Rankings Offense 2 Defense 4

[skins009]

Hey guys check out are rankings of offense and defense. Not a bad combinations huh!

[funandgunner]

Originally Posted by skins009

Hey guys check out are rankings of offense and defense. Not a bad combinations huh!

Total flip on offense from last year - we were ranked 3rd on offense based on yards last year ... 3rd WORSE team. I don't think anyone is asking the right questions, instead everyone is asking questions like ... if the redskins are for real or if we're good. The right questions would be : how good we are ? and how much better are we gonna get ?

Everyone (including our own fans) are afraid of those last 2 questions.

[backrow]

Originally Posted by skins009

Hey guys check out are rankings of offense and defense. Not a bad combinations huh!

George of the Jungle says "That's pretty darn good!"

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by backrow

George of the Jungle says "That's pretty darn good!"

The cow says, "Moooooooooooooooo."
The chicken says, "Cluck, cluck, cluck."

Anyone else have those things as a kid?

[expatriated_in_PHX]

yes, great toy and what does that have to do with the topic. lol!

[GoSkins!]

And, with the exception of SF, most the other defenses are not bad defenses.

With Lavar healthy and on the field the defense could still improve.

[LadyT]

Can't get much better than that. I hope we can still fly under the radar, so teams aren't looking our way when we meet them.

I think we're better off when sports writers and others bad-mouth us. Motivates us even more and causes others to dismiss us.

[Riggo44]

Let's just hope we can stay there.

[skinsguy]

WOW! So much for Gibbs being too conservative eh?

[Top-Skin-K]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

WOW! So much for Gibbs being too conservative eh?

I had no doubts about us getting the offense together this year. It was just a matter of when. We can all look at Gibbs track record. The man is a winner. This was bound to happen. Others fail to remember that Gibbs was the architect of the most prolific offense the NFL had ever seen until Randy Moss came into the league with the Vik's. I can't think of a team that was ranked that high in both offense and defense. Question: Out of the superbowl winning teams. What team had the highest rank offense and defense for that super bowl year.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Top-Skin-K

I had no doubts about us getting the offense together this year. It was just a matter of when. We can all look at Gibbs track record. The man is a winner. This was bound to happen. Others fail to remember that Gibbs was the architect of the most prolific offense the NFL had ever seen until Randy Moss came into the league with the Vik's. I can't think of a team that was ranked that high in both offense and defense. Question: Out of the superbowl winning teams. What team had the highest rank offense and defense for that super bowl year.

I agree that it was only time before Gibbs would get our O moving. I would not have expected such a fast rise in such little time. Its amazing how a couple of plays (Moss's catches at Dallas) can turn thing around so quickly. Patten even had some nice catches against the 49er's and if he can keep improving each game watch out.

[funandgunner]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I agree that it was only time before Gibbs would get our O moving. I would not have expected such a fast rise in such little time. Its amazing how a couple of plays (Moss's catches at Dallas) can turn thing around so quickly. Patten even had some nice catches against the 49er's and if he can keep improving each game watch out.

The 2 most important games of the season :

(1) Dallas - got us over the cowboys curse (which got us over the nfc east curse) and helped build the confidence to able to win any game no matter how terrible the performance or how many points down.
(2) San Francisco - helped to convince us that we are on another level offensively and also helped to attain a comfort level between the players and the coaches' play calling.

Having said that - in New York - the first few plays and possessions are key to the game and maybe the next big step we take. If we get on a roll (like I know we can offensively), the teams' confidence level will be sky high, and despite "the fly under the radar" theory, I think the redskins confidence this sesason is what is sparking the redskins' success.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by funandgunner

The 2 most important games of the season :

(1) Dallas - got us over the cowboys curse (which got us over the nfc east curse) and helped build the confidence to able to win any game no matter how terrible the performance or how many points down.
(2) San Francisco - helped to convince us that we are on another level offensively and also helped to attain a comfort level between the players and the coaches' play calling.

Having said that - in New York - the first few plays and possessions are key to the game and maybe the next big step we take. If we get on a roll (like I know we can offensively), the teams' confidence level will be sky high, and despite "the fly under the radar" theory, I think the redskins confidence this sesason is what is sparking the redskins' success.

I agree with you on the Dallas game. If it was not for those two plays and Dallas would have won. I think it would have realy taken the wind out of this team and we may have never recoverd from.

[expatriated_in_PHX]

[QUOTE=funandgunner]The 2 most important games of the season :

(1) Dallas - got us over the cowboys curse (which got us over the nfc east curse) and helped build the confidence to able to win any game no matter how terrible the performance or how many points down.
(2) San Francisco - helped to convince us that we are on another level offensively and also helped to attain a comfort level between the players and the coaches' play calling.

number one I agree with.
number two I hope for. whether or not the San Fran game will bolster the confidence of the team and their confidence in the coaches will be born out over the next two games.

[Daseal]

Im still a little worried about our ability to score in the redzone on defenses that aren't at the bottom of the league. However, one big positive I've seen is that every game we've improved, not the inconsistancy one week to another we're used to seeing.