{"id":405,"date":"2008-09-26T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=405"},"modified":"2008-09-26T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T15:20:18","slug":"the-next-two-whoop-dee-doo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2008\/09\/26\/the-next-two-whoop-dee-doo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Two, Whoop-dee-doo"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN’s John Clayton writes in his latest ‘First and 10’<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Now, the Skins embark on their most important two-game road trip of the season. It starts Sunday in Dallas and concludes in Week 5 in Philadelphia. If they win at least one of those games, the Redskins will establish themselves as contenders for the NFC East title. Losing both will make them 0-3 in the division and extreme long shots.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I understand what he’s saying here, and while I agree that losing both of the next two games would make winning the division difficult for the Redskins, I don’t agree with the tone of Clayton’s article, which seems to imply that the next two games will determine the Redskins playoff hopes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Let’s face it, this is a very tough division.\u00a0 Everyone in the NFL knows that.\u00a0 While I feel some warped sense of pride that we play in this knock-down, drag-out division, I also\u00a0issue a clenched-fist, gritted-teeth ‘Newman’ every time I think about how it hurts our chances for extra games.\u00a0 If we put our homerism on hold and be\u00a0realistic here for a moment, winning our home division games, and losing those on the road may be ….well, not so bad.\u00a0 I don’t think it means that should we lose the next two, that we should pack up our tents and go home.\u00a0 There’s still a lot of season left to go after the first five games.\u00a0 Yes, I understand that all this hinges on whether the Redskins are ‘real’, whether the team we’ve seen the past two weeks is the team we’ll continue to see, or if they’ll regress into mediocrity.<\/p>\n

After their\u00a0difficult first five games, the Redskins have a relatively easy schedule outside the division, and could very well go 9-2 in their last eleven games, resulting in an 11-5 record.\u00a0 This assumes that we win our home division games, and lose to the Steelers and Seahawks on their respective turfs.\u00a0 Is 11-5 good enough to win the division?\u00a0 Probably not.\u00a0 Is it enough to secure a wild card?\u00a0 Not necessarily, but I would think the chances\u00a0might be pretty darn good.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dallas has almost an identical schedule to ours, except that instead of Detroit they get Tampa Bay at home, and they have to play Arizona on the road.\u00a0 Okay, so assuming that they continue to play as they have been, they’re looking at 13-3, give or take.\u00a0 Philadelphia has to play Chicago on the road, and face a hot Atlanta team at home, plus go on the road against Seattle.\u00a0 New York also has to play in Arizona, and go up against Carolina and Minnesota, both of whom\u00a0will be\u00a0better at the end of the season.\u00a0 Both New York and Philadelphia are very good teams, but I think the middle of the Redskins schedule is comparitively favorable.<\/p>\n

The point is, even if the\u00a0Redskins lose these next two, it’s not over yet, no matter what they say.\u00a0 If they do lose the next two, the media will believe that we’re done, and will discard us.\u00a0 We’ll slip in the ‘power rankings’.\u00a0 But it matters not how the media responds after the next two games, or even how the fans respond.\u00a0 What matters is how the Redskins respond to being 2-3.\u00a0 My prediction: the Redskins will disappear from the radar for awhile in the middle of the season, give up the headlines to the Cowboy, Giants and Eagles, but, if they have the heart that I believe they have,\u00a0you’ll hear about them again towards the end of the season.\u00a0 Only then will we see whether the playoffs are possible.\u00a0 It’s way to early to count them out, no matter what happens these next two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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