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10-11 wins, especially with the likes of Green Bay and Detroit doing as well as they are this year, and the Cowboys and Giants. If the Skins had beaten Green Bay, that would have been huge.

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When analyzing the schedule during the final 8 weeks, it is important to remember the annual collapse of the Cowboys and Giants, and recognize Joe Gibbs record after Nov. 1st. While there are many Gibbs haters during his second stint, he has shown the ability to rally the troops during crunch time. The Redskins should improve down the stretch, due to Gibbs influence and the return of Thomas in December. Conversely, the Cowboys and Giants should slowly decline.

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anyone got the stats on NFC vs. AFC record for the year? I think the NFC is doing alot better than in years past...

we beat an afc team on the road, and I think in our playoff year, all of the afc teams we played wound up beating us...

Minnesota and Detroint both beat afc teams last weekend, and I think green bay has beaten 2...

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I think 9 will do it, if the 9 are against division opponents that matter--so we've got it in hand to get in with 9, I think, but we've got to step it up--the schedule looks tough to me, given our play of late, and with our injuries.

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Oh, and welcome to the board, BugelDisciple! Like the name.

And, am I mistaken, or do we have a Sportscurmudgeon sighting in this thread! Welcome back, SC!

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[QUOTE=canthetuna;375012]anyone got the stats on NFC vs. AFC record for the year? I think the NFC is doing alot better than in years past...

we beat an afc team on the road, and I think in our playoff year, all of the afc teams we played wound up beating us...

Minnesota and Detroint both beat afc teams last weekend, and I think green bay has beaten 2...[/QUOTE]

I believe it's an even 20-20 so far

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wow... thats interesting halfway through the season...

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if that trend keeps up we're going to have to win at least 11 games mathematically to get in...

we won't be as weak a conference as in the past... and I dont think 10 will do it unless it goes down to several tie breakers...

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[QUOTE=BugelDisciple;374998]When analyzing the schedule during the final 8 weeks, it is important to remember the annual collapse of the Cowboys and Giants, and recognize Joe Gibbs record after Nov. 1st. While there are many Gibbs haters during his second stint, he has shown the ability to rally the troops during crunch time. The Redskins should improve down the stretch, due to Gibbs influence and the return of Thomas in December. Conversely, the Cowboys and Giants should slowly decline.[/QUOTE]

There is a stat in another post about Gibbs 2.0 second half of the season record and its noting to brag about. The fact of the matter is that Gibbs 2.0 has not shown the ability to rally the troops much beyond a .500 record.

I look for the Skins to go 4-4 in the final 8 and end up with 9 wins. IMO that puts them in tie breaker hell so who knows what will happen.

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got to hope that det falls apart and tampa does too.

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I would think we HAVE to get at least 10 wins to make it in.

For the record I believe we will get to 10-6, and get in with a wildcard.

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i hope your right would love to make the playoffs again. Then all bets are off.

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There is no way we're going to make the playoffs this year. And even if we do, we're going to get knocked out in the first round. Look at our remainning schedule.

Philly - I predict a win here.
@ Dallas - Loss, they're just a better team then we are.
@ Tampa Bay - Could go either way.
Buffalo - This is going to be a tough game in win. Could go either way.
Chicago - Win
@ Giants - Loss, we always play like crap in NY.
@ Minnesota - Could go either way, let's hope Peterson doesn't go off.
Dallas - Loss, once again, they're just a better team than we are this year.

There's only 2 other games this year, Philly and Chicago, that we have a very good chance of winning. All the other games are going to be tough wins. And judging by the way we've played this season, unless they start going for the kill, we're going to lose a good amount of those games.

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I gotta be honest here, I see us going no better than 4-4 the rest of the way through unless we go through a dramatic transformation on offense. 9-7 and just miss the playoffs...

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Detroit has a tough schedule the rest of the way too:

10 Nov 11 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"]DET[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=ARZ"] ARI[/URL] 4:15 PM [URL="http://www.azcardinals.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 714 720 121 122
11 Nov 18 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=NYG"]NYG[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"] DET[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://detroitlions.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=7&top=1&level=2"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 717
123 125
12 Nov 22 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=GB"]GB[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"] DET[/URL] 12:30 PM [URL="http://detroitlions.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=7&top=1&level=2"]Tickets[/URL] FOX

125 123 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/tvradio/broadcasters/westwoodone"]Radio[/URL] 13 Dec 02 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"]DET[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"] MIN[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.vikings.com/tickets_suites.html"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 705
110 143
14 Dec 09 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DAL"]DAL[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"] DET[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://detroitlions.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=7&top=1&level=2"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 706
147 140
15 Dec 16 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"]DET[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=SD"] SD[/URL] 4:15 PM [URL="http://www.chargers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 715
147 125
16 Dec 23 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=KC"]KC[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"] DET[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://detroitlions.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=7&top=1&level=2"]Tickets[/URL] CBS 709
146 118
17 Dec 30 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"]DET[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=GB"] GB[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.packers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 706
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And we do hold the tiebreaker over them.

Tampa's not all that great, but they have a freaking cake walk the rest of the way. Worthless NFC South. Atlanta twice, San Francisco, and Carolina.

11 Nov 18 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"]TB[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=ATL"] ATL[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.atlantafalcons.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 704
121 140
12 Nov 25 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=WAS"]WAS[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"] TB[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.buccaneers.com/tickets/gametickets.aspx"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 707
121 146
13 Dec 02 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"]TB[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=NO"] NO[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.neworleanssaints.com/Tickets%20Suites.aspx"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 706
181 119
14 Dec 09 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"]TB[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=HOU"] HOU[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.houstontexans.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 707
155 153
15 Dec 16 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=ATL"]ATL[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"] TB[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.buccaneers.com/tickets/gametickets.aspx"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 712
147 140
16 Dec 23 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"]TB[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=SF"] SF[/URL] 8:15 PM [URL="http://www.sf49ers.com/tickets/single.php?section=TI%20Single"]Tickets[/URL] NBC
83 126 122 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/tvradio/broadcasters/westwoodone"]Radio[/URL] 17 Dec 30 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"]CAR[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"] TB[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.buccaneers.com/tickets/gametickets.aspx"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 707
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Minnesota has a fairly easy schedule too, but they can't throw, they can't stop the pass, and hopefully they have already ruined their chances by going 3-5 through the first half. Adrian Peterson can't run for 300 yards every week right?

0 Nov 11 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"]MIN[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=GB"] GB[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.packers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 709 719 181 130
11 Nov 18 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=OAK"]OAK[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"] MIN[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.vikings.com/tickets_suites.html"]Tickets[/URL] CBS 712
119 105
12 Nov 25 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"]MIN[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=NYG"] NYG[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.giants.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 705
118 107
13 Dec 02 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DET"]DET[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"] MIN[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.vikings.com/tickets_suites.html"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 705
110 143
14 Dec 09 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"]MIN[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=SF"] SF[/URL] 4:05 PM [URL="http://www.sf49ers.com/tickets/single.php?section=TI%20Single"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 713
140 125
15 Dec 17 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CHI"]CHI[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"] MIN[/URL] 8:30 PM [URL="http://www.vikings.com/tickets_suites.html"]Tickets[/URL] ESPN 206 73 123 126 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/tvradio/broadcasters/westwoodone"]Radio[/URL] 16 Dec 23 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=WAS"]WAS[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"] MIN[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.vikings.com/tickets_suites.html"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 706
158 155
17 Dec 30 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=MIN"]MIN[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DEN"] DEN[/URL] 4:15 PM [URL="http://www.denverbroncos.com/ticketOffice"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 716
123 147

Carolina has an up and down schedule. At GB, at JAX, Dallas, and New Orleans will be tough. I honestly have no idea how they are 4-4 at this point. Their offense is bad, their defense is bad, and Vinny Testeverde and David Carr are their QBs. They are 4-1 in conference, though, can't expect that to hold up.

10 Nov 11 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=ATL"]ATL[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"] CAR[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.panthers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 708
125 123
11 Nov 18 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"]CAR[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=GB"] GB[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.packers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 706
110 143
12 Nov 25 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=NO"]NO[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"] CAR[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.panthers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 704
130 123
13 Dec 02 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=SF"]SF[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"] CAR[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.panthers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 704
140 158
14 Dec 09 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"]CAR[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=JAX"] JAC[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.jaguars.com/Tickets/Default.asp"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 708
125 123
15 Dec 16 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=SEA"]SEA[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"] CAR[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.panthers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 709
123 118
16 Dec 22 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=DAL"]DAL[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"] CAR[/URL] 8:15 PM [URL="http://www.panthers.com/tickets/"]Tickets[/URL] NFL NETWORK 212
123 126 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/tvradio/broadcasters/westwoodone"]Radio[/URL] 17 Dec 30 [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=CAR"]CAR[/URL] @ [URL="http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB"] TB[/URL] 1:00 PM [URL="http://www.buccaneers.com/tickets/gametickets.aspx"]Tickets[/URL] FOX 707
147 118
Assuming New Orleans is back, Tampa and Detroit look like the toughest competition. Makes that Tampa game at Tampa in a few weeks huge.