The Shrine

Woo, we squeaked by the first round in one of the ugliest wins i have ever seen. But, to play that poorly and yet still walk away a winner only means things have to get better for round 2 and the team will be fired up. We've played so many good games in a row that i wasnt too surprised that we ran out of gas at Tampa Bay. Luckily, we got that game out of our system, still won, and are ready to take on the overrated Seahawks.

Seattle is a terrible team and i'm glad the Redskins play them as opposed to either Chicago or Carolina in round 2. Seattle is in a division with the Cardinals, Rams, and 49ers... does anything more have to be said? If the Redskins, Giants, or Dallas got to play those 3 crap ass teams twice in a season then they would be 13-3 also. Seattle has had no impressive wins, they beat the Colts in week 16 when the Colts didnt care, and that is all they have done. They barely edged out both Dallas and the Giants in games where they needed a final 10 second interception in one and 3 missed field goals (2 in OT, 1 in the 4t qtr) from the Giant kicker to win that one. They have lost to the Redskins, the Jaguars, and Green Bay. They choke against good teams and will choke again. If the Redskins had their weak schedule, then you would see Portis with 28 touchdowns instead of Alexander. We played the 49ers only once and scored 52 points.

Tony Kornheiser wrote a good article today in the Post on how terrible the Seahawk franchise is as a whole. No team this bad can outrun their history, so they are destined to suck again. In 30 years they have never made a Super Bowl and have only made it to a conference championship once! This year is defentely not going to be the year either.

Whether or not the Redskins actually win, is one thing, but they will certainly cover the 9 point spread. This has to be the most lopsided line ever. We've only lost by more than 9 once this season and you think a Gibbs team in the playoffs will let it happen again? Joe Gibbs football is slowing thing down, keeping things close, and running the clock. That plus a good defense almost guantees a close game. A 9 point spread when the opposing team actually have a good chance of winning the game? CRRRAAAZY!!

This week cant go fast enough. Go skins!

I'm not really a NFC man and the skins have a good team but come on, you can't say that Seattle totally sucks. Alexander is pretty damn good if you ask me. A 9 point spread is rather large though, I will give you that point. Especially with Portis and Santana Moss in the skin's line up... seems like a somewhat explosive offense to me.

I'm still stunned by the Cin/Pit game. Palmer going down the second play of his first offensive drive. After he completed that like 70 yard pass too, man that was crazy, but I'll take the win. If we can just get some kind of miracle against Indy, and if Denver can take New England we'll have a chance to go to the super bowl.

Of course i am just a big fan with big dreams.

One thing is true, though, the Redskins are a team built for the playoffs. They have a suffocating defense, a pounding running game, lots of experience in coaching staff and quarterback, and they play relatively mistake free football. That combination shows that even with only a buck 50 in total offense, you can win a playoff game! If they add some offense in this week they can win the game.

I think the Steelers have a similar structure, which is why they are also so dangerous in the playoffs.

Yeah, but the steelers always fuck up somehow. And Indy's just totally insane, I really don't know if we can beat them even if we bring our A game.

If they can't stop Alexander they're fucked.

I think Carolina is gonna go to the Super Bowl personally.

You guys manage 120 yards of offense and have the nerve to say another team is a terrible team? Hah!

Seattle does have a lot to prove, I'll give you that. But bottom line is this - 28 touchdowns is still 28 freakin touchdowns. 1,800+ yards rushing, is still 1800+ yards rushing. And they beat teams that were worse than them, so you can't hold that against them.

People talk about history in Seattle, but people don't realize the free agent era in the NFL erases a lot of that. Tampa Bay has one a Superbowl. Carolina, a team barely in existence has been to one. History doesn't mean what it used to.

OK, I'm rooting for Seattle because of Shaun Alexander (same alma mater), so I'm homering a bit. Also I like a good football argument any time.

ShyGuy wrote:I'm not really a NFC man and the skins have a good team but come on, you can't say that Seattle totally sucks. Alexander is pretty damn good if you ask me. A 9 point spread is rather large though, I will give you that point. Especially with Portis and Santana Moss in the skin's line up... seems like a somewhat explosive offense to me.

I'm still stunned by the Cin/Pit game. Palmer going down the second play of his first offensive drive. After he completed that like 70 yard pass too, man that was crazy, but I'll take the win. If we can just get some kind of miracle against Indy, and if Denver can take New England we'll have a chance to go to the super bowl.

Yes Alexander rules, as Flip and his fellow Redskins fans are about to find out the hard way.

And the Cincy game was just freaky. I wish I was at a Vegas Sporting book when Palmer got knocked out and they put in Jon Kitna. If I had money on the game, I would have burned down whatever building I was in.

And yes, you are going to need a miracle against Indy.

Redskins D can't stop Alexander. Just like the Pats can't stop the big yellow Bus on his way to get a Rothelsburger. Mmm, mmm, Chunky soup anyone?



On the F-the-PATs bandwagon, I am.

I think Carolina is gonna go to the Super Bowl personally.

I think it was in sports illustrated that carolina and indy were predicted to go to the superbowl. It might actually happen.

Btw, how do I quote someone without it just saying quote?

The only way Pitt will beat Indy is if their offensive line has a good day, that's the most unpredictable element of their team. One game they're fuckin' awesome, the next game they suck.

Barret wrote:Redskins D can't stop Alexander.

He had 97 yards when the Redskins beat them in the regular season, they should be able to hold him to less than that this week.

ShyGuy wrote:Yeah, but the steelers always fuck up somehow. And Indy's just totally insane, I really don't know if we can beat them even if we bring our A game.

Indy also had the #2 defense in football. It's a shock if they don't make it to the 'Bowl this year

ShyGuy wrote:
Btw, how do I quote someone without it just saying quote?

I just scroll through the topic reviewer and copy and then put brackets around quote and /quote.

I think Baldarov was asking how you can make a quote block say "*poster's name* wrote:" instead of "Quote:".

To do that, all you need to do is type {quote="name"} in the post, replacing the curly brackets with square brackets, and it'll say whatever you want. It even works with nested quotes, and you can write whatever you want for a name.

So, this block:

{quote="some guy"}{quote="Mahatma Gandhi"}{quote="like whoa holy shit dude"}{quote="fhqwgads"}Everybody to the limit.{/quote}{/quote}{/quote}{/quote}

Will look like this:

some guy wrote:

Mahatma Gandhi wrote:

like whoa holy shit dude wrote:

Thank you for the html help. I will use it well.

Well..technically its BBC code, not HTML

Well thank you for the correction... looks like html code.

I don't know which team is going to win, but I think it's going to be a fuck of a lot closer than most people think.

Seattle is a good team. They were greatly aided by a noncompetitive division - the Redskins not only had a much harder schedule, but Seattle's stats against teams that had winning records were not exactly fantastic.

Homefield advantage and a week off to rest and heal is a major bonus for them, but that doesn't hand them a blowout victory, let alone a close one.

Flip wrote: Whether or not the Redskins actually win, is one thing, but they will certainly cover the 9 point spread. This has to be the most lopsided line ever.... A 9 point spread when the opposing team actually have a good chance of winning the game? CRRRAAAZY!!

Care to revisit that quote? The Skins were lucky to lose by 10.

And my Steelers snuck past the Colts. THere's a helluva shocker for ya. I'm sure the Old Man is jumping for joy somewhere (you lurker, you).....and aggrivating his arthritic pain in the process :-)

That game should've given any steelers fan a heart attack. The last 4 and half minutes were totally insane.

We blew it, somehow. With a +3 turnoever ratio and Alexander out, you'd think it would have been closer. Although, my analysis was close, though, because it SHOULD have been by 7 but our kicker choked. Which is a shame since if he had made that 4th quarter field goal than the final drive when the skins had the ball with 3 minutes left would have meant something.

If you want to do should haves, the Seahawks should have blown the game open and won by at least double the margin. The game wasn't nearly as close as the score. The Skins got their asses handed to them in every aspect of the game.

? It was a close game. Like i said, if the WAS kicker made the 4th QTR kick then WAS would have had the ball with 3 min to go and down by 7... Not sure where you think the SEA domination came from since WAS had more turnovers taken, more passing yards, and more time of posession. There are a few things that factor into the loss, and a few others that could have turned things around, WAS was not outplayed in every aspect, i'm not sure if we even watched the same game.