cocojoey Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/magazine/08/30/main/index.html?cnn=yes what do you guys think I think the skins will be 9-7 or 10-6 team.:logo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jempet Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I posted this earlier, but I think 8-8 is generous. Considering our schedule is pretty tough, I think 8-8 would be an achievment. I could also see us doing much better. But We'll have to see how it all works out. Hope for the best, but don't get dissapointed if they don't meet expectations their first year with Gibbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Dr. Z doesn't like the Redskins, ever. But with the return of Gibbs he feels the need to at least be civil, hence 8-8. If it were anyone else we and Dallas would be flipped with us slated to finish 6-10. I just love the fact the national media has the Eagles playing the Seahawks for the NFC title this year. It will give other teams a chance to sneak up and strike fast. No one knows what the injury situation will look like by Week 12. That is going to be the key. The Redskins under Gibbs have overcome the loss of players in the past to go on and win games and even championships. I don't think the loss of Jansen alone is going to derail this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty dread Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 tough schedule? It's one of the weaker ones we've had in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Lover Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I'd like to see us do better than 8-8 and I could see us winning as many as 10 or 11 if everything goes right. I could also see us winning 6 or 7 if we have some injuries (ie. Portis or Arrington). I think that we are bound for some hiccups and that 8-8 is pretty realistic. That doesn't mean we can't hope for Superbowl and mortgage our house to go to Jacksonville if it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Redskin Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 joe gibbs-coach of the year Sean Taylor- DROY skins over colts in the big one I read it somewhere when I was preparing for my fantasy draft today 9/2/04. think it was nfl.com it would be nice but I am not expecting it, 10-6 would be a good start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocojoey Posted September 2, 2004 Author Share Posted September 2, 2004 I sure hope they do better than 5-11 Gibbs is old school RUN THE BALL TO SET UP THE PASS!!!:point2sky :point2sky :point2sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSkins Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I really can't expect that people would be upset over this prediction. 8-8 seems about right for someone to predict who isn't a fan of the team. I'm expecting 8-8, and wouldn't be disappointed in being a .500 team in Gibbs' return. I'll obviously be happy with more wins, but I don't think it's fair to expect a team learning a new system, and a coach getting his wings back, to be a championship contender off the bat. 8-8 would not be a failure this year. And, as cocojoey said, 8-8 is better than 5-11 and 7-9. Besides, an 8-8 year bodes well for 2005, if we remember history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarCo Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 First, of all, SI is rarely correct. I found last year's SI preview issue and they only had about half of the playoff teams correct. I wouldn't put much weight into what Dr. Z says. But, 8-8 seems about right on. I can't find 10 wins on the skins schedule, but I think they will at least 7. Playing Dallas and Phily twice is rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSkins Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Maybe SI is just pissed from the 2000 season when they predicted we would go 12-4 at the halfway point of the season when we were 6-2. They probably feel a little spurned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 I would be able to live with 8-8 as long as Gibbs has us at least 8-6 heading into that Dallas game in late December. True, losing a late-season game to the Cowboys would be heartbreaking, but it's sure beat what we've had the last few season, which is basically out of contention by the beginning of December. Z is really down on the Cowboys though!! 6-10?? Parcells alone can will that team to more wins than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octane67 Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I think anyone in the media who picks a team to be 8-8, that they don't know anything about the team and are just playing it safe.... example - if we go 10-6 they were only off by 2 games....but, if we go 6-10...again they were only off by 2 games... pretty safe to say that if we lose more than 10 games we had a more serious problem than anybody has pointed out or discussed (or even hammer the snyder factor)...but if we win more than 10 games we had an extrodinary season and no one saw it coming(or chaulk it up to Gibbs)....so most have put us in the 6/10-10/6 bracket. Most of the media are playing it safe w/ us and are hovering around the 8-8 mark because we have shown improvement in the offseason and had a losing season last year. Most of the experts have already made there predictions and others show a tendacy not to vary too far from those. but there are in actuality lots of surprises during a course of a season. personally I will be happy w/ 8-8 or better (and I do think they will be better) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas-Born Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I think it depends on how we start. If we get out of the box with early wins I think we can up to ten wins. The schedule seems to be back loaded. I agree though...I think it is a soft schedule. We will see though-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofer Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 These predictions are meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TODD Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 I love Sports Illustrated. Of course, all the same teams that were in the playoffs last year will make it again with one exception. Brilliance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingGibbs Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 8-8 huh? Wow, that's really going out on a limb. The fact is nobody knows what to expect from the Skins this year and what could be more obvious than keeping it safe at 8-8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCalMike Posted September 3, 2004 Share Posted September 3, 2004 To me it is very hard to pick the Redskins record this year because we should see an attitude and work ethic from some of our mainstays that we HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE due to Gibbs being back. Our team, admittingly weren't willing to go to battle for 4 quarters under Spurrier/Norv/Marty......with Gibbs you get the feeling that if the Skins have a 4th quarter lead, they are going to win, unless they are playing maybe a top 5 team. Add to that how many games this same group lost in the 4th quarter last year, the Carolina and Miami games are 2 obvious games that we SHOULD have won. I'd also point to the first Cowboys game, as we caused what, 3 turnovers in the first 10 minutes and got, what a ONE TD out of it? Pathetic I just don't see this team losing the close games like they did in the last couple of years. Gibbs will not stand for the bad attitudes and the lackluster performances late in games that our team displayed over the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Most People say 8-8 cause like Octane 67 said its a safe bet, But with the coaching staff, The Hunger & The Talent The Skins have ( not being in the playoffs in some time) I can see them at 10-6 or better! Just look at the Cowboys last year, Not Much Talent but Bill Parcells, They weren't picked to do much at this time last year at all & Look how their season turned out! Also at this time last year, Who would have picked the Panthers to go all the way to the Super Bowl, One Never Knows!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newera Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Maybe I'm a homer, but I really think we are going to surprise this year. This team is arguably as talent rich as some of our Super Bowl teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newera Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Another huge staple of Gibbs coached teams is they they get better and better as the season goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xe101 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 I can live with 8-8 at this point... anything else is CREAM baby! CREAM!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 On the positive side, our schedule is set up perfectly for us to get on a winning roll and is broken up enough that we should be able to avoid the loosing jag. Given our schedule and Joe Gibbs' propensity to win close games, I think we could go anywhere from 7-9 to 13-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Bass Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Dallas in last place in the East at 6-10. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OURYEAR#56 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 We're the Yankees of baseball so I'm use to it. Sure we don't have 26 championships but we spend like we wear pin stripes. that has to cause some recentment. All we have to do is prove them wrong. 10-6 looks more like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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