Washington Redskins 2009 Schedule

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Tell 'em Buster!

It is pretty obvious that's what is going on with those rankings.

[jsarno]

Are tickets already on sale? Might need to go to the Skins / Chargers game on Jan 3rd.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Are tickets already on sale? Might need to go to the Skins / Chargers game on Jan 3rd.

you can always stubhub

[Lotus]

It must be the offseason because this is a nuts thread.

Every year half of the playoff teams from the previous year fail to make it again. The fact of life in the National Parity League is that every year teams come out of nowhere to be good and teams who look tough implode. Every year talented teams underachieve and untalented teams overachieve.

No one knows who will be injured, and when.

And notice that the draft has not even occurred, so we don't even know about talent levels yet.

The point: none of us have a solid idea of who will be good and who will be bad, so rating the schedule now is an exercise in complete futility.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Are tickets already on sale? Might need to go to the Skins / Chargers game on Jan 3rd.

Norv totally ownes us. He beat us when he was coaching Oak. and he beat us when he was OC of San Diego during Marty's 1st year. I bet we lose that game and Danny Boy will be Norv's bitch one more time.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Norv totally ownes us. He beat us when he was coaching Oak. and he beat us when he was OC of San Diego during Marty's 1st year. I bet we lose that game and Danny Boy will be Norv's bitch one more time.

wooooh, hey there...that's not thinking positive!
How about this, I have NEVER been to a Skins game that the Skins lost!

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by jsarno

wooooh, hey there...that's not thinking positive!
How about this, I have NEVER been to a Skins game that the Skins lost!

Go to all of them jsarno!

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Go to all of them jsarno!

Although, it's probably worth noting I have been to exactly 3, and all of them in away stadiums!

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Norv totally ownes us. He beat us when he was coaching Oak. and he beat us when he was OC of San Diego during Marty's 1st year. I bet we lose that game and Danny Boy will be Norv's bitch one more time.

I agree. I know that game is eight and a half months away, but I don't like the looks of week 17.

It'll be Revenge of the Norv part II. Or part III depending on how you look at it.

[skinsfan69]

right now we have no idea who's going to suck and who's going to be good. it's all off of last year. wake me up when the draft starts.

[Nflnick11]

I also realized that we play the top three teams that are picking in the first three picks(Detroit, st. Louis, Kansas city)be interesting to see how Jason smith aaron curry and matthew stafford do against us.. And are we in any of the games that could be flexed ??

[SBXVII]

Did any of you hear this or see this on PFT?

Jets Complain About Scheduling Conflict With Jewish Holidays
Posted by Mike Florio on April 16, 2009, 6:47 p.m.
On Tuesday night, a reader in New York pointed out that the Jets’ first two home games conflict with the Jewish high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

According to the New York Daily News (via ESPN.com), the Jets complained to the league office about the scheduling quirk on Wednesday.

The Jets are due to host the Patriots on September 20, the final day of Rosh Hashanah. They also host the Titans on September 27, the first day of Yom Kippur.

Though Yom Kippur doesn’t begin until sundown on September 27, the Titans-Jets game is scheduled to commence at 4:15 p.m. EDT.

The complaint from the team apparently resulted from complaints to the team.

“The Jets are hearing from their fans,” Howard Katz, NFL senior VP of broadcasting, told the Daily News. “There was miscommunication between the Jets and the NFL office, for which I take full responsibility. All we can continue to do is look and see if there is a solution to this.”

The easy solution would be to move the September 27 game against the Titans to 1:00 p.m. EDT, and perhaps to move the September 20 game against the Jets to prime time, since Rosh Hashanah ends at sundown that day.

Another alternative would be to flip-flop the Pats-Jets games, with New England hosting on September 20 and the Jets hosting on November 22. But such a move would give the Jets four straight home games in November, with a bye week after the first one.

It would also put the Patriots on the road for four straight weeks.

UPDATE: We tried to allow comments to this one, but realized that it was impossible to screen out the anti-Semitic remarks. I love this audience, but some of you who choose to post here can be real assholes. (And, no, I’m not just figuring that out tonight.)

Perhaps I'm missing something or am not as simpathetic as I should be but are the Jets a Jewish team now? I just don't see the significance. Are the people worried about drinking alcohol on the Jewish holiday or is it they want to eat pork in the parking lot prior to the game? One would think they would be excited about having a game on a holiday.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Perhaps I'm missing something or am not as simpathetic as I should be but are the Jets a Jewish team now? I just don't see the significance. Are the people worried about drinking alcohol on the Jewish holiday or is it they want to eat pork in the parking lot prior to the game? One would think they would be excited about having a game on a holiday.

I didn't see it, but it's like any other group, people feel the need to complain just to be heard sometimes.

[70Chip]

Perhaps I'm missing something or am not as simpathetic as I should be but are the Jets a Jewish team now? I just don't see the significance. Are the people worried about drinking alcohol on the Jewish holiday or is it they want to eat pork in the parking lot prior to the game? One would think they would be excited about having a game on a holiday

Jews have to be at home before sundown or something like that. They certainly aren't suppossed to be at a football game. The Jets probably (read definitely) have a sizable Jewish following and I would suspect that in the past consideration was given to their schedule in this regard. Of course there are a decent number of Jews in Baltimore as well so I don't know what the league does.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Did any of you hear this or see this on PFT?

Jets Complain About Scheduling Conflict With Jewish Holidays
Posted by Mike Florio on April 16, 2009, 6:47 p.m.
On Tuesday night, a reader in New York pointed out that the Jets’ first two home games conflict with the Jewish high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

According to the New York Daily News (via ESPN.com), the Jets complained to the league office about the scheduling quirk on Wednesday.

The Jets are due to host the Patriots on September 20, the final day of Rosh Hashanah. They also host the Titans on September 27, the first day of Yom Kippur.

Though Yom Kippur doesn’t begin until sundown on September 27, the Titans-Jets game is scheduled to commence at 4:15 p.m. EDT.

The complaint from the team apparently resulted from complaints to the team.

“The Jets are hearing from their fans,” Howard Katz, NFL senior VP of broadcasting, told the Daily News. “There was miscommunication between the Jets and the NFL office, for which I take full responsibility. All we can continue to do is look and see if there is a solution to this.”

The easy solution would be to move the September 27 game against the Titans to 1:00 p.m. EDT, and perhaps to move the September 20 game against the Jets to prime time, since Rosh Hashanah ends at sundown that day.

Another alternative would be to flip-flop the Pats-Jets games, with New England hosting on September 20 and the Jets hosting on November 22. But such a move would give the Jets four straight home games in November, with a bye week after the first one.

It would also put the Patriots on the road for four straight weeks.

UPDATE: We tried to allow comments to this one, but realized that it was impossible to screen out the anti-Semitic remarks. I love this audience, but some of you who choose to post here can be real assholes. (And, no, I’m not just figuring that out tonight.)

Perhaps I'm missing something or am not as simpathetic as I should be but are the Jets a Jewish team now? I just don't see the significance. Are the people worried about drinking alcohol on the Jewish holiday or is it they want to eat pork in the parking lot prior to the game? One would think they would be excited about having a game on a holiday.

New York City has by far the largest concentration of Jews of any place in the country. Hence the seed of the sensitivity.

The problem is that both games are happening during the High Holy Days, the most sacred part of the Jewish calendar. During this period Jews are expected to be solemn and reflective, not out partying. This is especially true for one of the games which falls on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Starting at sundown this day and running through sundown the next day, Jews are expected to reflect on their sins and ask God for atonement in a very serious, reflective way. They are supposed to apologize to anyone who they have wronged in the last year. Going to a football game is seen as inconsistent with this quiet reflection.

The game on Yom Kippur has been moved from 4:15 to 1:00 to accommodate this. The earlier kickoff allows Jews to attend the game and still get home before sundown start of the day of reflection.

All this having been said, my guess is that most Jewish Jet fans will be reflecting more on the game they just lost than on their sins.