Offseason Power Rankings - # 29

Better than no discussions at all. :)

I see parallels between us and last year Chargers team anyway. They fought their way to a 12-4 record with a strong defense, a dominant tailback, less than amazing receivers and a quarterback revitalized after everyone wrote him off in favor for the incoming rookie.

Now Clinton Portis isn't exactly Tomlinson (though you have to think he'll score more than 5 touchdowns this year) and Chris Cooley, though productive, is no Antonio Gates. But our defense is stronger I'd say, and I doubt many would argue that Gibbs is a superior coach to Schottenheimer. Now if Ramsey can just have himself a Brees 2004 season, we might be in business.
I agree that our team does parallel the Chargers of last year, but I look at it slightly different.

I think that Moss and Patten are upgrades compared to the WR's that the chargers have. I mean they didnt get a known wr until they got McCardell.

As for Portis being compared to Tomlinson, I think that you hit the nail on the head. If you look at there stats, they were almost identical. The only differenc is the TD coulmn, but as for carries and yards and yards per carry, they are really close to the same. I too hope that Portis gets in to the endzone more than five times also, but to be fair it wasnt all his fault. And Cooley isnt Gates, but I feel pretty confidant that he will get the job done.

The biggest person/position we need to perform this year is the QB/Ramsey, hopefully Gibbs inserts the shotgun formation and Ramsey lights up this year...

Offseason power polls are as pointless as the post draft report cards..

#29, I think that may be optimistic.

I was just saying I understand the ranking...in my long drawn out way...not that it means anything

I think you're mixing me up with someone else, I didn't say anything about the offense going top 10.

My view is it's way to early for a power poll, it's just silly to rank teams right now.


Hey, quit dogging Matt, it was me.

I WANT our offense to be top ten, didn't say they were.

#29, I think that may be optimistic. You call yourself a Skins fan? You think they should be lower then 29? Did I completly understand your statement? If this is correct you might think of changing your name to HemosaBeach Fan and get rid of the Skin part as that is quite crazy.

You call yourself a Skins fan? You think they should be lower then 29? Did I completly understand your statement? If this is correct you might think of changing your name to HemosaBeach Fan and get rid of the Skin part as that is quite crazy.


There you go again, saying someone isn't a fan because they look at the skins realisticly. Let's see, I remember a similar discussion last year... who was right? Us or ESPN.. Hint: It wasn't us.

Could the Redskins improve, certainly. I think we have a decent chance, however at this juncture we have a lot of question marks, we did very little to improve one of the leagues worst offenses, and lost some valueable pieces to our defense. It could pan out and we could be a contender, but we'll need to see some big offensive changes and another great defensive showing from Greg Williams and co.

Daseal, your view of looking at the Skins "realistically" may be different than someone else's.

To borrow from your signature, Apparently having unrelenting optimism means you're not a fan.

Nobody is right or wrong here, there will always be fans that believe you should support the team no matter what, and there will be others that will always look at the team with a cautious eye.

As worthless as a May power poll is, I find it hard to believe the Skins are only better than 3 teams in this league right now. But hey, if anything the poll generated discussion, so mission accomplished ESPN.

Matty - CRT3 is calling someone not a fan because they don't look through the world with burgandy colored glasses. The Redskins deserve this spot, because they simply haven't done anything to prove otherwise. I support my team, but that doesn't mean they don't do things wrong.

I also said I don't think we're THAT bad, but we're certainly not great.