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As much as I hope Schneed is wrong (and that this team ends with another winning record), I can't disagree with him. The injuries are so many, that I wouldn't be surprised if the 'skins have to cut loose of some injured guys just to make room for a healthy body. I mean, when you're down to only one healthy tight end, you can't run any jumbo packages, you can't really do too many run plays up the middle with unhealthy offensive linemen, you can't be as successful on screen plays to Thompson.

Even though we are all expecting and hoping to see Jay Gruden's defining moment as a head coach that brings this team together and makes them great, it may not be in the way we're thinking. It might be how he keeps this team together through this hellish season of injuries, and somehow makes them better for the future. Kind of like how Joe Gibbs regrouped his team after that body bag game against Philly in 1990. If Gruden is able to keep this team together and actually win more than 6 games this season, I would say he will have accomplished a great feat. Yes, I will be disappointed, because I had much higher hopes, but that was before all of these injuries. If this team isn't as injured, this team easily wins 10 games and is a lock for the playoffs. We're that close to being perennial winners and with playoff appearances. Just have to get healthy and stay healthy.