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Originally Posted by RiggoDrill

I read this board just about every day, but do not post much at all - yet for some reason I felt compelled to make one earlier in this thread. Several people love to take shots at Irish every time one of his posts appears. Irish tends to be quite critical of the Redskins, and he is entitled to be so - he is a fan and expects better from the team and the organization than he has been given over the years. Many of us here expect better.
I was not trying to defend him or his opinions in any way. I just thought it somewhat amusing that a weekly thread that is usually so full of hope and, in my opinion, unreasonable predictions of crushing victories for the Skins turned into a fact vs. fact argument about rankings, opponents records, etc.
Sherriff gave me the nod of being a Debbie Downer (very funny, btw!) but I do not see myself that way. I am a season ticket holder, and I tape every home game and watch it 2 or 3 times when I get home from the stadium. I love the Redskins, and have since I saw my first game at RFK in 1972. My home is filled with Redskin paraphenalia that I have collected over the last 35 years. My children wear Redskins pj's and have redskins teddy bears named Riggo and Joe. I wear my Ron McDole jersey every Sunday. When the season is over, I count the days until the opening of training camp. I drive to Ashburn every fall to watch practice. It goes on and on...
Its nice to be optimistic, but I like to temper my optimism with a little reality. Here is reality - the offense is struggling to put points on the board, and has been since the St. Loius game. The team is playing on the road against a ferocious defense that feeds on and grows stronger with every mistake made by the opposition. Reality (which some label pessimism) tells me that the Redskins will have a very difficult time on Sunday. I absolutely want the team to win, I hope they do, but I will not pop happy pills and proclaim a 35-0 Skins victory. Sorry guys.

Some people are optimists by nature, some are pessimists, and many fall somewhere in between. Everyone is entitled to their opinions.