Alex Smith looked like his old self. So did Adrian
Peterson.When the 34-year-old Smith wasn't carving up the Arizona
defense
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running through it.The result was a 24-6 Washington victory on Sunday, coach Jay
Gruden's first win i
n a season opener in five tries, and it was even more
dominant than the final score would indicate."You guys put that monkey there.
You guys kept reminding me about the dang 0-4 start," Gruden said. "It counts as
one game. I told our team we are 1-0 and now it is time we have to put
back-to-back games together."Smith and Peterson were playing their first game as
Redskins and the two veterans made an impact from the start."I thought the way
we came out moving the ball, finishing drives in the red zone was big," Smith
said. "It certainly started with running the football. I thought our O-line was
dominant."Smith, acquired from Kansas City in the offseason to replace Kirk
Cousins, completed 21 of 30 passes without an interception and had TD throws of
13 yards to Chris Thompson and 4 yards to Jordan Reed. Peterson rushed for 96
yards on 26 carries, including a 1-yard touchdown ru n."The sky is the limit
(for this offense)," Peterson said. "Alex is doing a great job running this
offense and for the past couple of weeks I have seen these receivers go out in
practice and grind. The offensive line speaks for itself and then you add C.T.
(Chris Thompson) in there. That young guy got me going today."Peterson, who
played for Arizona a year ago and signed with Washington as a free agent on Aug.
20, finished his day with a 52-yard reception, but fumbled at the end of the
play.The Redskins outgained the Cardinals 429-213 and had 30 first downs to
Arizona's 14 and it was even more one-sided before the Cardinals showed some
life late in the game. Washington rushed for 182 yards to Arizona's 68."The
nemesis right now is just stopping the run," Wilks said. "...Tackling was an
issue."Arizona avoided a shutout when David Johnson ran 2 yards for a touchdown
with 5:47 to play.Johnson, who signed a three-year, $39 million contract
extension with Arizona on Saturday night with $30 million
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carried nine times for 37 yards and caught five passes for 30 yards."I'm not
even thinking about the contract," he said. "I'm thinking about the loss and
what I did wrong, the mental errors, dropped catches and how bad I played."Sam
Bradford, in his debut as Cardinals quarterback, was 20 of 34 for 153 yards and
was intercepted once.The Redskins manhandled the Arizona defense in a dominant
first half to lead 21-0 at the break. And the Arizona team under the new
coaching regime was booed roundly as it left the field.The statistics were
stunningly one-sided through the first two quarters: 261 yards for the Redskins
to 36 yards for the Cardinals. Smith completed 17 of 20 passes for 171 yards and
two touchdowns. Bradford, meanwhile, was 3 of 7 for 11 yards. Washington had the
ball for 22 minutes, 57 seconds to the Cardinals' 7:03."We had three possessions
in the first half and we're down 21-0 at halftime," Bradford said. "It's tough
on the defense, it's tough on the offense."Arizona got two first downs on its
first possession and went three-and-out the only other two times it had the ball
in the first half.Washington, meanwhile, had touchdown drives of 80, 73 and 92
yards behind a powerful rushing game and the efficient management of Smith.The
first scoring drive went 80 yards in 11 plays, Smith went 13 yards to Thompson
on the first play of the second quarter for the score.After Arizona's first
three-and-out, Washington used up 9:06 in a
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to make it 14-0.The Cardinals went nowhere again and the Redskins took advantage
of their last chance of the half.Smith completed 7 of 7 passes for 77 yards in a
10-play, 92-yard drive. Smith threw 4 yards to Reed for the touchdown and it was
21-0 with 8 seconds left in the half.INJURIESThree Washington players left the
game with injuries.Rookie wide receiver Cam Sims injured an ankle in the first
quarter and was carted off the field. He did not return. Washington wide
receiver Trey Quinn left in the third quarter, also with an ankle injury, and
didn't return. Redskins safety Troy Apke left with a hamstring injury in the
fourth quarter.Arizona right tackle Andre Smith left in the fourth quarter with
an elbow injury.UP NEXTRedskins: host Indianapolis next Sunday. Washington
hasn't started 2-0 since 2011.Cardinals: play at the Los Angeles Rams next
Sunday. Arizona lost at Los Angeles 33-0 last season.The 5 O¡¯Clock Club: With
the first pick in the 2019 NFL draft... The 5 o¡¯clock club is published
Wednesday to Saturday during the season, and aims to provide a forum for
reader-driven discussion at a time of day when there isn¡¯t much NFL news being
published. Feel free to introduce topics that interest you in the comments
below.OverTheCap this week took a look at all the 0-2 teams.Here¡¯s a little bit
of what they had to say about each one:Buffalo BillsI¡¯ll take issue with one
thing in this analysis.I expected the Bills to be every bit this bad.Houston
TexansI believe I picked the Texans to win their division in 2018.Ooops.Oakland
RaidersI¡¯ve been pretty up-front about how bad a decision I thought the Raiders
made in hiring Jon Gruden.I wonder if Mark Davis has any contingency plan for
unloading Gruden and his 10-year contract?New York GiantsI¡¯d love to channel my
inner South East Omar here, but I don¡¯t really understand his schtick.Something
like, Hahahahahaha! Slide the protection.Ha ha ha!Make the Manning face Manning
boy!Ha ha ha!Detroit LionsPersonally, I¡¯m shocked by the Lions looking this bad,
though, with a rookie head coach, it could just be growing pains.I was expecting
them to pick up some valuable wins in the NFC North this season and help knock
the Vikings out of the playoffs.Arizona CardinalsIf only we¡¯d realized how
pathetic the Cardinals really are, the Redskins might¡¯ve game-planned for the
Colts.A little taste of South East OmarI invite anyone who wants to try, to do
your best South East Omar imitation in the
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