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[Schneed10]

As for my thoughts on the team, despite our injury troubles, we still have some strategic advantages I think we COULD put to good use:

- If Santana Moss and Randle El both play this weekend, and in games in the future, I think we have the capability to hit on some big plays which we weren't doing earlier in the year. Moss in particular has seen a lot of near-miss passes this year. Seems JC has just missed him on a number of throws. I'm still waiting for Moss to explode, because he's too good to put up 600 receiving yards as he's on pace for now.

- I think our mental toughness and character can lead to a very physical style of football down the stretch. I want to see JC open up the offense, but at the same time, when we're running I want to see extremely physical football. The mean streak can be taken up a notch. I just recall '05 when we just beat people up in December. And I remember last year when the line jelled and Betts strung together 5 100 yard games in a row. Portis has already started to get going, I can see us performing well in the run game down the stretch.

However my concern lies with our D. I think it's on our corners now that ST is out for a bit. GW needs to let the corners play some more man defense. We're going to need Carter getting after the QB to cover for ST's absence. And if Carter is running upfield after the QB, we're going to need safeties coming up to support the run, because Carter's going to be out of position. And if the safeties are supporting the run defense, then it comes back to the corners to lock dudes down. At least that's how I see it, we'll see how GW plays it.