Looking back on '04

[BDBohnzie]

hindsight is always 20/20...

the Skins are a better team than their record indicates, and they will go into next year with a full year under their belt in the Gibbs system. people don't realize how much time it takes to get used to a system...and for many of the offense, this is their 3rd or 4th offense they've had...defensively, 5 for 5...

i heard that 20 point stat this morning and almost spit out my coffee. it's hard to believe if we could have averaged 2 more points per game, a lousy 28 more points, and we could be in the thick of the hunt, not just waiting and praying...

[sportscurmudgeon]

To everyone who ponders what might have happened if only the Skins had been able to score 20 or more points in most of their games, think of this...


If Queen Elizabeth had balls, she'd be King Elizabeth.


She doesn't. The Redskins didn't. Deal with it...



Matty:

You are exactly on point. GOOD teams may lose to other good teams but GOOD teams do NOT lose three games to miserable teams. And you identified three losses to three miserable teams. Ergo...

[CrazyCanuck]

I was gonna start a similar thread, but didn't want to kill the playoff fever by reliving painful memories. But since the box has been opened...

- What if we only had 6 TOs against the Giants instead of 7?
- What if the refs didn't screw us TWICE with horrible PI calls against Dallas?
- What if the refs called the helmet-to-helmet against Roy Williams (for which he was later fined) at the end of the Dallas game?
- What if Portis doesn't fumble in our red zone when we were up 10-3 against Cleveland?
- What if Betts blocked Ed Reed and/or Brunell didn't fumble when we were up 10-0 against the Ravens?
- What if the refs didn't reverse our go-ahead TD against GB (based on the worst call ever)?
- What if the refs called the PI against Gardner on the very next play?
- What if the refs called the PI against Owens (as it should've been) instead of Springs in the last Eagles game?

Anyways I know it's all in the past but it helps to vent a bit. Unfortuantely our schedule wasn't aligned properly for this team. We had most of our easy games early on when Brunell was in there and the team couldn't stop self destructing. When we got Ramsey in there and started rolling we had to face Philly twice and play in Pittsburgh.

I give Gibbs and the team kudos for sticking with it and not throwing in the towel. After all the turmoil we went though this year, it is amazing that we still have a shot at the playoffs, and I'm happy to be on the bandwagon.