I'm getting that old feeling...

Stop! You're making me feel old, because I remember it all. Do you remember:

The Hogs - Joe Jacoby, George Starke, Russ Grimm, Mark May, Jeff Bostic, Jim Lachey, Raleigh McKenzie, Mark Schlereth
Honorary Hogs - John Riggins, Don Warren and Clint Didier
The Over The Hill Gang - George Allen's 1972 team featuring Billy Kilmer, Jack Pardee, Myron Pottios, Diron Talbert, Richie Petitbon, Boyd Dowler, Chris Hanburger and Ron McDole
The Fun Bunch - Art Monk, Virgil Seay, Charlie Brown, Gary Clark, Alvin Garrett
The Smurfs - Gary Clark, Alvin Garrett and Charlie Brown
The Posse - Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders
The "Capital Punishment" Defense - 1991 defense featuring Charles Mann, Wilber Marshall, Fred Stokes, Andre Collins, Monte Coleman, Darrell Green, Jumpy Geathers, Tim Johnson
Mark The Ripper - Mark Rypien
Whiskey and Guts - Billy Kilmer and Sonny Jurgenson
The Diesel - John Riggins
The Largest Come From Behind Victory in Super Bowl History - featuring Doug Williams throwing four TD passes and Timmy Smith rushing for 204 yards.

The joke around DC was, Kilmer's knee's were so bad, that the defense beat him to the pocket

Back in the 80's when the Redskins were winning Super Bowls, I used to have a feeling about the team. This underlying belief and faith that the team would come to play and to beat the Redskins and Joe Gibbs, the opposition would have to bring their A game.
As this season has progressed, I have begun to sense a shift. For all of you too young to remember the first Gibbs tenure, this feeling about the Redskins that we all have now, was a constant, undeniable confidence. I am starting to see that indescribable, mysterious "energy" coming from Gibbs. He is focused, intense and has an enormous will to win and the team is feeding off of it. I did not sense this about the Redskins of '05. I think that team was surprised to be there in the playoffs and didn't really have the moxy to go all the way.
Will the Redskins win this weekend? I don't know. We'll see how it shakes out. All I know is that "feeling" is back. #21 is definitely still impacting the team and provides an intangible that can only help the Redskins of '07 go beyond all expectations.
I hope there are some members here that know what I'm talking about. That...feeling.
Peace out/West Side
HTTR!!

You guys crack me up..

i think this feeling comes from the fact that the NFC sucks donkey dick, we can definately take the seahawks, giants, or bucs, and we just killed the cowboys (although they were missing their top corner and top reciever)...pretty much the only team that should have us worried is the packers due to their depth in the WR core and our lack of depth in the secondary. If by some miracle we make it to the show, we will probably get rocked.

I don't think you've watched the Hawks play.

haha, sorry, i think i was a little harsh...all I was trying to say is that if we were facing NE or Indy, we wouldnt be so confident going in it...honestly I feel that in the beginning of the year we were the second best team in the NFL when it comes to talent and coaching...but I feel that with the amount of injuries that we have had (Rogers, Taylor, McIntosh, Thomas, Jansen, Wade, and all the other minor lingering injuries we've had), that its hard to feel confident going into the playoffs with 2nd/3rd stringers as starters and 3rd/4th stringers as backups. So the fact that we are confident I feel is a result of the fact that we are not playing the best teams.

It all comes to an end on Sunday methinks

Stop! You're making me feel old, because I remember it all. Do you remember:

The Hogs - Joe Jacoby, George Starke, Russ Grimm, Mark May, Jeff Bostic, Jim Lachey, Raleigh McKenzie, Mark Schlereth
Honorary Hogs - John Riggins, Don Warren and Clint Didier
The Over The Hill Gang - George Allen's 1972 team featuring Billy Kilmer, Jack Pardee, Myron Pottios, Diron Talbert, Richie Petitbon, Boyd Dowler, Chris Hanburger and Ron McDole
The Fun Bunch - Art Monk, Virgil Seay, Charlie Brown, Gary Clark, Alvin Garrett
The Smurfs - Gary Clark, Alvin Garrett and Charlie Brown
The Posse - Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders
The "Capital Punishment" Defense - 1991 defense featuring Charles Mann, Wilber Marshall, Fred Stokes, Andre Collins, Monte Coleman, Darrell Green, Jumpy Geathers, Tim Johnson
Mark The Ripper - Mark Rypien
Whiskey and Guts - Billy Kilmer and Sonny Jurgenson
The Diesel - John Riggins
The Largest Come From Behind Victory in Super Bowl History - featuring Doug Williams throwing four TD passes and Timmy Smith rushing for 204 yards.

mark me as old I remember it all. also remember meeting dave butz at a sunoco station when I was about 12 man he looked huge

It all comes to an end on Sunday methinks

You a 'Hawks fan? You have any idea when the game is?

To set the record straight: the only time I've had a chance encounter with a "glory days" Redskin was this past Sunday before the game when I met Dexter Manley and he was gracious enough to sign my Portis jersey. No, I did not recognize him until he said, "Hi, my name's Dexter." Then, it clicked.

Not only am I getting that old feeling, but if you look at Gibbs on the sideline....he's got that old look on his face. For some reason he seems much more intense, and confident. Gibbs has always had that quiet confidence about him and you can see it in his eyes.

I honestly think this team knows it can make it to the Superbowl.

It hasn't been until these last four games that I've actually felt the Gibbs 1.0 magic. Not when he first got here, not even the run in '05 which got us into the playoffs. You can tell the way the players are talking; their demeanor. I almost get the sense that they could play the Seahawks in the next 30 minutes if they had to. That's how confident they are right now. I heard Shawn Springs say yesterday that he didn't know what a "Super Bowl locker room" felt like, but if this it, it sure feels good.

If there was ever a script to which Joe Gibbs plays best, it's the one that's unfolding right before our very eyes.

*Journeyman quarterback seemingly out of nowhere having a career year.
*No name defense - Not to be confused with the Dolphins of old.
*Role players stepping up
*Adversity on top of adversity
*Harsh weather conditions on a weekly basis.
*Running back with big heart and tough as nails.

Skins are playoff ready.