Posse81 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Sorry if this was posted, couldn't find it. From the SI NFL preview: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/specials/preview/2005/scout.report/ NFC East Projected 1 Eagles 10-6 2 Cowboys* 10-6 3 Giants 5-11 4 Redskins 4-12 NFC North 1 Vikings 9-7 2 Packers 8-8 3 Lions 8-8 4 Bears 3-13 NFC South 1 Panthers 12-4 2 Falcons* 10-6 3 Saints 8-8 4 Bucs 7-9 NFC West 1 Rams 9-7 2 Seahawks 9-7 3 Cardinals 7-9 4 49ers 3-13 AFC East Projected 1 Patriots 11-5 2 Jets* 10-6 3 Bills 8-8 4 Dolphins 5-11 AFC North 1 Ravens 11-5 2 Steelers* 11-5 3 Bengals 7-9 4 Browns 5-11 AFC South 1 Colts 13-3 2 Jaguars 9-7 3 Texans 8-8 4 Titans 4-12 AFC West 1 Chiefs 9-7 2 Chargers 9-7 3 Broncos 7-9 4 Raiders 7-9 *Wild-card team Power rankings based on regular season Wild-Card Playoffs N F C Cowboys over Vikings A F C Ravens over Jets Falcons over Rams Steeler over Chiefs Divisional Playoffs N F C Panthers over Cowboys A F C Colts over Steelers Eagles over Falcons Patriots over Ravens Championship Games NFC: Panthers over Eagles AFC: Colts over Patriots Super Bowl XXXIX Panthers 31, Colts 27 How Dr. Z Ranks 'em 1 Indianapolis Colts 17 Detroit Lions 2 Carolina Panthers 18 Denver Broncos 3 New England Patriots 19 Buffalo Bills 4 Pittsburgh Steelers 20 Cincinnati Bengals 5 Philadelphia Eagles 21 New Orleans Saints 6 Atlanta Falcons 22 Arizona Cardinals 7 Baltimore Ravens 23 Houston Texans 8 New York Jets 24 Tampa Bay Bucs 9 Dallas Cowboys 25 Oakland Raiders 10 Kansas City Chiefs 26 Miami Dolphins 11 Jacksonville Jaguars 27 New York Giants 12 San Diego Chargers 28 Cleveland Browns 13 Minnesota Vikings 29 Washington Redskins 14 St. Louis Rams 30 Tennessee Titans 15 Seattle Seahawks 31 San Francisco 49ers 16 Green Bay Packers 32 Chicago Bears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 Here is our team preview: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/specials/preview/2005/scout.report/redskins.html The ball is still in Patrick Ramsey's hands, but there are two other options at quarterback if the offense sputters as it did a year ago Did Joe Gibbs really come back for this? Did the Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl winner return to pro football last year to go 6-10, his worst record in 13 seasons as an NFL coach? Did the offensive guru end his retirement to watch his team score 15 points a game, the second-fewest in the league? "People always ask me, 'Did you have fun?'" says Gibbs, 64. "I say, 'I did six times. Ten times I didn't.' But I think for me, this is where I'm supposed to be." Whether Gibbs has more fun this year depends in large part on the ability of Patrick Ramsey, a quarterback on a short leash, to hook up with a height-challenged receiving corps. At one wideout the Redskins will start 5'10" Santana Moss, acquired from the Jets in a trade for Laveranues Coles. On the other side they have 5'10" David Patten, lured from the Patriots with a five-year, $13 million free-agent deal. By going small at wide receiver Washington is bucking the trend toward the Terrell Owens prototype (the physical aspects, anyway) but also harking back to the days of their own Smurfs -- the quick, diminutive wideouts who helped the Gibbs-led Skins to victory in Super Bowl XVII. Patten adds that anyone who doesn't believe a team can win with smaller receivers hasn't been watching the Patriots win three of the last four NFL titles. "Look at their roster the past four years," he says. "You might prefer a big receiver and think he's going to give you an advantage, but you look at [the Pats'] corps, our tallest starting receiver [David Givens] was 6 feet. And Deion Branch, last year's Super Bowl MVP, is 5'9"." At least Ramsey is 6'2" and able to spot his receivers squirting through the secondary, though at the same time he'll be watching over his shoulder for veteran passer Mark Brunell and rookie first-round pick Jason Campbell. Ramsey won back the starting job from Brunell at midseason last year, but he threw only 10 touchdown passes against 11 interceptions, and Brunell, who turns 35 on Sept. 17, has looked better in camp than he did in 2004 (his first season with Washington). In reaffirming Ramsey as his starter going into the season, Gibbs says selecting Campbell out of Auburn with the 25th pick follows his pattern of always drafting good quarterbacks when they are available, as he did with Jay Schroeder in the third round of the 1984 draft, when he had Joe Theismann. The Redskins, however, paid a high price for the 6'5" Campbell, sending the Broncos their third-round choice in 2005 and first- and fourth-round selections in '06 so they could move up to take him. Ramsey, the last choice of the first round of the 2002 draft, admits that he felt slighted when the Redskins selected a quarterback so high but says what matters most is that the ball is in his hands. "What it comes down to is, I need to play well this year," Ramsey says, "and we'll take it from there." He will at least be working behind an improved line. The team signed free-agent center Casey Rabach (six years, $18.5 million), late of the Ravens, and right tackle Jon Jansen returns after missing all of 2004 with a ruptured left Achilles tendon. Those two will also be counted on to open more and bigger holes for Clinton Portis, who in his first season in Washington rushed for 1,315 yards but was held to 70 yards or less in seven games. Jansen says the offense should be better in 2005 simply because players didn't have to learn another new system, a rarity for them in recent years; the seven-year veteran says this off-season was the quietest he has seen in Washington. True, free safety Sean Taylor faces a felony aggravated-assault charge stemming from a June incident in which his two all-terrain vehicles were allegedly stolen (his scheduled Sept. 12 trial date could be postponed until after the season), but there were no major coaching moves for a change and relatively little player turnover as owner Daniel Snyder has stuck to his word and let Gibbs run the team. "Every year leading up to this one we've had a lot of hoopla and a lot of circus activity," Jansen says. "This year we've stayed pretty low-key and we've kept a lot of guys, as many as we could. I think there are going to be a lot of [opponents] who aren't ready for us." If part of the Gibbs plan was to sneak up on opponents in Year 2, last season will have been the perfect setup. -- Bill Syken Issue date: September 5, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Funny. Did Doc Zzzzzzz do the rankings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Hunter #21 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 R u kidding me....4-12?, their is seriously something wrong here...what makes them think that with the team that we have now will only win 4 games...2 worse than last year...our offense is better and our defense is great..o yea and most importantly we have GIBBS!!!...WTF!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 Funny. Did Doc Zzzzzzz do the rankings? I believe so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef8181 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 No doubt about who wrote that. It's everybody's favorite Cowgirl's fan...Dr.Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scskin Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I wonder which 4 we'll win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 At least we'll beat the Bears on opening day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kappaluvacee Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 In the words of the immortal Rick James, "cocaine is a powerful drug." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I believe so. There's your answer, then... :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 :rotflmao: so stupid it's funny switch the Boys and Skins... a little closer to reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 that's okay, the 5-11 Patriots were picked to finish last in the AFC East in 2001. remember how great the Dolphins were supposed to be that year? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlskinsfan Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 im growing tired of all these prediction articles....by the end of this year many reporters will be served a fresh plate of crow..the skins at worse will be a 8-8 team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Whether Gibbs has more fun this year depends in large part on the ability of Patrick Ramsey, a quarterback on a short leash, to hook up with a height-challenged receiving corps. At one wideout the Redskins will start 5'10" Santana Moss, acquired from the Jets in a trade for Laveranues Coles. On the other side they have 5'10" David Patten, lured from the Patriots with a five-year, $13 million free-agent deal. By going small at wide receiver Washington is bucking the trend toward the Terrell Owens prototype (the physical aspects, anyway) yet he loves the Ravens WR's who are how tall? both 5'11" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 I'm not surprised that someone picked us to have a bad year, but 4-12. That's INSANE. Good bulletin board material for the boys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I think that's hilarious. So not only won't some continuity and offensive upgrades not help us, but we'll digress. We'll go from winning 6 games and playing competitively in all but one or two games to being the second-worst team in the NFC...only a game better than the 49ers. I think this ranking is laughable. I almost feel better about our odds right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinO Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Cowboys ranked ninth?! in the power rankings. How do some sports analyst keep their jobs when they are consistently wrong? They had the Chargers ranked 32nd I believe last year. These guys do not know football, only hype! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselPwr44 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I thought we had a board-wide boycot of SI??? Dr. Z and King both do their best to roadblock Monk's entrance into the Hall of Fame. Do you honestly think they'd EVER say anything complimentary towards the Skins?? Please say NO to SI. Cancel your subscription. :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 There's gonna be alot of crow to eat come december, but they'll never admit to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isifhan Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 It's ok, it's like in Roulette always bet on black...in football always bet on Gibbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyalligator Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Just keep dissing our team that is all I ask the sports writers in America.....more incentive for them to blow up and win a lot of games....and disprove those f*cking a**holes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpgirth Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 This is the same guy (Dr.Z) that stated Vinny Cerrato is making the personnel decisions in Washington, not Joe Gibbs. (previous thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I can see their stories in December. What a shock?? Who would have thought the Redskins of all teams would be a playoff team?? Who could have thought that a team with two viable options at QB, a dominant offensive line, speedy and tough WRs, an All-Pro caliber RB, a top-10 defense, and solid special teams could win 10 games in the NFC????? Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 They will start changing their tune when we start the season by trouncing the bears 183-7 on opening day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydevil Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 What a joke We have one of the best oline’s in the league, one of the best rb's in the league, and a top 3 defense And that somehow translates into only 4 wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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