Any1 want to act like we dont suck?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Not to sound unsupportive of the team, but I usually don't make much of an effort to watch preseason games for this very reason. I don't like watchin' my team lose, let alone a butt kickin'...to get worked up over it. I realize that the preseason games are made to workon fundamentals and to establish depth. I'd rather the team make their worst mistakes in preseason so that they play smart in week one.

I totally agree. I'm not going to even bother watching the re-air tomorrow. #1 because there's not much to watch obviously, and #2 it's a preseason game. Not worth getting all crazy over that's for sure. Call me in two weeks and I'll be interested.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

It's still just the preseason. Let's revisit this thread in a month or so and see where we stand then.

I'll bet you're correct because all it takes is one win and we can all foxhole together again. I read over 300 post on the game thread early this morning and only three were more than two lines, and one of them had nothing to do with football. I'm going to try and remain positive because in reality I have no other choice. Right now there's not a great deal to say that is not negative but that will change.

[MightyJoeGibbs]

You'll find that I crack under pressure and jump off cliffs everytime.

[JWsleep]

Glad I didn't watch this one... gonna pretend it never happened.

[Luxorreb]

Not to worry...
There is a new fiesta in the making...

Spurrier looked awesome in preseason, Springsteen is a real person. Most musicians these days aren't.

In Gibbs ultimately we trust.
If we can't show against Minnesota I'll start to worry.
I will say that Duckett on Madden runs over people. My online league gave him a 4pt BTK bump; 98 BTK, SICK!!!

GO REDSKINS!!!
Don't give up yet!

[pg86]

Originally Posted by Luxorreb

Not to worry...
There is a new fiesta in the making...

Spurrier looked awesome in preseason, Springsteen is a real person. Most musicians these days aren't.

In Gibbs ultimately we trust.
If we can't show against Minnesota I'll start to worry.
I will say that Duckett on Madden runs over people. My online league gave him a 4pt BTK bump; 98 BTK, SICK!!!

GO REDSKINS!!!
Don't give up yet!

Thats true...what team that had a great preseason do u know that did well in the season?? Didnt the browns do well in preseaon and have like a 2-14 season once!

[sandtrapjack]

Originally Posted by pg86

Thats true...what team that had a great preseason do u know that did well in the season?? Didnt the browns do well in preseaon and have like a 2-14 season once!

I know you probably don't want to hear this, but in the 3 Super Bowl years the Cowboys had in the 90's, they lost all of the preseason games 2 of the 3 years.

[pg86]

Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

I know you probably don't want to hear this, but in the 3 Super Bowl years the Cowboys had in the 90's, they lost all of the preseason games 2 of the 3 years.

No thats good to know ....and dont worry I know ur not like the raiders and broncs fans out here that wanna fight each other..We skins and cowboys fans have class am I right?

[GTripp0012]

Why the heck would I be worried? It's STILL the preseason. Still. Will be next week too.

[dmek25]

the one thing that does have me alittle worried is the way our offensive line was manhandled. i thought duckett was the lone bright spot

[SantanaMan]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhh, panic, PANIC, P A N I C!!!!!!!!!

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The above is the general concensus around here, all the "fire Saunders" stuff, get a grip guys!

Did last nights loss knock us out of contention to make the playoffs? NO Would winning it put us in contention to make the playoffs? NO
What? You mean those games don't count?

Preseason MEANS NOTHING, if we won 77-0 it still would have meant NOTHING! The first time anything counts is against the Vikes.
All these people calling for Saunders head ... will be the first ones calling him a genius when we light it up in the reg season.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SantanaMan

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhh, panic, PANIC, P A N I C!!!!!!!!!

P
A
N
I
C

The above is the general concensus around here, all the "fire Saunders" stuff, get a grip guys!

Did last nights loss knock us out of contention to make the playoffs? NO Would winning it put us in contention to make the playoffs? NO
What? You mean those games don't count?

Preseason MEANS NOTHING, if we won 77-0 it still would have meant NOTHING! The first time anything counts is against the Vikes.
All these people calling for Saunders head ... will be the first ones calling him a genius when we light it up in the reg season.

For those of you that are struggling to understand this concept must first understand that the entire complexity of the game changes come week one. Expierence is so important in the NFL, yet in the preseason, it will not have ANY effect on the outcome. This is because of the way the game is played. Vanilla, structured. A team of 40 very talented rookies would likely go 4-0 in the preseason, and something like 5-11 in the regular season. It's just the nature of the game.

I firmly believe there is NOTHING that can be learned from a preseason football game from a fans perspective. Not to say that it's not important to the players. It is. But the game they are playing in August isn't the same they will be playing come September. "Team Chemisty" is a factor, but a highly overrated one. If the coaching staff can best utilize their talent, thats chemistry enough. Obviously, Saunders has great confidence in his system if he's not even going to practice it in the preseason.

We will easily learn more about this team on September 11 than we have in the month in a half that preceeded it combined. Even so, it will be about midseason before we can accurately judge this team to see if they have met expectations.

If 8 games into the year, Brunell is hurting this team, come back to me and I'll jump on the Jason Campbell bandwagon.

[jbcjr14]

"Good thing is that we are in this together" - Coach Gibbs

[superskins]

campbell was pretty good i thought

[4mrusmc]

Our offense looked absolutely lost and our much feared deffense looked like a high school team trying to play against a professional team. Truly pathetic!