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Guys- I haven't dropped out from commenting here. I own a wholesale perennial nursery and I do 65% of my business in the spring, and it is spring. So, I'm a little distracted with making a living and ticks me off that it interferes with good Redskin talk. I'll be looking in on the weekends to see what you guys got cooking. Hail To The Redskins Brothers!!!!!

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man - have good season and we look forward to having you back when the spring sales are over.

You are not missing a whole lot as it is hard to comment intelligently until after we get a pre-season look at how the FAs, draft to come, and new coach gel.

Again have a good season

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Guys- I haven't dropped out from commenting here. I own a wholesale perennial nursery and I do 65% of my business in the spring, and it is spring. So, I'm a little distracted with making a living and ticks me off that it interferes with good Redskin talk. I'll be looking in on the weekends to see what you guys got cooking. Hail To The Redskins Brothers!!!!!

Yeah, I haven't been around much myself. Most of the time that I have had (like now) is by phone, which really doesn't work very well. It's probably a compatibility issue for the most part. Leads to shorter posts, a benefit for you guys ;)

Anyway, pretty fair schedule I think. Good place for the bye, too. Tough at the end but maybe by then things will be gelling pretty good.

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Guys- I haven't dropped out from commenting here. I own a wholesale perennial nursery and I do 65% of my business in the spring, and it is spring. So, I'm a little distracted with making a living and ticks me off that it interferes with good Redskin talk. I'll be looking in on the weekends to see what you guys got cooking. Hail To The Redskins Brothers!!!!!

 

 

I travel a lot and am currently in Germany. That would be OK except half the hotels and suppliers don;t have internet access. Same in India and China. Makes it tough for me to keep up. 

 

I am very much looking forward to the draft. I think Canada and many of us will get their wish for some Oline help. They have at least gotten some band-aid help in most other areas. The lack of much attention to the line leads me to believe they want to draft Oline early. Assuming that's true, who are peoples favorites that we actually have a chance of landing? 

 

I like Zack Thomas but I think he will be gone. My next two are Morgan Moses and then Antonio Richardson (although he may go early depending on how the QB carousel ends up.) I do not want Cyrus Kouandjio (injury issues) or Taylor Lewan (recently arrested). This is with admittedly limited research and an ever changing set of information on each guy. 

 

The draft is deep with Oline so I hope we take advantage. I think the first two picks could define this Fo is their approach to the draft. For example, if both Moses and Kouandijo are on the board when we pick at 34, the previous FOs would take Kouandijo on up side. My hope is we take Moses as a solid pick. 

 

Thoughts??  

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that's a 9-7 to 12-4 schedule depending on what the defense does  hoping it closer to the latter..

its looks like we are ready to go there seems to be a different feel for team to the positve  .we don't here all the negetive stuff like years past .

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HAIL GOSKINS10!

 

You said..."they want to draft Oline early."

 

That makes whomever we draft at 34 an instant starter. Someone young who'll anchor the right side for years. That's exactly what we've needed for years now. The only thing that can F that up is management selecting the wrong guy. It's so imperative that we choose wisely or this could backfire & set us back. But assuming we do, all of a sudden we have our bookends finalised. We have a good mixture of youth & experience as well as good depth throughout the line with guys who can play C or G or T. I just hope the injury bug stays in Texas & leaves us alone.

 

HTTR!!!

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Well here goes my 666th post. This coujld be good, bad or indifferent depending on a persons own superstitions. Since I see many others past this milestone I will assume there is no implosion upon impact.

 

You know, we had Chris Samuels and Jan Janson for wuite some time. The problem is we never found an identity. Even during Gibbs 2.0 (even though I consider 2.0 more successful than others), we never found that team constant, other than losing. I hope Jay can find that identity and drive it home.

 

If we go RT at 34, I never saw who you would like. Any thoughts? Still plenty of time to throw your hat in the ring of opinion!

 

BTW: I said 9-7 before the schedule was released. Not changing it, at least not right now.

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Well, the one thing I think we can all agree on is that the game isn't played on paper. That being said -

 

Compared to last season -

 

Do the Redskins have a more favorable schedule in 2014?

 Strength of teams playing - about a wash. They don't get GB, Den or KC (0-3). They do get Sea, Indy and Az. They don't get Det, Oak, SD, Atl or Chi (3-2). They do get Hou, Jac, TB, Rams and Tenn. They still get 9ers & Vikes (0-2). I think we can figure out the other 6 pretty easy. Skins went 0-6 against them last year.

 

 How the end of the season plays out - in 2014 - 3 out of the last 4 @ home with the last two @ home and the last three against the division. 2013 - 2 of the last 4 @ home; the last two against the division and the last one on the road. This is more favorable for Washington and probably decides the division winner; one way or another.

 

 Skins get a tough stretch at the end of the season but a late bye before that starts. One could debate what effect the bye has, if any, but IMO this helps and beats 2013's Week 5 bye. 

 

 Their Defense was much improved, at least in terms of points forfeited, in their last 7 games. They gave up 27 points twice and more than that once with the strength of teams in that stretch fairly equivalent to this seasons. The first 9 - they gave up 27 once and more than that in six others. Their offense went the other way. First nine scoring 27 or more in 4 games. The last 7 - never broke 27 and only got above 20 twice. A little more team balance and they should have been in the 8-8 neighborhood, somewhere between like 6-10 & 9-7. Not saying this is great by the way.

 

 So the defense was starting to come together and so far they have made some improvements there. The offense was a wreck at the end and so far they have made a lot of improvements there. I don't see a repeat of 0-6 in the division, at least 3-3. They should get at least 4 of the other games. So at a minimum - 7-9.

 

 They didn't beat anybody better than 9-7 in 2013 - they did lose to two teams with 5 or fewer wins. If they improve a bit against the better teams and stop losing to the ones they really should not, maybe 5-1 in the division & 6 of the others; 11-5. I don't think that they will get that high but at the moment my guess is that is their high water mark. Mostly will depend on what they manage in their division. Another 0-6 in the division could easily drop them into about 4 wins area.

 

 There are four playoff caliber teams on their schedule, Sea, SF, Indy & Az. Gotta get at least one of those if you really want to show an improvement. Hou, Jac, TB & the Vikes - no excuse for losing here. The best team out of that group was the Vikes with 5 wins last year and how improved are those teams so far compared to Washington? A split with Tenn and the Rams. Sweep Dal and split the other two division teams. Comes to 10-6 and there is no reason to believe they are not at least capable of this.

 

 What I think that most likely happen - they will get one of the first four, bomb one of the second four, get the other split & go 3-3 in the division, 8-8. That is how I see it at the moment .

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Here is I got to 9-7 before the schedule came out:

 

Home: Dallas (W), NY Giants (W), Philadelphia(L if early in the season), St. Louis (W), Seattle(L - Good grief I hate saying this…), Jacksonville (W), Tennessee (W), Tampa Bay (W)

Away: Dallas (W if late to counter Philly at home early), NY Giants (L), Philadelphia (L), Arizona (L), San Francisco (L), Houston (W), Indianapolis (L), Minnesota (W)

 

After seeing the schedule: I have:

 

at Houston Texans W 

vs. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS W

at Philadelphia Eagles L

vs. NEW YORK GIANTS (CBS)  L

vs. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (ESPN)  L

at Arizona Cardinals (FOX) L 

vs. TENNESSEE TITANS  W

at Dallas Cowboys W

at Minnesota Vikings (FOX) W

Sunday, Nov. 9 BYE  

vs. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS  W

at San Francisco 49ers L

at Indianapolis Colts  L

vs. ST. LOUIS RAMS W

at New York Giants (FOX) L

vs. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES W

vs. DALLAS COWBOYS  W
 

 

I have us going on some streaks. But the first Giants Game, the Seattle game at home, and the AZ game could be winnable, especially if we get some confidence winning those first two games. I am also 50/50 on the Indy game. Should be a nice finish. Still a long way to go. 

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Hail GoSins

 

Can't say I can argue with anything you got there. Anyone who is thinking in that 8-8 neighborhood plus or minus a game is being realistic. I'd trade any of those W's you have listed for one against the big 4 they are seeing though (Sea, Az, SF, Indy). It would show that maybe they were only a year away from being a real contender. There are always exceptions but as a general rule; 9-7 teams just don't do well in the playoffs. If you can't beat those double digit win teams at all you are still just basically a .500 team, plus or minus a game.

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