Pravda
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I'm a little surprised by the extent of the some of the negativity --
Compare this season to most seasons in recent Redskins history and we're far ahead of where we usually are.
Drawing some stats that Lanky pulled in another thread, it took the 'Skins only 6 games to score the same amount of points as they did in at least 9, 10, 11 or 12 games in the last 6 seasons.
As bulldog pointed out, we have a RB on pace for 1500 yards -- I don't have the stats, but I believe that Morris has had more runs over 10 yards in the first 7 games as Portis had in several seasons.
We are leading the NFL in team rushing. When was the last time the 'Skins led the NFL in anything that we should be proud of?
We are 7th in rushing defense up from 18th last year.
We are 3rd in INTShttp://www.nfl.com/stats/categoryst...sonType=REG&tabSeq=2&qualified=true&Submit=Go up from 22nd (22nd!!) last year.
We also have USA Today asking questions like Is Griffin having the best rookie season ever?http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/10/21/griffin-best-rookie-ever/1648601/.
Sure, we have plenty of issues to deal with -- including a porous secondary and one of the worst scoring defenses in the league. And there's injuries.
However, there are injuries ever year and if we're able to close the gap -- even by 10 places so that we're 20th instead of 30th -- on the secondary, then each of these close games has a totally different potential outcome.
We're not going to blow teams out but we're in every game and we're scoring lots of points.
Maybe you guys need a bit of a reassessment of expectations; from where I'm sitting, things are looking pretty good.
Compare this season to most seasons in recent Redskins history and we're far ahead of where we usually are.
Drawing some stats that Lanky pulled in another thread, it took the 'Skins only 6 games to score the same amount of points as they did in at least 9, 10, 11 or 12 games in the last 6 seasons.
As bulldog pointed out, we have a RB on pace for 1500 yards -- I don't have the stats, but I believe that Morris has had more runs over 10 yards in the first 7 games as Portis had in several seasons.
We are leading the NFL in team rushing. When was the last time the 'Skins led the NFL in anything that we should be proud of?
We are 7th in rushing defense up from 18th last year.
We are 3rd in INTShttp://www.nfl.com/stats/categoryst...sonType=REG&tabSeq=2&qualified=true&Submit=Go up from 22nd (22nd!!) last year.
We also have USA Today asking questions like Is Griffin having the best rookie season ever?http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/10/21/griffin-best-rookie-ever/1648601/.
Sure, we have plenty of issues to deal with -- including a porous secondary and one of the worst scoring defenses in the league. And there's injuries.
However, there are injuries ever year and if we're able to close the gap -- even by 10 places so that we're 20th instead of 30th -- on the secondary, then each of these close games has a totally different potential outcome.
We're not going to blow teams out but we're in every game and we're scoring lots of points.
Maybe you guys need a bit of a reassessment of expectations; from where I'm sitting, things are looking pretty good.