Could the Redskins go 5-1?

[dmvskinzfan08]

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.

[CRedskinsRule]

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!

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

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!

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.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

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.

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

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Lotus

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

Beat me to it

[GusFrerotte]

Originally Posted by Lotus

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

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.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

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.

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!

[GusFrerotte]

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.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

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.

He could be referring to us sweeping the Eagles last year

[MTK]

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

[Trample the Elderly]

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.

[DIRTEE]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

Anything is possible. I could cut my junk off and call myself Nancy.
For real though, enough with this hypothetical BS. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all be fat MFers.

You are a quote machine!

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

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.

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.

[dmvskinzfan08]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

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.

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

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by dmvskinzfan08

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. Their is no where to go but up when your at the bottom.

Think about it

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. This is an improvement. 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 should 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.