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wow, apparently this site has folded up camp and called it a season already.
you really dont think we can beat any team left? not even the raiders? I would say that Im shocked but Im not.
'This site' isn't composed of a bunch of mindless idiots Mike - so lets not act as if it were. You disagree - that's fine, but this isn't a site filled with either blind homerism, or bitter pessimists incapable of acknowledging any bright spot. I think you're confusing us with some other place?
So lets get to your point. First of all, the question isn't 'on any given Sunday, could the Redskins beat any of the remaining teams?'. Obviously, any NFL fan knows even the worst of teams can surprise the best of the best once. It happens all the time. What the poll is asking is not 'can we', but 'will we' win another game this season. In answering that, I think most of us look at the evidence before us. The disarray of the coaching staff, the patchwork offensive line which gave up 5 sacks in the first half last week, the inability to consistently score, and even the vaunted defense's ability to stop the opponent when it really counts - there's ample evidence this team isn't just bad, it's godawful bad. And I don't see a lot to pin my hopes on in terms of a turn-around. You may, but I'd have to ask, other than the statistical chances any team, no matter how horrible, can win some games, what are you basing your optimism on? I'm not sure last year's experience is even relevant in terms of predicting the remainder of this season. This team is in a spiral last year's team never even got close to.
I picked the Redskins to beat the Raiders and the Cowboys at home. In other words, to have the same success they had in the 2nd half of the season as they did the 1st half.