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Sunday, January 6, 2008

From the land of Bill Parcells, your e-mails help me keep up with the local teams. Although for the life of me, I can't find Doc Walker or Big John on the radio in West Palm Beach.

The Redskins' recent success is a credit to Joe Gibbs and the coaching staff, and a reflection of the players' trust in Gibbs. Also, this is one of Gregg Williams's better coaching efforts after last season revealed he was human. But give him credit: He adapted and improved. Al Saunders is finally getting some vindication, and Joe Bugel did a superb job with an injury-plagued offensive line.

But the reality is they are still thin on talent and are overachieving on emotion and coaching. They still do not have a long-range game plan like the Patriots or Colts.

Kevin Keenan, Oakton

Emotion and coaching count for a lot, even more than long-range game plans. Besides, the Redskins also overcame numerous injuries this year and the loss of Sean Taylor.

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Players, coaches and in this case even cheerleaders never seem to learn the lesson that no insult of the opposing team goes unpunished. The recent claim by a Texas A&M rally leader that Joe Paterno is too old to coach and ready for the casket certainly did not sit well with the Penn State players, with the predictable result that the Nittany Lions won.

Nelson Marans, Silver Spring

I loved Paterno's response: "Maybe he's accurate. I don't know."

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