Washington will be familiar with Cowboys going into opener

[huntz]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

This year's Cowboys are not the 1992 Cowboys. Vegas has us as a 4point underdog. I think that is fair since we haven't played a down yet, but I expect Shanahan to shock Wade's team in the first game. I'll go ahead and put an early prediction of 28-17 Skins win...(subject to change as preseason goes along)

4 TD's first game. I LIKE IT!

[mooby]

Originally Posted by huntz

4 TD's first game. I LIKE IT!

I just saw this and my first thought was, "Have the recent years been so bad that a game in which we score 4 touchdowns is considered that great? "

I'll answer my rhetorical question. Yes. It's crazy to think of a 4 touchdown game on our end as wildly successful beyond our dreams, but after our offensive output last season that's pretty much what it would feel like.

I guess I'm just not that confident, especially considering we play horrible on national television.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by mooby

I just saw this and my first thought was, "Have the recent years been so bad that a game in which we score 4 touchdowns is considered that great? "

I'll answer my rhetorical question. Yes. It's crazy to think of a 4 touchdown game on our end as wildly successful beyond our dreams, but after our offensive output last season that's pretty much what it would feel like.

I guess I'm just not that confident, especially considering we play horrible on national television.

Only one team scored more than 28 vs the Cowboys last year, the Giants did it twice. Aside from those games the highest scored against them was 21.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

Only one team scored more than 28 vs the Cowboys last year, the Giants did it twice. Aside from those games the highest scored against them was 21.

This is an excellent point. More importantly, Dallas' defensive talent is all peaking right about now, so honestly I have to say those two games are impossible to call at this point. Considering the struggles I fully expect OUR defense to have, especially early in the season, I suspect Shanny and Co will have to score more than 28 pts to beat Dallas.

Looking at the big picture I won't be surprised if we score over 30 pts in most of our games this year and still lose about half of them.