Prediction time! the Pre PreSeason Prediction thread

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by irish

I think that Yahoo prediction was a bit off but not much. I think the Skins are definitely in the bottom third of teams in the league.

Its been interesting to read some of the reports from Richmond about the joint WAS/NE practices. It sounds like the Skins are pretty far off from what an elite team is doing.

And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.

I also heard the Skins ripped off a couple of good plays. It sounds like NE pretty much ripped off big plays for the entire practice. I really think that the end of the article sums up why the Skins are bottom dwellers and teams like NE have year in year out success.

Redskins learning 'The Patriot Way' - WTOP.com

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by irish

I also heard the Skins ripped off a couple of good plays. It sounds like NE pretty much ripped off big plays for the entire practice. I really think that the end of the article sums up why the Skins are bottom dwellers and teams like NE have year in year out success.

Redskins learning 'The Patriot Way' - WTOP.com

You seem to have forgotten that we were 10-6 and in the playoffs two ago, Our problems last year have been well-documented here, chief among them the fact that RGIII was not fully recovered from his knee surgery.

Now, we have a healthy RGIII back. I think you ought to believe that RGIII's rookie season was not a flash in the pan because you saw it. You know what he can do. Last season was the aberration.

Here is a question for everyone: How many wins is having a healthy RGIII worth to the Redskins? It's got to be worth something. Using last season as the benchmark, we certainly should win more than 3 games with our starting QB healthy.

So what's he worth? I think he could worth be as many as five games (from 3 to 5). I'll rein myself in a bit and say 3 games.

Now, if you compare the other personnel on this team to last season's personnel, we have to be better overall. We added two excellent WR's who are perfect complements to PG. We signed Hatcher who is the inside pass rusher we've needed. We bolstered the OL a bit. We have our rising star TE back. Hopefully, everyone else will have improved to some degree. That should translate into more wins, as well.

We know that our ST's will be better because it's practically impossible that they could be any worse than they were last season. That could help us to win more games, as well.

Starting with 3 wins (the same as last season), I would add 3 wins for a healthy RGIII, and another 3 wins for overall improvement. That's 9 wins.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.

Tom Brady, in a no huddle scrimmage picked apart our D.

you know what that means:

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

And you woulda thought under a new coaching regime the offense would be running smooth in its first scrimage...?

Actually heard Alfmo ran the ball extremely well against the first team D yesterday. Made a couple starting LBs look like bitches.

Also heard our pass rush was better than theirs. With the kind of guys they have up front, that speaks good things for both our pass rush and our O-line. Athough on one hand, it's too early to be making judgments about any aspect of our team. But then on the other hand, it's better that we heard "Lichtensteiger made Wilfork his b*tch" instead of "Redskins O-line hapless versus Pats".

[Lotus]

It is expected that a renovated team struggle with NE in August scrimmages.

The odd thing that stood out for me was Gruden's report that the defense seemed easily winded. The defense hasn't built stamina in 2 weeks of camp?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

Also heard our pass rush was better than theirs. With the kind of guys they have up front, that speaks good things for both our pass rush and our O-line. Athough on one hand, it's too early to be making judgments about any aspect of our team. But then on the other hand, it's better that we heard "Lichtensteiger made Wilfork his b*tch" instead of "Redskins O-line hapless versus Pats".

I heard Brady would have been sacked or pressured on more than a few instances if it were a game situation.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

I think that Yahoo prediction was a bit off but not much. I think the Skins are definitely in the bottom third of teams in the league.



Its been interesting to read some of the reports from Richmond about the joint WAS/NE practices. It sounds like the Skins are pretty far off from what an elite team is doing.

That Yahoo article is just a preseason ranking, not a prediction of where teams will finish.

[CRedskinsRule]

It will just make the Skins' season that much sweeter if they put it all together.

Sadly I still want to see the Eagles crash and burn, but most reports from their camp don't seem to indicate that.

[Schneed10]

9-7

Eagles go 10-6 and take the division

[MTK]

Brady has been in the same system and with the same HC his entire career. I'm shocked he can run things so smoothly.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Brady has been in the same system and with the same HC his entire career. I'm shocked he can run things so smoothly.

That's the difference between Redskins football and winning football. The Skins are constantly chasing the flavor du jour whether its in coaches or players so there's never a chance for a system to take hold and achieve success. Hopefully Gruden is a flavor that the Skins brass like for awhile.

[skinsfan69]

When are we going to move on from last year? To me it seems everyone has blamed Shanahan for the 3 wins so he's gone. It's a new season. It's obvious we're not close to the Patriots. They're a better operation from top to bottom. Is this something we don't already know?

[skinsfan69]

I was watching NFL Network last night and Mike Mayock was really talking very highly of Ryan Mallet. Remember when he came out of the draft? He was a total mess.

[Paul Nichols]

I've got 9-7. But that includes losing both games to the Giants.
We should slap Philly twice, and split with Dallas. Hate when we start the season against a non-division team.

LOSS at Houston
WIN vs Jacksonville
WIN at Philadelphia
LOSS vs New York Giants
LOSS vs Seattle
WIN at Arizona
WIN vs Tennessee
LOSS at Dallas
WIN at Minnesota
WIN vs Tampa Bay
LOSS at San Francisco
LOSS at Indianapolis
WIN vs St. Louis
LOSS at New York Giants
WIN vs Philadelphia
WIN vs Dallas

I don't know anything about Gruden, but it appears that those who have an informed opinion are pretty high on him.