Skins first to play 6 straight winless teams
 

Somewhat interesting about our next opponent.

Redskins are first in history to play six straight winless teams

By Chris Chase

If the Washington Redskins' schedule was any softer it would be on a package of Charmin. If it was any easier it'd be Lindsay Lohan. If the Redskins were a college team (which, at times, they resemble), pundits would mocking the team's strength of schedule.

As the great Joe Posnanski pointed out this morning on his blog, when the Redskins host the 0-5 Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday, it will mark the team's sixth consecutive game against a winless team. I'll repeat that because it doesn't sound as impressive the first time around: So far this season, every team the Redskins have played has been winless at the time of the game. According to STATS LLC, it's the first time in the history of the NFL that this has happened. The last team to have faced five winless teams was the 1954 Giants.

According to some quick math I did in my head my dad (whom I had to call to get help with the equation), the odds of this happening are 1 in 32,768. (Feel free to check this and let me know if our numbers are wrong.)

Here's the way the Redskins schedule has broken down so far, along with their opponent's record at the time:

Week 1 -- at New York Giants (0-0)

Week 2 -- vs. St. Louis Rams (0-1)

Week 3 -- at Detroit Lions (0-2)

Week 4 -- vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3)

Week 5 -- at Carolina Panthers (0-3 -- Note: Carolina had a week 3 bye)

Week 6 -- vs. Kansas City Chiefs (0-5)

Obviously, the Giants were winless because they had yet to play a game. Since then, the Redskins have faced the dregs of the NFL but could only muster a 2-2 record against them. (Which is pretty much all the evidence one should need to pass judgment on the future of Jim Zorn.)

New York excepted, the current combined record of the rest of the 'Skins opponents is 2-22, with the only two wins coming against the Redskins themselves (by Detroit and Carolina). After Sunday, last place Washington will have faced every of their last place peers in the NFC, as well as one in the AFC too.

The streak will end in week 7 when the Redskins host the Philadelphia Eagles, a team with a whopping three wins to its credit thus far.


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What a bitch !!!!! The streak will end in week 7.

Probably right.


Edit..... Nevermind! :doh!:

This is a bizarre stat. The fact they could actually have a losing record with a schedule like that is even more incredible.

wow

That actually makes them worse than the Chiefs ! We're gonna kick their ass! Probably like 3-2 or something.

So, Redskins are a slump-buster?

We're going to win this game.

Y'know what's weird? They said in the game yesterday that every opponent New England has faced so far this year has been undefeated. It's the exact opposite.

I think it would be neat to have a dynamic schedule where you were seeded each week against teams with the most similar win/loss streak. That would do a lot for parity in the league and really distinguish who the really strong teams were. You could even play a version where the season would last until one team had a winning streak 6 games longer than any other team in the league. They would be declared the champion, with no playoffs necessary.

Albert Haynesworth, bitches. Albert Haynesworth.

It would also mean that after week 3 or 4 the Chiefs, Raiders, Browns, Lions and Rams would be playing each other in perpituity year after year after year....

I prefer a little variety in our vanquishing foes.

And even weirder, while the 'Skins have played five winless teams and will be playing a sixth, the Patriots played five lossless teams.

Bills (0-0)
Jets (1-0)
Falcons (2-0)
Ravens (3-0)
Broncos (4-0)

But now play the Titans (0-5).

Crazy..... This is the second softest opponent the Chiefs have faced... and the Chiefs are better now than in week 2 against the Raiders.

First win this week.... woohoo.

Bill Snyder sets the schedules for the Redskins?

It's pretty early in the morning but you should share that thing you are smoking.