Jake wrote:Call me whatever you want. RIC himself has said the Skins are not a Super Bowl contender but still picks them every week for some reason.
Sorry that I dont think we're the 72 Dolphins.
Let us clear the air:
1) True: The Washington Redskins are not a Super Bowl contender in the 2007 season.
2) True: I do pick them -every- week.
Besides, if there was -EVER- a game that the Redskins should lose based on
-EVERY- possible statistic, whether it is defense, offense, special teams, individual player stats and injury status, THIS would be it!
But I am Hognosticating a win. Obviously some people wonder WHY and others just find it incomprehensible. Well, let me explain my reasoning:
a) The Washington Redskins play
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Chances are that Dr. Jekyll will show up this Sunday and Mr. Hyde will return later in the season.
b) Football is a TEAM sport and all you need is for the score to start 0 - 0 with the same number of players on the field. Adversity and even criticism and ridicule often brings out the best performances from many teams.
c) I am sure that Joe Gibbs, Al Saunders, G Williams and the rest of the coaching staff will get our team ready to play on Sunday.
d) The Redskins play to the level of their opponent. The national media will be covering this game more than any other. Skins know that.
e) If I was not Hognosticating a victory, I would not be expecting (not hoping, really expecting) their best performance to win the game. I do want THEM to know that whether some of them come to THN (and they do) or not!
f) If we win, I will go on throughout the week enjoying the fact that we won -with- my team. I would hate to face anybody, let alone any coach or player, and have to explain that I never expected that my team had a chance. Solidarity is important and it has an important value in sports and in life.
And if I am wrong in my calculations. And if the Skins lose. And if I get one extra negative point in the Hognostications competition. Does that matter AT ALL?
The only reason you and I, and the admin, staff and all the other posters are HERE is because we share ONE common bond: The Washington Redskins. In some cases, it may be the -ONLY- thing that many people may have in common here.
So, what can be more important here than supporting the whole TEAM by EXPECTING (not only hoping) that they will win, that we, perhaps the only ones in the entire NFL, EXPECT them to win???
Oh what a chance Jake, what a chance ... These are the kinds of moments which define a true fan in Hog Heaven. Think about it and act with CONVICTION whatever you and all others decide.
Do you want to know the truth? I would LOVE to be the one ONLY Hognosticator predicting a win for us this weekend. I will not be the only one of course. There are many good comrades in arms here that share the logic and principles described above. Hail to them and hail to the Redskins !!!