Redskins show no panic!

I am glad that they are confident, that's for sure. It does put me at ease a bit. But it's easy to forget that this is the NFL, and there's not a single easy game on the schedule.

The Vikings are coming off a 9-7 season. They're not going to be a joke on the 11th. I'm by no means scared of the Vikings, but I respect them as a tough opponent. So it's great that the coaches are confident that their plan will work, and I very much hope it does. But you can't beat the Minnesota Vikings on confidence alone. It's going to take serious execution.

I think the D will absolutely execute. I saw all kinds of signs against the Bengals that the D is ready to rock and roll. But I have seen nothing from the offense. So I'm not going to be an automatic believer until I see some signs of life. Fact is, this is a new offensive scheme, which takes time to absorb. I trust Saunders fully, but that trust is mainly a trust that he'll get this offense going EVENTUALLY. I don't trust him enough to think he'll come out with a top 5 offense in Week 1. If he does, I'll nominate him for greatest offensive coordinator of all-time. But until I see something, I'll believe it when I see it.

Exactly, I mean realistically speaking, it would be great if our offense starts rolling by week 3, but we will see. I sure hope it does. That being said, I still think our offensive talent and defense should be enough to take us to the playoffs.

The Vikings are coming off a 9-7 season.

The good news for us is, they played the Lions twice, the Packers twice, and the Rams and Browns. Talk about an easy schedule. They didn't beat the Giants by offensive firepower either. It was all returns by Koren Robinson and we all know he won't be attending.

All is well...remember, the Redskins offense practices against one of the league's best defenses every day.

The Vikings D will be a cakewalk compared to our own. :)

The good news for us is, they played the Lions twice, the Packers twice, and the Rams and Browns. Talk about an easy schedule. They didn't beat the Giants by offensive firepower either. It was all returns by Koren Robinson and we all know he won't be attending.

Sounds like a writeoff there, TMC.

I won't deny they've improved in the offseason, but losing Burleson AND Robinson is going to be huge. Chester Taylor nor Moore are good enough to beat us. It's that offensive line that they need to make their average players look better.

The 1 thing i love about our situation is we have a new system. So if we come out moving the ball on offense early this year, IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER!!!:)

The 1 thing i love about our situation is we have a new system. So if we come out moving the ball on offense early this year, IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER!!!:)

If. I'm sure we'll get better on offense as the season goes along. That's a given.

But if we come out looking like crap on offense, we might have some trouble.

I won't deny they've improved in the offseason, but losing Burleson AND Robinson is going to be huge. Chester Taylor nor Moore are good enough to beat us. It's that offensive line that they need to make their average players look better.

losing culpepper + signing chestor taylor = improvement?

i'd say they're probably equal to last year.

i mean, they don't have any receivers. they chose culpepper over moss, and then let culpepper walk too.

If. I'm sure we'll get better on offense as the season goes along. That's a given.

But if we come out looking like crap on offense, we might have some trouble.
I hear ya. If is a BIG word for just 2 letters. Realistictly, i think our "preseason" will continue until week 5 or so. I just hope we can get a couple wins in there somewhere.:Smoker: I wouldn't mind being 2-3 when we start to roll, but no later than that for sure.

you play how you practice, if our offense and defense is so good then who cares if they see it. You can only hide it for one week, then everyone sees it anyways and has to try and stop it. Is week one really that important that you risk not practicing against other teams defenses?

im not saying Im worried or that we arent going to be good...but i think all the hype about hiding is bullshit. They have had tape on good players for years and years, but they still perform. Theres more to football then knowing what they are going to do