Smoot Lays the Smack Down (Redskins vs. Raiders)

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by GridIron26

The Raiders who beat Steelers and Bengals? Let's face the fact, every week, every game is different..

Well, the Steelers are in free-fall, and the Bengals got caught in a trap game. Even the lowly, pathetic teams will sneak up and bite some good teams now and then.

I'm just saying that you can't do exactly what SmootSmack says, and fire the coach after one game, or sign him to an extension after one nice win against one of the bottom-dweller teams of the league. Look at the total body of work.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Well, the Steelers are in free-fall, and the Bengals got caught in a trap game. Even the lowly, pathetic teams will sneak up and bite some good teams now and then.

I'm just saying that you can't do exactly what SmootSmack says, and fire the coach after one game, or sign him to an extension after one nice win against one of the bottom-dweller teams of the league. Look at the total body of work.

The whole body of work suggests fringe playoff contender who simply lost too many games on the margin in September and October to be around in December.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

The whole body of work suggests fringe playoff contender who simply lost too many games on the margin in September and October to be around in December.

You believe we are a 'fringe playoff contender' ?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

You believe we are a 'fringe playoff contender' ?

Only if looking at the whole body of work. Through seven games, we were pretty bad, but a lot better than it seemed. What we've done since the bye has moved us past, in my opinion, what we accomplished all of last season. To me, this five game stretch we're in was every bit as impressive as last year's five game streak that put us on top of the NFC for most of October and November.

Of course, even if we had three more wins than we currently do, just by virtue of winning more of our close games, that 7-6 record would make us a fringe playoff contender. We'd still be last in our own division. To me, that's in line with how we have played this year.