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Originally Posted by BeastsoftheNFCeast
This happens to me all the time, I fall ill with dilusion about the Redskins. At first, I always say what I think will really happen (which in this case is I initially thought that the Skins were going to suck), but then I start thinking, and thinking, and thinkings some more. And I always find a way to convince myself how the Redskins will kick ass. I initially thought that our D-line was a joke, Carter is OK, Griffin is OK, Daniels is junk, Golston is below average but might be good(and neither golston or griffin are run stoppers), and Salevea is junk. Our corners are a mystery (Rogers might improve, Springs always gets injured, and we dont know how Smoot will be with us even though he sucked last year), Our MLB is too old and will be productive but not great, Washington is still good but is 31 and on the downfall of his career, McIntosh is unproven, Taylor seems to be regressing but that might be a cause of our poor defense and not his fault, so that is a mystery, and Landry is a rookie and therefore is unproven. But the disease has now hit me and hit me hard. My heart now says that the skins Defense will be studly next year (even though my brain keeps telling me im wrong, that voice is fading away and will soon be gone). I now think that we have studs at every position except D-line, where Carter and Griffin are quality, and Daniels will be good against the run. Golston is now my only worry. Hes just not a run stopper, hes a pretty good pass rusher, but that makes both our dts pass rushers. (for the record, my ideas on offense have stayed the same, it will be ok averaging maybe 20 pts a game) Am I the only one who is constantly convincing himself to believe things that go against his better judgement. I know this is the NFL and anything can happen, but in all probability it wont.
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the only thing that differs between you and me is that my bipolar swings occur in a condensed timeframe. Like, sat night I'll be talking about how much the skins blow (for the same reasons you mentioned- porous D, little O,...very frustrating), yet on the way to the game (or bar) I will have begun to fool myself into thinking that we will win, so much so, that by the time I arrive in my seats (or stool), I'm confident that CP and Betts will run for 300 yards (bc they can), Santana will catch 3 Tds (bc you can't stop all our weapons), and our D will hold whatever team we are playing to under 10 pts (usually led by spectacular plays by ST and MW).
Its a very, very mentally draining process (which starts the moment i leave the stadium or bar), but without it, we would have little hope these past many seasons (save 1). So i say, embrace our psychological imbalance, as I see it, its the only certainly in our Redskins lives...