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I have become a big fan of Greg Cosell of NFL Films. You can catch him on Thursdays on ESPN 980.com at 5:00 pm on the "Sports Reporters."

He liked what he saw in Beck against Carolina. He said that Beck's decision making was very good. He knew what receivers to throw the ball to. Coselll said that the Bills have no pass rush and cannot defend the run. With Beck's work ethic, I expect him to get better with each game.

For me, all of this together spells a very good game by Beck and a much improved offensive performance.

The O line played better than expected last week and should fare well against a weak pass rush, so we should run. I expect to see more of Roy Helu this week and see him break a long one or two.

My biggest concern is Fitzgpatrick and the Bills passing attack. Cosell says he is like a point guard. The Bills goal is for him to get the ball out quickly and to anybody who is open. The Bills have given up only 6 sacks. The way our man coverage has left receivers open in the last two games, Fitzpatrick will be hitting guys underneath all day long.

Hasett has to do something different for coverage. Gamble and play tighter coverage and get some picks. Hall is questionable to play and that could hurt if he doesn't play because this is the game to set him in position to jump routes. I believe that he will play. I predict that we will get turnovers this game because of the more aggressive coverage.

The Giants showed that the Bills can be beaten at home and the Bills are not really playing at home (O Canada!). Teams coming off the bye week have not fared well (only 3 teams have won).

The offense must score 30 points to win this game.


Redskins 31 - Bills 24.

My "predictions" in these threads have mostly been homer picks.

Realistically, I think we're gonna lose.

I think they will spread us out. If we play nickel our linebackers won't tackle well enough in space to stop their run. If we play base D they will throw on us.

I agree with the original post in that we will need to play some man and jump a few patterns if we are gonna beat these guys.

The bye has hurt teams this year.

Bills 30 'Skins 20

Hope I'm wrong.

DarthMonk

I predict Ryan Fitzpatrick throws three picks. Why? He just signed a huge deal......and it's Buffalo.

I also expect their running back to tear us up.

Finally, I absolutely predict a miserable time for myself at a birthday party at Chucky Cheese's conveniently schedule between 1:00 & 3:30. The kids dad is an Iggles fan. Damn him.

Burgundy&Wha? wrote:I predict Ryan Fitzpatrick throws three picks. Why? He just signed a huge deal......and it's Buffalo.

I also expect their running back to tear us up.

Finally, I absolutely predict a miserable time for myself at a birthday party at Chucky Cheese's conveniently schedule between 1:00 & 3:30. The kids dad is an Iggles fan. Damn him.

Hey, man - I think it's a 4:00 kickoff!

DarthMonk

DarthMonk wrote:

Burgundy&Wha? wrote:I predict Ryan Fitzpatrick throws three picks. Why? He just signed a huge deal......and it's Buffalo.

I also expect their running back to tear us up.

Finally, I absolutely predict a miserable time for myself at a birthday party at Chucky Cheese's conveniently schedule between 1:00 & 3:30. The kids dad is an Iggles fan. Damn him.

Hey, man - I think it's a 4:00 kickoff!

DarthMonk

I hadn't looked at the schedule, but that's great if it's so.

I've had a bad feeling about our odds each week starting with the Eagles game. It hasn't gone away yet.

We can win this one, but it's Buffalo's game to lose, I think.

Irn-Bru wrote:I've had a bad feeling about our odds each week starting with the Eagles game. It hasn't gone away yet.

Me too. That feeling's not going away next week either....

We win! These mobile QBs have been giving us a fit. Back to blitzing this week! Put some fear into their eyes! Just wish we had Fletcher....

The Bills will gain a lot of yards running at Orakpo's side. I like Brian, but I wish he would improve some aspects of his game. He's so eager to get up field he gets out of position at times when he's run at.

jr_uscg wrote:We win! These mobile QBs have been giving us a fit. Back to blitzing this week! Put some fear into their eyes! Just wish we had Fletcher....

Unless all his limbs are broken; he isn't missing a game.

It's going to be an up and down season for results. This week is back up. Redskins 24-21

DarthMonk wrote:My "predictions" in these threads have mostly been homer picks.

Realistically, I think we're gonna lose

I pick the Redskins every week in every pool I'm in. I won it last year and I also won 5 or 6 years ago. I've won about $4,000 on roughly $700 in pool fees. $100 per year with over 100 players. A lot of the money goes in weekly prizes. I have won some of those but I tend to do better in the long haul prizes.

We are fans of the best team to support. You have to believe. I may be a homer, but if I'm a blind one it works since blindness apparently pays well.

I predict it's going to be cold and windy. Therefore I predict a huge run game. Redskins win in Canada . Not bad , eh? There is not a team the Skins have played this year that they could not have beat, and until they play a top team I will pick them. 27-17.

I was a fan when Allen was the HC and every game seemed to go down to the last minute

I also was a fan during the Jack Kent Cooke era

ANYONE that was a fan during the Snyder/Cerrato fiasco has to be a die-hard fan - that was the worst

now we have Allen & Shanahan running things and this franchise is getting to be a competitive group again

I'm a Redskins fan - I want to win every week but am not surprised when we don't ONLY because it's going to take time to get this program back to the top again

HTTR

grampi wrote:

Irn-Bru wrote:I've had a bad feeling about our odds each week starting with the Eagles game. It hasn't gone away yet.

Me too. That feeling's not going away next week either....

It might go away. (For me, it's not a 100% constant, as it appears to be for many on the board.) But first I'll have to see some improvement in this team, because while we were on track at the beginning of the year, there's been a slight detour that has me nervous.

Nothing that can't be fixed, though. So I'm hoping the team can bring it back around starting this week.

We win, even though on my blog I said we would lose...

SkinsJock wrote:I was a fan when Allen was the HC and every game seemed to go down to the last minute

I also was a fan during the Jack Kent Cooke era

ANYONE that was a fan during the Snyder/Cerrato fiasco has to be a die-hard fan - that was the worst

now we have Allen & Shanahan running things and this franchise is getting to be a competitive group again

I'm a Redskins fan - I want to win every week but am not surprised when we don't ONLY because it's going to take time to get this program back to the top again

HTTR

When I was a teen I used to dream at night before games at what our offensive line (hogs) would do to our opponents defensive line. I used to dream about what Dexter and Mann would do to their quarterbacks. I used to dream about what Dave and Grant would do to stop the run. I am with you bro and Allen is what got us winning and Vince got us to believe.

Unfortunately, our young Redskins fans will never truly understand.

my other prediction is this entire case of bud lights down the hatch!

it depends on our back ups do they step up ........ and can our D make them one dimensional it they can run it on us game over.i dont see us scoring more than 17 so we need a defensive score to have a chance
bills 28 - skins 17

I predict a big game for Austin.. Helu and torain will hold it down and Beck will be more comfortable. The bills D is ranked pretty poor. Our D will be solid like they have been all year... We just need to keep the O on the field to keep our D fresh. We crush the bills hopefully refueling hope for all the hopeless fans of B&G HAIL