Tim Hightower: Why Redskins RB's Bold Prediction Is Good News for Washington

Flashback to the movie Top Gun:

Viper: In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they are up here on this plaque.

Do you think your name will be on that plaque?

Maverick: Yes sir.

Viper:  That's pretty arrogant considering the company you're in.

Maverick: Yes sir.

Viper: I like that in a pilot!

Now back to Washington and the Redskins.

Tim Hightower wasn't about to let this bye week become a non-event. The 'Skins running back thought he'd have some fun and just go right ahead and jump into the swirling ocean of bold predictions while he was contemplating what to do with his free time on Sunday:

"The fun will be in February when you guys are interviewing us up in Indy. That'll be fun. Very bold prediction. But I'm gonna stand by it."

To which you simply have to respond — Ahhhhhh, youth!

They say youth is wasted on the young, but not on young Tim Hightower. Yes, he's only 25 and when he was referring to "Indy" in that statement he was talking about his team being involved in a postseason event in the Lucas Oil Dome or whatever that field is called.

Hightower, doing his best Maverick impersonation, has his team going to the Super Bowl.

That's pretty arrogant considering we just bounded past Week 4 of the season.

Before we blow off Hightower as inconsequential, he has been to a Super Bowl. It was Super Bowl XLIII, that's forty three for those of us who are not Romans. He was a rookie with the Arizona Cardinals when they faced the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers won a close one, 27-23. Hightower had one carry, didn't gain anything. Caught two passes for 13 yards.

Soooooooo, sports fans, Tim Hightower does know what a Super Bowl looks like. He hasn't been beat up enough to not remember what it takes to get there.

So Redskins fans, you want bold? Hightower is giving you bold.

It's certainly a lot more refreshing to see Hightower's enthusiasm and want-to rather than listening to Chris Cooley bragging that he could kick Tony Romo's butt in a cage fight. It's good for Washington to have guys wanting to go to the Super Bowl as opposed to the octagon.

Hightower's living the dream. The Redskins traded for him over the summer. They liked him because they gave up defensive end Vonnie Holliday and a sixth-round pick to the Cards to get him.

The kid's at home. He's an Alexandria, Va., guy and Northern Virginia is a neat place. It's even better when all your buddies know you're a Redskin.

Right now, it's a lot more in vogue to be a Redskin seeing as they're 3-1 and thinking they're the team to beat in the NFC East.

Hightower might as well make the call, what the heck, do Philadelphia, Dallas and New York look unbeatable?

Thought so.

So no one has to ask Hightower, "hey what did you do over the bye week?"

This is now pretty much the talk of the town in D.C.

Arrogant?

I like that in a running back.