Only a Redskins fan could think this wishfully

Said Redskins fan would be me. You know how some of us we get right? When we spend truckloads of cash on old, washed-up, former stars in the NFL, we think we're going to win the Superbowl. When we hire the 'Ole Ball Coach we think we're going to win the Superbowl. When we get Clinton Portis and give away the best cornerback in the league, we think we're going to win the Superbowl. When Joe Gibbs comes out of retirement to coach again, we automatically think we're winning the Superbowl. When we hire Al Saunders, we think we're headed to the Superbowl. And if we beat the CowGals twice in one year, we think we're winning the Superbowl. Actually, that's better than winning the Superbowl, LOL. But do you notice a theme here?

Most of you know, none of this has proven true except beating Dallas twice feeling like it's a Superbowl win. Yet-and-still, die-hard fans like me will always predict that the 'Skins can possibly win it all every year. That is, until we're mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Perhaps we're still smoking that stuff that Rayful Edmond was dealing back in the day. And this year is no different. Now that we've effed around and won the first two games of the season - for deliriously dedicated Redskins fans - this means we've got another shot at beating Denver 42-10 in the big game. (No, I will not let it go. It's the last time we won it all!)

This year, the Skins are playing decent and it seems like that might shockingly actually be on a consistent basis. It appears we've returned to running the ball to control the game and going with safe passes and the occasional shot at the end zone. We've got a very talented quarterback who appears to be maturing into a future star (if we could just get him to stop throwing high on his short passes). And we've got some serious weapons on both sides of the ball (Randle El, Moss, Portis, Cooley, S. Taylor, McIntosh, and Landry). So far that's yielded a 2-0 record. And although it's early in the season, things look like they could turn out well for my beloved 'Skins. Take a look at their remaining schedule this year (along with my predictions):

Sun, Sep 23 NY Giants
Have you seen them play this year...WIN

BYE WEEK

Sun, Oct 7 Detroit
This game will probably be tougher than most people would experct because Detwatt is playing well this year and our pass defense is suspect. But in the end, I think we will beat Detwaat at home...WIN

Sun, Oct 14 at Green Bay
This will be another tough one considering it's in Green Bay. But I think this game will be Jason Campbell's coming out party against a decent defensive unit. Brett who? That old guy? Anyway...WIN

Sun, Oct 21 Arizona
We stop Edge, we win the game...WIN

Sun, Oct 28 at New England
New England is playing like a beast right now so at this point I have to give it to them. But if Moss gets hurt or doesn't show up and Tom Brady is busy conceiving another child the night before, we have a shot at winning...LOSS

Sun, Nov 4 at NY Jets
Chad Pennington is inconsistent. Thomas Jones is a scrub. And LavendarANUS Coles cannot beat us by himself...WIN

Sun, Nov 11 Philadelphia
Philly will want revenge bad and I am sure they'll at least be a little better at this point in the season than they were in week 2. It's really a toss-up but given the home-field advantage and the confidence of having already beat them once...I think we WIN

Sun, Nov 18 at Dallas
At Dallas...Ah man...LOSS

Sun, Nov 25 at Tampa Bay
Hopefully Tampa will have returned to sucking by this time because if they haven't, this will be another tough game. Yet-and-still, I think we will win. Especially if we lose to Dallas the week before...WIN

Sun, Dec 2 Buffalo
Two letters, one last name...J.P. LOSSman...'Skins WIN

Thu, Dec 6 Chicago
By this point in the season Rextacy probably won't be starting so I am not so sure about this one. The Skins beat the Bears a couple years back early in the season when they had essentially the same defensive unit, so I think we could pull it off again...Hell, why not considering they have pretty much NO OFFENSE...WIN

Sun, Dec 16 at NY Giants
Eli crumbles at home to resounding boos. But man that Plaxico guy scares the crap out of me...WIN

Sun, Dec 23 at Minnesota
On some fluke ish I think we will lose this game because for some reason I think Adrian Peterson is going to have the first 200-yard game of his career against us. Again, a fluke loss to a team we probably should beat. But hey, that's our style...LOSS

Sun, Dec 30 Dallas
Last game of the season. At home. Against the Cowgirls. No way we lose! WIN

This would leave us with a record of 13-3. Wow! Now that I read it and said it out loud it seems a bit optimistic but then again, look at the schedule. I think we have a decent shot to win every game except that New England game based on the first two games of the season. If 13-3 doesn't get us in the playoffs then we probably don't deserve to be there. Hell, the last time we were in the playoffs we were (10-6 with some help from other teams of course) so it's plausible to say that even if we lost 3 more games than I predict we'll win, we still have a shot at the playoffs.

However, if we get in the playoffs, the way we perform when we get there is another thing...

GO 'SKINS!!

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P.S. - I am now coming to accepting the fact that the Redskins name is pretty effed the eff up and we should probably change it. You don't see Carolina calling their team the "Carolina Coloreds" or the "NorfClick Nikkers". It's probably a good look for us to think about changing the name. Even if we all (somehow) think of Native Americans when we think of D.C., right?