Redskins are in a great position for a play off run

[ixcuincle]

They are getting hot at the right time! Reminds me of the old Gibbs runs, sort of. Those teams won when it matters in November and December.

I hope they can win out, but part of me is still extremely wary about that defense. The defense will cost this team games.

[TheGreek1973]

To me it basically comes down to the Monday night game against the "little men". We win that one and look good doing it I think this team will have crazy confidence remaining for the last 4 games. Also tonight we will be able to see what type of team the Giants are. Remember last year this time no one in their right mind even thought these guys would endup playing and then winning the big one. If the Giants come out and beat GB and do so convincingly then I say we are in for a dog fight. With that secondary Rogers should be licking his fingers just like he would after a awesome fried chicken meal.

[SB17]

Great is a bit of an overstatement. If it wasn't for those losses against Cincinnati and St. Louis we'd be a in great position.

As it stands we have an outside shot if, and only if the Packers beat the Giants and we manage to beat the Giants the following Monday.

Washington's been too inconsistent to claim otherwise.

Amen, Laurent. Everything you said is "spot on." 1) Those losses against the Rams and CBengs are huge right now. 2) I'm willing to get ahead of myself AFTER the Packers beat the Giants (not before). 3) We've been completely inconsistent. We do, however, have a very bright future, which I am very excited about.

[emor09]

We HAVE to win against the Browns, Eagles and Cowboys.

We can split the next two.

If the Giants lose tonight, we can afford to lose to them and then beat the Ravens.

If the Giants win tonight, a loss to them would take away any legitimate shot we have.

[Morneblade]

I dont think we can rely on a wildcard birth at this point, but the division is up for grabs right now. I think we need to win 4 out of 5 to have a real chance, but it's possible. I dont see us beating Baltimore, we are not at that level yet defensively, but every other game is winable. The Carolina loss is looming right now, it took away any margin for error the rest of the way. Cleveland is a game team and we cannot take them lightly, come in with our "B" game and we likely loose, like we did with Carolina. Everyone else I dont see us not getting up for, even with the big victory over the Eagles.We have a shot. It's not a great one, and our defense has not been very good. But it seems to be getting a little better and in all honestly it doesnt need to be great, just average, to make us a dangerous team. Wouldnt it be nice to go from worst to first?

[TD_washingtonredskins]

If we go 5-1 in the NFC East, we will win the East and make the playoffs. Won't matter what happens with Cleveland or Baitimore.

We can probably lose 1-2 games and still be OK. The biggest factor is that we can't afford to lose to the Giants. If we win next Monday, we are in good shape regardless of what happens against the Ravens. Also, beating the Giants may also allow us to win the division by splitting our other two division games.

The only thing I can't see is winning the division after losing to the Giants. Being two games down with four to play and not having the tie breaker would be next to impossible!

[skinsfan07]

Simple as this. Win out the NFC East games and beat either the Ravens or Browns and we are in. Giants have 4 losses, soon to be 5 if the Pack beat them. And if we beat them, we're 6-6 tied for first. Giants December schedule is brutal and they could easily drop 2 of 3 there. Hell depending on what the rest of the division does, I wouldn't be shocked to see 8-8 win it.

[kingdaddy]

Win the rest of the division games and we're golden...8-8 will win the East. However, the Skins will beat Cleveland and possibly Baltimore too. Here's how i see it playing out:
Giants W
Browns W
Ravens W
Eagles W
Cowboys L

9-7 final record....win the east on a tiebreaker over the Gnats....host Seattle in playoffs.

[War Paint]

I see it more like this.

Giants-W... We are stoked.
Ravens-W...OMG, we're going to do this. The media is loving us.
Browns-L...Everyone is picking us to win. We should win. We show up flat. WTF. We have a whole week to be depressed and the anxiety builds.
Eagles-W....We bounce back and win.
Cowboys- W..In a must win game to win the division, we take care of business. In the first half though, Dallas is up by four points and we are sweating as Skin fans at half time. In the second half, the Skins get on a roll and take control of the game. We sweep the Boys and finally win the division.

[kleese]

I agree, forget wildcard. Too many teams to deal with and our division is weak enough for us to take it. It's either a home playoff game or no playoff game, because we definitely aren't getting in at 9-7...

Completey disagree...I think the 6th seed could very well be 9-7 in the NFC and our division winner may also very well be 9-7.

[Larry]

Win the East.

It seems the tides are turning in our favor all the sudden. We've got work to do but I'm sure the team has confidence!

Yeah, I don't see the NFCE producing a Wild Card team, this year.

Heck, I could see the division winner being 8-8.

I don't see us as what I think of as "a playoff team". Too hurt, too inconsistent.

But, the NFCE is weak, this year. I could see us winning the (weak) division.

In fact, I want to point out that that's what I said, a month ago.

[skinsfan4128]

It damn sure feels good to actually be discussing playoff implications this time of year. And, to chime in on the discussion, the NFCE is wide open and the playoff scenarios are still abundant. The Giants need to keep stumbling as I believe the division crown is more of possibilty than a wild card opportunity. I, for one, will be a Packers fan today and hope that the Skins are watching and waiting for next Monday night.

[TheGreek1973]

honestly if the Giants lose tonight and we beat them next Monday night I say we can lose two games and still win the division. I just don't think the Giants win more than two games when they have to play NO, Ravens, and Atlanta. If we beat them Monday we hold the tie breaker against them, better division record correct So if we are going to lose two it better be against the Ravens and Browns.

[braindx]

http://www.playoffstatus.com/nfl/redskinswhatif.html

Basically, we need to win at least 4 of next 5 games, and our best chance will be to win the next game too.

The percentage at the bottom shows it:

Win 5 99% chance of making it
Win 4 79% chance of making it
Win 3 21% chance of making it

[sydshobob]

The last 2 times the Skins made the playoffs they won 4 and 5 in a row to close out the season. They were 5-7 and 5-6, with NO momentum at all. One team had lost 3 in a row and one had lost 4 in a row. That's why it infuriated me so much to hear Shanahan quit on the season 3 weeks ago. Those Gibbs teams showed great heart and determination and this one seems to be doing the same thing, in spite of MS. They'll need a longer winning streak but history shows, it's by no means out of the question.

They are getting hot at the right time! Reminds me of the old Gibbs runs, sort of. Those teams won when it matters in November and December.

I hope they can win out, but part of me is still extremely wary about that defense. The defense will cost this team games.