Do you agree with this assessment of the Skins?

This is from Mark Maske's chat on Monday in the Washington Post

Mark Maske: In the big picture, the Redskins are a far better team than they were at the end of last season. They will be better-coached. They have two quarterbacks on which they can rely. They have one of the best runners in the league. They have good wide receivers, an offensive line that will be much improved in this offensive system and, now, a tight end sufficient to make the offense work. They're still short on the defensive line, but they have good linebackers. They don't have a true No. 1 cornerback but they have two guys who are better than No. 2 cornerbacks, and you should be able to make it work that way. They have a good safety (Bowen) and a great one (Taylor), and they have a reliable kicker and a return who can change a game. That's a lot more than Bill Parcells had to work with last season when he took the Cowboys to the playoffs, and Joe Gibbs is as good or better than Parcells.

Sounds good to me. And we have Williams. Once again, we've done great in the offseason. Now let's get it going on when it counts!!!!

I've said it once, and I'll say it again.

16-0!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, I'm pumped up, let's get this thing going.

Sorry for being overly optimistic, guys.

Exactly what I would say if I had to give a assessment of the team. The only place on the feild you can look at as a weakness is our d-line, other that that, nothin...

that sounds right on to me except the question of gibbs being as good as or better than parcells. gibbs is far better than parcells and i could even say that even if i wasn't a skins fan by just looking at the records.

Finally some love from the mainstream press!
AND this team may remain intact for 2-3 seasons.

Finally some love from the mainstream press!
AND this team may remain intact for 2-3 seasons.
Yeah, Mark Maske is a respectable columnist with the WP. He's frequently on Fox5 in DC for their Sports Extra show on Sunday nights. He's not a Dan Snyder basher, he comments on the Skins in a logical way (more than we can say from others).

Sounds like an accurate assessment to me, the most imporant part being the better coached part.

the best part is that Maske was a spurrier hater and he was not liked by the spurrier administration, so obviously this guy is objective.
Spurrier used to start all of his press conferences saying "Gentlemen & Maske"

I believe that this is a fair assessment.