Gotta be a nay-sayer here

To be honest with you on this one as far as stats go you are totally right but you have to consider that parcells had Taylor, Banks, Simms, Morris, Anderson, etc back then. I truly believe the shoe will be on the other foot this time and Gibbs will be able to get some time of redemption.

I just don't think that Parcells truly has gibbs number. Things just happened to fall the way they did due to the talent levels. We all forget, but the Giants were a massive powerhouse. You have to look at this as great coach vs great coach. Gibbs might just be the best of all time, even Parcells would attest to that, I doubt we have anything to worry about. Gibbs will most certainly win us one of the two this year.

Fellas let's remember one thing. Joe Gibbs always made Dallas week a big deal. He takes the rivalry seriously and I'm sure he'll stress that once the season begins. I think over the last ten years the rivalry hasn't lived up to it's potential because for a while Dallas sucked, and the Skins weren't doing that much better. I remember growing up while Gibb's was coaching, Dallas week was HUGE for everyone. RFK would rock and the fans would go nuts. I went FedEx field last year for the Dallas game, and I swear there were so many Dallas fans.......it was rediculous. I was ready to kill someone. I couldn't believe it.

My point is....is that Coach Gibbs will have the team ready for Dallas and he will make sure each and every player understands the importance of the rivalry and what it means to us the fans and the history of the organization. With that said....the games will be much more competitive and exciting. I truly believe that with all the talent we have and the GREATEST COACHING STAFF IN THE NFL , we will prevail. Can't wait to see!

It's a great new era for Redskins football, the past can be forgotten.

Anyone who thinks that half assed effort will be ok this season is in for a shock.

Well, I for one sure hope you are right, and that the past will be forgotten. The last time around, the Redskins matched up great against the Giants, but it always seemed that Gibbs got outcoached by Parcells in almost every meeting. These guys are both great coaches, but I feel strongly, Gibbs is (and was then) the absolute best coach in the game. He just seemed to have a mental thing about Parcells. You could tell it by the comments he would make leading up to each Giant game, and you could tell it by the game plans. Gibbs was VERY good at taking advantage of an opponent's weakness. But against the Giants, he would invariably come up with a game plan that NO ONE would expect. It seemed as though he was always trying to out-think and surprise Parcells, but would end up playing into the strengths of his team.

I hope, and fully expect, that with this fresh start and clean slate, that Joe Gibbs will have put all of that to bed, and go in with a fresh outlook. It is my belief that with the offseason each of these teams has had, if Gibbs just coaches straight up in his normal approach against the Cowboys, we will come out on top. We match up very well against them. They do not appear to have the QB to be able to take advantage of our only apparent defensive weakness, and our offense should be able to score on anyone this year. Gibbs may be as old as dirt (same age as me!!), but he is very energetic, excited, VERY smart, and skillful. There is no doubt here that he will get the Skins back on top.

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