Should We Be As Happy With This Win

[Paintrain]

In the standings, yes I am happy about the win.. From standpoints of coaching, playcalling on both sides of the ball, preparation, execution, intensity and overall confidence in your playmakers today's game left much to be desired..

[MTK]

Personally I never feel bad about a loss. How can you? The end result is the only thing that really matters.

[NYCSkin]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

In the standings, yes I am happy about the win.. From standpoints of coaching, playcalling on both sides of the ball, preparation, execution, intensity and overall confidence in your playmakers today's game left much to be desired..

LOL...great post.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by saden1

Incredible...you just can't please some folks.

I'm pleased. I just expected more out of this team.

[Green1]

We should be very happy because 5-3 is better than 4-4

[chrisl13]

the offense looked pretty good. portis had 196 yards. and if campbell only threw the ball 23 times so what? if it helps us win so be it. u see how we came back and fought hard didnt you?
the defense buckled down and only allowed a field goal in the second half. this was pretty good football.
it seems like we play better when we come back from behind..

[skinsfan_nn]

Beats the hell outta being unhappy with a LOSS!

Bottom line we came back in the second half and played much better football, against a team that had NOTHING to loss and forget there record, they played a heck of a game.

At the end of the day it goes down in the WIN category for the HOME TEAM! 5-3 beats the heck outta 4-4......! Get ready for next week, philly your next!

[Schneed10]

Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy we won. But the Redskins still haven't done anything to convince me they're anything better than a middle-of-the-road NFL team.

Luckily, middle of the road in the NFL might be enough to make the playoffs in the NFC.

I'm just hoping for another magical December from a Joe Gibbs team. This year, we've won enough games so that a strong Gibbs December will put us in the playoffs. For some reason, Gibbs always gets the team to wake up come December.

I'm keeping it real for right now, but keeping the faith for December.

[4mrusmc]

The O-line did a great job today. JC needs to work on his accuracy with is receivers. the defense looked a little suspect today.
I think we will see our offensive playbook open up against the eagles, such as some trickery. This is a must win to keep up with the playoff hunt. I sensed a little heart today from this team, and it came from one of it's main play-makers. This is a good sign going into the seond half of the season. I hope........

[Campbell17]

I was hoping to find one of these threads, because I was thinking of this. In 2 of our loses, not NE, we could and should have won but the opponent got lucky, now we are starting to experience some of that with our last two wins. Now, however, we're back to even, and we have to start winning for real again.

[dcweldon]

One thing we shouldn't forget about this win, injuries on defense, as well as the injuries we have had all season on offense.

Plus, the QB change in Kellen Clemens, it is difficult to prepare for a guy who doesn't have much film on him.

Even though the Jets run defense is poor, 196 yards on anyone, is a good thing, plus CP had 30 carries, which is good, since we all thought his hand injury could be the downfall for his season.

A lot of positives out of this close game, and looking at the Eagles right now as the game is in the 4th Q, we should be able to keep up with them like we did in week 2.

[MTRedskinsFan]

HELL YEAH WE SHOULD BE HAPPY! Guess what? Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaaaaaaack? Portis looked like his old self again, best damn news for our offense all season long. I honestly didn't expect a big day from Portis (or Betts) till RT gets back, which should be in just about 30 days so that's awesome.

The other reason to be happy is that Campbell looked ok. After the bitch-slapping NE gave him I was scared Campbell could really lose confidence, but other than the pick he looked ok. If he could just get a little more accurate we have the ability to open games way up (think about the bomb to Moss today that was about 2 feet out of reach).

And finally, had teams not given up the run back on kickoff this would not have been a very close game.

[htownskinfan]

I posted this in another thread but I'm going to post it here too,
we were lucky to escape with the win,kudo's to the off line and suisham,looks like he got his hook fixed,a lot of people didnt think he would be able to make a game winning kick,especially from that distance,i had my doubts also going into the game but after the way he was kicking prior to o.t. I had confidence in him for the last kick.
Still very unimpressed with offense and playcalling,my main problem with it being so unimaginative,remember all the presnap motion Gibbs used to do? but my main problem isnt about that,its what we do when we run the play.We rarley use the shotgun,when we do pass its usually straight 7 yrd drop back passes with no play action pass,theres no deception on off to try and confuse the def.I noticed last week against N.E.,and this week against the jets,who looked like they might have used some of N.E.'s plays,their off's used misdirection,fake handoffs and fake reverses,a lot of different looks that confused our def and kept us off balance,I see none of that in our off except for once or twice a game.One of our best plays today was Jason dropping back to pass and faking the throw and then the delayed handoff to portis for a good gain,that was a great call but theres not enough of that kind of playcalling.Today we were able to win because the off line came together and opened some holes,if they wouldnt have the outcry on hear would be so bad you wouldnt be able to stand it. I wouldnt be as concerned with the playcalling as far as run pass ratio if i saw some imagination with the plays instead of straight handoffs and straight dropback passing

[VTSkins897]

great win today. i thought it was done after that long pass by the jets in OT. i would like to see JC hit some of his big throws. they tout him for throwing a great deep ball but i just haven't seen it yet.

still, ill take the W and am planning to take the rest of the season one game at a time.

[JWsleep]

Of COURSE we should be happy--we we're down 17 to 3, to the JETS!!!

Pluses: The run game--we're going to need it, though it won't be this easy down the road. Shuish--very clutch. Landry (but for the one bone-head play, though he was flying there, even). Onside kick. Portis--he matters for this team, whatever the detractors say. And Betts looked good as well.

Minuses: Specials TD on the first friggin play of the game. Weak passing attack, though every now and they you saw flashes. D gave up lots of yards, and lots of 3rd downs. Some weak penalties.

Remember, we got creamed last week--that can linger. Plus, this was a trap game in lots of ways--after the Pats, before the Eagles, and with the Jets really being better than their record shows. I watched them lose to the Ravens, and thought they looked pretty much like we saw today.

Bottom line: had to have it, and we got it. Now things get tougher.