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Originally Posted by coggs

You were the kid who even after you got burned kept touching the stove, weren't you? How many times have the Skins brought in these big name FA's only to disappoint? Tuck and Umenyiora are both among the top 5 D-linemen in the league. Not expecting much from Sintim, but the Giants will find a way to work him in and be productive. Not saying he is going to be ROY or even an every down player, but he'll contribute.

Secondly, the Giants have the best OLine coach in the game. He'll have a plan to contain Haynesworth if porkchops is at 100%. Good luck containing the Giants D Line.

I'm going to give you a very unbiased opinion (which I don't expect you to have nor a lot of us here, since this is a Redskins fan forum)...

Both the Redskins and the Giants have strong defenses, and both are going to wreak havoc against each other's offense.

I'm speculating here, but, I would say that the Giants and Redskins had somewhat similar fates last season. The Giants offense had a great first half of the season (with Burress), but fizzled out late late in the second half of the season. Of course, their offense was better, because it complimented their great defense and got them to the playoffs. But the G-Men did miss Burress during the loosing streak and ended up being one and done in the playoffs.

We all know the story of the Redskins offense last season, and unfortunately our offense did not compliment our good defense enough to get us to the playoffs or give us a winning season.

Both the Giants and Redskins had similar offseasons. The Giants are still without a #1 receiver and it would have made a lot of sense to trade for Boldin or Edwards (I mean the team has a history of succeeding with a FA WR after all). Instead, the Giants put all their resources on their already strong defense, while losing their #1 WR, a good #2 WR, and a strong component of their running game.

For the Redskins it would have made sense to add a stud lineman with their #1 pick or go after a pro bowl lineman during the offseason. Instead they used their resources to add to their already strong offense (just like the Giants). However, if you do an unbiased comparison in the player loses/acquisitions between both team, I would have to give a nudge to the Redskins.

Redskins offense added Dockery and brought younger depth to their o-line; their defense brought a Pro Bowler DT, a young stud DE/LB, and kept a possibly Pro Bowl CB. However, the Redskins losses were not that great, and most of the people that were released were old players

The Giants did add Nicks at wideout, but he joins a young/inexperience WR group. On defense they added Canty, Bernard, and Boley, but I don't think these guys compare to Haynesworth and Hall, or even Orakpo (if he lives to his potential). New York losses were big, no Burress, no Ward, and no Toomer.

Now, are the Redskins better than the Giants or vice versa? It's hard to tell. I would say they are pretty equal, giving a slight nudge to the Giants right now if I want to be unbiased (plus we have to play them in NY once again in week 1). However, I wouldn't say that one is going to kill the other. Each team has question marks (Giants receivers, Redskins offensive line, no Spags in NY, JC's last stand season) that can make them or break them. You might disagree with me b/c your biased, but I would say this is as unbiased of an opinion you are going to get here.