FOX Sports - Guaranteed to happen this season... sort of

[Gmanc711]

Well THATS why they play the game....

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by gortiz

Wide receiver Santana Moss isn't as good as Laveranues Coles, whom the Redskins traded to get Moss. And while you certainly can sell me on the fact that wide receiver Rod Gardner needed a change of venue, you can't convince me David Patten is a go-to option as his replacement.

Same old bullsh**t journalism being re-hashed over and over. I think these guys all read the Street & Smith and edit the articles a little and print their names at the top. And whether or not Coles is better than Moss remains to be seen. We can talk about last year all day long but the proof will be in the pudden on Sept. 11 baby!!

[Sociofan]

I just smile and remember the 1981 season. Gibbs had just finished his first year. After an 0-5 beginning, he went 8-3. Still the pundits said things like, "Young coach", "Players are too old", "Running back still looks unmotivated"...blah blah blah. 1982=1st Super Bowl victory.

Most of these clowns write this stuff without ever having visited a Redskin camp or watched a game. They pre-suppose that pre-season equates to regular season (God help that 1991 Redskins team that went 0-4 in pre-season). These writers have to write a column or a full article to satisfy their editors. Ask this writer to name the starting O-Line left to right and he would stare dumbly at you. 90 percent of sports writing is literary welfare.

I've watched nearly every Redskin team and game for 35 years, and I can say with assurance that THIS team is a good team. And it is well-coached. So, pack up the articles, send them to Redskin Park and let the guys post them on their lockers. I want to see Dockery spitting out pieces of silver, blue and green helmets this season.


By the way the Skins won 3 out of their last 5. The two they lost were by 3 points each, and the only loss last season that qualifies as a blowout was a 28-6 loss in Philly. Nearly every other loss was a touchdown or less. They were not far off last year.

[Redskins_P]

This guy is a retard. Chaos in Redskins Park?

[saden1]

My prediction:
There is a monkey out there that's smarter than Adam Schein and FoxSports will hire the said monkey by the 3rd week to replace him.

[celts32]

Who cares what Adam Schein says...they play the games on the field. Piling on the Redskins makes it easier for these guys to get to press on time. It's a no brainer article that they all pass around. It should just roll off all our backs...

[MonkManiac]

You know what? With all the hating coming from virtually every major news outlet about the Redskins, I'm starting to embrace an underdog mentality. Screw 'em.

Many of us have already said this, but I feel like not a single member of the media (outside of the Washington DC area, where the press has been upbeat as of late) paid any attention to our performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the third preseason game - the game everyone agrees to be the most important barometer for a team going into the season - the Redskins defense, "banged up" and "distracted" as it supposedly is, held the Steelers (who many of these so-called experts are picking to win their division and possibly the Super Bowl) without an offensive touchdown. Not only that, but Patrick Ramsey played well with the exception of one play, the line opened up huge holes throughout the first half, and Clinton Portis flourished. It wasn't a dominating performance, to be sure, but given the competition, this should be a legitimate cause for some positive coverage. What irks me most is that this latest batch of expert predictions have been published well after our 17-10 performance! Agreed, we were bad last year, and have been bad for the last few years. But it seems as though these sports writers outside of the Washington area are simply not looking at the most recently available information. Statements like "The Redskins will be a last place team" or "The Redskins will go 4-12" come off as uninformed, especially in light of the Giants' latest poor performance in their third preseason game. We all know (thanks Ol' Ball Coach) that we shouldn't put too much stock in the preseason, but these latest reports seem to be putting absolutely no stock in it.

So, I say we embrace the underdog mentality here. Though we may not be sure how good we really are yet, we all know that we're better than these experts are giving us credit for. The season opener is just over a week away - let's let the win/loss column speak for itself.

[Hog1]

I have had a gut FULL of reading this BS. However, the good part is Joe and the team are reading it too!! It will be a powerful motivator!