Barring injury, Skins are a lock for playoffs, chance for bye

[5RINGS]

Here's why,

8 games left,

Nov 20 at home to Oakland.
- 1:00 game Raiders playing at 10:00a.m Body time
- It won't be California weather
- Raiders not so good. Soft team.
Skins victory. Mortal Lock.

Dec 11th @ Arizona
- Arizona. Enough said.
Skins victory. Mortal Lock

Dec 4th @ St Louis
- Rams are not a team that can play slug it out football. Skins can.
- Skins Play well on the road and St Louis can't close out well.
Skins Victory 75% chance. IMO.

Nov 13 @ Tampa.

- Chris Simms.
_ Still a tough defense. Cadillac seems out of gas. If you cover Galloway what are they going to do?

Nov 27 San Diego
- Not California weather. 10:00 a.m body time for SD.

I think Washington gets one of these two. Hard to see them losing both of these. Playing in this NFC East has benefits in that when you play other divisions and conferences, you can smack them cause you are now battle hardened and they aren't.

Final Three games are Divisional rivals. Two of three are at home.

If you win one out of three you wind up 10-6. and go 3-3 in Division.

You win two out of three you are 11-5. 4-2 in Division. And start to look very good for the bye.

If you go Three for three in the last three games then you end up 12-4, and are almost guarenteed a bye.

You have a fresh Arrington making plays. A decent back up to Brunell - ask Pittsburgh if they wouldn't like Ramsey right now. Depth at RB.

You guys are now officially .......scary.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I hate when Cowboys fans act all nice. Makes it so much harder to hate them.

[5RINGS]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I hate when Cowboys fans act all nice. Makes it so much harder to hate them.

No shame in calling something for what it is.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I know. I'm kidding. I know that Arizona IS Arizona, but I always get worried about those trap games. Oakland is no slouch either.

[Big C]

we should beat tampa bay, simms isnt a starting quality QB, we just have to stop the run and somehow break down that defense some

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I know their defense is #1 yards-wise, but Philly's defense was pretty damn good too.

[BigSKINBauer]

before this past game i divided the season into 3 blocks
1. Eagles tampa
2. Raiders, chargers, rams, cardinals
3. 3 divisional games

I thought as long as we only lose one in each group we can end up 10-6 but i did also realize that we could win all of our first and second groups. the next two games would be two divisional games at home, i don't want to say we have a possibility of winning 8 straight because that is just crazy but 6-2 or 7-1 isn't out of the question in those 8 games, we are already 1-0 so i don't think winning 5 of our next 7 is out of the question neither is 6 and if we pull of eagles that is 12-4. Scary isn't it

but let us focus on tampa. i think we have a good chance, they have fallen off

[MTK]

Nothing is a lock, we still have some very tough games to go.

[hurrykaine]

TB's O-line is not that great, so we should be able to pressure Simms as much as we did Alex Smith. One of the Bucs linemen (Kenyatta Walker) got called for 3 false starts in 5 snaps in yesterday's game and was benched thereafter.

And, we just stick with our usual offense...li'l dinks and screens to H-backs, pound portis and betts, and take a few shots downfield to Moss and Patten. Just no offensive turnovers, please!

[5RINGS]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Nothing is a lock, we still have some very tough games to go.

You have the easiest schedule in the division, on paper anyway.

[firstdown]

One thing that I did notice about our remanning schedule it seems that our toughest opponents (except the Philly game) are home games.

[BigSKINBauer]

i don't think we will get a first week bye and neither will anyone in this division, i think seahawks and someone from the south will get it, but hey who knows

[dblanch66]

That sure is a nice scenario, 5 rings. Are you trying to jinx us??

[Hog1]

DAMMIT 5RINGS, just when I was fixin' to take you to the pound, you quit pissin' on the carpet!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by 5RINGS

You have the easiest schedule in the division, on paper anyway.

That's because our first 8 agmes were the hardets on paper in the NFC.

All I know is we need to play one week, one game at a time and see what happens. I agree it is conceivable to win 10 or 11 but it's not like we're beating teams up right now. We may have won some games but only one was a lock from beginning to end. If injuries start to pile up or luck turns a little we're back looking at 9-7/8-8 real quick. One game at a time and let the chips fall baby.