Preview: Washington Redskins @ Carolina Panthers - Stats, Stats, Stats

by Kevin Ewoldt on Oct 11, 2009 11:33 AM EDT in Redskins Previews

TV:

TV Announcers: Thom Brennaman & Brian Billick (again)

Radio: 980 AM, 730 AM (Spanish), 94.3 FM and 92.7 FM

Washington Redskins @ Carolina Panthers

Sunday, Oct. 10th, 1:00 PM, Bank of America Field

Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy

Line: Carolina -4, 37.5 (Both teams are 0-4 ATS)

Injury Report: Hunter Smith (Out), Anthony Montgomery (Out), Cornelius Griffin (Questionable - elbow), Chris Samuels (Probable - "knee and shin ailments")...will update as they come in.

Renaldo Wynn was waived to make room for the new punter, but he is expected to be re-signed onTuesday

UPDATE: MIKE WILLIAMS WILL START AT RIGHT GUARD

Stats of Interest:

- Redskins 7-1 all-time vs Panthers
- 7 of these 8 games have been decided by 4 points or less
- Panthers Defense Rank: Run (32nd), Passing (6th)
- Redskins Defense Rank: Run (22nd), Passing (4th)
- Panthers won ALL of their regular season home games last year
- Beason called out Peppers this week similar to how Portis did to Sellers
- Campbell threw for 2 TDs including a 66-yarder to Cooley last meeting
- Haynesworth had a career-high 3 sacks in his last meeting vs CAR (2007)
- Panthers are 8-0 when DeAngelo Williams rushes for 110+ yards
- Mushin Muhammad has 3 100+ yards games vs Washington

My Prediction: Redskins 23 - Panthers 24

HTTR....please prove me wrong.

What I'll be watching: Passion and Effort. It's obvious the team is imploding, but at 2-2, there is still hope this team can SOMEHOW pull it together. The players have to be confused by the front office moves to bring in a "consultant" coach. Will that undermine the players efforts? Perhaps...but if the team plays flat, it will be obvious this season is over.

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KevinE

You’re one of the more faithful, yet level-headed Redskins fans on this site so it’s not good when YOU’RE picking AGAINST Washington.

@ the game:The 2nd QTR of the season commences tomorrow and look for the ’Skins to turn a lot of heads….Either with a statement victory or foundation shattering defeat.

by Elaw6 on Oct 10, 2009 7:31 PM EDT reply actions

Yep

I picked the skins to “turn it around” the last 3 games and I was wrong all 3 times. This team needs to show me something now before I defend them. Carolina has a stud rb and given the shenanigans this week, I’d blowing smoke up everyones ass if I predicted a win. The front office doesn’t believe in the coach. Why should the players?

by Kevin Ewoldt on Oct 10, 2009 9:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Kevin....really?

by ACo on Oct 11, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope the Skins win this one

I’m not going to be able to live it down with my friends/fraternity Brothers if the Panthers beat us… and we’re a better team than we’ve been playing like, but Zorn has sucked it up.

I think your pick is right, I just hope we play well.

by BDBrian on Oct 11, 2009 8:41 AM EDT reply actions

Redskins = Bad Team

Correction – Bad organization. Bad owner. Bad front office. Bad customer relations. Bad coaching staff. Bad players. They stink at everything from the owner on down. It has nothing to do with the players not believing in the coach, or the coach being no good, or some clown blowing a special teams play. Everything is bad and it needs to be fixed. Blown the F up. Fans who continue to pay and support the organization as it is currently constituted are the worst kind of suckers that ever sucked. The funny thing is Redskin fans used to be noted for their football knowledge. I guess those are the fans that gave up their season tickets which had been in their families for generations. 20 years we’ve suffered and for 10 years we’ve put up with being the laughing stock of the NFL. How long are we going to continue to enable this futility?

by jayisthemac on Oct 11, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions