conbob54 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I hate to be a downer, but all this talk about 11-5 next year is killing me! before last season, everyone was saying 11-5! 12-4! 16-0!!! super bowl!! and look what happened, last year everyone was saying, oh look at how easy the schedule is! the titans and the texans! and look what happened. this year perople are saying the same thing. we have many easy oponents next year, but if we are not carefull we could go 4-12 next year, a team that lost to the titans can lose to any team on our schedule this year. not to say i dont love my skins or anything.. just a reality check hail :point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 w/e dude. When we go 11-5 or 12-4 this upcoming season, you'll be eating your words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbob54 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 IF we do, i promise to write out my own personal thread at the end of the season saying "I was wrong". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Happy Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 a team that lost to the titans can lose to any team on our schedule this year. A team that lost to the Titans won the Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunBunch7 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Just look at the Jets...everyone had them going 3-13 and probably getting the 1st pick in the draft...come to think of it, it really WAS an amazing coaching job they did there...10-6 and the playoffs? Pennington is average at best, they had like 4 running bakcs which really mean they had none... They might be 4-12 this coming season but it just goes to show that any team can win double digit games with a few breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbob54 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 yeah, and we had our unexpected 11-5 season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedbng86 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 A team that lost to the Titans won the Super Bowl. zing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbob54 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 A team that lost to the Titans won the Super Bowl. well, you got me there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
authentic Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I agree. My thing is that we as fans can say anything. We aren't part of the organization. But its a cause of concern when the team starts believing this. The problem, i found, was when M.B. was talking about getting home field advantage, back during training camp. They didn't even take a preseason snap yet, and he's talking home field. I would be most happy if they can keep quiet, work hard, and let all of the talking be done on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 the truth is the Redskins could be anywhere from 5-11 to 11-5 next season. No one knows how far Campbell is going to come along between now and September. We don't know how dynamic a combination Portis & Betts will be. We don't know if Springs will still be here to team with Smoot and Rogers. We don't know who the top pick will be. but if the Saints could reverse their field that much in one offseason with all the additional adversity they faced, other teams can and should have optimism that with a good offseason and breaks with injuries similar good things can happen for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Shot Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 If anything, more people are taking the exact opposite approach. I mean really, have you read some of these posts? For awhile, there was this horrible taste in people's mouths. It was terrible, people had no hope. Absolutely none. Some people even claimed that they were "done". I remember one post, the guy said that after 30 some years of being a fan, he was done. Just like that. Yea, it definitely hasn't been peaches and cream around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 IF we do, i promise to write out my own personal thread at the end of the season saying "I was wrong". good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsDukes Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Many good points in here, but one of the things to keep in mind is that in the NFL there is little difference between 8-8 and 10-6 or so...a few right or wrong bounces of the ball, or a few key injuries. The main difference is one record gets you into the playoffs (or around here paloffs :laugh: ) and the other has you sitting at home. Yes this team was 5-11 last year, but a turn around to double digit wins isn't as far fetched as some might make it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck812 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 the truth is the Redskins could be anywhere from 5-11 to 11-5 next season. No one knows how far Campbell is going to come along between now and September. We don't know how dynamic a combination Portis & Betts will be. We don't know if Springs will still be here to team with Smoot and Rogers. We don't know who the top pick will be.but if the Saints could reverse their field that much in one offseason with all the additional adversity they faced, other teams can and should have optimism that with a good offseason and breaks with injuries similar good things can happen for them. Yep... This time of the year there is one thing that we can have and that is hope. Nothing can take that away till the season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Worthy Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 If the NFC remains a weak group of teams then 8 or 9 wins can squeeze you into the post season. This team can at least get 9 wins. I say they can get 10 but the key is the Div. and confrence records. I dont want to see us having to look at other teams to lose so we can get in just handle our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinche Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I hate to be a downer, but all this talk about 11-5 next year is killing me! before last season, everyone was saying 11-5! 12-4! 16-0!!! super bowl!! and look what happened, last year everyone was saying, oh look at how easy the schedule is! the titans and the texans! and look what happened. this year perople are saying the same thing. we have many easy oponents next year, but if we are not carefull we could go 4-12 next year, a team that lost to the titans can lose to any team on our schedule this year. not to say i dont love my skins or anything.. just a reality check hail :point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbob54 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 haha! snl is the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAFGA Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Why be negative? Optimism is much more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santana_Fan Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I will always be mad at the fact, that when Vince Young has Grandkids, he'll tell him about his first career NFL win, and it was against us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsman4u Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Hell, if we can win all 8 regular season home games, we can go 12-4. But everybody must be standing and making as much noise as there lungs will allow, whenever our "D" is on the field. I mean FEDEX should be friggin loud and very difficult to play in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morneblade Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 the truth is the Redskins could be anywhere from 5-11 to 11-5 next season. No one knows how far Campbell is going to come along between now and September. We don't know how dynamic a combination Portis & Betts will be. We don't know if Springs will still be here to team with Smoot and Rogers. We don't know who the top pick will be.but if the Saints could reverse their field that much in one offseason with all the additional adversity they faced, other teams can and should have optimism that with a good offseason and breaks with injuries similar good things can happen for them. The Saints were a bit of an exception. #1, they didnt have any "home" games in 05. that makes a big difference. Then they got a Pro Bowl QB in FA, a healthy Duce, Bush fell to them in the draft and Colston was the sleeper pick of the entire draft. So, the Saints were really not as bad as their record was in 05, got a new coach how looks to be pretty damn good, 2 real lucky draft picks and some huge FA pick ups. I dont think there is anyway we'll be 11-5 this coming season. OUr DL needs a huge amount of help, and we dont have the picks to address all of it. Our D should be better next year, but it will not be a good defense, unless we happen to draft some DT/DE in the later rouneds who ends up being as good as Colston was for the Saints. And I would not hold my breath for that. I figure the BEST we can do is 8-8, IF we get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brave Little Toaster Oven Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I like to set my expectations low and hope for the best, therefore my prediction will be that the Redskins go 0-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSO Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 If anything, more people are taking the exact opposite approach. I mean really, have you read some of these posts? For awhile, there was this horrible taste in people's mouths. It was terrible, people had no hope. Absolutely none. Some people even claimed that they were "done". I remember one post, the guy said that after 30 some years of being a fan, he was done. Just like that. Yea, it definitely hasn't been peaches and cream around here. Thank God that's over. We still see little semblance of it left on the boards, but I think time has healed most wounds well. Plus we haven't done anything to give anyone any reason to whine yet. Hopefully we draft well too, cuz right now everything the FO is doing is being scrutinized to ****. It's as if we all know EXACTLY what we need and how to get it, and woe to the FO for doing it any differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinInExile Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 It really is the chant of the Redskin. For as long as I can remember, we've had disappointing seasons followed by a few moves in the off-season, and all of a sudden there's this huge surge in optimism and everyone says, "this year will be different. This is our season." And, like an alzheimer patient, I forget all of the previous seasons and buy into it. We should this year be any different? We got a solid, developing young QB, an incredible RB tandem, dangerous WRs, a decent O-line, a defense with potential... So what the hell: This season will be different! This is our year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVCChairman Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 a team that lost to the titans can lose to any team on our schedule this year. not to say i dont love my skins or anything.. just a reality check hail :point2sky we also beat New Orleans (playoff team) Jacksonville, took San Diego to overtime (their record was 14 - 2)....beat dallas (Romo sits to pee kept them out of the playoffs) and if i remember correctly..once vince young took over...they were contenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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