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[quote=NC_Skins;1076582]I happen to agree with Sammy's predictions pretty much to a T. Well done good sir. I do think if things go extremely right though, it could turn out 9-7.[/quote]The Skins bring folks together like nobody else. :food-smil

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Week 1 Sun. Sep. 7 @ Houston Texans [B]W-Texans have no QB [/B]
Week 2 Sun. Sep. 14 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars[B]W-Jags are improved but see above about the QB[/B]
Week 3 Sun. Sep. 21 @ Philadelphia Eagles[B]L-It's great that D. Jax will be pumped but our defense isn't ready[/B]
Week 4 Thu. Sep. 25 vs. New York Giants[B]W-Giants are going to be terrible on O[/B]
Week 5 Mon Oct. 6 vs. Seattle Seahawks[B]L-We will play them tough but lose[/B]
Week 6 Sun. Oct. 12 @ Arizona Cardinals [B]L-Cross country trip after a Monday night? Thanks NFL[/B]
Week 7 Sun. Oct. 19 vs. Tennessee Titans [B]W-Titans are going to be one bad football team.[/B]
Week 8 Mon Oct. 27 @ Dallas Cowboys [B]W-Their D will be as bad as their O is good[/B]
Week 9 Sun. Nov. 2 @ Minnesota Vikings [B]L-We get caught celebrating beating the Boys and looking ahead to the bye[/B]
Week 10Bye Week
Week 11 Sun Nov. 16 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers [B]W-Bucs also have no QB[/B]
Week 12 Sun Nov. 23 @ San Francisco 49ers[B]L-The Niners are too damn good[/B]
Week 13 Sun Nov. 30 @ Indianapolis Colts [B]L-Luck will outperform RG3[/B]
Week 14 Sun Dec. 7 vs. St. Louis Rams [B]W-Can we please stop talking about the RG3 trade now?[/B]
Week 15 Sun Dec. 14 @ New York Giants [B]W-Giants still gonna suck in December[/B]
Week 16 Sat. Dec. 20 vs. Philadelphia Eagles [B]L-This depends on who is healthier at this stage of the season.[/B]
Week 17 Sun. Dec. 28 vs. Dallas Cowboys[B]W-Stephen Jones may be coaching by this point.[/B]

On the poll I picked 5-8 but I think 9 wins is attainable if things fall right health wise and development (RG3, Keenan Robinson, Amerson) wise. I don't see this as a double digit loss team if all the key players are healthy. Can't wait until kickoff!

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[quote=irish;1076616]I didnt think I was twisting the truth. The thread asked for my prediction and I gave it and I thought I was being an optimist. The only way this team is better than last year is if RG plays better (which I think he will) and why I think they will double last year's win total.[/quote]

Stating the only way we get better is with rg3 plays better is a little short sighted. Special teams, front 7, and the Oline need and will be better. I'm not going into the season thinking about the performance of the qb.

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[quote=Chico23231;1076631]Stating the only way we get better is with rg3 plays better is a little short sighted. Special teams, front 7, and the Oline need and will be better. I'm not going into the season thinking about the performance of the qb.[/quote]

On this team the QB is the straw that stirs the drink. Without him playing well they dont win much at all.

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We will never lose again!

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[quote=irish;1076632]On this team the QB is the straw that stirs the drink. Without him playing well they dont win much at all.[/quote]

This is true. And the pass rush had better be the straw for the defense alone.

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[quote=Chico23231;1076631]Stating the only way we get better is with rg3 plays better is a little short sighted. Special teams, front 7, and the Oline need and will be better. I'm not going into the season thinking about the performance of the qb.[/quote]

People constantly overrate the importance of QB's in the NFL. Teams do that too with the outrageous money they spend on them.

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[quote=donofriose;1076636]People constantly overrate the importance of QB's in the NFL. Teams do that too with the outrageous money they spend on them.[/quote]

Thats because in todays NFL, to win a SB, you usually need one of two things. A great defense or a great QB. 11 players for defense or 1 player for QB. Teams usually try for the 1 player over 11 players.

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[quote=donofriose;1076636]People constantly overrate the importance of QB's in the NFL. Teams do that too with the outrageous money they spend on them.[/quote]

Well I believe the qb position is the most important on the field, but I wouldn't sell rg3 short. Of course he needs to play well, but I don't put a lot stock in rg3 performance last year. He was injuried, played with an interior Oline that was a mess pass protecting, and had a bad relation with a pos, distance head coach. Let's not forget rg3 and the offense was constantly put in bad positions by a largely ineffective defense and a special teams unit that was historically bad. I'm more concerned with the Oline overall and Jordan reed's health on the offense.

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I'm not making any predictions until I see them play, hopeful but being realistic

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[quote=Paintrain;1076630]Week 1 Sun. Sep. 7 @ Houston Texans [B]W-Texans have no QB [/B]
Week 2 Sun. Sep. 14 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars[B]W-Jags are improved but see above about the QB[/B]
Week 3 Sun. Sep. 21 @ Philadelphia Eagles[B]L-It's great that D. Jax will be pumped but our defense isn't ready[/B]
Week 4 Thu. Sep. 25 vs. New York Giants[B]W-Giants are going to be terrible on O[/B]
Week 5 Mon Oct. 6 vs. Seattle Seahawks[B]L-We will play them tough but lose[/B]
Week 6 Sun. Oct. 12 @ Arizona Cardinals [B]L-Cross country trip after a Monday night? Thanks NFL[/B]
Week 7 Sun. Oct. 19 vs. Tennessee Titans [B]W-Titans are going to be one bad football team.[/B]
Week 8 Mon Oct. 27 @ Dallas Cowboys [B]W-Their D will be as bad as their O is good[/B]
Week 9 Sun. Nov. 2 @ Minnesota Vikings [B]L-We get caught celebrIating beating the Boys and looking ahead to the bye[/B]
Week 10Bye Week
Week 11 Sun Nov. 16 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers [B]W-Bucs also have no QB[/B]
Week 12 Sun Nov. 23 @ San Francisco 49ers[B]L-The Niners are too damn good[/B]
Week 13 Sun Nov. 30 @ Indianapolis Colts [B]L-Luck will outperform RG3[/B]
Week 14 Sun Dec. 7 vs. St. Louis Rams [B]W-Can we please stop talking about the RG3 trade now?[/B]
Week 15 Sun Dec. 14 @ New York Giants [B]W-Giants still gonna suck in December[/B]
Week 16 Sat. Dec. 20 vs. Philadelphia Eagles [B]L-This depends on who is healthier at this stage of the season.[/B]
Week 17 Sun. Dec. 28 vs. Dallas Cowboys[B]W-Stephen Jones may be coaching by this point.[/B]

On the poll I picked 5-8 but I think 9 wins is attainable if things fall right health wise and development (RG3, Keenan Robinson, Amerson) wise. I don't see this as a double digit loss team if all the key players are healthy. Can't wait until kickoff![/quote]

Josh McCown was one of the best QB's in the NFL last year and he's got some weapons to throw to. Just saying'

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The lion's share of this season falls on the health of RG3, DJax, and Trent Williams- and the coaching prowess of Jay Gruden. If we get good fortune on those four things I say we make the playoffs or miss them barely just...

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I decided to take a super scientific approach to breaking down wins and losses... a coin flip. Heads = win, tails = loss. So here we go:

9/7 at Houston LOSS
9/14 Jacksonville LOSS
9/21 at Philadelphia LOSS
9/25 NY Giants LOSS
10/6 Seattle WIN
10/12 at Arizona WIN
10/19 Tennessee LOSS
10/27 at Dallas WIN
11/2 at Minnesota LOSS
11/9 Bye
11/16 Tampa Bay LOSS
11/23 at San Francisco WIN
11/30 at Indianapolis LOSS
12/7 St. Louis WIN
12/14 at NY Giants LOSS
12/20 Philadelphia LOSS
12/28 Dallas LOSS

So there you go, the coin has spoken and the coin doesn't like our chances this year.

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I think this year hinges on defense and special teams not being as terrible as last year. I like that Gruden is sticking with our run game and I don't see our offense being as bad as they were last year. But if our defense and special teams are terrible again, I only see a 5-7 win season. If defense is solid I think we'll be somewhere around .500, and if defense is great we could have a 10-6 season.

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11-5
1st in nfc east
3rd in NFL total offense
top 10 in NFL defense
wins the nfc championship game
beats broncos in super bowl, Peyton retires after the beating, 51 - 13

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Awful lot of people picking us to to beat the reigning world champions who made Peyton Manning and the most dominant offense of all time look like they didn't belong on the same field as the Seahawks. I'm going 8-8

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9-7 nfc east champs.

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Dallas 7-9
Eagles 8-8
NY 8-8

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[QUOTE=rbanerjee23;1076713]Awful lot of people picking us to to beat the reigning world champions who made Peyton Manning and the most dominant offense of all time look like they didn't belong on the same field as the Seahawks. I'm going 8-8[/QUOTE]
Totally different scenarios between the SB and a midseason MNF game. I picked us to win. My rationale, they are coming east, the Skins will use the playoff memory to motivate, and my bold prediction Griffin will shock and awe that game.

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Hoping for sunshine, but packing an umbrella.
I think 9-7 is a realistic expectation. I have a feeling this group is hungry.

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If all goes well health wise. 10-6 for me...

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[quote=donofriose;1076548]And super bowl champions.[/quote]

....so , 19-0 .

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[quote=Mattyk;1076660]I decided to take a super scientific approach to breaking down wins and losses... a coin flip. Heads = win, tails = loss. So here we go:

9/7 at Houston LOSS
9/14 Jacksonville LOSS
9/21 at Philadelphia LOSS
9/25 NY Giants LOSS
10/6 Seattle WIN
10/12 at Arizona WIN
10/19 Tennessee LOSS
10/27 at Dallas WIN
11/2 at Minnesota LOSS
11/9 Bye
11/16 Tampa Bay LOSS
11/23 at San Francisco WIN
11/30 at Indianapolis LOSS
12/7 St. Louis WIN
12/14 at NY Giants LOSS
12/20 Philadelphia LOSS
12/28 Dallas LOSS

So there you go, the coin has spoken and the coin doesn't like our chances this year.[/quote]

That coin knows what its doing.

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[quote=donofriose;1076636]People constantly overrate the importance of QB's in the NFL. Teams do that too with the outrageous money they spend on them.[/quote]

It is impossible to overrate the importance of the QB in the NFL.

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Chip Kelly's a one trick pony....Ely ain't no Peyton......Big D couldn't stop a runny nose...
Please Santa for.....9-10 W/ a PO berth......
Oh and MK, lose the confederate coin.....

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Yikes! This isnt a very good preseason prediction. 30th out of 32.

[url]http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/shutdown-corner-nfl-power-rankings--pre-preseason-edition-152511587.html[/url]

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[quote=irish;1076792]Yikes! This isnt a very good preseason prediction. 30th out of 32.

[url]http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/shutdown-corner-nfl-power-rankings--pre-preseason-edition-152511587.html[/url][/quote]


That's some straight garbage rankings.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1076796]That's some straight garbage rankings.[/quote]

Well is it a surprise? Yahoo has a couple decent guys, but 80% of it is straight garbage, bleacher report-style garbage

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[quote=irish;1076792]Yikes! This isnt a very good preseason prediction. 30th out of 32.

[url]http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/shutdown-corner-nfl-power-rankings--pre-preseason-edition-152511587.html[/url][/quote]

That's basically a report card from last year, not a prognosis for this year.

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Take last years finish, move around a couple of teams and bingo, preseason rankings. #snore

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It will just make the Skins' season that much sweeter if they put it all together.

Sadly I still want to see the Eagles crash and burn, but most reports from their camp don't seem to indicate that.

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9-7

Eagles go 10-6 and take the division

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[quote=Mattyk;1076801]Take last years finish, move around a couple of teams and bingo, preseason rankings. #snore[/quote]

I think that Yahoo prediction was a bit off but not much. I think the Skins are definitely in the bottom third of teams in the league.

Its been interesting to read some of the reports from Richmond about the joint WAS/NE practices. It sounds like the Skins are pretty far off from what an elite team is doing.

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[quote=irish;1076805]I think that Yahoo prediction was a bit off but not much. I think the Skins are definitely in the bottom third of teams in the league.

Its been interesting to read some of the reports from Richmond about the joint WAS/NE practices. It sounds like the Skins are pretty far off from what an elite team is doing.[/quote]

And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.

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[quote=Chico23231;1076806]And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.[/quote]

I also heard the Skins ripped off a couple of good plays. It sounds like NE pretty much ripped off big plays for the entire practice. I really think that the end of the article sums up why the Skins are bottom dwellers and teams like NE have year in year out success.

[url=http://wtop.com/363/3675552/Redskins-learning-The-Patriot-Way]Redskins learning 'The Patriot Way' - WTOP.com[/url]

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[quote=Chico23231;1076806]And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.[/quote]

Tom Brady, in a no huddle scrimmage picked apart our D.

you know what that means:

[IMG]http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m284viWqir1qhtqtjo1_500.gif[/IMG]

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[quote=Chico23231;1076806]And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.[/quote]

Also heard our pass rush was better than theirs. With the kind of guys they have up front, that speaks good things for both our pass rush and our O-line. Athough on one hand, it's too early to be making judgments about any aspect of our team. But then on the other hand, it's better that we heard "Lichtensteiger made Wilfork his b*tch" instead of "Redskins O-line hapless versus Pats".

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It is expected that a renovated team struggle with NE in August scrimmages.

The odd thing that stood out for me was Gruden's report that the defense seemed easily winded. The defense hasn't built stamina in 2 weeks of camp?

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Brady has been in the same system and with the same HC his entire career. I'm shocked he can run things so smoothly.

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[QUOTE=irish;1076805]I think that Yahoo prediction was a bit off but not much. I think the Skins are definitely in the bottom third of teams in the league.



Its been interesting to read some of the reports from Richmond about the joint WAS/NE practices. It sounds like the Skins are pretty far off from what an elite team is doing.[/QUOTE]


That Yahoo article is just a preseason ranking, not a prediction of where teams will finish.