Is excitement enough in 2012?

I will still be happy with a 5 or 6 win season IF the reason is because our secondary is weak and we are simply being outscored in each game.

If however our defense is balling and we have 5 or 6 win season because our offense is struggling then I will have a problem with that.

.500 is definitely attainable

Our defense wasn't bad last year, it was our offense that let us down. We've made a few upgrades/depth on defense and have significantly upgraded and added depth on offense, with more changes still to come I assume.

Call me a dreamer, but I really don't see us getting less than 7 wins.

Eight wins is a base expectation for the upcoming season.

I think if we're on the "right" track, we should do better than eight wins. That might mean 11 wins if we're fortunate, it could be just 9 with a unfortunate year on defense. If it's 7 or 8, then I think it's more a case of the Redskins just being out there doing their thing, which means we could be in line for a 10 win season in 2013, but we could also be in line for a 10 loss season as well.

I suppose that's true no matter how many games you win this year. But this year needs to be the big jump. And with all the close games they've been in (and blown) the last few years, I'm not sure a jump from 5 to 8 really goes beyond just satisfying expectation.

If we bomb completely and RG3 shows no potential or improvement, than I will be suicidal.

If we completely bomb this year because of RG3's inexperience, but we see steady improvement in his game, and sparks of the brilliance we expect in him than I will be marginally satisfied.

If we go .500 and RG3 shows no improvement, I will be severely depressed,

If we go .500 and RG3 shows improvement, and sparks of greatness I will be extremely happy.

Anything above that, and I sell my car for season tickets. Hail!

I honestly don't care how many wins we have. What I'm looking for this year is our young talent improving. People I'm not interested in this year are Moss, Cooley, Hall, and Fletcher. Everyone else I'm looking for improvement in their play.

I see us as a 6-8 win team this year. While RG3 shows great promise, most rookie QBs still have negative TD/INT ratios. We have relatively unknown commodities at WR. We have some injury prone players.

I'm excited to see our front 7 on defense and our upgraded offense. That said, I think we'll see signs of improvement - which should save everyone's job. Give Griff and the new WRs time to pick up the scheme and get used to each other.

I'm excited for the potential, but realistic with results. Anything can happen, but I don't see us being a good team. I think we got some gifts with the schedule.

Just remember that the transition to the NFL game does take time so do not expect unrealistic results in RGIII's first campaign.

Just remember that the transition to the NFL game does take time so do not expect unrealistic results in RGIII's first campaign.

...but then you start thinking: Cincy had great results during Dalton's rookie campaign. Even Carolina without the results was a hell of a lot of fun to watch.

If people start questioning the aquisition of RGIII anytime before the bye week barring worse than Grossman like play, I think my head might explode.