Skins vs Eagles week 1

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Dude that was glorious. Joe I think you and I have been drinking the same koolaid. This team is a contender

There's too much time between now and the playoffs to be saying we're contenders already. But if we head into the playoffs completely healthy, and have a few balls bounce our way, playing in the Super Bowl is very possible. But I think you and JoeR are getting excited too early.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

There's too much time between now and the playoffs to be saying we're contenders already. But if we head into the playoffs completely healthy, and have a few balls bounce our way, playing in the Super Bowl is very possible. But I think you and JoeR are getting excited too early.

We are going to kick ass all year long. Therefore it is perfectly acceptable to be excited in week one.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

There's too much time between now and the playoffs to be saying we're contenders already. But if we head into the playoffs completely healthy, and have a few balls bounce our way, playing in the Super Bowl is very possible. But I think you and JoeR are getting excited too early.

There may be a lot of time between now and then, but there are a few teams right now that I consider contenders for the Super Bowl. And as of now we are one of them. We all know that a lot of things need to fall in place for any SB team by the time the playoffs roll around, but I still believe we have a chance.

Not an Oak type chance but a ATL or SEA type chance to get to the game. We could be great.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

There may be a lot of time between now and then, but there are a few teams right now that I consider contenders for the Super Bowl. And as of now we are one of them. We all know that a lot of things need to fall in place for any SB team by the time the playoffs roll around, but I still believe we have a chance.

Not an Oak type chance but a ATL or SEA type chance to get to the game. We could be great.

Eh...like I said, if RG3 and all the other key players are healthy, and we have a bit of luck, I'm not going to argue that we have as good a chance as Seattle. But we're just not quite to the level of Atlanta, San Francisco, New England, or Denver yet. Next year, I like our chances a lot better: we'll have signed some good FAs, RG3 and Morris will be improved, Phillip Thomas and Richard Crawford will be healthy, and we'll have another draft to add talent.

Once you get into the playoffs, though, anything can happen. If it were a 7 game series like the NBA, we wouldn't have a chance this year. But NFL playoffs are all about momentum and who-wants-it-the-most. So I'm definitely not counting us out.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Dude that was glorious. Joe I think you and I have been drinking the same koolaid. This team is a contender

[Hog1]

a goat.........or the..
Amen!

[JoeRedskin]

I am not excited. I am incredibly calm. Hand-wringing naysayers can tear at their garments, gnash their teeth and cover their heads in ash as they moan their doubts.

I believe, my brother, and I am at peace with the joy faith brings. Join me.

Can I get an amen?!

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I am not excited. I am incredibly calm. Hand-wringing naysayers can tear at their garments, gnash their teeth and cover their heads in ash as they moan their doubts.

I believe, my brother, and I am at peace with the joy faith brings. Join me.

Can I get an amen?!

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No, but in all seriousness, I agree. I can't help but be excited. I too believe we're contenders.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by joeredskin

i am not excited. I am incredibly calm. Hand-wringing naysayers can tear at their garments, gnash their teeth and cover their heads in ash as they moan their doubts.

I believe, my brother, and i am at peace with the joy faith brings. Join me.

Can i get an amen?!

amen!

[NYCskinfan82]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I am not excited. I am incredibly calm. Hand-wringing naysayers can tear at their garments, gnash their teeth and cover their heads in ash as they moan their doubts.

I believe, my brother, and I am at peace with the joy faith brings. Join me.

Can I get an amen?!

Amen, my brother.

[SFREDSKIN]

Great Boswell article, I couldn't agree more.

Robert Griffin III gives Redskins a legitimacy that shouldn’t be written off - The Washington Post

[NYCskinfan82]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Great Boswell article, I couldn't agree more.

Robert Griffin III gives Redskins a legitimacy that shouldn’t be written off - The Washington Post

Good find, nice read.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Great Boswell article, I couldn't agree more.

Robert Griffin III gives Redskins a legitimacy that shouldn’t be written off - The Washington Post

Loved this line:

Somewhere there is someone dim enough to think that RGII’s knee is not 99.9-percent healed; but that person has not been exposed to the Post’s occasional coverage of this joint; or, during warmups, seen Griffin sprint from end zone to end zone, doing a handspring into a triple back flip with a halfgainer.

lol

[RedskinRat]

Should the very worst happen and our franchise QB get a season ending injury on MNF, we can still be a playoff team.

No, I did NOT just say Jehovah. Put the rocks down.

[CRedskinsRule]

In all seriousness, read the quotes from the offensive players in this article: Teammates Not Worried About Griffin III. Everyone is encouraging supporting and leading as appropriate. I know a lot of quotes are canned/forced by the team to fit the narrative etc, but damn if Griffin doesn't sound like the leader of this team and everyone ready to pull together.

Originally Posted by RGIII

"I’ve just got to lean on my teammates," he said. "We’ve got a lot of playmakers on this team, one that is directly behind me in Alfred Morris, so those guys will be ready to play."

...
"They know it will be my first game back. I think everyone is anticipating that I’ll be rusty, but that’s not the way I think. That’s just not how I’m built to think," he said. "Those guys know I’ll lean on them and I think they are ready to make plays.

"I think everybody is ready to go out and be explosive and be dynamic."

Originally Posted by AlfMo

"If you look at it, a lot of us haven't been on the field," Morris said with a shrug. "I hold Robert to a high standard. We're counting on each other.

"I know what type of player he is, his drive, and it's just going to take him a couple quarters at most before he's back in rare form."

Originally Posted by Garcon

"After spending a lot of time together [in practice] throwing the same routes, it doesn't take much time to get back on the same page. We know what we're trying to accomplish.

"It's going to take some time [to synchronize], but not as much as it would if we were brand new."