smartestmaninamerica Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Should we have beaten Seattle? Yes. Were we completely screwed by the Refs? Yes. Could we beat Carolina if we were playing them in the NFC Championship? No. Why? Carolina, IMHO is playing like a COMPLETE TEAM right now. Their offense ran up almost 500 yards against the BEST DEFENSE in the NFL and made it look easy doing it. They are fast, fast and fast. They would have gotten more if not for that total miss by the zebras on the pass interference in the end zone :doh: Regardless, we are good enough to be in the NFC championship, but we are not yet a complete enough team to beat Carolina (the way they are playing now). In my honest opinion, Carolina will DESTROY Seattle (it will be an embarrassment that I will enjoy) and will face and defeat Denver in the Super Bowl. BTW, I'm NOT a Carolina fan (HATE those light blue uniforms), but I do like good football and those guys are fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Rather play tommorrow then watch someone else try to get in the superbowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandies Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Good question; I voted no. They are a more complete team and there coach is something special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartestmaninamerica Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 IMHO, ther are only two teams that could beat the Redskins in a fair game (not decided by blind, dumb and bribed zebras)... Carolina and maybe Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjumbo1971 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 yes. any given Sunday...that being said they are a better team (or at least their coaches and QB has found a way to get the playmaker the ball no matter what) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartestmaninamerica Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Good question; I voted no. They are a more complete team and there coach is something special. I agree. You know what I thought as I watched Carolina playing Chicago? I thought, God, this is a WELL-COACHED team. Smart, aggressive, never playing it safe, going for the juglar. I honestly could not guess what play was coming next on offense. Good players, well coached, hard to beat right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartestmaninamerica Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 The # 1 thing that gets on my nerves about the 'Skins coaching is the underlying "play-it-safe-at-all-costs" mentality. I mean, how many times did Brunell either thow the ball away or not even throw it at all and run out of bounds on 3rd down? You got the feeling that unless it was wide open, he wasn't gonna throw it. I mean, hell man, throw the rock! It's good not to throw picks, but geesh, you gotta play to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 We were completely screwed by the refs in Seattle? I guess I missed that memo from the main office. That said, we could certainly have given Carolina a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worm Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I say yes. They are as beat up as the Redskins. (gonna start their 3rd string RB) Even if so, I would have been worried sick about the Superbowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartestmaninamerica Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 We were completely screwed by the refs in Seattle? I guess I missed that memo from the main office.That said, we could certainly have given Carolina a fight. hey Dan, I guess you were watching a different game than me. Seattle wasn't called for holding until the 4th QUARTER! This while there was blatant mugging going on on a regular basis. Anyway, that is so obviosu its not worth arguing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsaddict Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 i believe this is an unpopular thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal2Washington Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Yes we can beat them. Would it be tough yes and we would have to probably bring our "A" game on offense, but Carolina is by no means the next NFL dynasty. :dallasuck :gaintsuck :eaglesuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neophyte Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 hey Dan, I guess you were watching a different game than me. Seattle wasn't called for holding until the 4th QUARTER! This while there was blatant mugging going on on a regular basis.Anyway, that is so obviosu its not worth arguing about. We were mugging them too. Don't kid yourself. The refs let the lines play in that game. It was just a shame that when they did finally start calling it they called it on Washington. If they had left well enough alone the whole game I would even excuse Locklear's 3 blatant holds on Seattle's first TD drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wewantdallas Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I gotta agree, I actually felt better after watching carolina beat up on chicago. We had the opportunity to beat Seattle and in many ways should have, but in our current state with so many players beat up, we just would not have beaten Carolina. I believe right now they are a much more solid and much more consistent team when compared to Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCNightHawk Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I think we could of beaten Carolina however, I think Carolina is a much better team than Seattle and it would of taken a big offensive performance to win the game. I would just be happy to play in the Championship game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsco1112 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 In one game, anything can happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark911 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 hey Dan, I guess you were watching a different game than me. Seattle wasn't called for holding until the 4th QUARTER! This while there was blatant mugging going on on a regular basis.Anyway, that is so obviosu its not worth arguing about. This is starting to get ridiculous. The refs did not screw us in the Seattle game. The first TB game, yes. The Denver game, probably. Seattle, NO! We lost that game on our own. I didn't see an excessive amount of holding. It was happening, but it was happening on our end too. You're in denial. Give it up man. Stop blaming everyone except our team. It was a great season, but it's over now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsattack Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I beleive we just didn't have enough offense at the end of the year. Not really sure what happened there but we just weren't clicking at all. I think loosing David Patten early on in the season really hurt. I was excited to see what he would have brought to the table. We really needed someone to take some of the pressure off Santana at the end there. Love what Cooley brings! Taylor? Anyhow, I strongly beleive Gibbs will create an offense to be reckoned with before his term is over. GO SKINS! TJH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartestmaninamerica Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 This is starting to get ridiculous. The refs did not screw us in the Seattle game. The first TB game, yes. The Denver game, probably. Seattle, NO!We lost that game on our own. I didn't see an excessive amount of holding. It was happening, but it was happening on our end too. You're in denial. Give it up man. Stop blaming everyone except our team. It was a great season, but it's over now... whatever :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altair4 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Except for the NY game we have been in every one, so we COULD. That said, I think we ran out of gas, so while a win would be possible, it would not be probable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonef1de Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Its a long season and Brunell is definitely no spring chicken but if he was throwing the ball like he was at the beginning season we could take anybody in the NFC. That being said I think this team reached its potential and with a banged up O we went as far as we could. Oh yeah and when I saw Cory Raymer at RG I knew we we're doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Steve Smith would abuse a not-100% Shawn Springs and a still-learning Carlos Rogers. We could put Taylor on him, but he'd still find ways to get open. The man is unstoppable. However, I'm not sure they could get much of a run game going with Foster being done for the year...I just don't see Nick Goings putting up a ton of yards on our defense. Plus...if Seattle shut down our offense, Carolina most definitely would. However some people would be smiling because I think Peppers and Bruckner would answer a lot of people's prayers by taking Brunell out. (*coughGhostcough*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 This is starting to get ridiculous. The refs did not screw us in the Seattle game. The first TB game, yes. The Denver game, probably. Seattle, NO!We lost that game on our own. I didn't see an excessive amount of holding. It was happening, but it was happening on our end too. You're in denial. Give it up man. Stop blaming everyone except our team. It was a great season, but it's over now... There were a few plays in which the holding was extremely blatant, most notably on the long completion to Jurevicious (IIRC) and Hasselbeck scramble for a TD. Two huge plays that could have changed the game. However, as has been said millions of times, we can't leave it up to the refs!!! We had our opportunities, and didn't take advantage of them. Besides, the refs hadn't been calling holding on the opposing offenses all season...why would they start now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Should we have beaten Seattle? Yes. Were we completely screwed by the Refs? Yes. HOW were we screwed by the refs???? You're threads just get worse and worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers22 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I think we could beat a Carolina team without Foster. Stopping Smith would be tough, but just double him all day and let the front 7 take care of Goings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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