5 is our playoff number? Pick em'

we should be able to go 11 and 5 but that will mean the road to new york in the playoffs.But first we need to kick the crap out of the cowboys on sunday hold em down and strangle the life out of them

10-6 would easily get a playoff birth. Beat Seattle, Cinncy, S.F. and one divisional game gets us to the playoffs.

Not necessarily with the Panthers and the Falcons both sitting at 6-3 in the NFC South with soft schedules ahead.
Matt Ryan is looking like he's doing some great things. But I'm not fully sold on them quite yet. The Panthers however are solid and a team to be reckoned with.

Dallas W
Seattle L
New York L
Baltimore L
Cincinnati W
Philadelphia W
San Francisco W

We always seem to have a big losing streak followed by a big winning streak at the end of the year, and I think that trend will continue. 10-6 with the 6th seed in the playoffs.

I think we're only taking at most 4 of those games. No way do we finish 11-5 unless we make some big improvements on Offense. I see us losing to Baltimore, NYG and Dallas/PHI.

In the beginning of the season I had the skins going 11-5. The Giants are looking good sitting at 8-1 BUT has anyone looked at the Giants schedule?! The Giants are good but they are going to have to play some tough teams that I can realistically see them losing to. They also have 3 remaining NFC EAST games which just happen to be in a row starting with us. I know this is a big IF but what if the Skins and that Giants both end up having 11-5 records or identical records at the end of the season. What ya guys think?

Not necessarily with the Panthers and the Falcons both sitting at 6-3 in the NFC South with soft schedules ahead.
Matt Ryan is looking like he's doing some great things. But I'm not fully sold on them quite yet. The Panthers however are solid and a team to be reckoned with.

Yes. The NFC South plays the joke AFC West. I fear NFC South teams get in even if we are better. 11-5 is much safer for making the playoffs than 10-6.

That said:
11/16 Dallas @ Washington W
11/23 Washington @ Seattle W
11/30 NYG @ Washington W (I think we get up for this one)
12/07 Washington @ Baltimore L
12/14 Washington @ Cincinnati W
12/21 Philadelphia @ Washington L
12/28 Washington @ San Francisco W

We finish 11-5, Giants finish 12-4 or 13-3.

In the beginning of the season I had the skins going 11-5. The Giants are looking good sitting at 8-1 BUT has anyone looked at the Giants schedule?! The Giants are good but they are going to have to play some tough teams that I can realistically see them losing to. They also have 3 remaining NFC EAST games which just happen to be in a row starting with us. I know this is a big IF but what if the Skins and that Giants both end up having 11-5 records or identical records at the end of the season. What ya guys think?

giants are the team to beat.death to the cowfags

I don't think the Redskins make the playoffs if they lose at home this week. I don't think Dallas makes it regardless, but I think Atlanta and/or Tampa will get to 11-5, and keep us out of the playoffs.

10-6 gets us in ONLY if we can finish second in the division. So if we lose to NYG, and Baltimore in consecutive weeks, but beat Philly, I think we still have a one game margin for error in the other 4 games (Cinci, SF, Sea, Dallas).

As I mentioned in another thread, I'm confident that a three game winning streak right now will allow us to win the NFC East. I don't see the Giants beating both Baltimore and Arizona in their next two games, I see them splitting those. If we can beat them, we will knot it up at 9-3. I also think they will lose to Philly OR Dallas in their last few games, so that would put them at 12-4 for the year.

We can hold that tiebreaker if we can will all three of our home division games. I believe Philly will be the toughest of those games.

If we don't go 3-0 the rest of November, I think we're playing for a wild card.

Objectively, I say we beat Dallas, Seattle, New York, then lose to Baltimore, beat Cinci, lose to Philly, and beat SF. 11-5 and a second place finish in the NFC East. That gives us the 5th seed in the playoffs and a likely trip to Chicago or Minnesota in the wild card round.

Undoubtedly, this is the most important three game stretch in recent memory for Redskins football. Yeah, we've done more impressive things just to make the playoffs, but this team has a chance to do some seriously great things by winning a tough division. Here's hoping.