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NoCalHail · 12-07-2015, 04:38 PM

I think there's a little too much being made out of this game as far as the "big picture" goes. We could win this game and still lose the division, and we could lose this game and still win the division.

The NFC East is just a bad division this year which is giving opportunity to 4 teams who realistically have no business sniffing the playoffs. I know people look at the team's opportunity and want it to translate into them magically becoming something they aren't but the fact is, everything we have seen out this team thus far shows they are a .500 team which means defining the team based on a single game like a lot of people are seeming to do with the game tonight, is not the way to go.

Looking at thes game through the narrow tunnel vision of just this game, yes I do think we should win and have a great chance to do so. I just don't want it to make it a bigger deal than it is which of course because it is Dallas and Monday Night Football it is already in the spotlight regardless of any season implications.

If we win I am sure the reaction by the media is going to be "6-6 Redskins beat a 3-8 Tony Romo-less Cowboys team to take 1 game lead in awful NFC East" and really there is a lot of truth in that headline, although yes there is a bit more too it for folks who cover the team specifically, but in the big picture none of those factors matter. The national media doesn't care about that stuff, they just look at a team's record and frame the story from there.

Listening to the radio at work today (boy can I barely even concentrate on work...2.5 more hours to go) a lot of listeners are treating this game like the 2012 Season finale vs. Dallas and this is a totally different scenario. This game while a win will be pretty big, is not for the NFC East title. There is still a month worth of games left that the team has to go out and perform and try to win.

12-07-2015, 04:38 PM	#105
NoCalHail Special Teams Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 368	Re: It's Dallas week Mother Fu#&ers!! I think there's a little too much being made out of this game as far as the "big picture" goes. We could win this game and still lose the division, and we could lose this game and still win the division. The NFC East is just a bad division this year which is giving opportunity to 4 teams who realistically have no business sniffing the playoffs. I know people look at the team's opportunity and want it to translate into them magically becoming something they aren't but the fact is, everything we have seen out this team thus far shows they are a .500 team which means defining the team based on a single game like a lot of people are seeming to do with the game tonight, is not the way to go. Looking at thes game through the narrow tunnel vision of just this game, yes I do think we should win and have a great chance to do so. I just don't want it to make it a bigger deal than it is which of course because it is Dallas and Monday Night Football it is already in the spotlight regardless of any season implications. If we win I am sure the reaction by the media is going to be "6-6 Redskins beat a 3-8 Tony Romo-less Cowboys team to take 1 game lead in awful NFC East" and really there is a lot of truth in that headline, although yes there is a bit more too it for folks who cover the team specifically, but in the big picture none of those factors matter. The national media doesn't care about that stuff, they just look at a team's record and frame the story from there. Listening to the radio at work today (boy can I barely even concentrate on work...2.5 more hours to go) a lot of listeners are treating this game like the 2012 Season finale vs. Dallas and this is a totally different scenario. This game while a win will be pretty big, is not for the NFC East title. There is still a month worth of games left that the team has to go out and perform and try to win.