Did the 6-2 start raise our expectations to an unrealistic level?

Well starting out 6-2 may have raised our expectations and definitely been ahead of where we thought we'd be. But I do not thinks it was an unreasonable level for any of us at that point to have thought possible NFC East Championship possibilities. Superbowl is a stretch and just silly to have started that crazy talk.
But my point is if a team starts out 6-2, you are pretty much expecting them to remain consistent the rest of the season. A loss here & there sure. But what you don't expect is another season where we've started out strong like that and then take a big dump down the stretch.
Yes we have 4 games to go.....it's not looking so good. But it's certainly not over yet. *crosses fingers*

This season definitely exceed our expectations, well except for few people.. Also here's another article that got me thinking like this earlier..

E. Manning a Leading Example as Redskins' Campbell Tries to Take Next Step - washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112901785.html)

Thought it's good one..

The 4-1 start probably rose our expectations too high, but after the next three games, I think people realized that 6-2 is about where we deserved to be. Right now, I think it's the opposite effect, our expectations are at an unreasonably low level thanks to the three losses in four games.

YOU are correct! It ain't over yet...

Your right the season is not over and who knows it just takes a couple of big play's to spark some confidence in our O and they could get moving or should I say scoring. The same thing seemed to happen to the Giants last year and with our strong D we could surprise a few people. I'm one that never gives up and I never pick the other team to win no matter what the odds are against us. I guess its just my nature not to give up and I believe we can win every week. Luckly I can let the losses go alot easier now days.

I think some people are forgetting that we did actually make the playoffs last year and that the team finished strongly last season to get us there. The core of that team was retained for this season and so I don’t think going 6-2 was such a huge surprise even though we had a new HC.

I think that what is really worrying is that although Zorn changed to a WC passing system it’s the running game which has been kept pretty much the same and an unchanged Defence has carried the team this season.

So the only part of the team that the HC has had an effect on i.e. the passing game has not performed and is in fact getting worse. And it now seems that other teams have caught on to what we have been doing on 1st and 3rd this season and our Coaches don’t seem to be able to change or have a plan B. I think this season is in danger of falling off a cliff and if we did finish 7-9 i think that would be a bad performance for this team.

I disagree. I completely disagree with anyone who says our expectations were to high after a 6-2 start. Our team has played the number one ranked offense, Two ranked offense, third, fourth, sixth, and seventh. Then the ninth and the tenth...................Against all of those offenses our defense is ranked at sixth overall. I know they had a bad outing against the Giants, but come on! Our offense has to help them out. If our offense can just elimate their mistakes, like they did to start the season at 4-1 then we'll beat just about every team we play against. We have one of the easiest schedules to close out the year. Dallas will fall. Pray for New Orleans to run up 50+points against Atlanta..............And we're in!

We have the defense for it! YES! WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER DEFENSE!!! One that broke Westbrooke's ribs sending his ass to the locker room so our offense was able to come back from a 14 point hole. A defense that stopped Jamal Lewis for SEVEN STRAIGHT TIMES AT THE ONE YARD LINE OR CLOSER! A defense that shut down the Dallas offense TWICE!!!................I know Dallas is not that good, but still, its Dallas!.............A defense that held Big Ben to just 5 completions before sending him to the locker room with an injury. A defense that held Drew Brees, during his record setting year, to just 216 yards..........hey! What am I saying? He MIGHT not even get the record because of us. No other team has held him to lower numbers! Same thing with Kurt Warner! He only had 192 against us. No other team has come anywhere close to that AND HE COULD BE THE MVP THIS YEAR!

Portis is number two in the league in running the ball. Campbell doesn't turn it over. You've heard it said ALL YEAR LONG. We should be putting up 30+points on these guys or even 40+ points on them. If our offense just STOPS, YES STOPS, dropping that gosh dang ball we'll be fine!

We were a playoff team last year. Gibbs slowly and correctly brought the team back to respectability. Zorn did not inherit a lemon. Yes, my expectation was lowered when Gibbs left and first time coach Zorn was installed. However I still expect them to be respectable.

Your right the season is not over and who knows it just takes a couple of big play's to spark some confidence in our O and they could get moving or should I say scoring. The same thing seemed to happen to the Giants last year and with our strong D we could surprise a few people. I'm one that never gives up and I never pick the other team to win no matter what the odds are against us. I guess its just my nature not to give up and I believe we can win every week. Luckly I can let the losses go alot easier now days.

I'm right there with you firstdown. The wins in Dallas and Philly got everybodys hopes up and I get pissed when we lose because I know we CAN win every week. But my disappointment is tampered by the fact that we have a first year coach and a new offensive system that is going to take time whether we like it or not. We're on the right track. It is absolutely foolish to start calling out Jason Campbell. I think he's on a pretty good pace as far as learning the system and that would be more apparent if the o-line and receivers were up to speed. This thing can change at any time and impatience on the fans part will not speed the process. Giving up when things are tough is for losers. Campbell and company will prevail in spite of the uneducated fans who call for his head. That's the kind of guy he is and that's why I like him leading our team. There is nothing wrong with high expectations but lets not get ignorant about it. As far as making the playoffs last year, yes we did, we also are learning a new system this year which according to any QB who has played it, says it takes about 3 years to get it down right. We didn't last long in the playoffs and if wasn't for the fact that we were playing with a lot of emotion after losing Sean, and we had a QB step in who had what..8 years or so in Saunders system, we probably wouldn't have even made it. Give JC time in this system and see what happens.

man it was hard after going 4-1 to not think: "if this is us now i cant wait to see what we look like in a few months . . "

that said, as fans around week 4-6 we had every right to be proud and hopeful of our burgundy n gold. when your teams hot, enjoy it relish it because you dont know how long you got bragin rights. im just happy the skins put together a nice enjoyable to watch stretch of games and we still have meainingful football to play near seasons end. really more than we expected going in to this season.

go skins!!

I think to get to the next level, we have to rebuild our O-line and D-line through the draft over the next 2-3 years -- we are old on both sides.