We must start fast to make the playoffs.

Obviously our schedule is front loaded as far as winnable games. I get really nervous thinking about that week 17 game in San Diego. There's a chance that will be a win and get in scenario for us. My hope for that game is that San Diego is so much better than every other team in the AFC West that they'll have their division and playoff seeding locked up and rest their starters.

The Redskin schedule looks like last year's. Relatively easy in the first half and more difficult in the second half. The Skins have been unpredictable. They play hard against tough competition and soft against weak opponents. Hopefully they won't repeat that trend.

The Redskin schedule looks like last year's. Relatively easy in the first half and more difficult in the second half. The Skins have been unpredictable. They play hard against tough competition and soft against weak opponents. Hopefully they won't repeat that trend.

Until the Skins get to the point that they can beat almost all, if not all, of the weaker teams on their schedule they are going to struggle to make the playoffs.

I think most of us would agree that there are 6 weaker teams on the Skins' schedule that they should be able to beat. If they could win 5 of those 6 games and split the rest, then they would finish 10-6 and, in all liklihood, be in the playoffs.

The Skins also need to get to the point where they are very hard to beat at home. They lose too many games at FedEx.