Someone Doesn't Predict us to Finsh Last in the NFC East?

Whatifsports.com ( a division of Foxsports.com) is a website that uses simulation technology to answer the “What If” questions in sports.  In a section called Beyond the Boxscore they predict, using said paramotors, the outcome of the NFC East.

Washington Redskins (9-7)
Just because they do not make the playoffs in 2008, does not mean they are a worse team than in 2007. In 2007, they played inspired football at the end of the year and fed off of a legendary head coach. The Jim Zorn regime will begin with an identical record, but a different personality. Look for Jason Campbell to come of age at quarterback, but the defense to lose some of its tenacity without Gregg Williams. The Redskins average 23.8 points per game (#15) and allow 22.6 points (#16) against a schedule featuring six games against 2007 playoff teams.

Absolute Record: 9-7

For the record this is a third place finish compaired to how the rest of the NFC East shakes out according to their analysis. You'll notice two possible records, both 9-7. The first labeled in parenthesis is what the website thinks our win-loss total will be and the Absolute Record is what the compuer simulation sees us doing. A better example of this to clear things up a bit, is that the site sees the Cowboys going 12-4 while their simulation has them slashing through the schedule with an Absolute Record of 15-1.

I like the whole Just because they do not make the playoffs in 2008, does not mean they are a worse team than in 2007 remark.  My homer biased prediction is with a wide open offense bound to score more and a defense that really for all intensive purposes is the same (pretty damn good)  we should fair pretty well.  The wildcards are the elite division that's the NFC East and new first year head coach thingy.

This is a fun website with some cool breakdowns of our upcoming schedule, like precentage of a win ( lowest 29% in the NFL's opener against the G-Men and highest 80% at Baltimore) and what they think the average score of each game might be.  Another cool feature they have that I've never seen is a closest game prediction which they think will be at Seattle. (53 % chance of win and a computed score of 20-19) They ask the question: Are all of the teams in the NFC East better than any team in the NFC West? As of now I'd say yes. I thought we were better then the Seahawks last year but didn't agree with our conservative playcalling that doomed us to close games ( and subsequent chest pains) all year. For you fantasy football fanatics, this website also looks like it can be of some use in that category.

Of course after week one or even earlier all these analysis could amount into a whole amount of nothing, which is great because it is of my opioion that the NFL is the most unpredictable leagues out there.