Redskins-Packers, Best and Worst

[GTripp0012]

The Giants and the Eagles both look good. Eagles look like the best team, but we usually match up with them a lot better than we do the Giants. We may have to beat the Eagles twice to finish ahead of them. The Giants, we can probably get away with a split because of our softer non-conference schedule.

Then again, we lost to the Rams who might be better than the Seahawks, and the Bucs are almost certainly a better opponent than the Panthers. So perhaps the Giants have the easiest schedule in the division, considering that Tampa Bay looks like a .500 or better team.

[CRedskinsRule]

Week 5: Redskins Defeat Packers In Overtime: 16-13

good pictures

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Week 5: Redskins Defeat Packers In Overtime: 16-13

good pictures

no s those are really good number 14 is my favorite i wish i could copy it but it won't let me. it looks like the ref is trying to console rodgers while at the same time he isn't sure if orakpo is gonna kick his ass and then rip arron rodgers is half. orakpo is a beast.

[SirClintonPortis]

Aikman loves Norv.

Actually, I found it rather enlightening that all of them came out with a record that showed mediocrity or suckitude, and yet we as fans still approach games against the Lions and Rams with an elitist attitude. We have an ok team, but it's not going to be a world beater by any stretch.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Aikman loves Norv.

Actually, I found it rather enlightening that all of them came out with a record that showed mediocrity or suckitude, and yet we as fans still approach games against the Lions and Rams with an elitist attitude. We have an ok team, but it's not going to be a world beater by any stretch.

Fair enough. But we don't have to be world beaters the way most teams are playing this year. If we can make to the bye week one or two games above .500, I definitely see us making the playoffs. After that, it's a whole new ball game.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Fair enough. But we don't have to be world beaters the way most teams are playing this year. If we can make to the bye week one or two games above .500, I definitely see us making the playoffs. After that, it's a whole new ball game.

Making the playoffs is not a great accomplishment. There are still chump teams in the wild card and divisional rounds who get pounded into oblivion.

We are not a Super Bowl team. There is no reason to be hyper-optimistic about a non-Super Bowl team. We were a Mason Crosby kick from whining and crying today. These gifts are not always going to come, especially as the season drags on.

I'm just happy that this coaching staff is not "deer-in-headlights" and is willing to adjust from week to week so that they have a chance to win. It means that there's hope that we'll be going to the big dance in the near future, provided that we get some good drafts and other acquisitions in. But the team is in a transition and still has kinks to work out, and it's blatantly apparent.

[JWsleep]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Making the playoffs is not a great accomplishment. There are still chump teams in the wild card and divisional rounds who get pounded into oblivion.

We are not a Super Bowl team. There is no reason to be hyper-optimistic about a non-Super Bowl team. We were a Mason Crosby kick from whining and crying today. These gifts are not always going to come, especially as the season drags on.

I'm just happy that this coaching staff is not "deer-in-headlights" and is willing to adjust from week to week so that they have a chance to win. It means that there's hope that we'll be going to the big dance in the near future, provided that we get some good drafts and other acquisitions in. But the team is in a transition and still has kinks to work out, and it's blatantly apparent.

Great post. Well put, sir!

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Making the playoffs is not a great accomplishment. There are still chump teams in the wild card and divisional rounds who get pounded into oblivion.

We are not a Super Bowl team. There is no reason to be hyper-optimistic about a non-Super Bowl team. We were a Mason Crosby kick from whining and crying today. These gifts are not always going to come, especially as the season drags on.

I'm just happy that this coaching staff is not "deer-in-headlights" and is willing to adjust from week to week so that they have a chance to win. It means that there's hope that we'll be going to the big dance in the near future, provided that we get some good drafts and other acquisitions in. But the team is in a transition and still has kinks to work out, and it's blatantly apparent.

I beg to differ. Particularly about losing if Mason Crosby hits the field goal, because the what if game goes both ways. If Santana grabs that catch in the end zone and another on 3rd & 8, we're not even discussing the Crosby field goal. Last year and the year before, those balls weren't bouncing our way, this year they are.

Another thing, the Packers converted only 2 of 13 3rd conversions. Two. That's not luck, and it's no small feat considering we were playing the Packers, a team no one gave us a fighting chance to win against; Yards surrendered be damned, that's great defense in my book. By your Super Bowl logic, well, how many teams are really playing Super Bowl football right now, whatever that is? And don't you have to reach the Super Bowl, or at least the playoffs, before you acually know it's Super Bowl football?

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

I beg to differ. Particularly about losing if Mason Crosby hits the field goal, because the what if game goes both ways. If Santana grabs that catch in the end zone and another on 3rd & 8, we're not even discussing the Crosby field goal. Last year and the year before, those balls weren't bouncing our way, this year they are.

Another thing, the Packers converted only 2 of 13 3rd conversions. Two. That's not luck, and it's no small feat considering we were playing the Packers, a team no one gave us a fighting chance to win against; Yards surrendered be damned, that's great defense in my book. By your Super Bowl logic, well, how many teams are really playing Super Bowl football right now, whatever that is? And don't you have to reach the Super Bowl, or at least the playoffs, before you acually know it's Super Bowl football?

Rabach and hicks are a Pro Bowl material. Golston is immovable. We've got two shutdown corners. Haynesworth is an EXCELLENT NT. Got ya. We're elite.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Those are great pics.

[MTK]

Coming off a 4-12 disaster, making the playoffs would be a pretty nice start to the Shanahan era.

Besides, the NFC is wide open this year and our best ball is yet to be played. You never know.

[SouperMeister]

Worst - The officials ignoring obvious pass interference and holding by Green Bay's defense for the first 55 minutes, especially picking up the flag when Cooley was interfered with, killing a drive. "Honorable" mention - Carlos Rogers with yet another dropped INT in crunch time.

Best - The defense keeping the Skins within striking distance, then the offense making plays in the 4th quarter to complete the comeback. LaRon Landry playing at a Pro Bowl level - name another safety who has played as well this year? Polamalu's great, but does he strike fear of getting trucked the way Landry has all season?

[aceinthehouse]

We're winning because...
1)Playing smart (not committing stupid penalties like personal fouls,late hits out of bounds and stuff at critical moments of the game) which leads me to #2
2)Good coaching
3)We are playing inspired football,hitting people very hard and making big stops at critical moments of the game
4)Kicking game is much better....Yes,Gano has his misses,but he's hitting the key kicks with the exception of the Houston game,which he did MAKE...just missed it 2nd time around and it was 52 yards to boot...no gimme (I love Graham Gano!!)
5)Return game is SOOOO much better now. Nice seeing a guy break one long instead of moving side to side and fumbling like Randel el. Thus,this is absolutely huge for field position. It's also nice to think...Could he return this all the way? (everytime he touches the ball) Love Banks!
6)We have a QB that makes play,throws down the field and doesn't play scared and shows true leadership....Kinda nice,isn't it?

[SmootSmack]

I'm not saying this is us, but three years ago there was a 3-2 team that went on to earn a wild card berth and a few weeks later went on to beat the league's first ever 18-0 team in the Super Bowl

Or in 2008, when another 3-2 team went on to earn a wild card berth, got on a hot run in the playoffs and came a Holmes' toe away from being the first ever 9-7 team to win the Super Bowl.

Once you're in the playoffs it's a whole different game. There's no shame in making the playoffs

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I'm not saying this is us, but three years ago there was a 3-2 team that went on to earn a wild card berth and a few weeks later went on to beat the league's first ever 18-0 team in the Super Bowl

Or in 2008, when another 3-2 team went on to earn a wild card berth, got on a hot run in the playoffs and came a Holmes' toe away from being the first ever 9-7 team to win the Super Bowl.

Once you're in the playoffs it's a whole different game. There's no shame in making the playoffs

Elite D-line
Plaxico
Sheli waking up
Spags
Tyree lucksack
Do we have any of the above?

Elite QB
Defense suddenly tightened up
Fitz and Boldin
Do we have any of the above?

We have a bunch of guys who have already hit their ceilings, and their ceilings are not very high. Expecting guys like Rabach, Hicks, and Lichtensteiger to suddenly perform at a Pro Bowl level is beyond outlandish.
Aside from Armstrong and Moss, our WRs are just ok fillers.
Our D-line has no one worth holding penalties except for Haynesworth and Rak, and Haynesworth is inconsistent.
Dhall is not going to be a shutdown corner, ever.
Carlos Rogers will not catch many game ending ints, ever.