GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: WASHINGTON (4-2) at NEW ENGLAND (7-0)

NFL: WASHINGTON (4-2) at NEW ENGLAND (7-0)

<h3>Slowing Patriots a tall task for Redskins</h3>



Washington (4-2) at New England (7-0) 4:15 pm EDT


FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Ticker) -- Joe Gibbs is taking hyperboleto another level.


The coach of the Washington Redskins will be looking to find away to slow down the rampaging New England Patriots on Sunday atGillette Stadium.


Gibbs, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in1996, said his team will "probably be the biggest underdog inthe history of sports."


That's obviously a stretch, but there's no denying the taskawaiting Washington as it attempts to solve a juggernaut thathas scored at least 34 points in each of its first seven games,tying an NFL mark set by the St. Louis Rams in 2000.

At least Gibbs has a slice of history on his side. He is 3-0 inhis career against the Patriots and the Redskins enjoy a 6-1edge all-time in the series.


The Redskins have held five of their six opponents under 20points but needed a last-second miss on a 55-yard field goalattempt to withstand a late comeback in a 21-19 victory over theArizona Cardinals last Sunday.


The problem for Washington has been on the other side of theball. Aside from a 34-3 thrashing of the Detroit Lions, the winover the Cardinals represented the Redskins' highest pointtotal of the season.


Quarterback Jason Campbell, a first-round pick in 2005, hasstruggled with consistency and too many drops by his receivers,while the running game has yet to get untracked. Clinton Portisscored twice against Arizona but managed just 43 yards on 18carries.


"This is three weeks in a row where if we had caught everythingthat Jason (Campbell) threw, he would have been well over 70percent (passing) these three games," Gibbs said.


Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is having no such issues with hisreceivers.


Brady set a franchise record by throwing a career-high sixtouchdown passes in a 49-28 batting of the winless MiamiDolphins.


<div class="pre">The numbers for Brady have been staggering: He finished</div>21-of-25 for 354 yards and had a perfect quarterback rating of158.3 against Miami.


Brady already has 27 touchdown passes on the season - one shy ofhis career high - and is on pace to shatter Peyton Manning'ssingle-season record of 49 set in 2004.


Randy Moss had just four catches but they were for 122 yards andtwo TDs, giving him a league-leading 10 on the season. ThePatriots are outscoring their opponents by better than 22 pointsper game.


"I think they are on an all time pace to set records," Gibbssaid. "We have been looking at them and it is hard to findanything there. There is no weakness that we can find."

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 0 15:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 0 11:00 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 10 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TD NWE
TOM BRADY 3 YD RUN
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)

WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 3:44 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 3:40 LEFT, 1ST QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 15 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 2:03 LEFT, 1ST QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 34 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 0:41 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 0 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 7 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: NWE - TD, TOM BRADY 3 YD RUN (STEPHEN
GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 11:16. Drive: 14
plays, 90 yards in 7:16. Key plays:
Maroney 11-yard run to New England
21; Maroney 13-yard run to New
England 34; T Brady 6-yard pass to
Faulk on 3rd-and-6 to New England
44; T Brady 19-yard pass to Welker
to Washington 15. NEW ENGLAND 7-0</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 14:51 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 7 13:17 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 33 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TD NWE
MIKE VRABEL 2 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)

WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 14 8:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 14 8:02 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 14 6:42 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NWE BALL ON WAS 21 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL FG NWE
STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI 36 YD

WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 17 5:45 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 17 5:40 LEFT, 2ND QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 27 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 17 4:26 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 40 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 17 4:18 LEFT, 2ND QTR

WAS BALL ON NWE 45 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 17

WAS BALL ON NWE 23 YD LINE
3RD AND 4</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 17 1:48 LEFT, 2ND QTR

NWE BALL ON NWE 27 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: WASHINGTON at NEW ENGLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TD NWE
RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
(STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)

WASHINGTON 0
NEW ENGLAND 24 0:17 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>