Could the Redskins go 5-1?
 

A lot of fans are showing their disapproval lately. Standing up booing the Skins. I am all for this if it makes them play harder. But where were the fans last year when Pittsburgh took over our stadium? Just had to get that off my mind. I like the comments the irrate fan left on Cooleys blog better. Anyways enough foolishness.

We are a work in progress folks. We have progressed from the first game. Our O played better as well as our D. We moved the ball down the field and played better on defense and applied a little more pressure. Interesting tidbit. Dallas has not recorded a sack yet. We atleast have 2 (as dismal as that may sound).

Our remaining schedule:

Detroit: 0-2
Bucs: 0-2
Panthers: 0-2
Chiefs: 0-2

All of these teams are on the verge of imploding. I know we have the tendency to play to the level of our competition. But last year we lost to the Rams. We won this year. We now see San Fran is not as bad as we thought they were. Or the Bengals for that matter, still should have won those games, from the results we've seen from these teams this season so far. Saying that we need to win these games. I dont care if it is by 1 point. If we are 5-1 going into Philly. I will feel a lot better.

I know the team is looking like roadkill and the playcalling and players have not been in sync. But saying that. We have 4 games to improve. So hopefully each we we will progress to the point where we are going to clicking by the time we reach Philly. We have progressed from week1 to week 2 so hopefully we can keep it going. Just a thought.

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I am still calling for 5-2 at the bye week. One of the 0-2 teams will get us, but we own Philly. From that point, it's time to man up, and play with the big boys. Bring it on!

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Certainly 5-1 is possible, needless to say we need a lot of improvement in the RZ.

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Anything is possible. I could cut my junk off and call myself Nancy. The Redskins have a better chance of going to the Superbowl this year than that ever going down.

For real though, enough with this hypothetical BS. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all be fat MFers.

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anything is possible but knowing us we'll probably choke against either Carolina Tampa Detroit or Kansas city. KC played baltimore very well, Detroit barely lost to us last year. Tampa played dallas well for 3 1/2 quarters, and carolina was a playoff team last year. so I dunno

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Yes, we could. But we could also go 1-5. Seriously, with this team, you NEVER can tell. They've certainly got the talent to go 5-1, but they've got an amazing ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory--even, paradoxically, in a win!

One game at a time, fellas.

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Lets hope our offense use the next four games as an enimic person would use iron to strenghthen his blood. We are not bad we are on the verge of exploding on offense I no u guys felt it. I was loving the exacution, but our red zone was enimic, yes we all seen it. Im thinking we should start taking shots at the 25-30 yard line. We missed out on 21 pionts yes I know but in two months if the Rams are on some type of roll, then we will look back on this game as a good deffensive game which it was so I feel good about my Redskins but Im the type of fan that thought after CC47 TD catch last week. we still had a chance to win with an on side kick and quick TD strike. Well what i mean we have a very good chance at 5-1.

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This is a very important stretch for us.

We have to put away the awful teams.
Also, It's a key point in the year where it gives JC the opportunity to get in rhythm to we can go into the more difficult games with some momentum.

If JC can't come out of that stretch looking sharp, Then he probably shouldn't be on the team next year.
Same goes for Zorn.

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5-1 sounds about right. Just enough to get the fans in a frenzy right before our annual November collapse . Actually, looking at the [URL="http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=REG#Week"]schedules[/URL], there's a good chance that when we play each of our next four games, all four teams will be winless win they face us.

Seriously though, with the way our second half schedule looks, we're going to need that kind of start to have legit postseason ambitions.

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Personally the prospect of 5-1 is quite possible but we need to get the offense going. I think that winning the Philadelphia game is big and i would sacrifice a loss to one of the potential wins to beat them. I would guess we could be 5-2 or 6-1 but after a bye, how many wins are we going to get? Im still thinking we are a 9 or 10 win team IF we get the wins we should have during this stretch.

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[quote=JWsleep;593192]
[B][SIZE="6"]One game at a time, fellas[/SIZE][/B].[/quote]

That says it all!

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;593185]Anything is possible. [B]I could cut my junk off and call myself Nancy[/B].
For real though, enough with this hypothetical BS. [B]If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all be fat MFers[/B].[/quote]

You are a quote machine!

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;593181]I am still calling for 5-2 at the bye week. One of the 0-2 teams will get us, but we own Philly. From that point, it's time to man up, and play with the big boys. Bring it on![/quote]


We own Philly? When the hell have we ever owned Philly, even when we had the talent advantage? We split with Philly and Dallas. Hopefully we can against the Gmen also, but I am not holding my breath. Unless coach gets his playcalling problem fixed and certain individuals earn their overbloated salaries we go 4-3 before the bye. We are not looking like the team that started 6-2, but the team that finished 2-6 in 2008 thus far.

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[quote=GusFrerotte;593267][B]We own Philly? When the hell have we ever owned Philly, even when we had the talent advantage? We split with Philly and Dallas.[/B] Hopefully we can against the Gmen also, but I am not holding my breath. Unless coach gets his playcalling problem fixed and certain individuals earn their overbloated salaries we go 4-3 before the bye. We are not looking like the team that started 6-2, but the team that finished 2-6 in 2008 thus far.[/quote]

We swept Philly last year. And I predict we sweep Dallas this year.:httr:

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The only game I have confidence of us winning is next week vs the Lions there is no guarantee we will win either. Delhomme sucks, but Carolina still is a solid team. TB is probably a win, unless we play like we just did. Chiefs are going to be much improved I think by the time we play them, maybe Carolina also. Bottom line is we get the red zone problem fixed ASAP and the issue is moot and we just still might take the division.

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[quote=GusFrerotte;593267]We own Philly? When the hell have we ever owned Philly, even when we had the talent advantage? We split with Philly and Dallas. Hopefully we can against the Gmen also, but I am not holding my breath. Unless coach gets his playcalling problem fixed and certain individuals earn their overbloated salaries we go 4-3 before the bye. We are not looking like the team that started 6-2, but the team that finished 2-6 in 2008 thus far.[/quote]

He could be referring to us sweeping the Eagles last year

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[quote=Lotus;593271]We swept Philly last year. And I predict we sweep Dallas this year.:httr:[/quote]

Beat me to it

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[quote=Lotus;593271]We swept Philly last year. And I predict we sweep Dallas this year.:httr:[/quote]
That would be nice bud, but we should have swept Dallas many times since Gibbs II only to piss victory away. I guess I am to pessimistic and have seen to many BS games where we should have kicked their asses only to f it up somehow. And when I talk about Philly I am not talking about last year but over the last say 10 years. We have a crappy intradivisional record even when we were better on paper.

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We only go 5-1 if we can score more than 9 points a game. Preferably at least three TDs a game. But, if we can mysteriously fix our red zone woes this week, who knows?

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[quote=GusFrerotte;593277]That would be nice bud, but we should have swept Dallas many times since Gibbs II only to piss victory away.[B] I guess I am to pessimistic [/B]and have seen to many BS games where we should have kicked their asses only to f it up somehow.[/quote]

yes, yes you are.

but, the question was could we go 5-1 (granted I stretched it to the bye which started the division talk). We don't play Dallas till late November, and who knows which team or both will be screaming for a new head coach/qb (yes after losing to the giants cowpoke fans were saying the same basic thing about their coach).

So Yes we can go 5-1, and we should go 5-1, and then We just need to pheed vick to the dogs!

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Dude we won't go 5-1 just for the fact that we should do so. That is my whole point. We never beat or sweep our rivals when we are supposed to or more to the point are more loaded with talent than they are. Yeah we swept Philly last season, but nobody thought we could. Philly was relatively a healthy team, etc. Now they are beat up, you think hell yeah we will kick their asses only to split the series or get swept. Same thing with Dallas and the Gmen. Like the guys say one game at a time, but recent history tells me anything can happen on any given Sunday. We can beat a team we are supposed to lose to or lose to a team we are supposed to destroy.

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[quote=GusFrerotte;593283]Dude we won't go 5-1 just for the fact that we should do so. That is my whole point. We never beat or sweep our rivals when we are supposed to or more to the point are more loaded with talent than they are. Yeah we swept Philly last season, but nobody thought we could. Philly was relatively a healthy team, etc. Now they are beat up, you think hell yeah we will kick their asses only to split the series or get swept. Same thing with Dallas and the Gmen. Like the guys say one game at a time, but recent history tells me anything can happen on any given Sunday. We can beat a team we are supposed to lose to or lose to a team we are supposed to destroy.[/quote]

??? That made no sense

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We may still be the 2-6 team we hoped was left behind last year. After that 9-7 win, I'm going to be scared of Detroit. There are always upsets and we seem to be the one everybody picks on. The 'Skins just can't seem to play with much agression. DeAngelo Hall better get his act together or our secondary is going to blow up this season. So it's more than just the offensive line that needs help.

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[quote=GusFrerotte;593283]Dude we won't go 5-1 just for the fact that we should do so. That is my whole point. We never beat or sweep our rivals when we are supposed to or more to the point are more loaded with talent than they are. Yeah we swept Philly last season, but nobody thought we could. Philly was relatively a healthy team, etc. Now they are beat up, you think hell yeah we will kick their asses only to split the series or get swept. Same thing with Dallas and the Gmen. Like the guys say one game at a time, but recent history tells me anything can happen on any given Sunday. We can beat a team we are supposed to lose to or lose to a team we are supposed to destroy.[/quote]

if i could understand your logic I would have proof i drank too much even though i hadn't drank anything at all.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;593280]yes, yes you are.

but, the question was could we go 5-1 (granted I stretched it to the bye which started the division talk). [B]We don't play Dallas till late November[/B], and who knows which team or both will be screaming for a new head coach/qb (yes after losing to the giants cowpoke fans were saying the same basic thing about their coach).

So Yes we can go 5-1, and we should go 5-1, and then We just need to pheed vick to the dogs![/quote]

Which is about the time when Dallas packs it up for the season each year. Where is the broom emoticon?

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It looks good now, but with our Offense, I say no. Detroit is alot better this season, and TB always plays us pretty good.. 4-3 at the break is what i'm saying..

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;593185]Anything is possible. I could cut my junk off and call myself Nancy. The Redskins have a better chance of going to the Superbowl this year than that ever going down.

For real though, enough with this hypothetical BS. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all be fat MFers.[/quote]

You are definitely one of the more entertaining guys on this site.

But as for 5-1.. Yeah we COULD. But we probably won't. I'm thinking 3-3 or 4-2.

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[quote=DynamiteRave;593310]You are definitely one of the more entertaining guys on this site.

But as for 5-1.. Yeah we COULD. But we probably won't. I'm thinking 3-3 or 4-2.[/quote]


Funny thing is. I think people who are not Skins think the same thing. We have a habit of playing to the level of our competition. But that might workin our favor. Teams will be like. Who did they beat? Just the Rams and the lions, Next week they will say. Who did they beat? They will say just the rams, lions and bucs. So we could get to the the Atlanta or Eagles game and people will stillbe like. They started of fast last year. So they are probably still a horrible team. No one fears us and our opponents are weak. But that might help us in the end. I think the defense will step up during this time span as they continue to jell with AH. The offense can only get better. I truly believe that. There is no where to go but up when your at the bottom.

Think about it ;)

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[quote=Trample the Elderly;593185]Anything is possible. I could cut my junk off and call myself Nancy. [quote]

You should try that and see how it goes..ROTFL

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[quote=dmvskinzfan08;593324]Funny thing is. I think people who are not Skins think the same thing. We have a habit of playing to the level of our competition. But that might workin our favor. Teams will be like. Who did they beat? Just the Rams and the lions, Next week they will say. Who did they beat? They will say just the rams, lions and bucs. So we could get to the the Atlanta or Eagles game and people will stillbe like. They started of fast last year. So they are probably still a horrible team. No one fears us and our opponents are weak. But that might help us in the end.[B] I think the defense will step up during this time span as they continue to jell with AH. The offense can only get better. I truly believe that[/B]. Their is no where to go but up when your at the bottom.

Think about it ;)[/quote]

Maybe I'm crazy but so do I. I don't see anything that isn't correctable and we have plenty of talent. Blache seemed to be running better blitz packages this last game and JC was moving the ball up and down the field. We're throwing more and opening up the offense. [B]This is an improvement[/B]. I expect both sides of the ball to get better the more we play. There is obviously some redzone work to do and because we've had trouble scoring TD's the coaches are spending more time on it and examining it a lot more closely. Good. We [B]should[/B] get pretty good at it. This is a very good d-line we have and I expect we'll get even more pressure on the QB and create more turnovers, as you said, as they continue to jell. The goal is to continue to get better as the season goes along and hit your peak going into the playoffs. I believe we will.

We forget that last season some of us were talking about how Hassleback, McNabb, and others familier with the WCO say it takes 2-3 years to run it efficiently. JC has had 1 full season and 2 games with it and I see a lot of improvement so far. I just hope we don't blow this thing up before we're able to reap the benefits.

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Knowing the Redskins they'll find a way to f'ed it up. I'll take 5-2, hopefully they won't disappoint me.

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[quote=jamf;593231]This is a very important stretch for us.

We have to put away the awful teams.
Also, It's a key point in the year where it gives JC the opportunity to get in rhythm to we can go into the more difficult games with some momentum.

If JC can't come out of that stretch looking sharp, Then he probably shouldn't be on the team next year.
Same goes for Zorn.[/quote]

Not only Zorn and Campbell as you have mention but alot of other players as well need to take a walk. As usual most fans always point to the teams failures as the QB and coach. How about the defense getting off the field on 3rd downs. How about the WR making plays and the O-line opening up some holes. It is a team effort win or lose.

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IMO we better take advantage of this little easy stretch to get our sh$$ together. If we botch 2 of these games id have to say we have a huge problem and Zorn will be under fire for the rest of the season.

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Well, is the offense vs the WEAK rams the exception or the rule? Fact is, we have had serious offensive struggles, and we should NOT have struggled to put the ball in the endzone like that. We played poorly vs the Giants, now again vs the Rams. If this continues, we will be no better than 3-4. I certainly hope Zorn has something better up his sleeve, but I am majorly disappointed in our performance in both games offensively. We have such a good defense that to see the offensive perform like this makes me want to throw my shoe through the TV!
If Zorn gets it 5-2, if not, 3-4 at best.

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[quote=jsarno;593390]Well, is the offense vs the WEAK rams the exception or the rule? Fact is, we have had serious offensive struggles, and we should NOT have struggled to put the ball in the endzone like that. We played poorly vs the Giants, now again vs the Rams. If this continues, we will be no better than 3-4. I certainly hope Zorn has something better up his sleeve, but I am majorly disappointed in our performance in both games offensively. We have such a good defense that to see the offensive perform like this makes me want to throw my shoe through the TV!
If Zorn gets it 5-2, if not, 3-4 at best.[/quote]

Well you could call the Rams game the bonehead game of the year (last year it was the same thing and we lost to them). Despite the win, I think everyone on the team is feeling the pressure, so hopefully that will light a fire in them.

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I can see the Skins at 5-2. I dont think any of the mentioned teams are good enough to get a big lead on the Skins early in the game so IMO the Skins D gives them a chance to win. Plus the O is moving the ball and mounting long drives so that keeps the ball out of the other teams hands even if they only come away with a FG it eats clock and gives the D a rest.

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We play Carolina after their BYE week so that equals a really tough break for us. I don't think I see us beating Carolina, but we could win a game we should probably lose on paper (Atlanta, after our Bye Week)

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I'll add to DMV and 53fan from page 2:

Besides opening week against NYG, [I]these next few games are gifts.[/I] Not in the sense that they'll be easy, but how much progress and morale could our team muster up if it was NYG, Philly, Atlanta, San Diego, NO, and Dallas our first 6 games? My guess is probably not very much, and we might walk away 2-4 realistically. That's a downer for almost an entire half-season.

Game 1 shows us that we're not on par with a Superbowl caliber team like the Giants, but the mistakes we made can be worked through.

Game 2 shows us that we still have mistakes, but some adjustments were made (D playing better as a whole, better route running), and we chalked a W on the board. We're tied for 2nd in the NFC East.

Game 3 will give us the opportunity for another week of practice with WCO, major work with the Red Zone, and to test our defense against another good RB in Kevin Smith, and an outstanding WR in Calvin Johnson. It will be nice to see Jansen working hard, too.

Game 4 will give us yet another opportunity to hash out adjustments, and try to defend Cadillac, Ward, and Graham- which will be tough to do.

By Game 5, although Carolina will have 2 weeks rest/practice, the name of the game is improving from week to week and I think our players and coaches will guide the team to do so.

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[quote=JLee9718;593287]We may still be the 2-6 team we hoped was left behind last year. After that 9-7 win, I'm going to be scared of Detroit. There are always upsets and we seem to be the one everybody picks on. The 'Skins just can't seem to play with much agression. DeAngelo Hall better get his act together or our secondary is going to blow up this season. So it's more than just the offensive line that needs help.[/quote]

Luckily, the 2-6 last year lost to the Rams and this team beat them...although it was an ugly win, it's still a win.

This year's team is MUCH deeper on both sides of the ball.

I believe the offense will start clicking, although it's painful to watch until it does.

5-1 or 4-2 should be a reality.

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[quote=franklinhimself;593420]We play Carolina after their BYE week so that equals a really tough break for us. I don't think I see us beating Carolina, but we could win a game we should probably lose on paper (Atlanta, after our Bye Week)[/quote]

The gift will be if Delhomme is still starting for them. :)

The biggest test I see coming in the next month is Tampa Bay.