Washington at Houston

What to make of Washington? Prior to the preseason they were picked as Super Bowl contenders. After a horrible preseason, many people had stuck a fork in them. They lose in week one at home vs. Minnesota and then get blown out by Dallas last week. Ouch. Needless to say they are desparate for a win. Houston is also winless but expectations are much lower. Redskin players and coaches are in panic mode and I think they come to play this week. The return of Clinton Portis is HUGE. Without him this offense has been unable to move the ball. Not only will he be able to eat up yards on the ground, but Houston's offense won't be able to pin their ears back and go after QB Mark Brunnell who has felt way too much pressure without Portis. He was sacked six times by the Cowboys. Houston has shown little improvement under Gary Kubiak. Their offensive line, already doing a poor job at protecting QB David Carr, took a big hit last week when they lost left tackle Charles Spencer with a broken leg. Center Mike Flanagan has a hurt left foot and is listed as questionable for this game. If he isn't 100% it could be a very long day for Carr and an offense that has been no better than Washington's. And no running back has emerged to take the lead as Wali Lundy, Ron Dayne and Samkon Gado have all been mediocre. Look for the Redskins to bounce back in a big way this week.