A little something for you naysayers

[gostanford]

Everybody agrees that the colts were amazing last year, right? Well, take a look at their preseason results

Aug 6 @ Atlanta Lost 21-27
Aug 13 Buffalo Lost 10-17
Aug 20 Chicago Lost 17-24
Aug 27 @ Denver Lost 24-37
Sep 2 @ Cincinatti Lost 0-38

0-4, and they lost 0-38 to the Bengals... worse than our 3-19 loss. The Colts then went 13-3 in the regular season and were favored to win the Super Bowl. Is that enough to calm you naysayers down till the regular season kicks off??? PLEASE???!!

[chow184]

the bengals have crazy depth at WR

we have lackluster depth as CB

the jets game will be a little more evenly matched

[ncsuapex]

anyone who knows anything about the Redskins or football in general KNOWS Coach Gibbs team hardly ever look good in preseason. Preseason doesn't count for ****. Unless its an injury....

[tr1]

I'm so tired of folks posting about doom and gloom after a pre-season game where our #1s looked pretty invincible and our scrubs, well, looked like scrubs.

Do we have some depth issues? Yes.

Will it wreck our season? Not likely.

Have a bit more faith, folks.

I actually saw some things I liked last night.

[SKINZ33]

I'm so tired of folks posting about doom and gloom after a pre-season game where our #1s looked pretty invincible and our scrubs, well, looked like scrubs.

Do we have some depth issues? Yes.

Will it wreck our season? Not likely.

Have a bit more faith, folks.

I actually saw some things I liked last night.

As did I.

[blitzpackage]

Is that enough to calm you naysayers down till the regular season kicks off??? PLEASE???!!

Good. OK please just guarantee Portis will be in vs the Vikes and I promise you I'll put back on the rose-colored glasses ....

[McMetal]

Was Edgerrin James the victim of a devastating injury in any of those preseason games last year? Nope? Ok, just checking.

Our whole season changed last night...it's just going to take awhile for that to sink in.

[blitzpackage]

Our whole season changed last night(w/ Portis' injury)...it's just going to take awhile for that to sink in.

I think this is very true. As tight as the NFC will be w/TB, CAR, ATL, SEA, CHI, +NFCE, Portis missing the first game against the Vikings could indeed cost us the playoffs. Tie breakers could swing another way based on overall conference record and record vs. like teams. We have no room for error in a tight race.

[gostanford]

I'm pretty confident that Portis will get at least 10 carries against the Vikings... knowing portis... he played with hurt shoulders during the while 5-game winning streak last season and still managed to get 100 yd games every time.... we don't really need Portis to get 20+ carries in order to win anyways... has everyone already forgotten about the additions to our offense? Plus, Betts and Cartwright can easily combine for 20+ carries if Portis can't carry the full load.

[gostanford]

I'm pretty confident that Portis will get at least 10 carries against the Vikings... knowing portis... he played with hurt shoulders during the while 5-game winning streak last season and still managed to get 100 yd games every time.... we don't really need Portis to get 20+ carries in order to win anyways... has everyone already forgot about the additions to our offense this offseason? Plus, Betts and Cartwright can easily combine for 20+ carries if Portis can't carry the full load.

[kingfish50]

Washington Redskins 1991
Pre season record 0 wins 4 losses
The Washington Redskins were the 1991 Super Bowl Champions.

[blitzpackage]

You liked that response so much you had to quote yourself (j/k man I agree)

But I'm more of a pessimist, and a missed block on third down late in the game or another fumble by Rock are simply things you trust Portis will not do.

[Califan007]

Washington Redskins 1991
Pre season record 0 wins 4 losses
The Washington Redskins were the 1991 Super Bowl Champions.

I"ve said this before on numerous other threads lol...but the Skins were 1-3 in the preseason that year.

[Hooper]

Am I the only one who remembers how atrocious the steelers looked in preseason last year? Big Ben couldn't complete a pass.

[TSmithTheReal#36]

I"ve said this before on numerous other threads lol...but the Skins were 1-3 in the preseason that year.

Exactly, no team has ever won the Super Bowl with a 0-4 or 0-5 Preseason record