Call me a blind optimist but...

They just beat the Cowboys. Remind me, did we beat the Cowboys this year?

The score might not have showed it... but I'm pretty sure we beat the cowboys.

Yeah, Im not saying it's an impossible task. I just think it will be interesting to watch.

oh totally agree... to put a meter on how good chad johnson is, look at what he did to champ. and look at what champ did to houston's andre johnson today.

chad is a top receiver in this league no doubt.

Easily? Have you watched a single game this year?

Ok, so "easily" was a poor choice of words. What I meant to say was that it don't think it's a stretch to say we could beat the Bengals. Not that we'd hand their asses to them on a platter just that I could easily see us beating them as opposed to seeing us beat them easily. That make any sense?

The problem is our schedule gets tough:

we play Philly twice, the Steelers at Heinz field, the vikes, the roids in Dallas. That's five games that we will not, unless things change incredibly, be favored to win.

We also play the gints at home, and we tend to play down to their level and suck.

THen there's cincy, who looks better, and thats not a surprise, really, given their coach.

And then there's the niners.

Look, if our passing offense somehow comes to life (read: Ramsey), we could get some of the tough ones. We've got the D, specials are looking better, and we can run the ball. But if we can't pass, it ain't gonna happen.

running game will continue to improve and as gibbs and buges continue to work in more zone blocking and defense that is number one with half the roster out will get their star back in a few weeks.

So long as Brunell is QB we will go no where, who one today's game? Defense and special team's, Portis had to throw our only TD pass which was set up by Thrashes return, once in a while you get a win like this but it aint happening every week especially when we play playoff caliber team's, if the switch isn't made we will be singing the blues in the upcoming week's about the one we let get away, I do think though Gibb's is starting to warm up to the idea of a QB change, almost 150yds. rushing by Portis, no sack's, decent protection, and Portis show's that reciever's are open you just have to throw it properly, I think Gibb's will be looking long and hard this week at narrowing down our problem's to Brunell, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Ramsey is taking half the snap's this week and probably will see action in the second half of the Bengal game.

Does anyone realize that right now at 3-5 the Redskins are just 2 games back in the wildcard? The Giants are the only non division leader with a winning record at 5-3. The rest of the NFC is just as pathetic as we've been. The following teams are at 4-4, St. Louis, Detroit, Green Bay. The Cowboys, Saints, Bucs, Bears and Cardinals are also 3-5. We were a bad call away from beating the Packers & Cowboys and a Rod Gardner catch away from beating the Giants who lost to the Bears today. Our offense is still a long way from good, but if the D keeps it up and the special teams keep playing well then at least we can maybe steal a couple games and make a late push.


Great point Paintrain. We could easily be 5-3. The defense has been uncanny all year long and now the special teams are shaping up as stellar. It is only a matter of time when our offense starts to gel. It is conceivable that even for this year we could make the playoffs. I am mainly concerned that get ourselves in a real groove by the end of the year, working on all cylinders as best as possible.

I look for us to pick up another win against Cincy, and maybe we will have some surprises in store for the Eagles and upset them.

I was always under the impression that defense wins champsionships...unless you have an old, stubborn head coach who won't change with the times (see JoePa and Gibbie) :cussing:

There's no comparing Paterno and Gibbs as far as age.

Paterno is pushing 80, isn't he? Now that's an old man.

Gibbs isn't even the oldest coach in the NFL. So let's get off the old man stuff and show the guy a little respect.

There's no comparing Paterno and Gibbs as far as age.

Paterno is pushing 80, isn't he? Now that's an old man.

Gibbs isn't even the oldest coach in the NFL. So let's get off the old man stuff and show the guy a little respect.

You cannot deny that he is an older coach and that he is stubborn in his ways, which will be his downfall. And as far as respect goes, he didn't wipe by buttocks when I was young, therefore, he gets no respect from me until he proves to me he can win again. I don't care if he got 3 SBs and is in the HOF...what have you done for me lately Gibbie, thats what I want.