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A More-Than-Consistent Backup Plan
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Gibbs cut short a question about whether Collins's heady play of late raises questions about who will start at quarterback once Campbell is deemed ready to return, saying curtly that this wasn't the time to talk about that.
Collins followed the head coach into the interview room. Until a few weeks ago, he had no idea where the room was, never having been asked to talk to throngs of reporters after a Redskins game. Though he knew his way this time, he had no airs about him.
Asked why he hadn't been rattled by his pair of early fumbles, Collins answered matter-of-factly, "I knew what happened. I mean, sometimes they win. They get paid to play, too! I'm just going to go on with my progressions."
Tackle Chris Samuels insisted that he and Stephon Heyer were to blame for the fumbles.
"That wasn't on Todd," Samuels said. "That was on the two tackles. Todd has been outstanding. He is leading this group, man. And we're rallying behind him."
Collins finished his third start with another set of sterling statistics, completing 22 of 31 passes for 244 yards -- including a 42-yard beauty to Santana Moss in the fourth quarter that nudged the Redskins' lead to 27-3. It translated to an NFL passer rating of 104.8. But to hear Collins recount the day, you'd have thought he was no more than an asterisk to Washington's improbable achievement.
"I just feel like I'm kind of along for the ride," he said.
Now that ride is taking the Redskins to Seattle for a first-round playoff game.
"It's the first time I've been in position to quarterback a team with a chance to go to the playoffs," Collins said. "Then to get into the playoffs, and to beat the Cowboys at home to do it."
It was hard, indeed, to believe.
