Playoff Push

That highlight was talked about last night on ESPN (or maybe CBS) and McNabb was cheering on Kolb (i.e., the "we'll be alright, we'll get them next time refrain), not clapping like an a-hole.

Indeed. I've grown to hate McNabb strictly because of his general success as the starting QB for a team I hate, but the fact is that he's pretty much been a stand-up guy since he's been in this league. You could probably count with one hand the number of players in the NFL who would actually go so far as to deliberately applaud their own team's misfortune in a game, and McNabb is not one of those players. C'mon.

Yes, Donovan has never shown himself to be an a-hole before. :rofl:

You a closet Eagles fan? ;)

Donovan has shown the world that he isn't the same QB that he was a few years ago, didn't know games could end in ties, and may be a little sensitive to criticism, but, to my knowledge, he's never acted like an a-hole in public.

I'm not Eagles fan by any means, but I have respect for Reid and McNabb, notwithstanding whatever shortcomings they may each have.

Bottom line is we can't worry about what everyone else does. In order to be a playoff team we're going to have to take care of business, like we did last year. That probably means going 4-1 down the stretch. But if we don't make it the one game that's going to come back and bite us in the ass is the home loss to STL.

Bottom line is we can't worry about what everyone else does. In order to be a playoff team we're going to have to take care of business, like we did last year. That probably means going 4-1 down the stretch. But if we don't make it the one game that's going to come back and bite us in the ass is the home loss to STL.

I've been saying that since the second it happened. There are too many good teams in the NFC this year to lose games like that and expect to succeed.

I wouldn't count out the Saints yet either. They seem to be getting hot at the right time. Brees was amazing last night.

And we beat them, which could prove huge at the end of the year

These next 2 games will be tough. I like our chances though. I didn't really like putting us in prime time against the Ravens because of how we been playing in prime time this year. If you think about it though, we gotta win one of these prime time games, and I believe the time is now now! About the Giants game, we gotta play them physical and keep the game close.

And we beat them, which could prove huge at the end of the year

True, I think they'll probably lose this week to Tampa anyway and will probably finish around .500. Brees is great but they're just too pass happy and that D isn't great either.

ESPN blogs has a good breakdown of the NFC South teams schedules here:
ESPN - A look at the NFC South road to the playoffs - NFC South (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcsouth/0-5-165/A-look-at-the-NFC-South-road-to-the-playoffs.html)

Here's my wishlist for the NFC South:
NO goes 4-1, only losing to Chicago
Tampa goes 2-3, losing to NO, Carolina, and Atlanta
Carolina goes 3 - 2 losing to Giants, NO
Atlanta goes 3-2 losing to SD, NO
that would give Carolina an 11-5 record
and everyone else 10-6 fun tiebreaking that!!!

I'm rooting for the Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the West to win as many games as possible as that would help increase our strength of schedule when it comes to tiebreakers against the NFC South. My friend is getting nervous though now considering the Redskins are just ahead of the Falcons in the standings, when I explained to him that it was most likely due to strength of schdule. I mean I like the Falcons to but part of me just wishes they could win the damn division so I wouldn't have to worry about kicking them out of the playoffs.

However I bleed maroon and black and if the cost of a Redskins playoff spot is the Falcons staying at home for the playoffs then so be it. Plus I don't think my friend realizes how good our team is at making playoff runs in the closing weeks of the season and with the aniversary of Sean Taylors death I expect nothing less then an emotional win against the Giants. Also if you guys remember back in 05

His (Wellington Mara) team honored him after his death by defeating the team he always viewed as the Giants' biggest (and oldest) rival, the Washington Redskins, 36-0 at Giants Stadium. The 80,000 fans in attendance gave his mention a standing ovation.

Hopefully we can accomplish a similar feat this weekend.

Also while I'm at it, do our NFC East foes count twice when it comes to our strength of schdule?

Looking back on this season to date, it's hard to take the Rams loss which we should've won, and also the second Dallas game where they only scored 14 points but still Washington lost. That's two more wins we should have had for a 9-3 record. We need more offense or it won't matter if we get to the playoffs or not. It ws fun watching the early season (after the Giants opening game), but these last few weeks have been horrible. JC needs to make quicker decisions when he's throwing the ball. What happened to those passes to Cooley for 20 - 30 yards downfield? He dumps off to Cooley for 5 - 7 yards now. The Redskins look totally disorganized, and sometimes Jansen isn't even blocking anybody.