Redskins Like This Ending a Lot Better

The Washington Redskins didn’t blow a 21-point lead this week, instead scoring more points than any team has scored against the New York Giants in 33 years.

“Offensively, we were almost flawless,” quarterback Brad Johnson said after the Redskins (1-1) produced 395 yards in total offense, while neither turning the ball over nor yielding a sack in a 50-21 victory Sunday.

Stephen Davis ran for touchdowns on Washington’s first three possessions, and Johnson threw three touchdown passes as the Redskins had their biggest offensive output since their 1991 Super Bowl season.

The 50 points were the most for the Redskins since a 56-17 victory over Atlanta in 1991 and the most given up by the Giants (1-1) since a 72-41 loss at Washington in 1966.

“Defensively, we just got pushed across the field like rag dolls,” Giant cornerback Phillippi Sparks said. “We were just terrible out there. This is just a very, very humbling situation.”

The win could not have come at a better time for Redskin Coach Norv Turner. He came into the season on the hot seat after failing to get the team to the playoffs in five years, and his job seemed in question after Washington blew a 21-point lead in losing the season opener, 41-35, to Dallas in overtime.

Washington never stopped lighting up the scoreboard in this one. Davis scored on runs of one, one and 19 yards, while Johnson threw touchdown passes of one and 27 yards to tight end Stephen Alexander and 15 yards to Michael Westbrook. Linebacker Shawn Barber scored on a 70-yard interception return in the second quarter, a play that may have broken the Giants’ backs. They were trailing 21-7 at the time.