Your Washington Redskins 2009 Schedule – Mediocrity Wins Friends, But Not Championships
The beauty of 8-8 is that you can’t call it a success or failure. Not a winning season, not a losing season. Just a season of extensive blogger criticism, quarterback controversies, and greenlit reality shows for Chris Cooley. Let’s take a look at the benefit of being average, also known as the 2009 Washington Redskins schedule.
Sept. 13 at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m.
Sept. 20 St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Sept. 27 at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Oct. 4 Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Oct. 11 at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Oct. 18 Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Oct. 26 Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.
Nov. 1 BYE
Nov. 8 at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Nov. 15 Denver, 1 p.m.
Nov. 22 at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Nov. 29 at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Dec. 6 New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Dec. 13 at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Dec. 21 N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.
Dec. 27 Dallas 8:20 p.m.
Jan. 3 at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
September figures to be kind to the Skins’. I’m going out on a limb with this one and picking the Skins’ over the Giants, because the corp of young receivers will play a major role that the Giants secondary won’t be prepared for. They’ll beat the Rams at home and the Lions on the road for a sweet 3-0 start and the hum of the bandwagon will resonate through the District streets
Three home games in October will continue the fortunes for the Redskins. Tampa Bay will be a home loss courtesy of Byron Leftwich, but Washington will rattle off two in a row at Carolina and back home against Kansas City. Unfortunately, the Redskins secondary will be burned up by Eagles receivers and will drop a close one on Monday Night Football. 2-2 in October is nothing to laugh at.
Looking a lot like 2008, right?
November will be the time of judgment for this team. Injuries will have set in, film will be tested and true, and here come road games at Atlanta, Dallas and Philadelphia. A home game against Denver is in there for good measure, but it won’t matter much, as the Skins figure to go 1-3 in this Fall stretch.
December will be much kinder to Washington, as they will open the month with a home win against New Orleans, but will follow it up with a road loss against the Oakland Raiders. They will return home for back-to-back primetime games against the Giants and Cowboys, and the Giants will catch the road loss while the ‘Boys will complete the season sweep. 2-2 to end 2009.
2010 will open up with a much-needed road win against the San Diego Chargers, a 9-7 finish on the year, and just short of a playoff berth.
And its back on the coaching carousel one mo’ gain’ for the 2010 edition of “Daniel Snyder’s 180 Ways to Destroy a Football Team.”
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3-0? We’re going to the SuperBowl!!!
I had a Steelers fan #1 (Skins fan #2) tell me 11-5.
My first gut says 10-6.
11-5 would mean at least having a winning record in the division, and I think they’ll get two over New York, and swept by the Eagles.
Dallas is always a surprising toss up.