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So, I Guess the Redskins Can’t Play the Underdog Role Anymore
By Chris Mottram | October 9, 2008
This is something we’ve only seen once since I was 10 years old. And I would know. I had a huge gambling problem back in ‘92:
As you can see, the Skins are favored by 14 points against the Rams, as of right now. The last time they were favored by 13 or more was 2005 against the 49ers, a game the Skins won by 35. And according to Bodog, this number is expected to go up as gameday nears. Madness.
All of this lovin’ the Skins are getting kind of freaks me out. I’m just not sure how to handle this team actually being good. And not just like “oh, we can maybe make the playoffs as a wild card … that’ll be cute” good. The Skins are, by the standards of every meaningless power ranking out there, a top 3 team. That terrifies me. It means there are expectations, and with expectations come let-downs, and with let-downs come depression … and … shit, Portis, help me out here, my man. I’m losing my medium:
“Us as a team – we’re gonna go out and play like we under the radar, we’re not gonna give in to the headlines and ‘the Redskins the best team in the NFC East.’ At the end of the season if you call me back and you can say that, it’ll be a great conversation between us, but for right now, I don’t think we’ve done nothin’, we’ve taken it one game at a time, this season can easily turn around. So what we’ve gotta do is focus and find a way to continue to win.”
Thank you, NFC offensive player of the week. You’re always there to keep me calm. How dare I start to think this team is good. I should know better.
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4 Responses to “So, I Guess the Redskins Can’t Play the Underdog Role Anymore”
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October 9th, 2008 at 11:32 am
I don’t call you. You call me.
- B. Mitchell
October 9th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Honestly, I’d be scared too. Seriously. Don’t get me wrong, the Skins will win this weekend, but with the Rams coming off a bye and actually caring now that they have a coach they like and want to play for, you’ll actually see some semblance of a team — some of that talent will actually show through.
I’d take the Rams and points Sunday morning in the hopes it goes up to 17 — the same number they lost by to the Bills with Linehan and Trent Green.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Shill alert.
http://www.stlsportsmag.com/index.php?postid=2080
Dr. Z and others are kinda on the Rams and the points bandwagon.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I’m on the Rams and the point bandwagon, too. That doesn’t mean I think they’re gonna win, though.