Drinking the Kool-Aid in DC

Alright, so I'm not going to pretend I'm a Redskins fan by any means.  Actually, I've generally enjoyed it when the Redskins lose because fans around NOVA/DC/Maryland seem rather insufferable everytime they win.  Plus Clinton Portis and company take up valuable extra pages in the sports section that should be reserved for Ovechkin.  Five games into the season all of a sudden Jim Zorn has his team sitting at the 4-1 with a legitimate chance to make a run for the NFC East, mostly based on back to back road wins in Dallas and Philly as well as an offense that seems to be clicking under Jason Campbell.

The word on the street around here is that the Redskins are Super Bowl bound.  The Giants were unlikely candidates last year, so I'm not going to rule out any team's chances - but let's be serious Redskins fans, the Giants are still the team to beat in the NFC until someone proves otherwise.  It's easy to throw in a number of other teams that could throw a wrench in the Redskins plans.  Dallas is still lurking with a lot of football to play, Carolina isn't looking too bad, and if you don't have homefield advantage in the playoffs do you really want to go down to Glendale and have a road game against Arizona?  (*Note: this only applies to a road game in AZ which is possible with AZ winning the division and considering that the rest of the NFC West is currently a combined 3-10.)

Advice to Redskins fans - enjoy the last four games, don't expect to go 15-1 and be happy you seem to have an offense again compared to the last few years of the Joe Gibbs regime.