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Washington go seven and two. SEVEN AND TWO!!

What is this madness?!

It is a combination of rookie QB euphoria, not having Snyder as owner, new coaching staff mentality and a very easy schedule. Enjoy it whilst it lasts.
The remaining schedule is PIT, at PHI, DAL, TEN, at NO, PHI, ATL and at DAL. The Titans and Saints suck, Dallas are unknowns week to week but the other games are a little harder. I can see a path to 11-6 and a playoff berth which is more than most Washington fans could expect.

Right now the class of the NFC is Detroit and then Minnesota and Philly. San Francisco will be if they get healthy. Atlanta and the Rams are frisky and the Bucs need to take advantage of a ps-easy last seven games if they get healthy too.
 

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I was asked to go on a Vegas sports radio show today where they are having a two hour rant about the whole organisation. A few years ago they brought in so-called "draft guru" Mike Mayock to be GM to go alongside Jon Gruden. Mayock proved he does not know what he is talking about just like all the other talking heads and the roster right now is a total disaster. And this week they fire their OC - like it's his fault the QBs are Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell. And there are no sure thing franchise QBs coming out next season. There could be a few more rant sessions on that show in the future.
 

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If anyone can sort the Dolphins out, I would be very grateful. :(
Not possible, they invent new ways of losing every week. This week it was Buffalo Bills legend Jordan Poyer committing an unnecessary roughness penalty on a 3rd and 9 which was always going to be incomplete which would have given the Dolphins the ball back with 1 minute and 2 timeouts left. The Bills couldn't stop the Dolphins offense all game, there was a decent chance they get into a game winning position from it. Instead the Bills get a second chance and then kick a 61 yard field goal to win the game.

Poyer has been a terrible signing, a complete liability this year who also managed to injure Jaelan Phillips while costing the team games. He better be benched for the next game which is a prime time game against the Rams. Expecting another loss there as the Dolphins are terrible in prime time, they always have a stinker in them.
 

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I was asked to go on a Vegas sports radio show today where they are having a two hour rant about the whole organisation. A few years ago they brought in so-called "draft guru" Mike Mayock to be GM to go alongside Jon Gruden. Mayock proved he does not know what he is talking about just like all the other talking heads and the roster right now is a total disaster. And this week they fire their OC - like it's his fault the QBs are Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell. And there are no sure thing franchise QBs coming out next season. There could be a few more rant sessions on that show in the future.
OC, OL and QB coaches all gone.

Getsy was a mistake from day 1
 

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It is a combination of rookie QB euphoria, not having Snyder as owner, new coaching staff mentality and a very easy schedule. Enjoy it whilst it lasts.
The remaining schedule is PIT, at PHI, DAL, TEN, at NO, PHI, ATL and at DAL. The Titans and Saints suck, Dallas are unknowns week to week but the other games are a little harder. I can see a path to 11-6 and a playoff berth which is more than most Washington fans could expect.

Right now the class of the NFC is Detroit and then Minnesota and Philly. San Francisco will be if they get healthy. Atlanta and the Rams are frisky and the Bucs need to take advantage of a ps-easy last seven games if they get healthy too.
Oh I’m absolutely in “enjoy it while it lasts” mode.

Any football late into January is a novelty, but a novelty im very much here to see!
 

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Back in 1997 when the Bucs were in contention for the first time in 15 years, I was writing a piece for FIRST DOWN and the editor Keith Webster and I were talking about that very scenario. He asked me who I wanted to see the Bucs play in the post-season. My reply was that it had been so long, I had no idea how the playoffs even worked. Cue five minutes of hysterical laughing and a feature in the following week's issue.
 

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Back in 1997 when the Bucs were in contention for the first time in 15 years, I was writing a piece for FIRST DOWN and the editor Keith Webster and I were talking about that very scenario. He asked me who I wanted to see the Bucs play in the post-season. My reply was that it had been so long, I had no idea how the playoffs even worked. Cue five minutes of hysterical laughing and a feature in the following week's issue.
How long did you write for FIRST DOWN? I might have read some of your stuff as I used to get it each week as it was the only decent source of NFL news before the interwebs took off. I used to look forward to it, I think it was a Thursday it came out, I remember it was towards the end of the week as I'd read it walking round my paper round in the mornings, probably from 1988 till 1994.
 

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Blimey First Down, if that’s the magazine I am thinking about, if you saved all the editions you could put them into a booklet, which am sure Ave got somewhere
 

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How long did you write for FIRST DOWN? I might have read some of your stuff as I used to get it each week as it was the only decent source of NFL news before the interwebs took off. I used to look forward to it, I think it was a Thursday it came out, I remember it was towards the end of the week as I'd read it walking round my paper round in the mornings, probably from 1988 till 1994.

On and off for a long time and for GRIDRON UK. Also wrote for EXTRA POINT for a long time and spent two years editing it. Here is a link to some of the best EP articles
 

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Blimey First Down, if that’s the magazine I am thinking about, if you saved all the editions you could put them into a booklet, which am sure Ave got somewhere
You might be thinking of a monthly magazine that was imaginatively called American Football, which was in 18 parts?
I think I have all of the editions of Quarterback somewhere as well.
 

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How long did you write for FIRST DOWN? I might have read some of your stuff as I used to get it each week as it was the only decent source of NFL news before the interwebs took off. I used to look forward to it, I think it was a Thursday it came out, I remember it was towards the end of the week as I'd read it walking round my paper round in the mornings, probably from 1988 till 1994.
I remember when I first started watching the game on C4, I used to pop into Smiths to find a copy of USA Today to check out the sports pages
 

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Not possible, they invent new ways of losing every week. This week it was Buffalo Bills legend Jordan Poyer committing an unnecessary roughness penalty on a 3rd and 9 which was always going to be incomplete which would have given the Dolphins the ball back with 1 minute and 2 timeouts left. The Bills couldn't stop the Dolphins offense all game, there was a decent chance they get into a game winning position from it. Instead the Bills get a second chance and then kick a 61 yard field goal to win the game.

Poyer has been a terrible signing, a complete liability this year who also managed to injure Jaelan Phillips while costing the team games. He better be benched for the next game which is a prime time game against the Rams. Expecting another loss there as the Dolphins are terrible in prime time, they always have a stinker in them.
Can't legislate for a 61 yard walkoff FG, especially as he had already missed a PAT and almost missed a 2nd.
Will be interesting to see if Poyer is benched, as it appeared that David Long was benched yesterday after a couple of terrible games - hopefully we will start to see some accountability for bad play/errors now. Poyer should have been refused entry to the plane coming back from Buffalo and although Mostert has been good for us, after another fumble, Wright should be getting his carries.
However, we did play well - the two big errors were from the most experienced team members and they pretty much cost us.
 

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You might be thinking of a monthly magazine that was imaginatively called American Football, which was in 18 parts?
I think I have all of the editions of Quarterback somewhere as well.

Quarterback was the very first one edited by Ken Thomas from 1983. Did some stuff for them in the early days - their offices were in Wimbledon. Gridiron UK arrived in June 1984 and was edited for a long time by Ross Biddiscombe who has been a friend for 40 years and has written a few golf books. There have been a few others that have come and gone but First Down was the main one until printed magazines went the way of the dinosaur, 0.1 handicap increases and moderation in the media.

Just remembered that 18 part American Football one. A few of us wrote for that and then never got paid.
 
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