Are we a playoff team?

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

Not really, because HOW we played matters. How we played is indicative of how we're likely to play in the future.

More days like that one on offense spells a lot of losses. That's just how it is, pal.

Don't get me wrong, the fact that we won is great. It may even have saved us from a viscious downward spiral. But if you want the next 5 weeks (4 games on the road) to be more Ws than Ls, you have to play much better than we just did. Joe Gibbs will tell you the EXACT same thing.

What people need a dose of here is expectations management. The reality is that for teams that aren't yet at elite caliber (and I'm talking of two teams -- Indy and New England), squeakers and ugly wins are just a fact of life. It's called inconsistency and it is hard to shake, I'll give you that.

We can go .500 over the next 4-5 games and make the playoffs. Period. And, other than Indy or New England, I really do think that this team could beat anybody else in the league if the team that throttled Detroit shows up to play rather than the one that squeaked by Arizona.

But, that's life with an improving, mid-level team. Some of you act like we were headed for the Super Bowl all along and have somehow botched it. I think you must be confusing this team with San Diego, New Orleans, Detroit, Carolina or any of the other sexy contender picks who are flailing miserably right now.

We are OUTPERFORMING where 90% of the so-called analysts said we'd be. Don't confuse homer love for superior understanding of the NFL, we were never going to be an elite team this year.