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" Greatness can be as incalculable as it is impossible. In the NFL&amp;#039;s fifth week, for example, there was Brady vs. Manning \u2014 the 104.6 QB rating vs. 116.2, the 74-percent completion rating vs. 70 percent \u2014 and the 10 impossible points between. There were the Colts, with 35 seconds and 3 points between their impossible win and their incalculable ineptitude, and somehow they beat the defending champions. And then there were the Redskins, impossible to ignore this season under Robert Griffin III, and then, with a concussion nobody could have built into their fantasy lineup or their fate against the still-undefeated Falcons, counted down and out, 24-17, by an insurmountable fourth quarter. Here to make sense of all that and more is Mila \u2014 no, not that one, but the veteran Washington cheerleader who, like Griffin, was born in Japan and is a self-proclaimed military brat who&amp;#039;s moved around more often than the predictability of this football season. LINDSAY McCORMICK, The Esquire.com: After your win last weekend over the Bucs, then going and hosting the undefeated Falcons, this game had a lot of hype around it. But did you think it would be this close? MILA, The Redskins: We have had so many games where we came so close, so I kinda did think today&amp;#039;s game would be closer than most people thought. And even though their team is undefeated, we definitely have grown so much this season as a team and with RG3. LM: The rain held off... until the fourth quarter. Was that a factor at all? Dancing in the rain isn&amp;#039;t the same as throwing around the pigskin in it. MILA: I&amp;#039;m sure the rain was a factor, and Kirk Cousins hasn&amp;#039;t had much playing time. It made it more slippery and more difficult to throw and run. But we worked as best as we could at the end. I mean, we tried. LM: The Falcons had no issues in the fourth, scoring 17 points after looking a little sloppy the first three quarters. After defeating the Panthers last weekend, Matt Ryan told them to &amp;quot;Get the fk off our field.&amp;quot; He didn&amp;#039;t seem to have such bold words against you guys. MILA: That definitely wasn&amp;#039;t sportsmanlike. The NFL is a professional league and everything we do should be kept professional. Even what we do as cheerleaders on the sidelines is kept professional as best as we possibly can. If we can do it, then why can&amp;#039;t they? LM: A guy who has been nothing but professional, RG3, got knocked out \u2014 and taken right out of the game \u2014 with that nasty hit. Should other teams take more precautionary measures when it comes to hits like you guys did? MILA: The fans were all cheering for RG3 when he got hit, and then all of a sudden it got silent. My mouth dropped. I felt so bad for him. When he got up, everyone in the crowd started chanting, R-G-3! R-G-3! R-G-3! Our fans certainly love him. As for taking precautionary measures, more teams should do it. We don&amp;#039;t want him to keep playing if there is something seriously wrong. In the end, it&amp;#039;s about health issues, and if your body isn&amp;#039;t there, how can you help the team?  LM: One-for-five. I think you know whose stat this belongs to. Is it time for your team to replace Billy Cundiff? MILA: It&amp;#039;s a little frustrating that he keeps missing, but it&amp;#039;s okay. It did get a little quiet in the stadium after that missed kick, but we as a team shrugged it off and moved on and tried to focus on scoring. LM: Tony Gonzalez made a ton of fantasy owners happy once again today, and you got to see that up close and personal. Does it look like he has another good year or two left in him? MILA: He did have a good game today. It&amp;#039;s always hard to say, but if they look that good, they need to stay playing. LM: Your eight straight home losses now comprise the longest active home losing streak in the NFL. Why do you guys play so much better on the road? One of the announcers even said FedEx field was deafening today.... MILA: Pressure-wise, we are in someone else&amp;#039;s hometown with different fans, so the players are probably more amped trying to make sure they bring back a win for their fans \u2014 just the excitement of that. But today our fans were especially loud. I was having a hard time hearing my captain counting for our routines on the sidelines. Our fans were amped. (Click here for more on the Redskins cheerleaders and their new swimsuit calendar)    -- Lindsay McCormick (pictured at left) has covered the NFL for ESPN The Magazine and CBS. She is the former host of &amp;quot;The Fan&amp;quot; on Comcast SportsNet, where she was the sideline reporter for the Portland Trail Blazers. And she&amp;#039;ll be back right here on The Culture Blog every week with Monday Morning Cheerleader. Stay tuned for more from Tom Chiarella on Monday Night Football, Jeremy Schaap and Rachel Nichols and Lisa Salters on the little big profile (this week: Brandon Marshall), and more. Also: beer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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