Moss again shifts into overdrive in Detroit

DETROIT | It was deja vu all over again for Santana Moss at Ford Field on Sunday - except for the result.

A year after Moss torched Detroit for nine catches for 140 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown to rally Washington to a 25-17 victory, the team's perennial No. 1 receiver broke out of his early-season slump.

However, Moss' 10 catches for 178 yards, including a 57-yard touchdown, weren't enough as the Redskins were stunned 19-14 by the Lions, who had lost 19 games in a row.

"I ain't a one-man wrecking show," said Moss, who had just five catches for 41 yards in the first two games. "I've won games before, but we got to win games as a team.

"We're in someone else's house, and it wasn't going to be easy. Today was my day. They played a little off [me] and we capitalized off it, but we just didn't do enough to win."

Moss' touchdown, which cut the deficit to 13-7 just 1:45 into the third quarter, was just his second in the past eight games.

"When I was coming back out [for the second half], I told [running back Clinton] Portis that we needed a break," Moss said. "I wish I could do that every weekend."



(washingtontimes.com)