Fielding a competitive team

Who knows maybe Campbell will end up totally sucking, but I know he has already shown that he is better than how he played Thursday. A lot of his problems seemed to be from not knowing the offense that well. That is something that can be corrected, but it might take a few weeks. Also the play calling and game management were pretty bad, which is something that Zorn has to work on. The Redskins definitely have some problems, but at least they know exactly what they need to fix now.

I have no idea what we're gonna do this year because the season is 1 week old and I have no history to go by on Zorn. If I could tell how teams are gonna do after 1 week I would place my super bowl bets right now. All I can say is I see qualities in Zorn that I like, just like the front office must have. And like SkinzzFan said, these guys have been down before and came back to make the playoffs. When NOBODY thought they would I might add. I personally can't tell yet, just like I could'nt tell that Gibbs would take us to 4 super bowls even after he completed his first year here. Speculation is speculation pure and simple. The more facts you have the easier it is to speculate and be right. There just has'nt been enough time or evidence to know right now. Because there is no penalty about having an opinion and being wrong, it's easy to say whatever you feel, and right now we all feel like crap.

When did losing by 9 points become a blowout?

guess it also means the colts' season is over now

guess it also means the colts' season is over now

Yup, according to some of our fans, the following teams are done for the season after losing their first game: St. Louis (ladies and gentleman, that's a blowout), Detroit, Seattle, Jax, Miami (well they truly may be done, LOL.), Tampa Bay, Kansas City (although way to take out Brady!), Houston, Cincy, San Diego, San Franscisco, and Indianapolis.

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I get what your saying. I can see this being a tough schedule for us out of the gate, but we knew that long ago. The NFC has always been a tough division, and it's always a toss up for who's going to show up and actually play like they should. Nothing new.

However, I did watch the other games.

- The Cowboys looked like we knew they would, but it's not going to be that way every game. Someone will get pressure on that little twerp throwing the ball, and maybe he'll miss a couple of more passes. But they are a solid football team.

- The Eagles have been, and always will be a hit or miss team. They are a very capable offense, when they decide to run on all cylinders. There running game is always a threat because of BW, and you never quite know what Mcnab is going to do.

- We had the chance to shut the Giants up, and we couldn't perform like we should have. I'm sure this will be addressed all week, and we'll see a slightly better offense on Sunday. But, more importantly we'll see a slightly better coach come gameday. They are all learning together.

So, yes we can be 1-5 by the end of the cycle. But, the way this game is played nobody knows. And that gentlemen is why come Sunday, you will have your jersey's on, you will have your kids outside, and your wife shopping. So you can watch, and either cheer or b*tch at our beloved redskins.

"Not because you have to, but because you want them on that wall..... you need them on that wall"

We have a brutal opening schedule in the best of times (and it's clearly not the best of times, though I think the chicken little thing is over reacting).

We have all 3 of our NFC east road games in the first five weeks. That's a bitch. And we have the Saints with their high-powered offense. I'd love to get through at 2-3. If we do, we still have all our home games against the NFC east and some winnable games. And we'll have had some time to get things working.

Prepare yourselves for this, folks. We are going to have some tough times. But I sincerely believe that we are not far off and that in the NFL, momentum and confidence are incredibly important (see, for example, the Giants SB run). It's a league of parity, mostly. Look, SD and Indy lost yesterday, and NE scrapped by while losing their franchise QB. The Browns looked awful and they won 10 last year. Etc.

What I do not want is another tear down the house fire the coach throw the bums out thing. I don't think that helps.

So, sure, come to board and vent. Write up your doom-and-gloom observations and fears. I guess that's what the internet is for (besides porn). But the reality is we're a middle of the pack team with a new coach, a question mark QB (like MOST teams!), and a conspiracy-theory tough schedule in the early going. And we play in the toughest division in football where the defending SB champs look only to finish third at best. That's life as it stands now. I think we'll get it going and we'll see strides by midseason. So long as there's real progress, I'll be satisfied. Not happy, mind you. We lose, and I'm pissed for the week. But satisfied.

Bottom line: The team just needs a win. A 21 point win or an ugly win, but a win. With 10 days between games 1-2 and at home this weekend, the team hopefully will turn the ship this weekend.

If we can take down the Saints and Cards at home and we're sitting at 2-1, we'll all be feeling pretty damn good.

A win changes everything. Attitudes will change, the gloom and doomers will not be seen...at least not until the next loss.