Looking ahead to Miami

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Take a look at who has been throwing Chambers the ball. Also, the type of situations Chambers is often put in the position for jump balls and other highly contested balls because of his frame he will make fewer catches. I'm curious, where did you get those intended for stats?

I think it's foolish for us to underestimate Miami or act as if we're much better at this point. Both teams have squads full of question marks.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Football analysis and NFL stats for the Moneyball era - Authors of Pro Football Prospectus 2007

They call it catch %.

3-4 different QBs over those 3 seasons, and the numbers continue to be bad. At some point, we just have to blame Chambers.

I don't think we are a whole lot better than Miami at this point, but we should win this game.

[70Chip]

Yeah, us being 3.5 point favorites at home means the oddsmakers think the two teams are pretty even.

In an opening day situation, I think more games are lost than are won. So, the redskins need to take care of the football, play disciplined, get pressure to force Miami into mistakes, win on special teams, and they should come out on top.

I suspect Cameron will have some pretty good blitz-beating plays in the mix so we need the secondary to be sure and wrap up the receivers as soon as the ball is delivered. We struggled last year with letting hot receivers out of the gate for big plays (think Maurice Jones-Drew). We need individuals in the secondary to step up to the mic.

[hooskins]

I actually predicted a lost to the Viks last year and about a 8-8 or 9-7 record. I thought we were overhyped, but I didnt expect to go 5-11. I think our D and run game will hold us agaisnt the Fins. I feel an 9-7 to and 11-5 potential this year, but I'm not overly optimistic.

[Beemnseven]

Since it appears both teams have question marks, this one will probably come down to who turns it over more.

I'd agree the Skins and Dolphins are two very similar teams. For Miami, new coach, new quarterback (for their system), aging defense -- for us, question marks on both offensive and defensive lines, aging defense, but more time for our quarterback in the system.

Looks like we have a slight edge, but then, I thought the same thing about Minnesota last year. Don't forget though, Gibbs is cursed in Monday Night Football season openers -- he's like 0-4 or something like that. This one is on Sunday, though. So that's a good thing.