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They had no problems with Carmichael calling the plays last year when Payton was hurt. I don't see why they would this year.

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People always talking about New Orleans offense, they forget their defense ESPECIALLY their secondary is garbage. We should be able to put up some points against them.

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[quote=Chico23231;937529]People always talking about New Orleans offense, they forget their defense ESPECIALLY their secondary is garbage. We should be able to put up some points against them.[/quote]

Sure but can we put up enough?

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[quote=Mattyk;937530]Sure but can we put up enough?[/quote]

i think we have the talent too. Run run run run the ball, thats gonna be key. A shoot out, we will lose.

[QUOTE=Chico23231;937535]i think we have the talent too. Run run run run the ball, thats gonna be key. A shoot out, we will lose.[/QUOTE]

I would love to see a shootout game. I know we might lose it but feel like the message to the division would be big. and we MIGHT win

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;937540]I would love to see a shootout game. I know we might lose it but feel like the message to the division would be big. and we MIGHT win[/quote]

thats a good point. Man i would be blown away if scored say 35+ points. But those expectations would increase as well. Id rather take a 24-21 win, defense looking good, and RG3 made enough plays to beat a playoff team.

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[quote=Mattyk;937428]Who are the RG3 naysayers?[/quote]

I'm guessing it's a horse and it's neighsayer, but the heavy Cajun accent just makes it sound that way.

That prediction on NFLNetwork was far too 'Saints positive'. Brees is going to wonder when all those Redskins defenders are coming from, until his replacement comes in.

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[quote=44Deezel;937429]This one has the feel of the drubbing we took from the Patriots in the Gibbs 2.0 era, [B]BUT the line has dropped to 7, even with Merriwether missing the game. Vegas knows something. I[/B] know there are no moral victories, but if the Skins cover the spread, I'd feel pretty good about their chances the rest of the way.[/quote]

money has obviously come in on the Skins and that's why it's so low. it opened at 10.

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[quote=Chico23231;937535]i think we have the talent too. Run run run run the ball, thats gonna be key. A shoot out, we will lose.[/quote]

That is a great strategy. Pound the ball, eat the clock up. Reduce the amount of time Brees is on the field and can make big plays.

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[quote=SkinzWin;937544]That is a great strategy. Pound the ball, eat the clock up. Reduce the amount of time Brees is on the field and can make big plays.[/quote]

Yeah reduce the amount of time Brees is on the field or our secondary, either way you want to look at it.

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If I were haslett I would offer my players money to take Bree's out of the game, like a game within the game...........

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I'm really just hoping for a trap game. Maybe we can catch the Saints off gaurd and overconfident.

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Looking at how our starters looked in preseason against the pass it doesnt look good.Jay Cutler went thru us like a hot knife thru butter,Andrew Luck pretty much did the same.If we somehow can control the clock with a good running game and keep the ball out of Bree's hands we'll have a shot.If they get a 10 point lead where they can tee off on RG3 were toast.Remeber this is RG3's first game,he looked good in preseason but im sure he was facing vanilla defenses also.
If we dont turn the ball over and can get some pressure on Bree's maybe we have a shot.Time of possesion dont mean shit against NO,so even if we controll the clock with a good running game it will help,but in the end might not matter

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[QUOTE=natesurfn;937550]I'm really just hoping for a trap game. Maybe we can catch the Saints off gaurd and overconfident.[/QUOTE]


^ i feel like thats an unlikely scenario, given they more than likely feel the need to step up and prove something... I'm hoping more for an over-zealous saints team to focused on being great without Peyton at the helm ... making mistakes playing like a younger more in experienced team then they are trying to over compensate for lack of their coach and pride getting in their way of focus and performance... Or, we'll just go out and play prolifically and it will be a huge momentum builder and win for us.

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I'm expecting a huge game from Alfred Morris against that no good Saints run defense. It should open up the play action pass and RG3 to go long to Garcon, Morgan, or Hankerson deep.

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We don't even know who is starting at RB yet.

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[quote=Chico23231;937545]Yeah reduce the amount of time Brees is on the field or our secondary, either way you want to look at it.[/quote]

Yeah valid way to look at it for either. Plus Haslett used to coach on the Saints, don't you think that's some extra motivation to win right there? Dial up some heat?! Pile it on. Rough 'em up! But don't say that. For money. Or gift certificates to Bath & Body Works.

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Wasn't sure where to put this but thought it was an interesting piece of stat-age. From Adam Schefter's [URL="http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/10spot-12week1/time-now-rookie-qbs-adam-schefter-10-spot"]10 Spot[/URL] on ESPN.COM.

"The Eagles' opponents combined for 625 sacks last season, which is the fifth-most by any group of combined opponents for a team in 2012, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. It looks as though Griffin, Weeden, Roethlisberger and Flacco also will be on the run quite a bit more than other quarterbacks. [B]The Redskins' opponents this season combined for 649 sacks last season[/B], Browns opponents had 636, Steelers opponents registered 635 and Ravens opponents rang up 630."

So according to this stat, the teams we are playing this year have the #1 combined total number of sacks from last year in the NFL. Don't like hearing Griffin having to play against those odds.

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[quote=Mattyk;937563]We don't even know who is starting at RB yet.[/quote]

Neither do the RBs!

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[quote=Monkeydad;937576]Neither do the RBs![/quote]

LOL! So true!

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Im actually assuming we will see a decent amount of action from all 3.... till one gets on a hot streak.... right shanny? ? :)

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[quote=Mattyk;937563]We don't even know who is starting at RB yet.[/quote]

I predict either Royster, Morris, or Helu will be starting at RB ;)

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[quote=Mattyk;937563]We don't even know who is starting at RB yet.[/quote]

Believe it or not I think Morris will start because he's been proving that he can handle the physical workload. If he doesn't start I think he plays a majority of the plays at the rb position. And I've liked him since reading his draft scouting reports and seeing some of his clips from college. His style complements RGIII and seems to get at least a couple of extra yards each carry. 2 extra yards are significant on 3rd downs.

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If the Rams beat the Saints last year, we CAN do it too. I'm just not sure we can do it losing our two starters in the secondary and against the best passer in history.. They're going to be amped to prove themselves after the scandals, and D-line doesn't matter with Brees quick delivery. So unfair that at the same time their suspended players just got activated..

[U]Here's what we need to do to win the game:[/U]

1) [B]KILL the head, and the body will die!! We want Brees to be running sideways!! [/B] (ie. create pressure up front)

2) Run the ball & get turnovers (that's how ppl beat them last year)
3) Score. Lots.

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Tomorrow...tomorrow...tomorrow is not far awaaayyyy.....:)

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I certainly want a 'W' tomorrow, but at least, I want a good solid game played by the 'skins. I want to see the defense put a lot of pressure on Drew Brees, and I want to see a good performance by the offense. Would like to see them score 21 points at least, and not have half of those points scored in garbage time.

I think it will be a good game.

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We've got a chance boys, I've got a $50,000 bounty on Brees

More seriously I think we have a chance to win this. While we haven't been a winning team under his tenure, shanny has shown a habit of winning big games
That we shouldn't eg packers, bears, cowboys in 2010, or last
Year both giants games. He can make a good game plan.

I think we lose ultimately but I'm not counting us out

Saints 31
Skins 27

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The skins matchup well against the Saints, skins have lots of talent on offense and defense, the secondary although still weak (is better than last year). RGIII can't be worse than Grossman who managed to produce 30 pts. against them in their last meeting with a much weaker team all around.

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Tough away game. The crowd and team are going to go nuts. Brees isn't the best passer this season, let alone best ever, but he's at home in a dome.

Would love an upset. But as long as our O and D look decent and rg3 doesn't get hurt, I'd be kinda OK with a respectable loss.

[QUOTE=SFREDSKIN;937710]The skins matchup well against the Saints, skins have lots of talent on offense and defense, the secondary although still weak (is better than last year). RGIII can't be worse than Grossman who managed to produce 30 pts. against them in their last meeting with a much weaker team all around.[/QUOTE]

No doubt, saints are a team on the decline, brees is great but their defense sucks and who knows what the coaching sit will do to them.

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Has the stadium and surrounding area even fully recovered from the hurricane?
We should move this game to a nuetral site.
:-~

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When we beat them,[B] IMO [/B]we will not credit for it from most of the media.

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[quote=NYCskinfan82;937729]When we beat them,[B] IMO [/B]we will not credit for it from most of the media.[/quote]

If the Saints do lose, most likely the postgame stories from national media will focus on why the Saints lost rather than why the Redskins won. It's been a trend whenever we beat a strong team like that in the past. Case in point, when the Redskins beat the Giants in the first game last year, I didn't hear anybody talking about how Rex Grossman played, or what the defense did, it was all about which Giants played poorly and who to blame for the loss.

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[quote=mooby;937733]If the Saints do lose, most likely the postgame stories from national media will focus on why the Saints lost rather than why the Redskins won. It's been a trend whenever we beat a strong team like that in the past. Case in point, when the Redskins beat the Giants in the first game last year, I didn't hear anybody talking about how Rex Grossman played, or what the defense did, it was all about which Giants played poorly and who to blame for the loss.[/quote]Until we finish a season with a winning record, that's always going to be the case when playing a .500+ team.

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I'd love to see us go out and kick the dog shit out of them. 45-7 or something redicilous. Honestly Id love nothing more than gross an starting the 4th quarter bc of such an add whipping and then have media be all over our nuts. Thats my best case scenario

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Im happy with any type of W

[QUOTE=Meks;937741]Im happy with any type of W[/QUOTE]

Amen

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I think the only way we can win this if we have our running game going full speed which will ultimately keep Brees and that high powered offense on the sideline. Going toe to toe in scoring points isn't going to work in our favor, and asking a rookie QB to go out there and match a hall of famer's performance on his first game would be asking a bit too much. If our defense can get some quality stops and we keep the chains moving, we can definitely win this. ("If" being key word here)



Saints- 27
Skins - 17

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[quote=Meks;937741]Im happy with any type of W[/quote]

Big, little, clean, sloppy, a win is a win is a win. In the wise words of Herm Edwards, "YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!!!"

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