Brian Orakpo: Why LB Should Worry Less About Tony Romo, More About St. Louis

Brian Orakpo really needs to let this one go.

Someone needs to tell the Big "O" that it's time to let go of Tony Romo's ribs. If he insists on talking about ribs, then perhaps he should be figuring out where to go in St. Louis for the best ribs, St. Louis style.

Seems Orakpo's still thinking about what's past and he still has Romo on his mind, putting in his two cents about Romo and his ribs rather than worrying about the next guy, Sam Bradford, and the fact that his ribs are perfectly healthy and these Redskins of Orakpo are on the road and need to think about winning THIS game rather than sulking about the one they just lost.

Right now the 'Skins are 2-1 and 3-1 will sound a lot better after the first quarter of the season is in the books.

This contest against the Rams falls into that fan's category of "one we should win" and as it turns out, those can be the most dangerous. Especially if, unbeknown to Orakpo and his teammates, Mr. Murphy manages to sneak aboard the Redskins charter and somehow shows up on their sideline Sunday.

After all, these things DO happen in the NFL. Teams do lose games they "should win."

What Mr. Orakpo should have done, immediately after Sunday's loss to the Cowboys, was take that jar of sour grapes and give it to someone who can crush those sour grapes and make sour wine, but let someone else do that.

Instead, it's Orakpo with the Sour Whine about how Romo's ribs really weren't that bad, that he's getting too much credit, that he's no hero and so on and so forth.

Brian, for goodness sakes, the good players have short-term memories. Once they shower up, they're already moving their mind set to the next opponent. You can bet guys like Tom Brady have total amnesia after a loss.

The Cowboys have it right, they're already focusing on Calvin Johnson and the Lions.

Orakpo should be elated it's the Rams and not the Lions and Megatron.

Next!

It's like a golfer griping about the double-bogey he just made. Let it go, better think about the next shot on the next hole or another double-bogey could be lurking.

Losing to St. Louis, that would be a triple-bogey as the Rams are 0-3.

Aren't these sort of games typically the ones to watch out for?

Brian Orakpo needs to take a look at what's in front of him, rather than what's behind.