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# POLL: Should Haynesworth HAVE to play Sunday night vs. the Colts?  

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  1. 1. # POLL: Should Haynesworth HAVE to play Sunday night vs. the Colts?

    • Yes, absolutely.
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    • No, he should be able to take as much time off as he wants.
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    • Not sure.
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    • S&S is an insensitive prick and should be banned for even posting this poll.
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timdaley73

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/10/11/Week5/1.html

The Fine Fifteen

Matt Forte had his best game this season, carrying the ball 22 times for 166 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 23-6 victory over winless Carolina.

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1. Baltimore (4-1). Ray Rice lives. And I continue to regret calling the secondary so awful before the season. Wait until that group gets Ed Reed back, likely in a couple of weeks.

2. New York Jets (3-1). Who'd have thought the mouthy Jets would be way down the headline scale on a Monday night at home, with a Super Bowl MVP winner, Santonio Holmes, playing his first game for the home team. Wild and wacky stuff.

3. Pittsburgh (3-1). Ben Roethlisberger's interview with Merril Hoge was good. The Steelers hope his return to their starting lineup is just as good.

4. Atlanta (4-1). I really like what I see out of that opportunistic defense, particularly in defensive end Kroy Biermann, who rumbled and stumbled for the insurance touchdown on an interception at Cleveland.

5. Indianapolis (3-2). I keep figuring we'll all wake up one of these days and see the Colts of old. Problem is, Indy has so many injuries forcing new guys into the lineup that I keep seeing a lot of shaky Colts of new.

6. Green Bay (3-2). The Packers lost a crushing one in Washington, and though it wasn't because of their running game, you got the feeling during the week that the players were turning a questioning eye toward GM Ted Thompson for not making a deal to augment the backfield when Marshawn Lynch was shipped to Seattle for a fourth-round pick.

"The politically correct answer is that we want to go and fight with the team we have,'' cornerback Charles Woodson told Jim Rome, via sportsradiointerviews.com. "But whenever you look on the TV and you see breaking news and it's somebody making a deal like that, a part of you wants to do something to rival the attention that another team is getting from making a big trade. We would definitely welcome that ... For us, as players, there's nothing you can do.''

Again, the Packers didn't lose to the Redskins because of the run (17 rushes, 157 yards). It's the passing game that needs the most help right now.

7. New England (3-1). If you've got a fantasy football team, you want to trade for Aaron Hernandez. Now. Just watch him be more of a downfield threat than you could ever have imagined for a fourth-round rookie.

8. Tennessee (3-2). When Vince Young is moving the offense, this is a team capable of winning anywhere. We saw another example of that in Dallas Sunday.

9. Washington (3-2). Won back-to-back big games against good teams, narrowly, in the last eight days.

Click on link for entire rankings...

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Homercles82

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Don't get too excited. I believe in 2008 when we were heading to 6-2 we were top five at some point with Campbell and Portis in MVP talks and Zorn for coach fo the year.

I know it is a new year and new team but watch if we lose to Indy how many threads pop-up complaining about the defense, McNabb, Shanny, Haslette and how we fall out of the top 10 rankings.

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Everytime this happens we fail hugely. Big game this week. A win would go a long way in solidifying us as a good team. I think we're a good team, but I think the Colts are a better team. God damn 4-2 would feel great, especially with unimpressive Chicago and Detroit teams coming up in the subsequent weeks.

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Everytime this happens we fail hugely. Big game this week. A win would go a long way in solidifying us as a good team. I think we're a good team, but I think the Colts are a better team. God damn 4-2 would feel great, especially with unimpressive Chicago and Detroit teams coming up in the subsequent weeks.

Those 2 games will be our toughest. Book it. 4-2, riding high and getting more media attention. Probably top 5 in power rankings and unrealistic expectations will be everywhere.

Hopefully they can focus on Indy enough and take it one week at a time. Do not overlook teams like they did the Rams. The NFL is a week-to-week game.

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Everytime this happens we fail hugely. Big game this week. A win would go a long way in solidifying us as a good team. I think we're a good team, but I think the Colts are a better team. God damn 4-2 would feel great, especially with unimpressive Chicago and Detroit teams coming up in the subsequent weeks.

4-2 would be surreal! frankly i would have been happy to win one of the gb/indy games so i'm already a happy camper. winning both would be icing on the cake. i still feel that we're not firing on all cylinders though...like we're only functioning at 60% of our potential and once we complete the rebuilding process in another season or 2 we will become an established powerhouse.

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The rankins are a total crap shoot. The way I see it Washington could be ranked anywhere from 10 to 20 based on how they've played. There haven't been any convincing wins, and when they've had an opportunity to really put themselves ahead of the pack they choked against the Rams.

Top 10 teams don't lose to the likes of the Rams, and they certainly don't give away victories the way Washington did against an average Texans team.

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You left out this awesome blurb on Landry:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/10/11/Week5/index.html

Move over, Troy Polamalu.

It's good to be able to watch all the games in the NBC viewing room on Sundays, because it allows me to keep an eye on players around the league. And in the first five weeks of the season, no single defensive player in the league has jumped from relative anonymity to stardom like strong safety LaRon Landry of the Redskins. He leads the NFL in tackles (52) through five weeks, and Sunday, he was the most important Redskin defender in a 16-13 defeat of Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

Talk about starting and finishing the job: In the first minute of the game, on the first Green Bay series of the day, he creamed tight end Donald Lee and forced a fumble that the Redskins recovered. In the 63rd minute, in overtime, Landry picked off a Rodgers pass intended for the forgotten Greg Jennings; five minutes later, a Graham Gano field goal won the game.

"He's fast, he's a hitter and loves to play,'' coach Mike Shanahan said after the game. "He's that way every snap -- obviously a great football player.''

Landry was a first-round pick by the Redskins in 2007, and the coach then, Joe Gibbs, wanted to pair him with Sean Taylor long-term to give Washington the most feared set of safeties in the league. But Taylor died that November, and when Gibbs retired after the season, the new regime moved Landry from strong safety to free.

"My rookie year, I felt I was in the right position to take advantage of how aggressive I like to play,'' Landry told me last night. "But when the staff changed, coach [Greg] Blache moved me, and nothing against him, I didn't feel it took advantage of what I did best. As a free safety, I'm kind of the savior back there, sitting back. That's not how I play best.''

But new coordinator Jim Haslett moved him to strong again, and Landry is comfortable in run-support and the occasional blitz. Against Green Bay, he led a disguised Washington scheme that seemed to frustrate Rodgers all afternoon.

"I think the best is yet to come for me,'' he said. And maybe for the Redskins too. They've beaten Philadelphia and Dallas already, and they're tied for first in the NFC East. Landry's nearly as big a reason for that as Donovan McNabb.

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Thinking Skins

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King is a moron, just because he suddenly gives us too much respect only shows that he only looks at the superficial, now if we can shut down the colts scoring then I will start believing this start is more than just a fluke.

I agree, why do people even read him?

With that being said, why am I in this thread? I guess the lure of the big name is too much.

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Thinking Skins

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Everytime this happens we fail hugely. Big game this week. A win would go a long way in solidifying us as a good team. I think we're a good team, but I think the Colts are a better team. God damn 4-2 would feel great, especially with unimpressive Chicago and Detroit teams coming up in the subsequent weeks.

IMO, this is NOT a big game. Its a game I'd like to win, but losing it puts us at .500 with 2 outside of conference losses. I want to win every game, but I'm much more concerned about the conference and division games.

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You guys read this also????

Move over, Troy Polamalu.

It's good to be able to watch all the games in the NBC viewing room on Sundays, because it allows me to keep an eye on players around the league. And in the first five weeks of the season, no single defensive player in the league has jumped from relative anonymity to stardom like strong safety LaRon Landry of the Redskins. He leads the NFL in tackles (52) through five weeks, and Sunday, he was the most important Redskin defender in a 16-13 defeat of Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

Talk about starting and finishing the job: In the first minute of the game, on the first Green Bay series of the day, he creamed tight end Donald Lee and forced a fumble that the Redskins recovered. In the 63rd minute, in overtime, Landry picked off a Rodgers pass intended for the forgotten Greg Jennings; five minutes later, a Graham Gano field goal won the game.

"He's fast, he's a hitter and loves to play,'' coach Mike Shanahan said after the game. "He's that way every snap -- obviously a great football player.''

Landry was a first-round pick by the Redskins in 2007, and the coach then, Joe Gibbs, wanted to pair him with Sean Taylor long-term to give Washington the most feared set of safeties in the league. But Taylor died that November, and when Gibbs retired after the season, the new regime moved Landry from strong safety to free.

"My rookie year, I felt I was in the right position to take advantage of how aggressive I like to play,'' Landry told me last night. "But when the staff changed, coach [Greg] Blache moved me, and nothing against him, I didn't feel it took advantage of what I did best. As a free safety, I'm kind of the savior back there, sitting back. That's not how I play best.''

But new coordinator Jim Haslett moved him to strong again, and Landry is comfortable in run-support and the occasional blitz. Against Green Bay, he led a disguised Washington scheme that seemed to frustrate Rodgers all afternoon.

"I think the best is yet to come for me,'' he said. And maybe for the Redskins too. They've beaten Philadelphia and Dallas already, and they're tied for first in the NFC East. Landry's nearly as big a reason for that as Donovan McNabb.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/10/11/Week5/index.html#ixzz12A2CjcIi

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