Are the lions really as bad as they seem?

No! lets not be damn fools and start looking at that big Monday Nighter when we play Pitt! lets play them like they were a top team, bring the a game and we should advance to 6-2!

With the Redskins, the way they keep teams in games, there are very very few times where I feel confident in a blowout (ask anyone how nervous I was for the St. Louis game)....but with Detroit...I'm feeling a complete blowout. I really am not worried about this game at all..the Lions really are that bad.

St. Louis had some things going for them at the time they played us (not saying we still didtn lay an egg)...but I really look at Detroit and can't see a single positive...There really is no excuse to not win this game...really theres no excuse to not win this game by at minimum double digits.

I always preach the whole "never underestimate anyone" thing, but I tend to agree with you here. We thumped Detroit big time last year, and since then they've gotten much worse and we've improved significantly. I don't see any reason why we shouldn't win by two TDs.

You can be damn sure today's Rams would give today's Eagles a much, much tighter game. They're obviously a much better team with Haslett calling the shots.

The Cowboy's were 100% healthy week 1, and more importantly they hadn't faced a lick of adversity. The week after week pounding the NFL doles out tests a man's resiliency and toughness. The Cowboys' players have neither. They are coddled and babied and poorly coached, and it shows plain as day.Fair points. The Rams pass defense has absoultely turned it around under Haslett, and with Donnie Avery finding a niche in the offense, maybe there is hope for a Bulger rebound as well.

And yeah, the Cowboys at top health are much stronger than the Cowboys are right now, but still, the Eagles all but beat them in Texas Stadium at full health. So if Philly>than 100% health Cowboys, and the Rams were way worse than Philly, but then got a lot better and now are (arguably) better than the Cowboys, I still think it's more Cowboys got worse than Rams got good.

But I agree with you that they met somewhere in the middle.

All I have to say is any given Sunday. I don't like thinking anything but WINNING. If you focus on how bad another team is, then you aren't focusing on how good we have to be to win every week.

Fair points. The Rams pass defense has absoultely turned it around under Haslett, and with Donnie Avery finding a niche in the offense, maybe there is hope for a Bulger rebound as well.

And yeah, the Cowboys at top health are much stronger than the Cowboys are right now, but still, the Eagles all but beat them in Texas Stadium at full health. So if Philly>than 100% health Cowboys, and the Rams were way worse than Philly, but then got a lot better and now are (arguably) better than the Cowboys, I still think it's more Cowboys got worse than Rams got good.

But I agree with you that they met somewhere in the middle.

Yeah, I think that's definintely the case. The Cowboys have myraid of big problems: A meddlesome owner who is a bad personnel guy, injuries, a poor head coach, and a team full of players about as mentally tough as a psych ward.

St. Louis on the other hand has some nice talent on both sides of the ball, and finally has a coach they seem to believe in.

As far as your points about Philly- who knows what you're going to get with that team? One week they'll look like a top contender, the next they look confused and unfocused. They are wildly inconsistent IMO.

they just ought to take this game as if they were playing the best team ever assembled in the history of the league,and not the detroit lions.you prepare like your are gonna play
the best week after week,and the game will be yours for the taking.

The Rams were ranked 32nd in the league prior to coming to DC. We gave them confidence look at them now. The Destroyed Lions are currently ranked 32nd. Will it be a trick or a treat? It's really up to the Redskins. Only way we lose if we beat ourselves. Nuff said.

their defense is god awful. and their offense is worse. the skins should win this game pretty easily. i guess we will find out what the skins are made of this week. its easy to get up for the cowboys, and the eagles. these are the games where championships are won. i hope they take care of business. it sure would be nice sitting at 6-2

I want a win more than anything, but I would like to enjoy a game this season that isn't a nail biter. We have not won a game by more than one score all year. I'd like to see carlos get another pick 6 off of this team again. I think this team learned a valuable lesson from the Rams game. The Browns were a good opponent. The only game they lost that they should of won was against the Ravens. They have had a tough schedule. They have been beaten by us, cowboys, ravens, and Steelers. Not an easy road if you ask me. Just crush the Damn Lions.....please

If Detroit plays as a team and the QB gets in a zone, we could be in trouble. But if the Redskins stay focussed, then we win easily.