The disease has hit me again

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

The NFL is a league where teams that were terrible the year before suddenly can break out and make a deep playoff run (see New Orleans Saints).

Anything is possible, and the fan in me can't help but be optimistic. But I try to remember what I saw with my own eyes during the season. After all the free agency talk and all the draft talk, it's easy to forget what we saw with our own eyes at the end of last season.

To me, our hopes basically boil down to two people: Gregg Williams and Jason Campbell. GW needs to scheme something up for our personnel. And our offense is only going as far as JC takes us. I don't have the fever, or the disease, but I do have hope.

I see your point but a HUGE part of why NO turned it around was Drew Brees. Can JC play to that level in his 1st year starting? Probably not. Plus they got back Deuce from injury and drafted Colston and Bush. Plus NO does have some high draft picks that have played well on their D-line. I sure would like to have Wil Smith and Charles Grant on our D-line. Plus they got Hollis Thomas from Philly. And I'll say this. Sean Payton is a really good coach. I love his aggessive play calling! The GM of NO ( Micky Loomis) did one hell of a job putting that team back together cause after Katrina that thing was a complete mess.

[#56fanatic]

For as long as I can remember I am always pumped during the offseason. "this is going to be our season" But over the last 10, there really hasn't been any thing to back that up. 1 season or 2 season's of playoff births is not the norm around here. The norm seems to be, overhyped offseasons, with mediocore seasons. I am as pumped up for this season as any. However, I am all ways sceptical about OUR team. This season is no exception. Our secondary is looking really good, quality players, quality depth. LB's are looking better. but the games are won in the trenches. I am sorry for just thinking our D line is just not that good. I have a hard time putting my faith in two 5th round draft picks from a couple of years ago. Golston may be situational, but Montgomery has never seen the field on a consistant basis. Griffin, I have no idea what happened to this guy, but he disappeared last year. Plus going to a different style of defense this year, may lead to some tough times in the early part of year. Which will lean heavily on the offense. I see us struggling again with our idenity. Our offensive line are comparable to big mack trucks. They like to run,run,run, move people out of the way, push them around and beat people up. Saunders offense just isn't that style. Now, if they can form some sort of hybrid offense of Joes and Saunders mixed together....maybe they will be ok. Obviously Campbell is the Key to this thing. I think he played well last year. I am big Campbell fan, i think he will be a good QB, but with everyone getting better in the division, its going to be really tough for us.

cautious optomism?? or realism?? who knows. But win or lose...I hope we go down swinging.

[BrunellMVP?]

Originally Posted by BeastsoftheNFCeast

This happens to me all the time, I fall ill with dilusion about the Redskins. At first, I always say what I think will really happen (which in this case is I initially thought that the Skins were going to suck), but then I start thinking, and thinking, and thinkings some more. And I always find a way to convince myself how the Redskins will kick ass. I initially thought that our D-line was a joke, Carter is OK, Griffin is OK, Daniels is junk, Golston is below average but might be good(and neither golston or griffin are run stoppers), and Salevea is junk. Our corners are a mystery (Rogers might improve, Springs always gets injured, and we dont know how Smoot will be with us even though he sucked last year), Our MLB is too old and will be productive but not great, Washington is still good but is 31 and on the downfall of his career, McIntosh is unproven, Taylor seems to be regressing but that might be a cause of our poor defense and not his fault, so that is a mystery, and Landry is a rookie and therefore is unproven. But the disease has now hit me and hit me hard. My heart now says that the skins Defense will be studly next year (even though my brain keeps telling me im wrong, that voice is fading away and will soon be gone). I now think that we have studs at every position except D-line, where Carter and Griffin are quality, and Daniels will be good against the run. Golston is now my only worry. Hes just not a run stopper, hes a pretty good pass rusher, but that makes both our dts pass rushers. (for the record, my ideas on offense have stayed the same, it will be ok averaging maybe 20 pts a game) Am I the only one who is constantly convincing himself to believe things that go against his better judgement. I know this is the NFL and anything can happen, but in all probability it wont.

the only thing that differs between you and me is that my bipolar swings occur in a condensed timeframe. Like, sat night I'll be talking about how much the skins blow (for the same reasons you mentioned- porous D, little O,...very frustrating), yet on the way to the game (or bar) I will have begun to fool myself into thinking that we will win, so much so, that by the time I arrive in my seats (or stool), I'm confident that CP and Betts will run for 300 yards (bc they can), Santana will catch 3 Tds (bc you can't stop all our weapons), and our D will hold whatever team we are playing to under 10 pts (usually led by spectacular plays by ST and MW).
Its a very, very mentally draining process (which starts the moment i leave the stadium or bar), but without it, we would have little hope these past many seasons (save 1). So i say, embrace our psychological imbalance, as I see it, its the only certainly in our Redskins lives...

[davelavarra]

It's too damn good knowing that I'm no the only one that catches that damn disease. I'm angry during the season but every time we acquire new faces, hope hits me again and I start being positive once again.

What a damn disease!!!!!

[skinsfan_nn]

Damn dude you got that crap again? I think it's gonna get the best of you yet

[KLHJ2]

Stop crying about the disease. Just do what I do. Stay drunk until they start winning. It numbs the pain.