A yard short again

David Elfin The Washington Times - September 27, 2009, 02:15PM

First, Santana Moss could only stretch so far on third-and-10.

And now, Chris Cooley’s diving grab was good for 12 yards on third-and-13.

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Meanwhile, the Redskins have no running game. Clinton Portis has minus-2 yards on four carries a year after slashing them for 126 yards on 24 carries. Think old men Randy Thomas and Jon Jansen were better run-blockers than kids Chad Rinehart and Stephon Heyer.

— David Elfin

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David Elfin

David Elfin has been following Washington-area sports teams since the late 1960s. David began his journalism career at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., history) and Syracuse University (M.S., telecommunications). He wrote for the Bulletin (Philadelphia), the Post-Standard (Syracuse) and The Washington Post before coming to The Washington Times in 1986. He has covered colleges, the Orioles …