ZRagone Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I did a "Realistic worse case / best case" thread a while back and strangely we're shaping up to still follow my "best case" scenario. Right now... Realistic Best Case. We go on a 2012 style run with Griffin back and the defense clicking. Two "tune up games" before the two tough non-division ones. A cream puff trap game stuck in between. And then three division games to finish off strong, two of which are at home. 10 - 6 We beat the Vikings, Buccanneers, and Rams for 3 wins. We steal one game from the Colts or Niners We win two of three against the Giants, Eagles, and Cowboys to finish the year Realistic Worst Case. Colt starts at the Vikes, but can't recreate the magic. We start Griffin in Tampa, but due to rust he doesn't have a good enough game. The Colts and Niners waylay us. We get a breather win with the Rams and manage to pull a surprise upset off from an NFC east team...possibly a Cowboys teams that is resting people as they cruise into the playoffs. 5 - 11 We lose two of three with the Vikes, Bucs, and Rams We lose to the Colts and the Niners We lose two of the three against the Giants, Eagles, and Cowboys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZRagone Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Oh...just for fun to go with my "best case" scenario. Eagles Split with Dallas Win one game against Houston, Carolina, Green Bay, and Seattle Beats Tennessee and the Giants Loses to us Ends at 9-7 Dallas - going into week 17 Splits with the Eagles Wins one game out of the Giants, Bears, Colts, and Cardinals Wins against Jacksonville Enters week 17 at .... 9-6 Week 17 once again becomes a game for the NFC East, Cowboys vs Redskins, winner goes to the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyron Biggums Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 2012, Skins 3 and 6 going into the bye week, the Skins nation, including myself wrote the season off. 7 games later we were in the paloffs! I think it is safe to say this 2014 roster has a lot more weapons, the o line is slightly better and the defense is much improved. 9 in a row is a mighty big achievement, but never say never. There are a few that have to happen: 1. RG3 needs to play within himself, no need to try and carry this team on his back this time. 2. RG Chester needs to be replaced. 3. The defense has to use the Monday Night game plan as a foundation for blitzing. The CBs has shown the ability to make one on one tackles. 4. The run game will improve with RG3 back, there will be bigger running lanes for Morris. Two years ago this team pulled 7 in a row, is there any reason they can't do it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregpeck99 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 would truly be something if we actually pull that off... I saw a new Skins Monday night. Let me count the ways. 1. Aggressive attacking (sharking) Defense featuring "pressure man up" by young CBs. 2. QB "game management" skills in evidence. 3. Compton makes the grade 4. Positive ST 5. Breeland no longer a rookie So yea ... why not!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I saw a new Skins Monday night. Let me count the ways. 1. Aggressive attacking (sharking) Defense featuring "pressure man up" by young CBs. 2. QB "game management" skills in evidence. 3. Compton makes the grade 4. Positive ST 5. Breeland no longer a rookie So yea ... why not!!! from your mouth to gods ears man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo 3squire Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 10-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm still looking at all this through the lens of how it might project for next season and Gruden's future here. A strong finish during his first year as a head coach would be very exciting no matter the exact record or place in the standings. So, 7-9 and playing well to end the year would be awesome. Now, depending on how the next two weeks play out, I might start dreaming of something bigger in the immediate future. If we are sitting at 5-5 and have made up ground on the rest of the division (haven't even bothered to look at the schedules to see how likely that is), I'll probably have some hope of doing something magical in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooleyfan1993 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm still looking at all this through the lens of how it might project for next season and Gruden's future here. A strong finish during his first year as a head coach would be very exciting no matter the exact record or place in the standings. So, 7-9 and playing well to end the year would be awesome. Now, depending on how the next two weeks play out, I might start dreaming of something bigger in the immediate future. If we are sitting at 5-5 and have made up ground on the rest of the division (haven't even bothered to look at the schedules to see how likely that is), I'll probably have some hope of doing something magical in 2014. its pretty tough to see how dallas and philly lose their next 2-3 games. dallas:Vs Cardinals, @ Jaguars (LONDON GAME), BYE Week. At worst I could see them losing to Arizona, then blowing out jacksonville, heading into their bye week at 7-3. Philly: @ Texans, Vs Panthers, @ Packers. They will probably win easily against the texans, could lose to the panthers, could lose to packers. their games against the panthers and packers could go either way. best case scenario for them by the time they finish their week 11 game is 8-2. Maybe 7-3, with one loss in those 3 weeks. if they somehow become horrible, 6-4 or 5-5 (winning 1 out of 3, or dropping all 3 (would take a major ****show for that to happen though... Now, Giants is even more interesting. their next 3 games are Vs Colts, @ Seahawks, then Vs 49ers. could see them beating the coltsl then dropping 2 games, to make them 4-6. if the giants are really horrible, i could see 3-7 (3 straight losses) to take them out of the equation. or the giants end up surprising everyone, winning 3 games in a row to be 6-4. who really knows. if we win sunday though, and dallas, philly and the giants all lose, it could get interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 its pretty tough to see how dallas and philly lose their next 2-3 games. dallas:Vs Cardinals, @ Jaguars (LONDON GAME), BYE Week. At worst I could see them losing to Arizona, then blowing out jacksonville, heading into their bye week at 7-3. Philly: @ Texans, Vs Panthers, @ Packers. They will probably win easily against the texans, could lose to the panthers, could lose to packers. their games against the panthers and packers could go either way. best case scenario for them by the time they finish their week 11 game is 8-2. Maybe 7-3, with one loss in those 3 weeks. if they somehow become horrible, 6-4 or 5-5 (winning 1 out of 3, or dropping all 3 (would take a major ****show for that to happen though... Now, Giants is even more interesting. their next 3 games are Vs Colts, @ Seahawks, then Vs 49ers. could see them beating the coltsl then dropping 2 games, to make them 4-6. if the giants are really horrible, i could see 3-7 (3 straight losses) to take them out of the equation. Right...that is why I'm not really pinning my opinion of this season on division standings. We blew that with our 4-game losing streak. To me, my feelings on 2014 will come down to how much the team improves under Gruden by week 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 7-9 seems pretty reasonable to me. That would mean after starting 1-5, we finished 6-4 and look to be getting on the right track under Gruden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysaskin Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Minnesota will be an interesting game, Haslett needs to continue the Shark Attack Defense against Bridgewater, Tampa is terrible and RG3 should be back for the game optimistically I'll say 5-5 at that point. SF will be a slugfest, I'm giving them the edge right now on their running game which means they can control TOP against us. If RG3 is his old self and the Running game opens up we could win that one. Indy is up and down they looked terrible against an average Steelers team, I think defensively they are better than us, and St. Louis unfortunately has had our number lately. The Division games are key, I think the Giants are crashing back down to Earth, Philly has new life after we beat Dallass and the homer in me says we sweep the pukes. Overall I think 8-8 with a lot of improvement for next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaydana Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Well, Minnesota is a very winnable game. I expect our DC to bring the house early and often to befuddle their rookie QB. Dang, TB sure as heck better be a win, they just started their fire sale on players yesterday (we should have seriously considered getting Barron, their safety). Indy will likely truck us (at least I have Luck on my fantasy but would love to see him fall on his face that week!) revenge will lead us past the dirty birds and I think we take the Rams out since it's in our house. The future is bright and we're on the mend. I just wonder if we REALLY are better w/o Orakpo in the lineup. SF clearly 'looks' like a loss to me being away and that team is just stacked AND getting folks back. If we get to 8-8 I'll be stoked and also somewhat amazed. 6 or 7 wins is more likely. If nothing else, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE beat Dallas in the year ending game. Knock them down the paloffs seeding board or better yet, out of the post season altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanskins Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I predict.. we win 30 - 17... this starts our four game win streak... Eagles lose the next four... dallass only wins one of the next four and roughly five weeks from now the East looks like dallass 6-4, eagles 5-5, giants 5-5, redskins 5-5... Honestly I don't know what to think... I'm still shell shocked at Kirk's performance... I thought he was good at state and thought he'd be a solid QB for us... but that was beyond awful.... Seahawks - loss Cardinals - loss Titans - win? Cowboys - must win Vikings - win ? Tampa - win ? SF - loss Indi - must win St. Louis - win? so before the home stretch we could be - 7 - 6...and right in the thick of things... its possible... HTTR For full disclosure I didn't disclose my hopes that I didn't get right.... way too many That's the spirit Cooley!! And some people said that I was smoking CRACK before those post I made... well I may have well been... crack affects my short term memory... Don't ya hate it when your driving down the road and you drop your crack pipe? You know its still burning but you can't find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 a 7-3 finish gets us to 8-8? when we are already 3-5? you sure about that? I think he was including these past two games. Frankly, I'd like to see a 15-game run. That'd make me smile a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I think he was including these past two games. Frankly, I'd like to see a 15-game run. That'd make me smile a lot. Wouldn't that be a 13-game or 14-game run? From 1-5 to 11-5 (10 in a row), then either 3 or 4 wins to the Lombardi, depending on if we were to get a #1 or #2 seed with an 11-5 record (who knows this year!). Unless you think the Skins will be seen as so awesome by then that they'll just let our team represent one side in the Pro Bowl against a group of all-stars picked by Deion and Jerry Rice (or whoever is doing that nonsense this season). Only way the Skins would lose that game is if they had to play Ditka! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Just occurred to me that last season, we won an overtime game (home against San Diego) to go to 3-5......and played at Minnesota the next week (albeit a short week, as the game was on Thursday). This year, we beat the Cowboys in OT at their place to move to 3-5, and will again play at Minnesota (this time at a different stadium). I'd be happy if the 2014 team can, in the upcoming game, mirror the performance of our offense in the first half against Minnesota in 2013. That's about the ONLY thing I want this team to have in common with last years second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2STaylor1 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 just out of curiosity, I gotta type tony romoSUCKS and see if tony romoSUCKS comes up #mindblown! tony romo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheItalianStallion Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 SF is more beatable this year than they've been since 2010. Still a tough game, but it can be done. Really a shame that we dropped the HOU, @PHI, & ARI games earlier. We'd be right in the thick of things otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanskins Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I know, I know... but we could win out... there isn't a team that frightens me anymore on our schedule. Like you said about SF, Indy just got crushed by the steelers and we still got round number two against the east. we will be a totally different team by then... I hope... a boy can dream can't he! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cakmoney61 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think they have a shot to go 8-8 and no worse than 6-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 i love the fools here actually judge RG3 in this offense based on 1.1 QTRs, while they think Kirk fits this offense better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 i love the fools here actually judge RG3 in this offense based on 1.1 QTRs, while they think Kirk fits this offense better Well, it's good to see love on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4skins23 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 i love the fools here actually judge RG3 in this offense based on 1.1 QTRs, while they think Kirk fits this offense betterAaawwwweeee. How cute. A skins fan blinded by his love for rg3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD Riggo Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm looking at 9-7, boys. But I could also see 10-6. With the play of our defense this last week -- especially that for the first time in years I am feeling MUCH much better about our corners -- and knowing that we are stacked on offense. If only our O-line can hold it together, I think we can be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoDus84 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think I predicted 7-9 at the beginning of the season, with a chance for 8-8 if things went well. I really think 7-9 looks about right. 4-4 the rest of the way. If we can really rebuild our O-line in the offseason and get some decent secondary upgrades, I think next year we'll have a chance for a 10+ win season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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