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Math Says the Skins Win Only 6.6 Games
By Jamie Mottram | September 4, 2008
I put a lot of stock into the brainiacs at Football Outsiders, and they’re projecting the Redskins to finish 6.6-9.4 this season. So I guess — according to the zany illustration from yesterday’s Post — that Oil + Zorn + West Coast + Pixie Dust = Last Place. Or something.
But what say you? The Skins won four straight to finish 9-7 last year. Then Gibbs walked, as did Williams and Saunders. In came JZ, a full load of draft picks and Jason “Dancing Shoes” Taylor. Are they better now? The same? Uh, worse?
After peeking at the schedule careful consideration, I’ll go with a homer-rific 10-6. But that’s just me. We’d love to hear from you, so long as there’s no math involved.
Related: While the numbers say 6.6, the money says 7.5. Take the over!
Topics: Redskins, Stats Are Cool, This Is Weird | 6 Comments »
September 4th, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Math says 6.6
Meth says 16-0
Mayor says 12-3-1
September 4th, 2008 at 11:45 AM
I’m going 8-8, and that’s with a 2-4 NFC East prediction.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:53 AM
So it’s known, I went 3-3 on the NFC East, as I do every year.
Note: They were 3-3 last year, 1-5 in ‘06 and 5-1 in ‘05. So 9-9 over the past three seasons.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:31 PM
7-9 with a 2-4 NFC East
Reed Doughty will cost us huge this year as safety. The Redskins should have drafted Zibikowski from Notre Dame or Kenny Phillips to replace ST21
September 4th, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Uh…I like Football Outsiders and all their fancy-pants sabremath. But I remember last season right after Thanksgiving they rated the Redskins as having a .02 percent chance of making the playoffs.
April 27th, 2011 at 6:20 PM
I’m not easily impressed. . . but that’s imrpsiesng me! :)