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Right now we are only 1 game out of the last wildcard spot with these teams ahead of us

Dallas 7-5 (6-3)
Minnesota 7-5 (6-4)
Atlanta 7-5 (4-4)

then it is us at 6-6 (6-2)
we have the best conference record of all those teams, so we are in pretty decent shape for a wildcard spot after all! especially since the cowboys will probably drop one game against either the chiefs or panthers

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Can anyone post predicted finishes for the three teams ahead of us?

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i predict...assuming we win out which is still...yeah...

Dallas- Kansas City (L) @Washington (L) @Carolina (L) St. Louis (W)
Minnesota- St Louis (W) Pittsburgh (L) @Baltimore (W) Chicago (L)
Atlanta- New Orleans (W) @Chicago (L) @Tampa (Toss up) Carolina (L)

that would leave

Dallas 8-8 (7-5)
Minnesota 9-7 (7-5)
Atlanta 9-7 or 8-8 (6-6 or 5-7)

even if we lost to dallas, they would then be 9-7 and 8-4 in conference
we would be 9-7 and 9-3 in conference...

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We have to win atleast 3 of the next 4 and the only single game we must win in my opinion is dallas to gain a wildcard and possibly philthyas they have can also win out.

WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE GINTS TOO!!! THE DIVISION RACE ISN"T GONE!!

Gints still have
@Philly
KC
@US
@Raiders
I think they are capable of losing any of those. the raiders have done a lot to our division and have beat the us and dallas while losing a heart breaker in philthy. KC just beat the broncos and philthy can be strong at home and Gints can be pretty bad away. 3 of next four are away.

We are in Ok position to win the division or getting a Wildcard at 9-7.

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the playoff picture will be much clearer after next week. i am fairly certain that we will beat the cardinals, but we will see. once we see the results of the teams we are battling with, then we will know if we have a better shot at a wildcard or the division.

also, are we pulling for the buccaneers to win now? right now they are 1 game ahead of everyone for the first wildcard spot, and we dont want to be tied with just them since they have the head to head advantage.

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Gmen go 12-4 or 11-5
Dallas goes 10-6
Redskins go 9-7 (and barely miss the playoffs)

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way to look on the sunny side ramsey fan looks like u can leave the tv off till january

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[QUOTE=Ramseyfan]Gmen go 12-4 or 11-5
Dallas goes 10-6
Redskins go 9-7 (and barely miss the playoffs)[/QUOTE]

dallas beats 3 out of those 4 teams? damn :spank:

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[QUOTE=Ramseyfan]Gmen go 12-4 or 11-5
Dallas goes 10-6
Redskins go 9-7 (and barely miss the playoffs)[/QUOTE]

I would be happy with that. I said since the preseason that all I wanted out of this season was 9-7. They just need to take steps...first establish yourself as a winning team and then try and build on that next year.

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[QUOTE=Big C]dallas beats 3 out of those 4 teams? damn :spank:[/QUOTE

Dallas loses 3 out of 4 games. Giants lose 3 out of 4. We win all four. That's what I see. Until something changes, my prediction stands.

Eli has just one win on the road this year (49ers) and will not win the game for the Giants in Philly. Next Dallas certainly won't win against KC, Redskins and the Panthers. We win this division buddy. Giants will lose to either Philly, Redskins, Raiders. Kansas City, Redskins, Raiders.

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Just take care of business next week....thats all I care about....



After that though??? Its time to get F*CKING NUTTY!!

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We can discuss this till the cows come home but the bottom line is we have to take care of buissness.Run the table and let the cow chips fall where they may.I personally see this as an uphill battle with alot of luck involved,hopefully the luck goes our way for a change.

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[QUOTE=Ramseyfan]Gmen go 12-4 or 11-5
Dallas goes 10-6
Redskins go 9-7 (and barely miss the playoffs)[/QUOTE]
hey while i disagree i must say if we win 9 games I would not be completely upset. We haven't been that great of a team for so many years and 9 wins would be a real improvement. 7 wins means we are the same as last year and 8 isn't anything to be crazy for but 9! we would be one game out of the playoffs and so much to look forward to next year :)

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Why not shoot for 10? :headbange....now if they lose to the Cardinals of all people I will go and committ suicide but I'd be happy with at least 8 or 9.

This game's given a little bit of confidence back to me.

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while a lot of people r looking past the cardinals, their wrs worry me a bit with Rogers at times getting turned around by wrs on routes. Each week Boldin and Fitz seem to get 100+ yards and 5-10 catches a piece. The good thing is that their d is kinda weak and they pretty much have no running game to speak of. I'm more optimistic about our chances of making the playoffs with our remaining schedule but even more so because of our divisional rivals schedules. But as corny as it always sounds we have to take it one game at a time especially with the inconsistent play of the team to date this year.

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one game at a time. that's the only way to do this boys. we focus on the game ahead and nothing else. we start looking ahead were only asking for disappointment. bring on the cards.

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and while the nfc hasn't faired so well against the afc in head to head games I think it's pretty awesome that the record of the afc teams we've lost to this season is now a combined 29 & 15 with the raiders alone making up more than half of those Ls. and the skins went punch for punch with 3 of the top 5 afc teams and thus three of the top 5 nfl teams. And baring a handful of mistakes would have won those 3 games instead of losing to those 3 teams by a combined 15 points. so if todays game is the beginning of the team pulling together for an entire game consistently, I like our chances if the team does make it into the playoffs. But of course it's still a game to game world ;).

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We're still very much alive!!!
Redskins win out, we'll get atleast last playoff spot.
If we do beat Cards and win 2 of the 3 remaining NFC East games and miss the playoffs I'll still be very content with our run this season. It will show that we can compete in the NFC East and need to look to beating atleast 1 more AFC team next year. We play the AFC east next year?
Agreed its a game by game season and I don't anticipate the Cards laying down next week, but I do anticipate a full blown running assault and clock domination by Gibbs and the OL. Giants are at Philly and KC is in Dallas. GO EAGLES GO KC!!! GO SEAHAWKS tonight!!! GO SKINS ALWAYS!!!

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i think we will be alright against arizona.warner is about as mobile as a statue.and all the runs the cardinal wr's make involve alot of missed tackles.the skins are a good tackling team.we should be able to pound them with the run like we did against the rams.skins win 24-13

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we must win the other 4 games

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[QUOTE=dmek25]i think we will be alright against arizona.warner is about as mobile as a statue.and all the runs the cardinal wr's make involve alot of missed tackles.the skins are a good tackling team.we should be able to pound them with the run like we did against the rams.skins win 24-13[/QUOTE]I think we do a little better 27-10.

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[QUOTE=jtm74]way to look on the sunny side ramsey fan looks like u can leave the tv off till january[/QUOTE]

I think his prediction is optimistic. Just b/c he's realistic doesn't mean he's any less of a fan!

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We have got to play with more heart than yesterday. Just before the half was sickening. Why not just take a knee if thats was all the plays you were going to run. It looked like St. Louis was going to take over on mominum with the big pass play that got called back. Good Job Rock though.

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[QUOTE=Skins fan 44]We have got to play with more heart than yesterday. Just before the half was sickening. Why not just take a knee if thats was all the plays you were going to run. It looked like St. Louis was going to take over on mominum with the big pass play that got called back. Good Job Rock though.[/QUOTE]

I agree, had the skins been playing a team that had an offense and a defense they would have lost yesterday's game. The skins are an average (at best) team which is why I dont see them doing better than 8-8.

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Here's what I'm going with for my NFC Wildcard Predictions:

Seattle 9-2: at Philadelphia (Win), San Francisco (Win), at Tennessee (Win), Indianapolis (Loss), at Green Bay (Win)
Chicago 9-3: at Pittsburgh (Loss), Atlanta (Win), at Green Bay (Win), at Minnesota (Win)
Carolina 9-3: Tampa Bay (Win), at New Orleans (Win), Dallas (Win), at Atlanta (Win)
New York Giants 8-4: At Philadelphia (Win), Kansas City (Loss), At Washington (Win), At Oakland (Win)
Tampa Bay 8-4: At Carolina (Loss), at New England (Loss), Atlanta (Win), New Orleans (Win)
Dallas 7-5: Kansas City (Loss), At Washington (Loss), At Carolina (Loss), St. Louis (Win)
Atlanta 7-5: New Orleans (Win), at Chicago (Loss), at Tampa Bay (Loss), Carolina (Loss)
Minnesota 7-5: St Louis (Win), Pittsburgh (Loss), at Baltimore (Win), Chicago (Loss)
Washington 6-6: At Arizona (Win), Dallas (Win), New York Giants (Loss), At Philadelphia (Win)
Philadelphia 5-6: Seattle (Loss), New York Giants (Loss), at St. Louis (Win), at Arizona (Win), at Washington (Loss)

1) Seattle 13-3
2) Carolina 13-3
3) Chicago 12-4
4) New York Giants 11-5
5) Tampa Bay 10-6
6) Washington 9-7 (9-3 in NFC)
Minnesota 9-7 (7-5 in NFC)
Atlanta 9-7 (5-7 in NFC)
Dallas 8-8
Philadelphia 7-9

If the Skins win 3 out of the last 4, I still think they make the playoffs. I think the deck is slightly stacked against Atlanta and Minnesota, and really stacked against Dallas. Going 2-1 against the Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys is an aggressive goal for the Skins, for sure. If the Skins are going to lose one of those games, it has to be to the Giants. Losing to Dallas would let the Cowpies into the picture. I think the last wildcard spot goes to a 9-7 team, and if the Redskins are one of them, they'll get it on the interconference record tiebreaker. 0-4 against the AFC West this year, it sucks looking at it, but I'm glad the wins are coming against the NFC!

We need to root for the Bears a lot coming down the stretch. Their games against the Falcons and Vikings are vital. And Carolina will be our other favorite team, with games against Dallas and Atlanta.

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[QUOTE=BigSKINBauer] 7 wins means we are the same as last year and 8 isn't anything to be crazy for but 9! we would be one game out of the playoffs and so much to look forward to next year :)[/QUOTE]



i thought the skins only won 6 games last year, so 7 wins means they improved by one game.
lets not forget that denver gets our #1 draft pick for next years draft, just another reason the skins need to finish strong. i don't wan't to read a bunch of articles next year about how stupid the skins were to give up a HIGH first round draft pick.

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[QUOTE=wolfeskins]
lets not forget that denver gets our #1 draft pick for next years draft, just another reason the skins need to finish strong. i don't wan't to read a bunch of articles next year about how stupid the skins were to give up a HIGH first round draft pick.[/QUOTE]

i was also thinking that. either way i think they will not be getting a top 10 pick like many people thought, either a middle to late round pick for sure.

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[QUOTE=Big C]i was also thinking that. either way i think they will not be getting a top 10 pick like many people thought, either a middle to late round pick for sure.[/QUOTE]


Maybe we'll finish so good, they won't get our first round until the second round................................

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[QUOTE=Hog1]Maybe we'll finish so good, they won't get our first round until the second round................................[/QUOTE]

I wonder who the Broncs will take with the 32nd pick in the first that they get from us????

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[QUOTE=amorentz]I wonder who the Broncs will take with the 32nd pick in the first that they get from us????[/QUOTE]


that would be sweet.

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[QUOTE=wolfeskins]i thought the skins only won 6 games last year, so 7 wins means they improved by one game.
lets not forget that denver gets our #1 draft pick for next years draft, just another reason the skins need to finish strong. i don't wan't to read a bunch of articles next year about how stupid the skins were to give up a HIGH first round draft pick.[/QUOTE]
o yeah it is but we could have easily have won one more last year. 7 is absolutly no improvement in my opinion, 8 is somewhat but 9 is a true undisputable improvement

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[QUOTE=BigSKINBauer]o yeah it is but we could have easily have won one more last year. 7 is absolutly no improvement in my opinion, 8 is somewhat but 9 is a true undisputable improvement[/QUOTE]


the record is what it is , winning one more game this year is an improvement of one game. it's true the skins could have easily won 1 more game last year but the reality is they didn't, heck , so far this year they could have easily won 5 of their 6 losses does that mean they need to win 6 more games next year to show improvement ?

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Honestly, I will be very happy if we end up with a winning record in our divison, even if we dont make the playoffs. Odds are if we have a winning record in our divsion we make the playoffs since thats the last three games, but we hvae sucked so bad in our divsion for forever.

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Damn folks... we just won ONE. Let's try for two in a row before we start looking at the playoffs.

One game at a time, One week at a time. This is already a better team then last year's. Plus we beat dallas in dallas and beat philly at home.

As for the playoffs - if we play hard each week, don't give up and don't make stupid mistakes, then I say let the chips fall where they may.

We got a month of games left. Let's enjoy each one.

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Great point. We haven't been in this type of position this late in the season for a while. The next 4 games should be fun to watch because they are essentially playoff games for the skins. Lose one and we're likely out. If we beat Arizona this week, watching Dallas in our house next week with everything on the line is going to be unbelievable

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[QUOTE=JoeRedskin]Damn folks... we just won ONE. Let's try for two in a row before we start looking at the playoffs.

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hard not to look at the playoffs when we are only ONE game out :spank: holding the tiebreakers. it is natural since we all thirst for the playoffs so.

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[QUOTE=JoeRedskin]Damn folks... we just won ONE. Let's try for two in a row before we start looking at the playoffs.

One game at a time, One week at a time. This is already a better team then last year's. Plus we beat dallas in dallas and beat philly at home.

As for the playoffs - if we play hard each week, don't give up and don't make stupid mistakes, then I say let the chips fall where they may.

We got a month of games left. Let's enjoy each one.[/QUOTE]


Amen. I'm with you here. Good post! :biggthump

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[QUOTE=skinsfanthru&thru]while a lot of people r looking past the cardinals, their wrs worry me a bit with Rogers at times getting turned around by wrs on routes. Each week Boldin and Fitz seem to get 100+ yards and 5-10 catches a piece. The good thing is that their d is kinda weak and they pretty much have no running game to speak of. I'm more optimistic about our chances of making the playoffs with our remaining schedule but even more so because of our divisional rivals schedules. But as corny as it always sounds we have to take it one game at a time especially with the inconsistent play of the team to date this year.[/QUOTE]

Believe it or not Fitzpatrick was more of a threat than Warner is. Warner is a sitting duck. Now that we have solved the bad coverage at the CB position with Carlos Rodgers, it will allow us to unleash the Grim Reaper on Warner. Sean Taylor will be the big play maker in this game as he has in the Rams game. The only way this defense is successful with the blitz is when our corners can cover. I see us forcing several turnover thus keeping their WR on the bench.

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[QUOTE=JoeRedskin]Damn folks... we just won ONE. Let's try for two in a row before we start looking at the playoffs.

One game at a time, One week at a time. This is already a better team then last year's. Plus we beat dallas in dallas and beat philly at home.

As for the playoffs - if we play hard each week, don't give up and don't make stupid mistakes, then I say let the chips fall where they may.

We got a month of games left. Let's enjoy each one.[/QUOTE]

I'm with you here. Beat the Cards first. We should kill them, but this team should have killed the Raiders too. We're good enough to beat anyone in the league, but just bad enough to lose to anyone.