Can the redskins beat the lions without portis and moss

Every NFL team has injuries. It's not an excuse. Det played w/out Calvin Johnson last week.
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What are you trying to say here? It's not an excuse for what?

definitely glad it's a home game

Can they...yes
will they...no

by 'breakout game' I mean it in relative terms - 3 touchdowns could be it, or maybe no turnovers while dominating the time of poss.
I don't think it's realistic to hope for 30+ points, but if we can have a game on O significantly better than the philly game, that would be a huge step. Give me 3 long td drives & I'd be happy as our D should be able to manage w/that. Can't keep them on the field like the 2nd half against the g men.

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What are you trying to say here? It's not an excuse for what?

It's not an excuse if we lose cause there are teams with injuries that are winning.

Of course every team has to deal with injuries but they can get to a point where they are very difficult to overcome. Look at Chicago's D right now.

An injury or two here or there is one thing, but when they start piling up I'm afraid they can be used as a legit excuse.

If Moss can't go I think that's a bigger loss than Portis.

Betts is a more than capable backup, but we have some serious question marks at WR behind Randle El. I hope Caldwell is ready to go and can give us some meaningful snaps.The way Moss has been playing this year though, its hard to see us taking a step backwards on offense because he's out.

I always figured that the offense would get a lot better once he picked it up, but it looks like this could be a very lackluster year for Moss. With Cooley and Randle El out there, we should be alright, but Campbell will struggle this year if he can't find guys open ever.

Here is a comforting stat:

The lions lost on the road to philly - badly.
Then they did beat the Bears -- but the bears were missing their ENTIRE SECONDARY and lance briggs.

Kitna may throw some picks this week.. i just hope the right side of the line steps up, maybe that new OL demulling will start over Fabini.

I think that the right side of the line has played very well with the situation they are in and will get better as he year goes on. I'm not real concerned with Moss and Portis as it seem that both will be OK and the skins site said that Moss could be going in practice on Wednesday. I feel the key to the game is JC finding the open WR and stop hitting short stuff as he did against the Gmen.

Here's a comforting nugget of information:

The Lions are terrible. It took Matt Millen 6 years to build a competant passing game while ignoring the rest of his team. While I'm not willing to say that it is impossible for us to come out on the short end of this, we are the far superior team in this matchup.