The difference between 10-6 and 6-10

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Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Totally blow up? Almost certainly not, assuming that's referring to a 4 or fewer win season.

Too many veteran players we can rely on for that to happen. As much as we need Campbell to break out to make a playoff run, he would have to be substantially worse than his prior season and a half for us to totally collapse.

Portis figures to have a rebound year of sorts, so theres that, and although the pass defense is only one year removed from being the worst pass d of the last ten years, it's a pretty safe bet that they will finish somewhere in the top 20. On third downs alone, the team figures to improve somewhat simply because Grilliams' schemes were pretty historically bad at preventing third down conversions.

So even though I think 8-8 would be somewhat optimistic thinking, I would think 3-13 or 4-12 would be pretty downright weak predictions. I mean, we play the Lions, Browns, and Niners for crying out loud, and though I'm not going to use the phrasing "automatic win" (because such a thing doesn't exist in the NFL), even at our worst, we'd be favored to beat those teams.

The Redskins have consistently been one of the teams that has a significant veteran presence over the past five years or so. So much so, in fact, that people often use the term "old" when describing this team. With more of an emphasis on the draft, I expect this to change with more of a blend of savvy vets with young, upstart talent from the college ranks. Nonetheless, all the veterans we've had -- the "locker room leaders" we hear so much about -- gave us a 30-34 record under the guidance of a living legend in Joe Gibbs.

So you'll have to forgive me if I believe the possibility exists that things might not go quite the way most everybody here thinks.