After four games, let's reexamine the schedule shall we?

[10]

(split with philly and nyg) + (sweep the brokebacks) + (beat the ratbirds) + (just 1 more) = successful season.

[NewCliche21]

Playing at FedEx hasn't provided any advantage over the last two years under Shanny. And that doesn't seem to have changed this year thus far.

I'm pretty sure that we have a losing record at FedEx.

[Robbynice]

5 of our last 7 games are division games...Damn! What a brutal schedule.

[rockfan7224]

With our offense there's not a team left we can't beat. That being said I am seeing an 8-8 finish right now.

Agreed, that's where I'm at. It all comes down to how our defense is. Maybe something will click with the D, I mean even if they improve to mediocrity, we'd be dangerous.

[Gibbs Hog Heaven]

At the start of the year, I had us at 5/6 wins.

After the injuries, the only games I'm somewhat confident of the W in are Cleveland and Carolina.

If we were to say lose Trent off the O-line, I shudder to think what sort of worse state we could be in.

Hail.

[Veretax]

at Saints- Win
at Rams- Loss
vs. Bengals- Loss
at Bucs- Win
vs. Falcons - W
vs. Vikings - L
at Giants - W
at Steelers - L
vs. Panthers - W
Bye week
vs. Eagles - W
at Cowboys (Thursday night) - L
vs. Giants (Monday night) - L
vs. Ravens - W
at Browns - L
at Eagles - L
vs. Cowboys - W

So that makes my current prediction at 8-8 at best. Man I thought we'd do better than that, but I have a feeling there will be one game we should win that we drop and one we shouldn't we will win, and we'll probably split with our NFC east competition.

[ddub52]

I hate to say it, but our home game losing streak could continue through to next season

[skinsforlife101]

I like breaking the season into four games at a time:
vs. Falcons- Should be a shootout will come down to whoever has the ball last
vs. Vikings- Very winnable at home (but we are the Redskins)
at Giants- from what I seen last night we should be in this game until the 4th quarter toss up 50/50 game
at Steelers- Very hard place to play on the road, Big Ben an aging but still good defense outcome may not be the best
We should be able to go 2-2 in the next four I will take it 4-4 going into play the Panthers.

[elkabong82]

Agreed, that's where I'm at. It all comes down to how our defense is. Maybe something will click with the D, I mean even if they improve to mediocrity, we'd be dangerous.

It's going to take Jenkins getting comfy w/ his knee and creating pressure to relieve Cofield and Bowen who are getting phased out right now. It will also take Haslett sticking w/ creating pressure instead of backing off and thinking the secondary can capitalize on mistakes when in reality their soft coverage allows for opportunities.

We need Merriweather back soon. At this point I'm fine w/ Reed playing FS, that's how bad we are at safety.

[dballer]

Well...uh.. ha! back at you.

I have mentioned them too, elsewhere, and certainly do worry more about Eli & Co than anyone in out division. The reason Dallas was on my mind is because they play tonight and I am seeing the game over that said person's house. Also, I hate it most when Dallas beats us.

I can dig that line of thinking. I hope you didn't rub it in too much tonight, those Cowboy fans can be sensitive!

[Dallsux]

After seeing us play four games, and our opponents as well, do you have any new prognostications as to what our record may end up being?

at Saints- Win
at Rams- Loss
vs. Bengals- Loss
at Bucs- Win

vs. Falcons L
vs. Vikings W
at Giants W
at Steelers L
vs. Panthers W
Going into the BYE, I can see us at 5-4
Bye week
vs. Eagles W
at Cowboys (Thursday night) W
vs. Giants (Monday night) L
vs. Ravens L
at Browns W
at Eagles L
vs. Cowboys W

This is less of what I think will happen & more of what I hope will happen. If I were to predict what I think will happen, I could easily see us being swept by the Division opponents & losing to teams we should soundly beat, like the Browns & Panthers. But, I could see us going 9-7, IF they can tighten up the defense.

[AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy]

Our schedule is tough. But, I think our team is better than we give it credit for, and the other division teams are not as good as we make them out to be.

I also think that our D is getting exposed this year in part because teams have to play more aggressively on O against us. They know they have to put up 30+ to beat us. At some point, that's gonna bite somebody, and maybe we'll get some timely turnovers and possibly rout a few of these douche squads.

[Zazzaro703]

Like always, Take care of the East and we will make the Dance. Robert will be close to full strength and will have the reps by them. Keep Robert healthy and we can win 8 of those games.

[Destino]

With the terrible defense and suddenly bad kicking situation winning three more games looks reasonable, but not exactly likely. If the defense improves anything is possible. Until then a passing league plus a division filled with QBs that can light up a scoreboard make any firm of success extremely unlikely.

[Polo3]

I have been shuddering to think what Romo & those receivers may do to us (I know, but because it's Dallas and especially with a cowpie fan in my life these days (though he's a good guy and really knows football), it will suck extra for me if it goes that way).

I think we'll be OK if the same receivers that showed up for the Bears game show up..