WEEK 1 : Redskins vs Dolphins Prediction Thread

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The old adage that it's best to avoid playing crappy teams early in the season because they don't know they're crappy yet may apply here. Who the heck knows what either team will do? Maybe one or both of these teams will be crappy (or neither). All pure speculation at this point.

For the Dolphins, they have no running game to speak of. They have a QB that has improved and likely on the upswing, but let's not anoint him the next Brady or Brees just yet. And their secondary isn't any better than ours. Suh should scare us all, but it isn't like we haven't faced him and the Lions in recent years (with a worse line than what we should have now).

On the other hand, our secondary has question marks, particularly at safety, and we don't know how Scherff and Moses will hold up in prime time (and the Phins D line will be as good as any they face this year). In most other phases of the game, I think it's a toss up -- sure they have Devante Parker, but he's a rookie, and we have DJax and Garcon (not to mention Jordan Reed) -- solid targets all around. And who knows what we have with Cousins?

For the Phins AND Redskins fans who say that their team will dominate, my response is maybe, but that's pure guesswork at this point. It's a lot easier to start making those predictions once you're a few games into the season and you can see what your team brings to the table (or doesn't). Not saying it isn't fun to make predictions, but I saw comments from Phins fans saying that if they don't win by 2 TDs they'll be disappointed, or a prediction of 34-6. Please. Your team hasn't done that to anyone since Marino was still playing (and our team hasn't since Joe Gibbs version 1.0).