Redskins-Packers, Best and Worst

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Elite D-line
Plaxico
Sheli waking up
Spags
Tyree lucksack
Do we have any of the above?

Elite QB
Defense suddenly tightened up
Fitz and Boldin
Do we have any of the above?

We have a bunch of guys who have already hit their ceilings, and their ceilings are not very high. Expecting guys like Rabach, Hicks, and Lichtensteiger to suddenly perform at a Pro Bowl level is beyond outlandish.
Aside from Armstrong and Moss, our WRs are just ok fillers.
Our D-line has no one worth holding penalties except for Haynesworth and Rak, and Haynesworth is inconsistent.
Dhall is not going to be a shutdown corner, ever.
Carlos Rogers will not catch many game ending ints, ever.

We have a lot more than you want to give us credit for, but what's the point? No one is saying we're a flawless team that's going to coast to the Super Bowl and be carrying the Lombardi Trophy. But we are 3-2, first in our division, and winning key games. But again, what's the point. You just piss on everything and ignore what people say anyway.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

We have a lot more than you want to give us credit for, but what's the point? No one is saying we're a flawless team that's going to coast to the Super Bowl and be carrying the Lombardi Trophy. But we are 3-2, first in our division, and winning key games. But again, what's the point. You just piss on everything and ignore what people say anyway.

And recent Super Bowl teams usually dominate in at least one facet of the game, those facets being offense or defense, for the whole year. We're barely keeping afloat everywhere.

I'm not going to be swindled again with the yearly Super Bowl Kool-Aid until I see us stacked with talent like some of the other teams in the league.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

And recent Super Bowl teams usually dominate in at least one facet of the game, those facets being offense or defense, for the whole year. We're barely keeping afloat everywhere.

I'm not going to be swindled again with the yearly Super Bowl Kool-Aid until I see us stacked with talent like some of the other teams in the league.

Forget this imaginary Super Bowl Kool-Aid you speak of. Do you not appreciate at all that we have won back-to-back key games? That we are 2-0 in the division? That these are games that in the past the players, like the fans, would have given up on after the 1st quarter? Do you not see the positives of the season so far? Do you not realize that before you even play in the Super Bowl you have to make the playoffs and to make the playoffs you have to win games? Does none of that even remotely resonate with you?

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

And recent Super Bowl teams usually dominate in at least one facet of the game, those facets being offense or defense, for the whole year. We're barely keeping afloat everywhere.

I'm not going to be swindled again with the yearly Super Bowl Kool-Aid until I see us stacked with talent like some of the other teams in the league.

You mean like Dallas??
How does "SirTonyRomo" sound to you?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

And recent Super Bowl teams usually dominate in at least one facet of the game, those facets being offense or defense, for the whole year. We're barely keeping afloat everywhere.

I'm not going to be swindled again with the yearly Super Bowl Kool-Aid until I see us stacked with talent like some of the other teams in the league.

It seems like you are creating a straw dog argument. No one is seriously talking about the Super Bowl - except for you. I'm not sure I get the point of knocking down a non-argument.

So far this year we have been competitive. I personally am going to enjoy that fact for what it is.

[LavaRnChad]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

And recent Super Bowl teams usually dominate in at least one facet of the game, those facets being offense or defense, for the whole year. We're barely keeping afloat everywhere.

This right here is the reason I can't get to hyped over our 3-2 start. Thats why I need to see better football execution before I can even consider us a POSSIBLE playoff team.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I'm not saying this is us, but three years ago there was a 3-2 team that went on to earn a wild card berth and a few weeks later went on to beat the league's first ever 18-0 team in the Super Bowl

Or in 2008, when another 3-2 team went on to earn a wild card berth, got on a hot run in the playoffs and came a Holmes' toe away from being the first ever 9-7 team to win the Super Bowl.

Once you're in the playoffs it's a whole different game. There's no shame in making the playoffs

100% agreed. We get into the playoffs and anything can happen. Veteran players and SB winning coaching tends to help in the playoffs. Right I think we're still playing like an 7-9 team but we're winning games we shouldn't. As long as we continue to get better, and I think we have every week so far, we have a good shot. The key is that we can't look at 3-2 and think it is indicative of how we're playing as a whole. Right now we've played at best to 2-3 and probably more like 1-4.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

100% agreed. We get into the playoffs and anything can happen. Veteran players and SB winning coaching tends to help in the playoffs. Right I think we're still playing like an 7-9 team but we're winning games we shouldn't. As long as we continue to get better, and I think we have every week so far, we have a good shot. The key is that we can't look at 3-2 and think it is indicative of how we're playing as a whole. Right now we've played at best to 2-3 and probably more like 1-4.

Certainly room for improvement, I would agree with that for sure

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

100% agreed. We get into the playoffs and anything can happen. Veteran players and SB winning coaching tends to help in the playoffs. Right I think we're still playing like an 7-9 team but we're winning games we shouldn't. As long as we continue to get better, and I think we have every week so far, we have a good shot. The key is that we can't look at 3-2 and think it is indicative of how we're playing as a whole. Right now we've played at best to 2-3 and probably more like 1-4.

We should continue to get better...exponentially as the season progress's, possibly more than any other team as we are incorporating new schemes, coaches, players, etc. All aspects should radically improve as the season goes on and familiarity improves.
We may not win the division or get in the playoffs, but we are turning some heads....AS WE SHOULD BE!
........HTTR

[KI Skins Fan]

The Best: Winning a hard-fought game in overtime!

The Worst: Negative people who can't enjoy a win and bring me down by nit-picking the ever-lovin' shit out of everything about it.

I am an unabashed Redskins fan and homer from the "Just win, Baby!" school of football. If our untalented but scrappy team manages to luck into enough wins, we'll go to the playoffs, as unworthy as we may be on paper. And I'll love it! Meanwhile, there will be some much more talented teams with cleaner uniforms sitting at home during the playoffs.

Football is played on the field. At the end of the game, the scoreboard tells you who is the better team. The game isn't decided by who has the better looking roster.

I know we're building and that many other teams have more talent than we do. But I'll tell you this: whoever beats us had better bring it on the day they play us because they're in for a fight. Right now, what more can we fans ask of our team?

[SirClintonPortis]

Me keeping things in perspective does not mean I did not get a thrill from beating the Packers when Gano drilled it through the uprights. That doesn't mean that I'm going to turn a blind eye to all the flaws on the team Apparently, you all can't seem to get that.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Me keeping things in perspective does not mean I did not get a thrill from beating the Packers when Gano drilled it through the uprights. That doesn't mean that I'm going to turn a blind eye to all the flaws on the team Apparently, you all can't seem to get that.

You need to be de-knighted.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

You need to be de-knighted.

Good knights do not flatter themselves with accolades they do not deserve.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Good knights do not flatter themselves with accolades they do not deserve.

You're the new offiss around here, congrats

Granted a more calmer version, but still

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

You're the new offiss around here, congrats

Granted a more calmer version, but still

He totally is. Who would have thought it possible