So, now having fully awoken from my Game induced coma (due to me being up till 4am and then getting up again at 6am to go to work!) I've been reflecting on the game.
I'm gonna fill this post with sunny optimism so here goes.
Many people are jumping on the Eagles bandwagon and proclaiming them as the best team in the league. So if that is true... then the only games we've lost are against the Eagles and the Chiefs... who could very well be the Superbowl opponents from each division this year. What's more we played them close despite being beaten up in the worst way, especially this weeks game.
Our O-line has now lost Scherf, Williams and Moses (or if not lost, they are MORE than a little banged up!) Scherf is getting his knee MRI'd this week but it could keep him out a while, Moses has BOTH ankles sprained and Williams is struggling to warrior his way through his Patella injury. The fact our line looked anywhere close to decent last night is a miracle.
Flip that to the D, our line is missing Allen, but even without him we got pressure on. We were in pretty good shape till the injury bug hit. At one point last night we were without Norman, Breeland, Moreau and Holsay. Our Secondary being held together with spit and duct tape and the efforts of Dunbar and Swearinger.
So I'm actually enjoying the fact that we're competitive even with injuries EVERYWHERE! Just think what we could do if we were healthy across the board!
Which brings me to my ray of sunshine.
How many times have we seen teams start fast and stumble during the season? Going deep into the playoffs is all about peaking at the right time.
Can the Beagles and the Chefs sustain this all season? Can they avoid the injury bug themselves? Or are they peaking too soon?
As for the Skins, our offense is misfiring, our D is banged up. But like we saw in 2012... don't count us out.
Reed and Doctson started to show life on the heart monitor yesterday. Fat Rob is back! Thompson is still a beast and even Crowder had a moment. And I've not given up on Pryor just yet, there's time for him to be something to this team.
Here's hoping our O-Line might be able to get a little time to recover, and gives our second stringers some valuable game reps. Norman will be back in the next couple of weeks and we'll also get DHall back (Much as he might be done right now, you can't say our secondary couldn't use a little help!).
We've played the 7th hardest schedule in the league with a banged up team, losing key blue chip players and with new pieces trying to find their groove on both sides of the ball. We're 3-3 despite all this, and hopefully can get healthier and play into form as other teams go over their peak and decline.
Plus we don't have to face Houdini at QB again.
I'm gonna fill this post with sunny optimism so here goes.
Many people are jumping on the Eagles bandwagon and proclaiming them as the best team in the league. So if that is true... then the only games we've lost are against the Eagles and the Chiefs... who could very well be the Superbowl opponents from each division this year. What's more we played them close despite being beaten up in the worst way, especially this weeks game.
Our O-line has now lost Scherf, Williams and Moses (or if not lost, they are MORE than a little banged up!) Scherf is getting his knee MRI'd this week but it could keep him out a while, Moses has BOTH ankles sprained and Williams is struggling to warrior his way through his Patella injury. The fact our line looked anywhere close to decent last night is a miracle.
Flip that to the D, our line is missing Allen, but even without him we got pressure on. We were in pretty good shape till the injury bug hit. At one point last night we were without Norman, Breeland, Moreau and Holsay. Our Secondary being held together with spit and duct tape and the efforts of Dunbar and Swearinger.
So I'm actually enjoying the fact that we're competitive even with injuries EVERYWHERE! Just think what we could do if we were healthy across the board!
Which brings me to my ray of sunshine.
How many times have we seen teams start fast and stumble during the season? Going deep into the playoffs is all about peaking at the right time.
Can the Beagles and the Chefs sustain this all season? Can they avoid the injury bug themselves? Or are they peaking too soon?
As for the Skins, our offense is misfiring, our D is banged up. But like we saw in 2012... don't count us out.
Reed and Doctson started to show life on the heart monitor yesterday. Fat Rob is back! Thompson is still a beast and even Crowder had a moment. And I've not given up on Pryor just yet, there's time for him to be something to this team.
Here's hoping our O-Line might be able to get a little time to recover, and gives our second stringers some valuable game reps. Norman will be back in the next couple of weeks and we'll also get DHall back (Much as he might be done right now, you can't say our secondary couldn't use a little help!).
We've played the 7th hardest schedule in the league with a banged up team, losing key blue chip players and with new pieces trying to find their groove on both sides of the ball. We're 3-3 despite all this, and hopefully can get healthier and play into form as other teams go over their peak and decline.
Plus we don't have to face Houdini at QB again.