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A throughly disgusting, and offensive article from deep in the heart of Texas.

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THE 10 Reasons why the Redskins will reach the Super Bowl

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/football/9501043.htm

By Ray Buck

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Look for the Redskins to be playing on the first Sunday in February. • You know the drill: One year, the joke of the NFL; the next year, Last Comic Standing. • It has been a Super Bowl theme since a former grocery-shelves stocker, Kurt Warner, and the 1999 St. Louis Rams snapped a string of nine consecutive losing seasons, including going 4-12 in '98, to capture Super Bowl XXXIV. • Over the next three years, previously downtrodden teams from Baltimore, New England and Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl. Only last season was the theme slightly altered when the Carolina Panthers made it to the big game but lost to the heavily favored Patriots. • Go ahead, act surprised when the Redskins cruise into SB XXXIX, Feb. 6, in Jacksonville, Fla. • But here are 10 reasons why you shouldn't be surprised:

1. Return of Joe Gibbs

All he does is win. In his first tour of duty with the Redskins, Gibbs posted a .683 winning percentage (third-best in NFL history) and won three Super Bowls while making the playoffs eight times in 12 years. Gone from D.C. is The Ol' Ball Coach, Steve Spurrier, who had two losing seasons (7-9 and 5-11) and kept the Redskins out of the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 years between Gibbs tenures.

2. Sound that (Joe) Bugel

Gibbs didn't come out of retirement without bringing along his right-hand man to coach the offensive line. Nobody does it better than Bugel, who gains the respect of players, then molds them. He immediately becomes the best thing to happen to fifth-year LT Chris Samuels, who has been a classic underachiever.

3. Second chance for Mark Brunell

The former Jacksonville quarterback (think Super Bowl site) already has reminded Gibbs of a left-handed throwing Joe Theismann. Brunell has smarts, mobility and enough brashness to suggest that life begins at 33 (OK, 34 by Week 2 of the season). And if anything should go wrong, experienced third-year quarterback Patrick Ramsey can step in.

4. Clinton Portis time

As in controlling the clock ... which is what Gibbs intends to do. The Redskins traded four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey to get Portis from the Broncos. He averaged 22.3 carries per game last season, the perfect cure for a Redskins team that hasn't been able to keep its defense off the field. Portis' 122.4 yards rushing per game was second-best in the NFL.

5. No Hogs, just Dirt Bags

The Hogs are a thing of the past, although you couldn't tell it by watching many of the Redskins faithful dress up for games. Bugel has a new nickname for the likes of Randy Thomas, Lennie Friedman, Derrick Dockery and Samuels, who toil in relative obscurity. He calls them the "Dirt Bags." And they like it.

6. A bigger and better Posse

The Redskins keep trying to find that "No. 1 receiver." The result has been a much-improved receiving corps: Laveranues Coles (82 catches, 1,204 yards last season); 2001 first-round pick Rod Gardner; 6-foot-3 end-zone target Darnerien McCants; and newcomer James Thrash, who used to be Donovan McNabb's favorite receiver in Philly.

7. Star power on defense

Big-play linebacker LaVar Arrington belongs in the big games in January and February. Cornerback Fred Smoot also brings some firepower to last year's 25th-ranked defense, which figures to be turned around by new defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.

8. Wide-open NFC East

The Eagles might fool you and appear to be a dominant team just because they've been to the NFC Championship Game three years in a row. But egos are fragile, and demons are hard to cast away. The Eagles' baggage is just a different shape than the baggage of the Cowboys and New York Giants, both in the throes of quarterback changes.

9. Winnable schedule

The Redskins play 10 of their 16 games against teams that failed to make the playoffs in 2003. And four of those six games against '04 playoff teams are at FedEx Field. Only once are the Redskins on Monday Night Football (home vs. Cowboys, Sept. 27); their other two night games are two months apart. So they have uniformity of schedule.

10. Fresh off 5-11

This is the best news yet based on recent Super Bowl history. Two of the past four Super Bowl winners had non-winning records. The New England Patriots were 5-11 in the season before they won the Super Bowl XXXVI. OK, the script is getting a little worn out. But the Redskins are about to play it one more time ... for old time's sake ... for Joe Gibbs.

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Ray Buck (817) 390-7096, rbuck@star-telegram.com

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He immediately becomes the best thing to happen to fifth-year LT Chris Samuels, who has been a classic underachiever.

I'm happy to see some praise, but why did they call big Chris a underachiever? the guy has been pretty damn good for us with the exception of last year.

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SkinFaninOKC

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This is from "noober", who should change his name to "boober".

LMAO...

It'll be a miracle if they break .500.

This is from "flashback", who apparently was having one,

The Redskins are in serious, serious trouble this year. Gibbs and Williams are excellent coaches, but they can't overcome the lack of talent and depth on that team.

As far as both of their statements go, I believed the same thing about the Cowboys last season. Then Parcells went out and proved why is going into he Hall Of Fame. "boober" and "flashback" will be eating much crow this season.

This year Gibbs is going to show everyone why he IS in the Hall Of Fame. We will break .500, and since when did our team lack talent??:whoknows:

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Obviously we have had talent the last few years but now we have a coaching staff to hopefully be fill final piece.

Its not hard to read an article like that and get all excited. Are we going to the SB? I doubt it, but I do know one thing. The Redskins of the Spurrier and Turner era will not be evident in this team at all. We can actually say we will be a disciplined team this year.

Its good to have hope again with Gibbs. Im not sure what I would have felt like if Spurrier or Rhodes was our coach.

HTTR!

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Do you all realize how important it is to be a Redskin fan in TEXAS!!??

I am very proud of our neighboring paper to the west. Notice this article was NOT in the Dallas Morning News. The fans might have burned down the building!!

I might laminate that article and tape it to my body!!

Blondie

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