will he Redskins be the chance To Win Super Bowl XLV ?

But I doubt it. Too bad we'd have to play in new Cowboys jerseys Stadium if it happened. Speaking of bittersweet…

I may be eating my words as early as week one in New York, sporting my Portis jersey with a huge grin in week two against the Rams, then back to slitting my wrists by the time week 11 rolls around.

This is the year folks. This is our time as Redskins fans. The painful wait is over. No more preseason jitters torn apart by the outcomes of the resulting season. No more crazy, over priced acquisitions that never pan out the way they were meant to. No more losing.

For me, it is just as high every year. I believe in playoff wins again. Heck, I believe in a record better than 4-12 again. The upcoming schedule looks easy enough, so I believe a 10-6 outcome is very reasonable. With the team interacting in special sessions like McNabb's "Hell Week" out in Arizona. With everyone showing up to voluntary training camp… eventually *cough* Haynesworth *cough*. With a division that looks weaker than years past. Even with rumors of a T.O., McNabb reunion. (They just happen to be playing together on Joes vs. Pros tonight)

So, here we are again. The same place as every summer before a highly anticipated Dan Snyder's Redskin's season. Hopes are a lot less high this time around even with the new additions, but high nonetheless.

Jim Zorn couldn't fix things. Albert Haynesworth couldn't fix things, even if he cared to. And Derrick Dockery sure as hell couldn't fix things. But in true Dan Snyder fashion the team pushed on. Paying more to pick up bigger and better names to fill seats and win games, neither of which he is doing well up to date. So, the Skins dropped the great Jon Jansen and key role player James Thrash, added Brian Orakpo and DeAngelo Hall (still one of my favorites, mostly because his special teams skill on Madden '08 were REEdiculous). Now they've drafted Trent "Silverback" Williams (I personally think Russell Okung from Oklahoma State would have been a far more fitting draft pick), picked up Larry Johnson, Willie Parker and DONOVAN MCNABB!!, and hired Mike Shanahan. Awesome. Except they also released Fred Smoot, Antwaan Randle El and Jason Campbell.

It was all a very crazy roller coaster ride that I stuck with. Then Sean Taylor got shot. Yes, the world had briefly ceased to rotate. My favorite defensive player since Champ Bailey (As a Miami Hurricane, I cannot like Deion Sanders) had been shot in his own home. Then almost immediately, as it had for any new Redskins jerseys fan, my mind went to how screwed the Skins were, AGAIN!

Shawn Springs, Sean Taylor, and Marcus Washington were some of the first to make a splash. Then came Carlos Rogers, Bruce Smith, Laveranues Coles and Deion Sanders. Followed by Cornelious Griffin and Santana Moss. Also, somewhere in the mix the Redskins signed Brandon Lloyd, Antwaan Randle El, Adam Archuleta and Andre Carter . All to overpriced contracts. My personal favorite and, in my opinion, the most blogged about pick up was the trade of the beloved Champ Bailey for the all-star running back, Clinton Portis. A truly bitter sweet moment in Redskins history. We picked up new names such as Devin Thomas and LaRon Landry.

When you thought, as a Redskins jerseys fan, that things couldn't get any worse, there was the answer. Joe Gibbs. He'd already done it. Already been to the top. More than once! How could we fail now. Every year from 2004 to 2007 looked ten times more promising than the last.

First, it was Norv Turner and the acquisition of LaVar Arrington and Chris Samuels in the 2000 draft. The year after that the pre-season was filled with hope from Marty Schottenheimer. Then the next two horrible years that were supposed to be redemptive with one of the greatest college coaches of our time, Steve Spurrier, and led behind the Stephen Davis offense.

This will be, again, another year for me where I have strongly felt that the Washington Redskins will not only lead the NFC East (by far the toughest division in the NFL), but make it through at least two rounds of the playoffs.

Ok, so my title might be a bit overzealous and kind of misleading. The Redskins might not win the Super Bowl jerseys, but I've decided to come out of the gates sprinting with my first article. Sprinting, like the way little kids are when they don't understand you have to pace yourself during a footrace. I figure I'll start with a grand slam or over hype it just to completely of the mark like every past season with the Redskins under owner Dan Snyder.