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I believe I have made this observation in previous seasons, but it seems to me that the Skins more often than not get a tough schedule. Often, the bye comes either too early or we play the out-of-division teams we think will be tough on the road and the weaker teams at home. And now we begin this season with a new coach on the road against the team that won the Superbowl. That's a tall order. I cannot help but wonder why the schedules seem to come out this way.

Look at last year (below), as an example -- bye in week 4, home games against Miami, Detroit, and Buffalo, and away games at Green Bay, New England, and Tampa. Now I know at the start of each season, one never knows who will be tough and who won't be, but the teams I have identified above were not hard to predict (and I think we would have beaten the Bills had it not been the first game after ST's funeral).

Someone call Oliver Stone -- I sense a conspiracy.

1 Sep 09 MIA 13 @ WAS 16 FINAL
2 Sep 17 WAS 20 @ PHI 12 FINAL
3 Sep 23 NYG 24 @ WAS 17 FINAL
4 Bye
5 Oct 07 DET 3 @ WAS 34 FINAL
6 Oct 14 WAS 14 @ GB 17 FINAL
7 Oct 21 ARI 19 @ WAS 21 FINAL
8 Oct 28 WAS 7 @ NE 52 FINAL
9 Nov 04 WAS 23 @ NYJ 20 FINAL
10 Nov 11 PHI 33 @ WAS 25 FINAL
11 Nov 18 WAS 23 @ DAL 28 FINAL
12 Nov 25 WAS 13 @ TB 19 FINAL
13 Dec 02 BUF 17 @ WAS 16 FINAL
14 Dec 06 CHI 16 @ WAS 24 FINAL
15 Dec 16 WAS 22 @ NYG 10 FINAL
16 Dec 23 WAS 32 @ MIN 21 FINAL
17 Dec 30 DAL 6 @ WAS 27