Less than two minutes into the game Washington had already surrendered two sacks and given up a fumble.

In addition they had allowed a quarterback who was making his first start in the NFL to throw a touchdown on just his first pass in the game. By the time halftime rolled around they were down by ten points to a team without any wins, while Jason Campbell, their quarterback, had already thrown two interceptions.

Never mind all the talk over whether or not Jim Zorn was going to last the entire season. You had to wonder there for a while whether or not the booing fans were going to allow the coach, quarterback and rest of Redskins team back on the field to start the second half of the game.

Energized by DeAngelo Hall’s interception, the Redskins were able to find some momentum, life and energy that all season had been missing. Sunday during the third quarter they rallied and score on three possessions in a row to defeat Tampa Bay 16-13.

Campbell said, at halftime I said if we do not pull this game out, on Monday I have no idea what I am going to do. Might as well just hibernate.

The win was another narrow one over a bad team. It was very similar to the ugly 9-7 win over the Rams two weeks ago that felt more like it was a loss. However the Redskins (2-2) do have a .500 record. It doesn’t look too bad in print, particularly after losing last week to Detroit.

Phillip Daniels, Redskins defensive end said, it is a very good feeling due to all we went through this week, hearing about how we lost to Detroit and all of that kind of stuff. It feels great just to be at 2-2.

Their loss left Tampa Bay’s rookie head coach Raheem Morris seeking his first win in the NFL still. However the Buccaneers (0-4) did have their chances after suffering double digit losses three weeks in a row to start off their season.

In the first half Mike Nugent missed on two field goals and for the season was 0 for 4 until making a field goal from 37 yards to end the first half. The three interceptions by Aqib Talib lost some of their luster when he was beaten on a pass of 59 yards down the right hand sideline from Campbell over to Santana Moss, giving Washington the lead in the game for good.

Morris said, I bet he would give back the other three just for that one.

Campbell went 12 out of 22 for a total of 170 yards and had three interceptions and two touchdown passes. He said that it was the very first time he had ever had three interceptions in a football game, including Pee Wee football.

Zorn said, it was very frustrating for all of us. I looked at our game plan and wondered what else would go wrong. Offensively, it was like two entirely different halves.

Josh Johnson, the second year, nimble quarterback, was 13 out of 22 for a total of 106 passing yards and had one interception and one touchdown for the Buccaneers. He ran the ball seven times as well for a total of 41 yards.

Carnell Williams said, for being such a hostile environment the young kid did not do too bad a job. Williams rushed for 77 yards in 16 attempts. We can only go up from where we are here. We are 0-4. We have to look at thing that way.

Just two minutes into the game, Johnson connected on a touchdown pass of 8 yards over to Antonio Bryant. However it ended up being the only touchdown scored by Tampa Bay. Entering into the game, the Redskins were the worst third down defensive team in the league, but on Sunday only allowed Tampa Bay to convert 2 out of 13.

Greg Blache, defensive coordinator who on Saturday night gave the players an usually emotional speech said, it was one thing after another. We are at a point this season where we have got to stand up. We have to change and draw a line down in the dirt.

Blache in public had promised a maverick and riverboat gambler approach this week to their defense. However, he did do any extra blitzes or take more chances than normal.

Blache said, sometimes you just need to make them think that. You put on the clothes and then look the part.