Redskins vs. Ravens pre-game thread

[skinsfan1987]

My prediction for this game
Redskins 15
Ravens 13

Tight, boring, and physical football game. Flacco led a ravens to one TD drive. But suisham will kicks 5 field goals within 27-40 yards out and wins us the game.

[SBXVII]

Sheriff, understood and well put. I was not mentioning names and did not single you out. I just wanted to stop everyone before the animosity had a full head of steam. after Irish it seemed Riggo was being singled out by many. I don't pay attention to who's on all the time and how often they are on. If you ask my wife the Skins and their news are my life and more often then not I'm here, so here I sit defending people I know nothing about. LOL.

I still stand by my Skins loss though. Yell at me all you all want and call me any name in the book. This was one of my two losses planned to go 4-2. Unfortunatly we can't afford to have another loss after the Giants and Dallas.

[vallin21]

Skins 13
Ravens 3

Hall makes a pick on a poorly thrown ball and takes it to the house for a TD. A couple of field goals by Suisham and were still alive in the playoff hunt.

[Takeuon]

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Originally Posted by irish View Post
No mod has ever tried to stop me from making any positive or negative comments which says a lot for the mods.


That's what great about this site, even though I can't stand your opinion but I am glad to hear it.

The only thing that annoys me about your posts Irish, is that you seem to be on a posting frenzy when things are going bad, yet during our streak I didn't see too much of your praise.



Got into this argument last season. I respect what others choose to predict. However I have NOT , will NOT predict a loss.....EVER. Sorry, but it personally does nothing for me. Morally, psychologically, or to say "hey look! I was correct. I predicted a loss!"

Redskins 24
B-More 16

[zman64]

They need to show some urgency and a little heart and play to win.

[RedskinRat]

I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but I just want to see # 11 and # 12 step the **** up and dominate!

[RiggoDrill]

I read this board just about every day, but do not post much at all - yet for some reason I felt compelled to make one earlier in this thread. Several people love to take shots at Irish every time one of his posts appears. Irish tends to be quite critical of the Redskins, and he is entitled to be so - he is a fan and expects better from the team and the organization than he has been given over the years. Many of us here expect better.
I was not trying to defend him or his opinions in any way. I just thought it somewhat amusing that a weekly thread that is usually so full of hope and, in my opinion, unreasonable predictions of crushing victories for the Skins turned into a fact vs. fact argument about rankings, opponents records, etc.
Sherriff gave me the nod of being a Debbie Downer (very funny, btw!) but I do not see myself that way. I am a season ticket holder, and I tape every home game and watch it 2 or 3 times when I get home from the stadium. I love the Redskins, and have since I saw my first game at RFK in 1972. My home is filled with Redskin paraphenalia that I have collected over the last 35 years. My children wear Redskins pj's and have redskins teddy bears named Riggo and Joe. I wear my Ron McDole jersey every Sunday. When the season is over, I count the days until the opening of training camp. I drive to Ashburn every fall to watch practice. It goes on and on...
Its nice to be optimistic, but I like to temper my optimism with a little reality. Here is reality - the offense is struggling to put points on the board, and has been since the St. Loius game. The team is playing on the road against a ferocious defense that feeds on and grows stronger with every mistake made by the opposition. Reality (which some label pessimism) tells me that the Redskins will have a very difficult time on Sunday. I absolutely want the team to win, I hope they do, but I will not pop happy pills and proclaim a 35-0 Skins victory. Sorry guys.

[calia]

Originally Posted by RiggoDrill

I read this board just about every day, but do not post much at all - yet for some reason I felt compelled to make one earlier in this thread. Several people love to take shots at Irish every time one of his posts appears. Irish tends to be quite critical of the Redskins, and he is entitled to be so - he is a fan and expects better from the team and the organization than he has been given over the years. Many of us here expect better.
I was not trying to defend him or his opinions in any way. I just thought it somewhat amusing that a weekly thread that is usually so full of hope and, in my opinion, unreasonable predictions of crushing victories for the Skins turned into a fact vs. fact argument about rankings, opponents records, etc.
Sherriff gave me the nod of being a Debbie Downer (very funny, btw!) but I do not see myself that way. I am a season ticket holder, and I tape every home game and watch it 2 or 3 times when I get home from the stadium. I love the Redskins, and have since I saw my first game at RFK in 1972. My home is filled with Redskin paraphenalia that I have collected over the last 35 years. My children wear Redskins pj's and have redskins teddy bears named Riggo and Joe. I wear my Ron McDole jersey every Sunday. When the season is over, I count the days until the opening of training camp. I drive to Ashburn every fall to watch practice. It goes on and on...
Its nice to be optimistic, but I like to temper my optimism with a little reality. Here is reality - the offense is struggling to put points on the board, and has been since the St. Loius game. The team is playing on the road against a ferocious defense that feeds on and grows stronger with every mistake made by the opposition. Reality (which some label pessimism) tells me that the Redskins will have a very difficult time on Sunday. I absolutely want the team to win, I hope they do, but I will not pop happy pills and proclaim a 35-0 Skins victory. Sorry guys.

Hard to disagree with this. As for me, it is so frustrating because I think we're so very close to being better than the product we leave on the field. In virtually every game, we can point to 4 or 5 plays (at most) that had they gone the other way, we come out with a W. And the optimists in all of us feel so deflated when it doesn't happen. (My wife tells me I sulk for days -- I deny it, but she's right.)

I have no doubt that the Skins have enough talent to beat the Ravens. Their D is terrific, but the Giants lit them up, and we have a lot on the line on Sunday. Having lost games we could have won against the Rams and Cowboys, we have no more margin for error. If we're to lose (and pretty much end our playoff hopes), I hope it is at least with a real fight.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by RiggoDrill

I read this board just about every day, but do not post much at all - yet for some reason I felt compelled to make one earlier in this thread. Several people love to take shots at Irish every time one of his posts appears. Irish tends to be quite critical of the Redskins, and he is entitled to be so - he is a fan and expects better from the team and the organization than he has been given over the years. Many of us here expect better.
I was not trying to defend him or his opinions in any way. I just thought it somewhat amusing that a weekly thread that is usually so full of hope and, in my opinion, unreasonable predictions of crushing victories for the Skins turned into a fact vs. fact argument about rankings, opponents records, etc.
Sherriff gave me the nod of being a Debbie Downer (very funny, btw!) but I do not see myself that way. I am a season ticket holder, and I tape every home game and watch it 2 or 3 times when I get home from the stadium. I love the Redskins, and have since I saw my first game at RFK in 1972. My home is filled with Redskin paraphenalia that I have collected over the last 35 years. My children wear Redskins pj's and have redskins teddy bears named Riggo and Joe. I wear my Ron McDole jersey every Sunday. When the season is over, I count the days until the opening of training camp. I drive to Ashburn every fall to watch practice. It goes on and on...
Its nice to be optimistic, but I like to temper my optimism with a little reality. Here is reality - the offense is struggling to put points on the board, and has been since the St. Loius game. The team is playing on the road against a ferocious defense that feeds on and grows stronger with every mistake made by the opposition. Reality (which some label pessimism) tells me that the Redskins will have a very difficult time on Sunday. I absolutely want the team to win, I hope they do, but I will not pop happy pills and proclaim a 35-0 Skins victory. Sorry guys.

Some people are optimists by nature, some are pessimists, and many fall somewhere in between. Everyone is entitled to their opinions.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by RiggoDrill

Sherriff gave me the nod of being a Debbie Downer (very funny, btw!) but I do not see myself that way.

Actually, I wasn't referring to you, irish or any other particular person. I was referring to people who only see the Redskins' shortcomings (or, at least, only talk about such shortcomings), as opposed to the good and the bad.

[NIKNIK_28]

Can Any Please Tell Me How To Post On Here? Sorry But Iam Lost

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by NIKNIK_28

Can Any Please Tell Me How To Post On Here? Sorry But Iam Lost

You just did..? :confused:

[redsk1]

God, we need a win badly Sunday night for my own sanity. I'm tired of reading posts about what's wrong w/ the skins.

[redsk1]

Wind chills in the teens, the Skins win a sqeaker 9-5 against the Ravens. Suisham hits 3 FG's and misses 2. Flacco is picked at least twice.

Zorn: Let's see some overpursuit-misdirection plays. Get Bett's and Cartwright in there early if CP seems too hurt. Flee-flicker? Wild-skin formation?

[prinzeofmoval]

This game is an important one. This is our playoff right here. If we lose with a Cowboy or Falcons win its borderline impossible to get in. I dont wanna hear we made strong strides with a first time coach or new system. We are a team rich in tradition and history. Not to make the playoffs is a failure point blank.