Why the low expectations from the pre-season mags?

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

With the offseason mags coming out, the consensus seems to be the Redskins will be in last place in the NFC East with anywhere from 4-6 wins. For a playoff team that was one of the hottest teams entering the post season & returning 22 starters, what factors do you think national writers are using?

(Mods-Poll please)
New Coach/System Uncertainty
Everyone else in the division is simply better
We got lucky last year and weren't that good anyways
General disregard for all positive things Redskins
Other

I think those are the two big ones. However, don't know that "we weren't that good." IMO, these team played a bit over their heads down the stretch and that was a direct result of Joe Gibbs being the team's head coach. Because of that, I don't really know what to expect from this next year, they could be anywhere from 6-10 to 12-4 and I wouldn't be totally shocked.

Also, when you look around, this is the toughest division in the league and the Skins (rightly or wrongly) are seen as the biggest question mark. Because of this they face predictions of a mediocre to bad season.