Us Against the world

[Waleo]

What’s going on Skins fan? Man, it’s truly us against the world. Everybody and their momma are picking us to get blown out against the New England Patriots. I guess I didn’t get the memo to be on that bandwagon. People might say I’m smoking something, which could be true, or I could be a blind diehard Skins fan. I won’t deny either LOL. I don’t want to come out here and talk about spreads and us being competitive, which to me makes no sense to talk about. I’m here to tell you that we are winning this game. Let me tell you why.

First off, our defense isn’t the Bills, Jets, Cowboys, Bengals, Dolphins, Chargers and Browns. We have the 3rd best defense in the league. The last time I checked those squads don’t play real defense. Secondly, we have an awesome secondary. We got Springs, Rogers, Smoot, Landry, and Taylor. Springs likes playing in the slot and Welker isn’t good enough to beat Shawn Springs. Randy Moss will get double teamed (nobody in the league can play Moss man-to-man) with Taylor probably overtop. Finally you got the speedster Dante Stallworth; he’s the most interesting match up. I think we might see if he can beat us. But hey we’ll probably play a lot of cover 2 anyway; it’s worked great this year so far. Besides, it ain’t like Ben Watson is going to be playing. Watson is basically their down the middle threat, so we don’t have to worry about that. Finally we have Joe Gibbs. I think bunch of people have forgotten that Joe does his best work when people are underestimating his team. Like the scabs, during the strike year, when we beat up on the Cowboys in 87. Even the Broncos that year were favored to beat our tails in the Superbowl. We all know what happen in that game. We are going into enemy territory and all we have is our balls and our word (sorry it’s a Scarface quote; it sounded good). So let’s just put our faith in Joe! He’s never steered us wrong. He has made the Redskins acknowledgeable again. The media can talk about Coach Belicheck all they want, but he ain’t nothing compared to Joe. Besides I don’t know about you all but I’m sick and tired on hearing about the Patriots like we are some JV squad.

Yeah the offense played bad last week but the so called analysts fail to realize that we had a make shift offensive line. My man Rabach is back and that will help our offense. Jason Campbell has played great football. The media and many football fans probably would’ve talked about our offense differently if Santana Moss and others would have held on to the ball against Green Bay. Perception and reality is a dangerous game. Our offense isn’t as bad as the stats show. We know that Santana won’t drop passes all day and we know that it’s a matter of time till CP carries our squad like he did 2 years ago. So if the Patriots are sleeping on our offense then let’em. This ain’t a game this is war for some respect. And we are going to just take it. Redskins nation it’s time to stand together and unite this week. Because I say the Patriots and the nation will not be eating humble pie, but instead they will be eating some good ole fashion crow. Feel free to hit me up with a comment @ DemSkins.Com

[GTripp0012]

I agree Re: Campbell. A lot of the little stuff he wasn't doing before the bye is being done now. It's safe to say that he's now consistently completing 60% of his passes on a weekly basis. That's all a QB really has control over. Sure he didn't get a lot of chances against Arizona to make the big play, but he did his job in the face of some pretty serious pressure.

The rest of the offense has to make sure that drives are sustained, and that Campbell gets to throw more than 20 passes in a game.

[GridIron26]

I agree too.. I was wondering same thing when I see Redskins fans picking Patriots against us.. I'm college student, which means I meet lot of people who re football fans.. Every time I talked about Redskins, they all told me, "OHH NE Patriots will win in blowout game!!" Even though I tried to explain them about our D and the abilities our O have.. But they won't bother to listen me.. So you guys cannot blame me for wanting and believing in a victory this sun..

p.s. we might see Randy Moss walking off the field early

[Waleo]

Originally Posted by GridIron26

I agree too.. I was wondering same thing when I see Redskins fans picking Patriots against us.. I'm college student, which means I meet lot of people who re football fans.. Every time I talked about Redskins, they all told me, "OHH NE Patriots will win in blowout game!!" Even though I tried to explain them about our D and the abilities our O have.. But they won't bother to listen me.. So you guys cannot blame me for wanting and believing in a victory this sun..

p.s. we might see Randy Moss walking off the field early

Like I said mn it's us against the world. Not if but when we win a lot of people are going to talk about the Skins like they need to. They talk about us as an afterthought but after this week that will change!

[LRT]

I agree that this is a much better match up than a lot people think. I'm not saying anything that hasn't been said before, but our D is the best the Pats have faced this season and matches up well with them; with everyone under the sun marking this down as an easy win for the Pats, even they might be tempted to look past us at Indy; our offense has been just one click off from firing up - if this ends up being the week when receivers start hanging onto balls, everyone might just be in for a shock; and - as someone else pointed out - Joe Gibbs is a cagey coach - we can't rule out the possibility that he's been holding parts of the game plan back just for this game. Going up against "number one" brings out the desire to win like nothing else, especially for competitive people like Gibbs.

So, does this mean an easy win for us? No, of course not. New England probably is the top team in the NFL this season, so it will be a challenge to win. It will also require a few things going our way, like having our receivers finally hang onto balls, getting a turnover from the Pats, eliminating our turnovers, an emotional high for us, and possibly a little let down for the Pats. If we get those breaks, I think we will win. If we don't, I still think it'll be a lot closer than people think. Even if we don't get the breaks we need and lose, I think our D will actually show the rest of the league how you beat the Pats and will have every defense coordinator facing New England snuggled down to watch our game film.

[bertoskins2]

Originally Posted by Waleo

What’s going on Skins fan? Man, it’s truly us against the world. Everybody and their momma are picking us to get blown out against the New England Patriots. I guess I didn’t get the memo to be on that bandwagon. People might say I’m smoking something, which could be true, or I could be a blind diehard Skins fan. I won’t deny either LOL. I don’t want to come out here and talk about spreads and us being competitive, which to me makes no sense to talk about. I’m here to tell you that we are winning this game. Let me tell you why.

First off, our defense isn’t the Bills, Jets, Cowboys, Bengals, Dolphins, Chargers and Browns. We have the 3rd best defense in the league. The last time I checked those squads don’t play real defense. Secondly, we have an awesome secondary. We got Springs, Rogers, Smoot, Landry, and Taylor. Springs likes playing in the slot and Welker isn’t good enough to beat Shawn Springs. Randy Moss will get double teamed (nobody in the league can play Moss man-to-man) with Taylor probably overtop. Finally you got the speedster Dante Stallworth; he’s the most interesting match up. I think we might see if he can beat us. But hey we’ll probably play a lot of cover 2 anyway; it’s worked great this year so far. Besides, it ain’t like Ben Watson is going to be playing. Watson is basically their down the middle threat, so we don’t have to worry about that. Finally we have Joe Gibbs. I think bunch of people have forgotten that Joe does his best work when people are underestimating his team. Like the scabs, during the strike year, when we beat up on the Cowboys in 87. Even the Broncos that year were favored to beat our tails in the Superbowl. We all know what happen in that game. We are going into enemy territory and all we have is our balls and our word (sorry it’s a Scarface quote; it sounded good). So let’s just put our faith in Joe! He’s never steered us wrong. He has made the Redskins acknowledgeable again. The media can talk about Coach Belicheck all they want, but he ain’t nothing compared to Joe. Besides I don’t know about you all but I’m sick and tired on hearing about the Patriots like we are some JV squad.

Yeah the offense played bad last week but the so called analysts fail to realize that we had a make shift offensive line. My man Rabach is back and that will help our offense. Jason Campbell has played great football. The media and many football fans probably would’ve talked about our offense differently if Santana Moss and others would have held on to the ball against Green Bay. Perception and reality is a dangerous game. Our offense isn’t as bad as the stats show. We know that Santana won’t drop passes all day and we know that it’s a matter of time till CP carries our squad like he did 2 years ago. So if the Patriots are sleeping on our offense then let’em. This ain’t a game this is war for some respect. And we are going to just take it. Redskins nation it’s time to stand together and unite this week. Because I say the Patriots and the nation will not be eating humble pie, but instead they will be eating some good ole fashion crow. Feel free to hit me up with a comment @ DemSkins.Com

You are right, but we still cannot play one whole game of football, we can be good first half, but gone in the second. thats our problem. Beating ourselves

[SFREDSKIN]

This is a perfect spot to be, nobody gives us respect. If you think that this type of lack of respect won't lite a fire, wait till you see the results. Now if Joe could get fired up like the Detroit game, that would be priceless!!!

[fja711]

I couldn't agree more. REDSKINS SHOCK PATS Just think back to the opening game this year against Philadelphia. Remember they surveyed the USA and every state in the country picked the Skins to lose. History repeats itself. Don't be a pessimist

[The Zimmermans]

just to let you know......rogers can't cover stallworth....he got burned badly last year

[Waleo]

Originally Posted by The Zimmermans

just to let you know......rogers can't cover stallworth....he got burned badly last year

Hmm you brought interesting point..... that was "last year". Rogers is playing better ball than he did last year.

[Texanskin]

That 16.5 spread is crazy. That actually had me heated. But honestly we have to go out and execute!!! I too believe in my heart we can win, ONLY if our offense shows up.
People...we WILL need either Lloyd or McCardell to step up big time. This game could change outlooks on Buster Lloyd.lol.lol.

[offiss]

How are we going to score? If you thought Arizona brought pressure wait till you see what the Pats bring. That spread is indicative to what everyone else knows other than most in redskin land, Gibbs will not change he will try to shorten the game with the run without being able to run it, in so doing keeping the defense on the field for most of the game, and we will be treated to all the same excuses we get after we lose a game in typical fashion, we have to hope Williams can keep the game close because Gibbs ain't! We have a team that can't score going against a team that is on pace to set a scoring record, I don't care how good your defense is they are not going to hold up for an entire game against that offense without a lot of help from our offense. The 16+ points is a very accurate spread under the circumstances.

[Rock Your Face]

If the whole offensive line was healthy I would like the 'Skins' chances a lot more b/c we will need to run the ball successfully to keep Brady and Co. off of the field. I do think our secondary matches up as well as anybody's in the NFL, it just unfortunate that we catch them without Rabach not being 100%. Let's just hope the need to score probably at least 4 TD's to have a chance will convince Gibbs to take the cuffs off the offense.

This is just a personal thing, but can we not refer to ourselves as a "nation," that is something a-hole Red Sox fans do.

[GiantsSuck703]

I love your optimism, but you have to understand where all these writers and sports talk jocks are coming from. We have done nothing on offense that warrents even being talked about as a true threat in this game, not too mention our offensive line is hurting real bad. Clinton is missing that signature burst hes known for, which I think has alot to do with missing most practices and preseason, hes just not in game shape and its hurting this offense. Whats killing us the most about our injuries on the line is the need to have Cooley stay home and block, hes a vital part of this offense and really is a matchup problem, so without him as a threat it allows teams to stack the box. Campbell is playing great, hes made some mistakes, but far less than most of us expected him too in his first season as the starter, but if his recievers refuse to catch the ball its going to hamper his development. The sad thing is we have a reciever on our roster with a world of talent, but hes to childish to realize how much hes hurting his team by slacking, you all know who im talking about (B.Lloyd). The one faze of the game where we really dominate is defense, many people would have you believe the Pats defense is superior to ours, much the way there offense is, and they would be completely wrong. There defense has played some absolutely horrid offenses, meanwhile weve played the best passing offense two weeks in a row and shut them down (GB and DET.). The Skins definately have a shot in this game, a great one, but if Joe Gibbs refuses to allow his stars to take this gameover like he seems to be doing alot lately, the defenses efforts will be for not, because they cannot afford to get tired in this game.

[SC Skins Fan]

The real kicker is that if the Pats do win they will come out in the post-game presser and all say "none of you thought we could do this" and "everyone talked about their defense" and "it was us against the world." They have the "everyone is out to get us/no one believes in us" thing patented. It is just kind of pathetic nowadays. It has crossed my mind, though, that one reason Bellicheat was so blatant with his spying so that he'd get caught, everyone would come down on them, and he could use the 'us against the world' card again even though they are clearly the best team in the league. Whatever, I don't like the Pats, I don't like their coach, and I don't like Brady. I don't care how good they are. Gregg Easterbrook summed it up pretty nicely, even though he (like so much of the football world) skipped right ahead to the Pats-Colts game next week and forgot that the Skins actually travel to NE on Sunday.

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