The Kiss of Death - PK Picks Skins

[scowan]

Its the trendy pick of the week to like the Skins Saturday. Like picking the Jags over the Steelers. Who is playing better right now the Seahawks or the Skins? It will be tough in the Seattle environment, but we are going to find out Saturday if the Seahawks have really been getting wins over a bunch of Losers or if they are the real deal. I think the Skins are the real deal with Collins back there. Turnovers will be key. I think both teams can and will have some success moving the ball down the field regardless of the rainy weather that is predicted. The team that wins the turnover battle will win.

You really can't go on records right now. The Seahawks have 10 wins, but if they played in the NFC East they might only have 8 or 9, so they may be more like the Skins than we all realize.

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by scowan

Its the trendy pick of the week to like the Skins Saturday. Like picking the Jags over the Steelers. Who is playing better right now the Seahawks or the Skins? It will be tough in the Seattle environment, but we are going to find out Saturday if the Seahawks have really been getting wins over a bunch of Losers or if they are the real deal. I think the Skins are the real deal with Collins back there. Turnovers will be key. I think both teams can and will have some success moving the ball down the field regardless of the rainy weather that is predicted. The team that wins the turnover battle will win.

You really can't go on records right now. The Seahawks have 10 wins, but if they played in the NFC East they might only have 8 or 9, so they may be more like the Skins than we all realize.

The Redskins had the 2nd hardest schedule in the league - opponents won .555. The Seahawks had the easiest schedule in the league, by far - opponents won .414 (to put it in perspective, the second easiest schedule was .430, or four more wins). The Redskins played seven games against playoff teams this year. The Seahawks played two games against playoff teams this year.

It's clear that the Seahawks were the beneficiaries of a good schedule. We will find out if they are a good team.

[Monksdown]

Good point on strength of schedule. With that disparity, they've had one more win than us. Big deal.

They'll be sipping Starbucks next week, as we prep for Dallas.

[rypper11]

Originally Posted by BrudLee

The Redskins had the 2nd hardest schedule in the league - opponents won .555. The Seahawks had the easiest schedule in the league, by far - opponents won .414 (to put it in perspective, the second easiest schedule was .430, or four more wins). The Redskins played seven games against playoff teams this year. The Seahawks played two games against playoff teams this year.

It's clear that the Seahawks were the beneficiaries of a good schedule. We will find out if they are a good team.

The flip side is that they haven't played a truly meaningful game in a while. Gotta think that they should've beat Carolina and ATL if they thought it mattered.