The redskins performance tonight will be considered a failure if....

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Angry

So you want 9 points then...gotcha

actually, I think 9 points would be the best of both worlds. We'd get to see the O in scoring position, and we'd get to see the kicking game.

[SmootSmack]

Let's also remember we're playing the Patriots. They're pretty damn good

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Let's also remember we're playing the Patriots. They're pretty damn good

They have given up the most yards so far this preseason. I know, I know, its only ......I am just saying.

[irish]

Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

They have given up the most yards so far this preseason. I know, I know, its only ......I am just saying.

Where do they stand for points given up?

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by irish

Where do they stand for points given up?

Actually, they are decent there. They are 14th giving up only 16 points per game.

[wilsowilso]

If the Patriots offense moves the ball at will in the first half I will be very frustrated.

Any major injury to a key player.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Seriously.

Remember last year the Skins got smoked in the 3rd preseason game by the Panthers, and that didn't seem to hurt them in the 6-2 start, and what did it have to do with the 2-6 finish for that matter? Nothing.

How they look tonight will not make or break the season. If it makes you feel better if they trounce the Patriots, that's great. But it's not going to mean squat once week 1 rolls around and everyone's record resets to 0-0 and the real games begin.

I could care less about winning the game. But let's be real- lack of offense buried our season last year. It needs to better this season and thus far we've seen no indications that it will be. This is the most important preseason test, and it will be disappointing if we don't move the ball and score a few times. I wonder how dismissive you guys would be about the preseason if we were lighting up the scoreboard.....

[irish]

Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

Actually, they are decent there. They are 14th giving up only 16 points per game.

Thats what I figured. Good teams Ds dont give up points and the O scores points. Bad teams focus on yards and percentages which is why I suspect they are bad teams..

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I could care less about winning the game. But let's be real- lack of offense buried our season last year. It needs to better this season and thus far we've seen no indications that it will be. This is the most important preseason test, and it will be disappointing if we don't move the ball and score a few times. I wonder how dismissive you guys would be about the preseason if we were lighting up the scoreboard.....

That's a great point.


Zorn has a corny phrase for it and I'm a firm believer of the practice...stay medium.

Or as I like to say it...Don't let the highs get too high or the lows get too low. Life is all about having a homeostatic balance.

[SOUL-SKINS]

If we see Hunter Smith more than 2 times in the first half

[wilsowilso]

I hear there might be lot of rain during this game. That blows!

[Trample the Elderly]

It will be a failure if they don't gel.

[Skinny Tee]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

It will be a failure if they don't gel.

That's really abstract...how do you quantify gel?

[KLHJ2]

I am piss ass drunk due to disappointment by the 3rd quarter.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Let's also remember we're playing the Patriots. They're pretty damn good

I think a lot of people have forgotten that we've played some tough a$$ defenses. I don't think during the regular season our first team offense (or most first team offenses) could light it up against Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and New England. Shoot, any team that played these three teams would be lucky to come out 1-3 against them.