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The cards got spanked today at home by the panthers with Vinny at QB. Warner looked done, IMO--it will be Rattay against us.

4-2 is crucial, given where our schedule goes after that. Hopefully, we'll get the fire we got after the gints debacle. But this team has to find that fire themselves--it can't be that you only get fired up in "must wins." Good teams are fired up all the time.

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look for a big bounce back game againsed the cards, thats all i have to say about next week.

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I've cooled down a little...I would just like to point out that Campbell has shown that he still has the tools to be successful...nobody could have driven the ball on that last series with that O-line.....on a sad note, I may have to give up skins football for a little while. Its getting really tough to get my school work done and follow games...anyone else in grad school that can sympathize?

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the replay showed the ball go right thru Lloyd's hands, and he could'nt hang on..not really blaming him for that. Just saying when called on, he needs to make those plays..That was a TD right there.

On another note...Jason campbell is growing up right before our eyes and i love it!

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On Lloyd's play, it's not that he couldn't have caught it (it would have been a GREAT catch, if he had)--it's that he was two steps behind the D. That ball should hit him in stride. If it does, he scores standing up. It'll come with JC, but he missed that one.

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[quote=jsarno;364221]I think the weather had a lot to do with the sloppiness of this game. Both teams played poorly overall, they just played slightly less sloppy. I think we need to chaulk up some of our poor play up to the weather.

That being said, I am very happy with the D. We held two great offenses to a total of 20 points in 2 games...that's impressive.[/quote]

We're blaming the weather now? Wow, last time I checked we play outdoors and not in a dome? And if weather was our downfall now--what about December at the Meadowlands?

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[quote=NYCSkin;364400]We're blaming the weather now? Wow, last time I checked we play outdoors and not in a dome? And if weather was our downfall now--what about December at the Meadowlands?[/quote]
He's not making excuses... he's giving a valid reason.

The weather probably helped stifle both offenses, the Packers we're just able to score with their defense. Statistically, we should have won that game... but oh well.

And about Meadowlands, that's a good point, and I'm not looking forward to that game.

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It sounds strange, but I'm glad that we're the ones that beat ourselves. It shows that GB was no better than us. We decided how the game went, for the whole game

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[quote=JWsleep;364355]The cards got spanked today at home by the panthers with Vinny at QB. Warner looked done, IMO--it will be Rattay against us.

4-2 is crucial, given where our schedule goes after that. Hopefully, we'll get the fire we got after the gints debacle. But this team has to find that fire themselves--it can't be that you only get fired up in "must wins." Good teams are fired up all the time.[/quote]4-2 is [B]essential[/B] to our post-season chances. With tie breakers, NFC games are that much bigger. Not to mention that you can all but chalk up a loss the following week in NE. I've said it before that the Skins back 7 may match up better against NE's passing attack than anyone, so perhaps we'll be the first team to hold NE under 34 points ;-)

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[quote=SouperMeister;364407]4-2 is [B]essential[/B] to our post-season chances. With tie breakers, NFC games are that much bigger. Not to mention that you can all but chalk up a loss the following week in NE. I've said it before that the Skins back 7 may match up better against NE's passing attack than anyone, so perhaps we'll be the first team to hold NE under 34 points ;-)[/quote]
Great points.


I agree, I think this is our first "must win" game.

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[quote=jsarno;364221]...
That being said, I am very happy with the D. We held two great offenses to a total of 20 points in 2 games...that's impressive.[/quote]And that would be crediting the Packers offense with the 7 points off of Moss's fumble. The Skins D held the Lions and Packers to a total of one offensive TD and ZERO TD passes. If only the Skins O could consistently hold up their end of the bargain, we might really have something.

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Really... there is a bright side this. NEW ENGLAND IS GOING TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY and the Skins will win by default.

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Also on the bright side, looks like Kurt Warner will be out next week.

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yeah...we should beat the cardinals...the real question is how do we split the upcoming games against new england/dallas on the road

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[QUOTE=NYCSkin;364400]We're blaming the weather now? Wow, last time I checked we play outdoors and not in a dome? And if weather was our downfall now--what about December at the Meadowlands?[/QUOTE]

Not making an excuse, just making an observation. This is the first time we've played in that kind of environment, not like we had any practice. I sincerely hope that doesn't happen again.