Darth Tater Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 When did you really begin to realize that the Redskins were not going to the playoffs, at least without help? We were leading the Titans 14-3 and our defense was rocking and our offense was rolling. A short pass to CP breaks big, we're going to go up 21-3! Wait, a flag and the big play turns into a 5 yard loss! Nothing worked after that and our defense left the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard86 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I think it was the Titans' possession following the Skins second touchdown. It was the time the defense was supposed to put the death blow on the rookie quarterback and turn the game into a blowout (like the Niners game last season). But the Redskins D had nothing - completely impotent. In the back of my mind I feared our team just didn't have "it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 After the nice run last year I think a lot of people thought that we might be something special this year. The 0-2 start was frustrating but after the thrilling win against Jacksonville I thought there was still hope. But then we laid the big egg in NY and I knew this team was going to struggle big time. As far as playoff hopes, I'd say the coffin was shut when we lost in Indy to go 2-5 heading into the bye. Beating Dallas after the bye was nice, but even then I think a lot of folks realized our season was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskinsfan79 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 when the fat lady sang (after the titan game) uuuug hate it when that happens HAIL TO THE REDSKINS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipwhich Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 It was definitely when I watched them in preseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptChaos86 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I had hope all the way until we were mathematically eliminated. It sucks being so optimistic sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinzOwnU Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I think it was the first quarter of our second game of the season, when we got romped in dallas. I haven't felt joy about the season since then. Pretty depressing. Even when we beat dallas a few weeks later, it didn't do much for me. All I care about these days is the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Wu Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Opening night, vs Vikings Crowd is hopping up and down, everyones pumped.. opening kick off.. and a Redskin goes down. "Looks like its Pierson Prelou on the Redskins, he is not getting up." Yah. Good omen right there. I felt a chill then that has never left all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Lloyd Christmas Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 when we lost to the eagles 21-19, it was mathematically over. you could tell by midseason that someone was getting in at 8-8 and i figured we could finally wake up and make a decent run. didnt happen, the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 The preseason was beyond disappointing. The Titan loss was crushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMK9973 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I was keeping track of the playoffs picture through the Egales game and wanted to beleive that it was never to late and if we could just sneak into the playoffs... we would be like the steelers last year.... However - If I need to be honest, I was at a minor league baseball game in CA with my son, looked up at a TV that was showing preseason highlights of the Pats and the Redskins (41-0). This was after the coaches saying that week 3 of the preseason was all that mattered in the preseason.. Right there - I looked at my son and said "Um... Looks like we may have to rethink this years Redskins Team". I didn't want to beleive, but I new something was wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyfan Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 When we lost at home to the titans. This was one of the few times in my life that I was 100% sure we were going to win. I have never left Fed Ex as mad as I was on this day. Deep down I knew our season had little hope. I did not calm down until exit 8 on the NJ turnpike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSKINS Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 after the GIANTS game. I knew we wher done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 Not that it was anyone's fault, but you could tell that things might not break our way this year when Brunell hit Moss in the back of the end zone late in the first half vs. the Vikings and Sharper lit Moss up resulting in an incompletion and FG. We lost 4 points on that possession that ultimately were the difference in the game. That was an omen that we were just a step late to make the key plays this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SackMachine Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 The preseason at first but everybody convinced me that it was because we werent using our playbook and not because the fundamentals weren't there. I guess it was the game against the titans that did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spagolli94 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I had my doubts in the preseason. Sure, teams have been 0-4 in the preseason and gone on to win the SB. But the Skins weren't just 0-4, they were a BAD 0-4. Then they came out to start the regular season 0-2. At that point, I realized that the preseason wasn't just a fluke and we had major problems to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted December 26, 2006 Author Share Posted December 26, 2006 After the nice run last year I think a lot of people thought that we might be something special this year. The 0-2 start was frustrating but after the thrilling win against Jacksonville I thought there was still hope. But then we laid the big egg in NY and I knew this team was going to struggle big time. As far as playoff hopes, I'd say the coffin was shut when we lost in Indy to go 2-5 heading into the bye. Beating Dallas after the bye was nice, but even then I think a lot of folks realized our season was over. I didn't say it here because I generally try to be optimistic but I had a bad feeling about the first Giants game. At that time, even though they'd been losing, I was worried they'd stop shooting themselves in the foot (if they hadn't, I think they'd have been undefeated when we faced them). I don't remember any glaring mistakes made by the Giants and I remembered the stinker we played there last year (after crushing San Fran). I wasn't worried after that game although since we'd lost to Dallas in Dallas and Minnesota, I guess we really needed that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted December 26, 2006 Author Share Posted December 26, 2006 I had hope all the way until we were mathematically eliminated. It sucks being so optimistic sometimes. I had hope but the Redskins were no longer in control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RySkins Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 I figured this season was pretty shot when out defense failed to produce a single big stop at home against a Titans offense that was the worst in the league at that point in the season. I knew at this point that our defense was awful and that there were serious internal problems with this team. Come to think of it, I still can't believe we managed to lose to both the Vikings and Titans AT HOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVskinsfan Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 When we needed a big 3rd down stop in EVERY game and got very few...:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlax Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Pats 41, Skins 0 I don't care if the preseason doesn't count, but the way the d got manhandled, taking advantage of our linebackers and secondary... and the way the offense couldn't move the ball at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaydana Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 I never bought into the offseason hype. I thought we invested (with way too much cash and draft picks) in guys who weren't going to perform well. Watch us do it again this offseason and the hyperbole to continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 When I saw that Warrick Holdman was going to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted December 27, 2006 Author Share Posted December 27, 2006 When I saw that Warrick Holdman was going to start. So, when Lavar left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Kenzo Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 The home game against the Jaguars. I know that we won and all. But we had a 10 POINT lead late in the game. And then what happened, they came back. Not only did I notice that, once again, our team had no killer instinct. But it showed how truly bad our defense was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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