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Quite frankly, I'd rather he not respect the Redskins at all. That way, when we get back to, and win, the Super Bowl, he'll have that much more to choke on.

riggofan wrote:These "rankings" are such a joke. He basically picked the playoffs to be EXACTLY the same as last year. When does that ever happen? What a moron.

Some teams will slip this year and some teams will rise. I really like how underrated the skins are right now. Just what we need.

Do you think this guy even examined our schedule? 7 wins is very realistic if you look at it.

phattymatt wrote:Looks like Dr. Z finally got something right.

SkinsJock wrote:

phattymatt wrote:Looks like Dr. Z finally got something right.

this is an interesting introduction/post! welcome to the site - hope you enjoy sharing with us.

phattymatt wrote:

SkinsJock wrote:

phattymatt wrote:Looks like Dr. Z finally got something right.

this is an interesting introduction/post! welcome to the site - hope you enjoy sharing with us.

thanks.

1niksder wrote:

phattymatt wrote:[quote="SkinsJock
We are a little different here. We won't clobber you right of the bat, like you guys do over at CF.
Althought that might have been what you were looking for.

Welcome to the board and enjoy the site.

phattymatt wrote:Fartheads.

phattymatt wrote:Fartheads.

RedskinsFreak wrote:Gee. You don't like dealing with Redskins fans, yet you LIVE HERE. There's a good amount of "deal with it" factor when you choose to live and make a living here.

phattymatt wrote:

RedskinsFreak wrote:Gee. You don't like dealing with Redskins fans, yet you LIVE HERE. There's a good amount of "deal with it" factor when you choose to live and make a living here.

Hey I can't help that my job is here. I like the area, just hate the football team. And I've only been here for almost 4 years, so Skins fans really haven't had a whole lot to give me crap about in that time.

sch1977 wrote:welcome to the board. You dont seem like the typical Eagles fan.

Tricks behind the picks
The somewhat-fuzzy logic behind my '05 predictions
Posted: Thursday September 1, 2005 11:52AM; Updated: Thursday September 1, 2005 12:42PM


Last year I provided capsule analyses of the teams I listed in my forecast in Sports Illustrated's preseason NFL Issue. This year I'm doing the same. See, some things never change. Except that I'm providing the projected record in parens (like this), which is an attempt to further illuminate the darkness. An asterisk denotes ... I'll bet you've already guessed it ... a wild-card team.

NFC EAST
1. EAGLES (10-6)

In 2004 I predicted Terrell Owens would cause big problems early in the season. I missed it by about 10 months. Now I'm not sure. He might even stay quiet for the better part of the campaign, after Andy Reid gave him his "here's the way it's gonna be" lecture. They wouldn't have made the Super Bowl without T.O. Now all the psych majors are saying there's no way they can make it with him. Every other department is fairly solid, especially that terrific secondary, with a great coordinator to get them in the best schemes. But should T.O. go in the tank, the Iggles will be left with one of the weaker secondaries in the league. Thus, I take the mid-ground and cop out at 10-6.

2. COWBOYS (10-6*)

In 2004 Vinny Testaverde was sacked 34 times. That's a good statistic, because the number is right around the league average and Vinny, as we know, was a lot slower than the average quarterback. Can the line set up a wall for Drew Bledsoe, who likes to hold the ball? I think so, and that, of course, is the issue, because the Cowboys' defense will be active and opportunistic and will force turnovers.

3. GIANTS (5-11)

I don't really think they're this bad, just as I don't think the Redskins are as bad as my 4-12 for them indicates. What happens, and I've already explained this a few times, is that I get the schedule out and play it out, game by game, and whatever comes up ... well, that's what I go with, unless it looks too ridiculous, then I adjust it by a game or so. I'm afraid I don't think Eli Manning is there yet. I just can't see New York beating a good team on the road under Eli, actually any team on the road, except for maybe the Niners. If the O-line were great, well then OK, maybe Eli would come around faster than we think. But it's just average.

4. REDSKINS (4-12)

I know this is a vicious prediction, and since Washington has some of the most dedicated e-mailers in the land, I expect to hear from an army of them next week, just as I did last year when I picked the Skins ... what ... 5-11 or something like that? GreggWilliams' defense shouldn't let this happen, but it was good last year, too, and so what? I think the Patrick Ramsey-Mark Brunell-Jason Campbell merry-go-round is a bad situation and the sign of a deeper problem -- namely that this team doesn't quite know what it's doing.

Great, so essentially in your "fuzzy logic" article you explain that you pick the 'Skins to go 4-12 just to anger Redskins fans with your "vicious prediction." I mean, why else would you say "I don't think the Redskins are as bad as my 4-12 for them indicates" but still give them that record unless you were trying to upset the fanbase? And if they're better than that then why do you rank them 29th? Have you ever stopped for a few minutes to think that perhaps the reason that Redskins fans are your most dedicated e-mailers is because you take every possible opportunity to crap all over the team? In addition, you suggest that the team has no idea of how to handle the QB situation. That's rich, Joe Gibbs is only the only coach in the history of the sport to win a Super Bowl with three different QBs! Finally, your pick for last year was also WRONG. Just by one game but still, I cannot remember a time that you overestimated them. The reason Redskins fans don't like you is because of you incredible bias that just spews forth at every opportunity. We all know how much you hate Dan Snyder, you only write that every two months or so! It is very clear that you hate the Redskins. Heck, even in Gibbs' previous tenure in your predictions before the Super Bowls that they won, you said they would lose every time. Im addition, EVERYONE knows about the incredible lenghts that you and Peter King go to trying to keep Art Monk out of the HOF. Every year (or even more frequently) it's the same thing over and over - Art Monk wasn't spectacular, Art Monk wasn't the center of the system, blah, blah, blah. "Fuzzy logic" indeed! Actually more like biased logic! And you wonder why you get so many e-mails from Redskins fans!!! You just love to rile us up, don't you?