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Here comes the pain.


SEA 47 Skins 10

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Here comes the pain!

Redskins 35
Seahawks 10

:joecool::Smoker:

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Will the Hawks come into FedEx pillage and plunder, even drag Gruden and Hasslett off the sideline and beat their ass to :eek:? Or do the Skins nut up and make it a game??? hmm :pimp:

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I turned down free tickets to this game.

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Makes zero sense for us to play in primetime this many times. dumb dumb dumb

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Seems like the only way to have faith is to be a contrarian at this point.

The good thing is you play the game for a reason...

[quote=Chico23231;1087589]I turned down free tickets to this game.[/quote]
What an awesome fan you are!

Out of curiosity, do you ever complain about the stadium and the number of opposing fans that are there? Because it would be hilarious if you have/do. You would be a typical DC fair-weather fan.

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[quote=tshile;1087591]Seems like the only way to have faith is to be a contrarian at this point.

The good thing is you play the game for a reason...


What an awesome fan you are!

Out of curiosity, do you ever complain about the stadium and the number of opposing fans that are there? Because it would be hilarious if you have/do. You would be a typical DC fair-weather fan.[/quote]

but the season DC ticket holder fan who is giving them away because "he cant take it anymore and is done" is not? Believe me, he doesnt need the money. Actually a friend of mine who is a seahawks fan is taking them. Lol.

Im going on a trip end of week so got to focus on work

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[quote=Chico23231;1087589]I turned down free tickets to this game.[/quote]

So did I. Have a legit excuse though

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[quote=Chico23231;1087593]but the season DC ticket holder fan who is giving them away because "he cant take it anymore and is done" is not? Believe me, he doesnt need the money. Actually a friend of mine who is a seahawks fan is taking them. Lol.

Im going on a trip end of week so got to focus on work[/quote]

yeah, that fan is too. is that an excuse or something?

you can pretend you have some legit excuse, but it's quite clear with your original post you turned them down because the team is currently playing poorly.

same area that bailed on their baseball team when an NLDS game went into extra innings.

awful sports town. people like you and your buddy are the reasons why.

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[quote=tshile;1087596]yeah, that fan is too. is that an excuse or something?

you can pretend you have some legit excuse, but it's quite clear with your original post you turned them down because the team is currently playing poorly.

same area that bailed on their baseball team when an NLDS game went into extra innings.

awful sports town. people like you and your buddy are the reasons why.[/quote]

So work and already taking time off at the end of the week is not a legitimate excuse? My boss might disagree. My buddy cant bring his 1 year old daughter to the game so thats a problem too.

I think DC is not a bad sports town, certainly not aweful imo. I think you need to look at the fan experience at the games. I think the Wiz games are pretty decent. Caps I've heard do a great job. Heard Georgetown b ball games best game experience in DC. I havent been to the Nats games, but my same friend said its a good times, but in a shit area.

I can speak to Fed Ex fairly well because Ive been there the most, but not in awhile. Never impressed when I went. Pretty average fan experience. It lacking imo and not worth the ticket or the headache

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[quote=SmootSmack;1087595]So did I. Have a legit excuse though[/quote]

As I do. Im sure you get pretty good seats too.

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Good Kirk shows up, we are surprisingly competitive.

Skins 27
Seachickens 24

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[quote=Chico23231;1087598]As I do. Im sure you get pretty good seats too.[/quote]

Generally the seats themselves aren't so great. So I normally would just roam the sidelines and/or hang out in the production truck

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[quote=SmootSmack;1087595]So did I. Have a legit excuse though[/quote]

Chilling with Priyanka Chopra is not a legit excuse.

Wait, maybe it is...

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[quote=SmootSmack;1087600]Generally the seats themselves aren't so great. So I normally would just roam the sidelines and/or hang out in the production truck[/quote]

well there you go, it would be incredible to roam the sideline.

Seats arent great, lets be honest. Ive sat in the club level, bottom and top. Is the traffic still the worse thing about the place or have they made improvements in the last 5 years? As a sidenote, its funny to me to experience the difference of "treatment" seating Club as opposed to second row from the top. its vast.

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[quote=Lotus;1087599]Good Kirk shows up, we are surprisingly competitive.

Skins 27
Seachickens 24[/quote]

I'm with you, on paper this is a better team than what was on display Thursday.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1087603]I'm with you, on paper this is a better team than what was on display Thursday.[/quote]

I'm holding out hope that last thursday was the result of no practice due to injuries, and in general the injury issue.

Which is an awful excuse, but till better than the idea that we're an awful team and only going to win 5 or fewer games this year :(

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[quote=Chico23231;1087597]So work and already taking time off at the end of the week is not a legitimate excuse? My boss might disagree. My buddy cant bring his 1 year old daughter to the game so thats a problem too.

I think DC is not a bad sports town, certainly not aweful imo. I think you need to look at the fan experience at the games. I think the Wiz games are pretty decent. Caps I've heard do a great job. Heard Georgetown b ball games best game experience in DC. I havent been to the Nats games, but my same friend said its a good times, but in a shit area.

I can speak to Fed Ex fairly well because Ive been there the most, but not in awhile. Never impressed when I went. Pretty average fan experience. It lacking imo and not worth the ticket or the headache[/quote]

I had season tix for three years before giving them up. The headache of traffic and the inferior stadium set-up leave a lot to be desired. I don't think the fans are as fickle as people think, but when you are shelling out $200 + for a days experience there is nothing wrong with high expectations of what you will receive. Whenever I see away games the Skins are well represented so that leads me to believe it is the experience that is the problem not loyalty to the team. As for opposing fans? When you fly across country to watch the Seahawks play on Monday night you are expecting to over pay for the experience.

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Seahawks- Blood and Guts
Redskins- Show up to the stadium

Not watching tonight, moved date night with my wife from Wednesday to tonight. She thinks something is wrong with me.

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[quote=Chico23231;1087597]So work and already taking time off at the end of the week is not a legitimate excuse? My boss might disagree. My buddy cant bring his 1 year old daughter to the game so thats a problem too.

I think DC is not a bad sports town, certainly not aweful imo. I think you need to look at the fan experience at the games. I think the Wiz games are pretty decent. Caps I've heard do a great job. Heard Georgetown b ball games best game experience in DC. I havent been to the Nats games, but my same friend said its a good times, but in a shit area.

I can speak to Fed Ex fairly well because Ive been there the most, but not in awhile. Never impressed when I went. Pretty average fan experience. It lacking imo and not worth the ticket or the headache[/quote]

You can back peddle all you want about your excuse now being about work. You clearly came in here originally to post that you turned down tickets because the team is so terrible. I guess you didn't expect to get called out for your shtick. So you can now say you have a legitimate excuse and that you were just running on a stupid shtick, or admit you're a fair weather fan. Doesn't matter to me.

Verizon center is an amazing venue - the fans don't show up when the teams aren't doing too well.

Nats stadium is an incredible stadium and the surrounding area has jack to do with staying for a NL DS game going into extra innings.

The idea that the stadium has to be a nice place is a poor excuse this fan base has built into its rhetoric over the years. I have news for you - RFK was a fucking dump. The problem is the fan base. They don't want to go to the games, they don't want to stay for the games, but they want to demand a new stadium, bitch about the current stadium, etc etc etc.

Our fan base is just a bunch of fair weather fans. Literally and figuratively. It's sad.

These same fans then bitch about how other teams take over our venues (and Verizon center is not immune to this...) It's just laughable to watch.

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[quote=Chico23231;1087602]well there you go, it would be incredible to roam the sideline.

Seats arent great, lets be honest. Ive sat in the club level, bottom and top. Is the traffic still the worse thing about the place or have they made improvements in the last 5 years? As a sidenote, its funny to me to experience the difference of "treatment" seating Club as opposed to second row from the top. its vast.[/quote]

I get police escorts, 'cause that's how I roll....

Traffic is awful to and from the stadium

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Tshile You clearly can't read

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[quote=SmootSmack;1087608]I get police escorts, 'cause that's how I roll....

Traffic is awful to and from the stadium[/quote]

Depends on which way you go :)

Though prime time games the only good way to go is early

Like - before they open the gates early :(

But that's a function of the area. The nationals were encouraging their fans to take Metro on Friday for the same reasons... We're one of the worst areas in the country for traffic on a regular business day. Add in 40, or up to 90 with the redskins, thousand people trying to get to a stadium... sucks.

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Since everyone will be picking the Seahawks. It will be one of those, they play competive so everyone stays up late, then lose on some stupid penalty or play at the end.

Skins 21
Hawks 24

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Idk, if someone offered me free tickets to tonight's game I probably wouldn't go either. I want the comfort of switching between the Nats and the Redskins, no way I'd get that at the stadium. I'm already going to be tired at work tomorrow anyways, if I went to the game that would only make it worse because of how late I'd get home. I don't think declining free tickets makes someone a fairweather fan, a fairweather fan would be someone who only pays attention when the team is good.

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[quote=SmootSmack;1087608]I get police escorts, 'cause that's how I roll....

Traffic is awful to and from the stadium[/quote]

Yeah, if really wanted to ball I would just have the ghetto bird fly me in landing on the 50 with a sedan chair waiting to be carried up to my seats. but yeah i turned those seats down cause im fairweathered

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We will win!
Morris will get 46 carries breaking Jamie Morris' NFL and Redskins record.
or he will get 46 yards and we lose...

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when i used to go to skins games, i used to be that ahole in the group who demanded to be let out once you hit the standstill traffic near the stadium so i could stand/walk by the car and drink beer while our car inched along.

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Well, not that stats tell teh whole story, but this is interesting to me in that it suggests that the teams are a lot closer than the doomsayers on this thread (myself included) would have thought: [url=http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2014100600/2014/REG5/seahawks@redskins#menu=gameinfo&tab=analyze]Watch Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Redskins [10/06/2014] - NFL.com[/url]

We have a more potent offense, and defensively we're actually not nearly as far behind as I would have thought, and fare better in 3rd down conversions and (shockingly) pass yards per game.

Having said that, I fear that this is the week where the Seahawks improve on those numbers.

Seahawks: 37 (includes a safety)
Redskins: 19 (we settle for FGs)

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^ I would guess the Jax game has inflated some of those defensive stats, whether that was glimpse of potential or playing an inferior opponent is subject to debate.

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1087642]^ I would guess the Jax game has inflated some of those defensive stats, whether that was glimpse of potential or playing an inferior opponent is subject to debate.[/quote]

No question about that to me, and it isn't as though Houston's offense is particularly scary either, so 2 of our 4 games have been against weak offenses. Our run D was good against the Eagles, but then collapsed against the Giants. I think part of that was the health of key players (Hatcher most particularly) during those games. But our pass D has been pretty horrible when going up against decent offenses, and we will see one tonight (better than our first two games in any event). But I was surprised that Seattle has been so bad on D re: third downs. Of course, they've played far better teams -- the Chargers and Broncos -- who have been offensive powerhouses this season, and so that is definitely part of it.

In any event, I have this chalked up as a loss, as much as I would like to indulge in the "any given Sunday" fantasy. Plus, it's Monday.

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I have to say. Seahawk fans are some of the worst to interact with on the intrawebs. God damn they make me want to smash my head into a brick wall.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1087653]I have to say. Seahawk fans are some of the worst to interact with on the intrawebs. God damn they make me want to smash my head into a brick wall.[/quote]

they're new at this ....

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I am assuming J. Reed is out for the night.

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I always want a WIN, but would like to see us be competitive. HTTR.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;1087658]I am assuming J. Reed is out for the night.[/quote]

Just a hunch but since he's made of egg shells I'm guessing yes.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1087653]I have to say. Seahawk fans are some of the worst to interact with on the intrawebs. God damn they make me want to smash my head into a brick wall.[/quote]

You could probably say the same thing for every fan base out there. Some people just sucked.

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Can't believe I'm starting to get excited for this one...

The win would be great, but if we keep it close I'll be happy.

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After crunching all the relevant metrics and statistics Gtripp-style, I have concluded our odds of winning this game are....................................

7%

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Any given Monday fellas!