization because of this loss. They played their hearts out but came up short against a defense who shut our run game down and made some big plays. During the moment of silence, you could see many of the members of the team in tears, a few seconds later they had to think about playcalling and techniques, not an easy thing to do. A few idiots made noise during the moment of silence, but if you looked at the crowd throughout the whole game, the FAR majority of them were there to honor Sean and they did with respect.

Smootsmack, be careful speaking about a few of our fans with anger and emotion and condemning all of us. The Redskins fanbase has proven to be loyal and the best in football over and over throughout the years, so to speak the way you did, although your emotions warrant it, has no basis in fact.

I have a great respect for you and what you bring to the site, but if you're that angry, you may need to just let the site go for a day or two and let your anger subside. For the most part, we have a great community here and we wouldn't want anyone to be driven away in a time where we should be here to support each other and the team.

Football is not important right now. They performed well considering the circumstances and the outcome showed what we've seen in the past few weeks while Sean was injured...he was a difference maker and probably the key to our defense. He'll be missed greatly, on the field and in the locker room, as well as by his family.

I don't care if the team wins or loses right now, I just want them to be OK after such a tragic loss.