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Question: Gary, if Devin Thomas meets his maximum potential, how good can he be? Who can he be compared to? He looked fantastic against the Saints [on Dec.

Here's what I'm thinking in the immediate aftermath of the Redskins' heart-wrenching 33-30 overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday: *I've said it the last two weeks, and I'll say it again: bad teams find ways to lose games, and the Redskins are a bad team.

Shaun Suisham, the most accurate kicker in Redskins history, could be out a job after his 23-yard miss with 1:56 left cost Washington a monumental upset of unbeaten New Orleans on Sunday.

Quarterback Jason Campbell called it the 'strangest' game in which he'd played. Running back Rock Cartwright said it was the most 'disheartening.' And linebacker London Fletcher described it as the 'most interesting.'

And now they have to move on, take stock of their wounds from a 33-30 overtime loss to the unbeaten New Orleans Saints and travel to Oakland to face a Raiders team that has upset Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in two of the past three weeks.

'It's just inside,' defensive end Andre Carter said after the game. 'There is no secret, there is no secret remedy to it. It's just to continue to be driven. And we are driven, don't get me wrong, it's just that one additional piece.'

Shaun Suisham is a consummate professional. And not that this matters in terms of his ability to perform at his job, but he's one of the nicest guys on the team as well.

There seemed to be an inordinate amount of chatter about things such as providence and destiny after Sunday afternoon's ghastly Redskins loss.

'I definitely believe in destiny, and I believe in karma, and what goes around comes around,' Saints quarterback Drew Brees said, after a game in which his team benefited from a punt that dropped out of the air onto a burgundy back, a Redskins interception that turned into a Redskins fumble that turned into a Saints touchdown, and a costly instant replay reversal in overtime.

It was probably the weirdest game in Washington's 13 seasons at FedEx Field and one of the strangest in Redskins history.

Shaun Suisham pulled his gray sweater over his head late yesterday afternoon and reluctantly welcomed the horde of reporters and cameras to his locker.

Although placekicker Shaun Suisham faulted himself for missing a 23-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter that would have put the Redskins up by 10, long snapper Ethan Albright was also quick to accept blame.

S Darren Sharper prepped at Hermitage and was an All-American selection at William & Mary.

It was nearly impossible to decipher the weather conditions on the field during pregame.

Punter Sam Paulescu , shown with Ethan Albright, performed well against Atlanta last week in his only game with the Redskins.

He's one of the team's longest-tenured players, but after his best game in nearly three years, Ladell Betts joked that he had forgotten how to get to the postgame interview room.

Injuries to Chris Samuels and Randy Thomas have forced the Washington Redskins to revamp their offensive line.

Retired for nearly five years, Sherman Lewis was about to go to the senior center to call a bingo game when the Washington Redskins phoned.

Hunter Smith may not be available to punt in this Sunday's game at Carolina due to a groin injury.

Now at peace with the Redskins' decision to cut him, Jansen eyes a starting spot with his hometown team Nothing about Jon Jansen's situation changed from Week 3 of last season to Week 3 of this season.

We're back with another installment of Special Teams Saturday with Lorenzo Alexander.

That changed Wednesday when the Washington Redskins gave the 34-year-old $1 million worth of bonus money and extended his contract through 2014, including two voidable years.

KICKOFF: Sunday, 4:15 p.m. ET SURFACE: FieldTurf TV: FOX SERIES: 153rd meeting. The Giants lead 87-61-4, . The most memorable recent game was the 2006 finale in which New York's Tiki Barber ran for a franchise-record 234 yards to lead the Giants to a 34-28 wild-card spot-clinching victory.