John Clayton on the Redskins' Playoff Chances

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I won't pencil in Orakpo for many sacks or turnovers. In all fairness to him, he's still a rook. He might have a very avg. season finding his way. Haynesworth of course is a beast, but unless Rak has a tremendous rookier year, you can't count on the d-line to generate that many sacks. I don't see our D as being in the top 15 in terms of sacks. Turnovers are such a hard thing to predict but Hall & Landry have some ball hawking skills. Again, I see improvement but not enough to warrant 5 pts. a game. Maybe 3 pts. a game, which I'd be happy with!

I think that elusive 21 points has got to come from ball control; JC's improvement w/the offense, the wr's stepping up just enough to free up Moss, and the RT spot not being such a weak link. Even if this team kicks 7 fg's a game, they've got to sustain some drives & keep the D off the field. Lost too many games late last year w/a worn down defense.