Should We Be As Happy With This Win

[NYCSkin]

I'm happy--I can wear my Skins gear on the subway in peace. It was brutal after the Giants loss...

[BrunellMVP?]

Originally Posted by NYCSkin

I'm happy--I can wear my Skins gear on the subway in peace. It was brutal after the Giants loss...

amen to that, walking around murray hill in my skins gear bf the game started was looking more and more cocky as the game went on...

[Gmanc711]

Its not JC's attempts that I want to see more of, I actually think he has the perfect amount..I just want to see some passes going 20-30 yards down feild and finding ways to get the WR involved.


Bottom line though, a win is a win; were 5-3 at the halfway point, which is pretty damn good. Yeah the Jets arent a great team, but for the first time in forever in the second half, it actually looked like our guys were playing with the fire we saw a couple of years ago.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by LaRon + Sean = Hell 4 U

I know a win is a win but barely winning against a 1-7 team & with your running back rushing for 196 yards is not that good. How long can we go barely winning games again JC still only had 23 attempts for 142 yards if you look at all the other QB's the Favre's, Brady's, Manning & even Derek Anderson is throwing 30 to 40 attempts per game it's almost like we aren't trying to progress in the passing game. I glad we are 5-3 but I still don't know about our offense.

142 passing is not going to get it done against some of the teams we have coming up. But a win is a win and I'll take it. 5-3 is better than 4-4.

[Paintrain]

In the standings, yes I am happy about the win.. From standpoints of coaching, playcalling on both sides of the ball, preparation, execution, intensity and overall confidence in your playmakers today's game left much to be desired..

[NYCSkin]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

In the standings, yes I am happy about the win.. From standpoints of coaching, playcalling on both sides of the ball, preparation, execution, intensity and overall confidence in your playmakers today's game left much to be desired..

LOL...great post.

[MTK]

Personally I never feel bad about a loss. How can you? The end result is the only thing that really matters.

[Green1]

We should be very happy because 5-3 is better than 4-4

[chrisl13]

the offense looked pretty good. portis had 196 yards. and if campbell only threw the ball 23 times so what? if it helps us win so be it. u see how we came back and fought hard didnt you?
the defense buckled down and only allowed a field goal in the second half. this was pretty good football.
it seems like we play better when we come back from behind..

[skinsfan_nn]

Beats the hell outta being unhappy with a LOSS!

Bottom line we came back in the second half and played much better football, against a team that had NOTHING to loss and forget there record, they played a heck of a game.

At the end of the day it goes down in the WIN category for the HOME TEAM! 5-3 beats the heck outta 4-4......! Get ready for next week, philly your next!

[Schneed10]

Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy we won. But the Redskins still haven't done anything to convince me they're anything better than a middle-of-the-road NFL team.

Luckily, middle of the road in the NFL might be enough to make the playoffs in the NFC.

I'm just hoping for another magical December from a Joe Gibbs team. This year, we've won enough games so that a strong Gibbs December will put us in the playoffs. For some reason, Gibbs always gets the team to wake up come December.

I'm keeping it real for right now, but keeping the faith for December.

[4mrusmc]

The O-line did a great job today. JC needs to work on his accuracy with is receivers. the defense looked a little suspect today.
I think we will see our offensive playbook open up against the eagles, such as some trickery. This is a must win to keep up with the playoff hunt. I sensed a little heart today from this team, and it came from one of it's main play-makers. This is a good sign going into the seond half of the season. I hope........

[Campbell17]

I was hoping to find one of these threads, because I was thinking of this. In 2 of our loses, not NE, we could and should have won but the opponent got lucky, now we are starting to experience some of that with our last two wins. Now, however, we're back to even, and we have to start winning for real again.

[dcweldon]

One thing we shouldn't forget about this win, injuries on defense, as well as the injuries we have had all season on offense.

Plus, the QB change in Kellen Clemens, it is difficult to prepare for a guy who doesn't have much film on him.

Even though the Jets run defense is poor, 196 yards on anyone, is a good thing, plus CP had 30 carries, which is good, since we all thought his hand injury could be the downfall for his season.

A lot of positives out of this close game, and looking at the Eagles right now as the game is in the 4th Q, we should be able to keep up with them like we did in week 2.

[MTRedskinsFan]

HELL YEAH WE SHOULD BE HAPPY! Guess what? Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaaaaaaack? Portis looked like his old self again, best damn news for our offense all season long. I honestly didn't expect a big day from Portis (or Betts) till RT gets back, which should be in just about 30 days so that's awesome.

The other reason to be happy is that Campbell looked ok. After the bitch-slapping NE gave him I was scared Campbell could really lose confidence, but other than the pick he looked ok. If he could just get a little more accurate we have the ability to open games way up (think about the bomb to Moss today that was about 2 feet out of reach).

And finally, had teams not given up the run back on kickoff this would not have been a very close game.