A Little Optimism From Phil Simms

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As a Skins fan, who came of age rooting for the team during Gibbs Era I and who vividly remembers those awesome games between the Parcell's coached G-men and the Skins. It is really interesting to see such a quote from Simms. I am not going into the tank on this team yet, but I, and for reasons that I cannot fully justify I am optimistic about this team, more so than just a casaul fan.

I like the fact that we are underdogs, and all of the preseason publications are predicting doom and gloom. I also like the fact that TO is making a complete circus out of Iggles training camp, everyday on the AM 980 radio sports-talk station it is nonstop TO on the Mike-and-Mike ESPN morning show. Good news for us Skins fans if the Iggles have nothing but turmoil getting prepared for the season.

Having said all of that the one team that causes me concern is our most hated rival, the Cowboys. That team is a complete enigma, as far as I am concerned I cannot get a feel if they are going to be good or bad. I just know that if the Skins are going to have success this year they have to beat those guys. Which is why I think our second game of the season might be the most important game for this franchise in a long time.