Tom [Giants fan] Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 I don't know if this is going to make you guys feel better but, if the Skins beat the Giants twice, they make the playoffs. Just wanted to show you guys that the Skins are not that far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eparadox Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 We were around 10 giveaways, and a good punter away from the playoffs, of course, we would have gotten smoked in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomar Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 thats a nice thought, but its been like that for the last three years. The last two years, if we could have handled a very bad Dallas team, we would have been in the playoffs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadd Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Coulda ,woulda.shoulda... The Skins lead the league in "Dead ball fouls" False starts, to many players on the field, delay of game and so on. Untill we can get the basics we will not make the playoffs. Congrasts to the GNATS for sucking less than we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Thye difference being, that most of the problems this year can & should be corrected. I forsee a winning season next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggins44 Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 Close only counts in horeshoes and handgrenades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 It took an awful lot of horrible officiating to get the Giants back into the playoffs, but in the end it all worked out great for the NFL and they got two teams representing the largest market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 haha TOM! The Redskins have been "This Close" to the playoffs for several years now. If it isn't miscues, refs, kickers, or Dallas, we'd have won the Superbowl by now. But it's like that with every team, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted December 30, 2002 Author Share Posted December 30, 2002 laurent, It was almost because of horrible officiating that the Giants didn't make the playoffs. I have watched every Giant game this year and they have had just as many bad calls go against them if not more than they did go for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Skins Fan Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Originally posted by Tom [Giants fan] I don't know if this is going to make you guys feel better but, if the Skins beat the Giants twice, they make the playoffs. Just wanted to show you guys that the Skins are not that far away. I believe even in that scenario (two wins over the Giants), the Skins would have lost the final wildcard to the Saints on a 9-7 tiebreaker. But if the Skins had swept the Giants *and* the Cowboys, finishing 10-6, we're in. We were just *that* close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljer Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 I have watched every Giant game this year and they have had just as many bad calls go against them if not more than they did go for them. Join the club.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Originally posted by laurent It took an awful lot of horrible officiating to get the Giants back into the playoffs, but in the end it all worked out great for the NFL and they got two teams representing the largest market. I'm not sure what you're talking about, laurent. Did you actually watch the NY/Philly game? The Giants had two touchdowns taken away by holding calls that didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 It doesn't surprise me that we led the league in penalties, but I do wonder what percentage of them were legit. If I had to guess, I would say we led (especially, the first half of the year) the league in phantom calls and non calls. Tiki's fumble (sorry Tom) being the first to pop in my head, but we've had an amazing number of calls and non calls the season. Seemed to get better by years end, but still not great. There was an amazing block in the back miss that freed up a Dallas pr for a long gain. Missed? It was the first guy attacking the guy... two fists straight in the middle of the back knocking him down. Then there was the 12 man penalty which negated a touchdown and reversed possession which I am still blown away by. That penalty took a tremendous ammount of ingenouity to call. Has it ever been called before in the history of the NFL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 With parity and the recent re-alignment there are always going to be a lot of teams that "barely" missed the layoffs. That's OK, though, it should be like that. Makes for good drama. I wouldn't put Washington in the "barely missed playoffs" group. We had to win our last two games to finish 7-9. Couldn't beat a bad Dallas team in November. Couldn't beat mediocre teams (Jacksonville, NY Giants the first time- they are playing better now and never really competed with the better teams we faced over the course of the season: GB, SF, Philly, NO-early). The good news is that so much of what caused us to lose those games is fixable. But it DOES have to be fixed. Turnovers and penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJredskins00 Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 We were VERY far away...you guys owned us this year:doh: Tom I think you guys have a really good chance to beat the 49ers. Good Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleSteve Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 Originally posted by OrangeSkin I'm not sure what you're talking about, laurent. Did you actually watch the NY/Philly game? The Giants had two touchdowns taken away by holding calls that didn't happen. Officiating Rule #1 is that if a D-lineman goes down and an O-line man is near, it's holding. True, on replay the calls were bad, but so was the non-call of pass interference in overtime that led to the Giants win. Now if only a certain pro bowl kicker had hit a 35 yarder with 1 minute to go...Oh well, Akers has hit a lot more than he's missed. Overall, throughout the season, I think the bad calls even out. Green Bay won two games on bad officiating. Any way, it was a great final day of football for the regular season. Congrats on beating the Cowboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pga Posted December 31, 2002 Share Posted December 31, 2002 If if's and but's were candy and nut's.... we'd all have a Merry Christmas! But thanx Tom and good luck against the Winer's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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