So winning out is the only way to go.
Yikes! No pressure.
At the same time, I feel like for a lot of the team, they have to be pretty pleased with what they've been able to do in what it's in many ways Year I of the RGIII Era.
That's not to say that it won't be a huge disappointment to all involved if we can't make a run in the playoffs (or don't even make the playoffs). But to some degree, I don't think the pressure is on as forcefully as it could be (or perhaps might have been at the beginning of the season) given how volatile our performances have been and how much better we've started playing during the latter half of this season.
We've made pretty substantial strides to generating a good team -- not a mediocre team that's on the cusp of lame, but a genuine good team with some excellent players. That's not to say there aren't issues, but I think we can address a lot of them and the thought of returning and being even better next year (in the event we don't win out this year) doesn't seem as far fetched to me now as it once did.
All of that combines, I think, to let the team play looser and less conservative which generally means that they can be more creative instead of playing "not-to-lose" which is how some recent Redskins teams have played IMHO.
In sum (of my rambling post), we're on the right track and I think that takes some of the pressure off and in some ways makes me think we'll more likely to play better.
Icing on the cake here is that we're actually a pretty decent team.
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