Will the Redskins Make the Playoffs

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Reason number 437 why your opinions posted here are rendered meaningless by blind faith.

If you're always coming down on the optimistic side, how can your opinions possibly be considered valid? They're rife with bias.

There's what you WANT to happen, and then there's what you THINK will happen. There's a difference.

I'll freely admit that I wear burgundy and gold colored glasses. I don't think that makes my views invalid, I just think you might want to take my views with a grain of salt. Similarly, I take the debbie downers' views with a grain of salt.

I don't agree that you have to wear burgundy and gold colored glasses in order to be a fan. But, for me at least, it is hard not to see the good in our team and think, perhaps incorrectly, that we will go to the playoffs.

[Monkeydad]

I'm guessing Schneed was also picking the Bills to win SB XXVI (hey...numbers from Vegas don't lie!) and turned the game off after Denver went up 10-0 in SB XXII.

Let's not even bring up our 6-0 run at the end of 2005. It's years like 2005 that prove my point of it paying off to stay behind your team when standings and everyone in the world has said they're dead. The celebration at the end is so much sweeter when you're not a fairweather fan.

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

They will make the playoffs only because the rest of the NFC is very weak. The Cowboys, Packers, Panthers and Seahawks are going to win their perspective divisions. The Giants look like the front runner for the first wild card position. That means the Skins are competing against the Lions, Vikings, Tampa Bay and Cardinals for the final wildcard. The Skins have already beaten the Vikings and Cardinals.

Skins have already beaten the Lions too.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

They will make the playoffs only because the rest of the NFC is very weak. The Cowboys, Packers, Panthers and Seahawks are going to win their perspective divisions. The Giants look like the front runner for the first wild card position. That means the Skins are competing against the Lions, Vikings, Tampa Bay and Cardinals for the final wildcard. The Skins have already beaten the Vikings and Cardinals.

We don't play the Vikes until Week 16.

[bertoskins2]

Yes, just make sure that we beat division opponents. also our OL should be healthy again in the coming months

[bertoskins2]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

They will make the playoffs only because the rest of the NFC is very weak. The Cowboys, Packers, Panthers and Seahawks are going to win their perspective divisions. The Giants look like the front runner for the first wild card position. That means the Skins are competing against the Lions, Vikings, Tampa Bay and Cardinals for the final wildcard. The Skins have already beaten the Vikings and Cardinals.

giants will not be a wild card. they are better right than dallas right now, and of course they beat us

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by bertoskins2

giants will not be a wild card. they are better right than dallas right now, and of course they beat us

Yes and Dallas beat NY, and the Giants winning streak is against all the same crappy teams that Dallas faced too. Except Washington.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by hail_2_da_skins

Dude. Put down the pipe! The Skins will beat the Jets and the Bucs. I don't know about splitting with the Cowboys, that might be two losses. But I think they will rebound and take out the Giants. I'm thinking 11-5 at worst 10-6 which will still be good enough for the second wildcard.

11-5, 10-6 at the worst???? More kool aid drinking/ homerism at it's best.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

The Eagles scored 13 points against Green Bay, which allows an average of 17 points. They scored 12 points against us and we're allowing an average of 20 points per game (granted that stat is skewed because of New England). They scored 3 points against the G-men, who allow an average of 20 points per game. They scored 16 points against the New York Jets, who allow an average of 26 points per game. They scored 16 points against Chicago, who allow an average of 23 points per game. They scored 23 points against the Vikings, who are allowing 20 points per game. That's an average of 13 points per game, when opponents have been averaging 21 points per game against those same teams. Scoring 8 fewer points per game than your opponents, is bad. 13 points per game is bad.

Granted, they torched the Lions for 50+ points, but they're not scoring a lot of points. They could rebound and they might very well beat us. But the Eagles offense has been anemic.

Yeah, I'm guessing the Lions game is really skewing the numbers. But is it skewing? Should we really discredit that dominance as just a bad opponent?

I don't know the answer, and I'm inclined to be on the safe side and give Philly the benefit of the doubt. If their offense was all that bad, I don't think they would have been able to do that against Detroit.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Yeah, I'm guessing the Lions game is really skewing the numbers. But is it skewing? Should we really discredit that dominance as just a bad opponent?

I don't know the answer, and I'm inclined to be on the safe side and give Philly the benefit of the doubt. If their offense was all that bad, I don't think they would have been able to do that against Detroit.

I guess I should have said the Eagles cannot score lots of points on a consistent basis. They're getting decent yardage, but, as you noted, they're not punching it in. I have a lot of respect for the Eagles and McNabb and, like us, they could be explosive. But right now, they're not.

[The Zimmermans]

a hesitant yes. We will have to beat the other wildcard teams

[Dlyne8r]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

You think a guy that used to throw darts at a John Riggins poster when he was younger can even make that leap?

OUCH! Even my avatar hurt after that comment.

[paulskinsfan]

I say no. While Gibbs first run was exceptional with innovative play calling and, more importantly, halftime adjustments, I just have no faith in his abilities this time around. We all got caught up when the man returned, but now its different. He has a HUGE coaching staff, that is highly overpaid. He no longer makes the halftime adjustments, rather we go into turtle mode when we have a lead. His clock management has been dreadful. I will watch every snap of every game, and I'll scream my head off, but I no longer have faith in Joe Gibbs, and believe me it hurts to say that.

[DieHardSkinsFan777]

The glass is half full. We will make the playoffs.

[Green1]

We are going to the playoffs believe it!!!!