Redskins Week 2 Reality Checks: Here we go again

8. Reality Is: Making predictions after Week 1 of the NFL season is probably  even sillier than making them before Week 1.

Overreactions are in the DNA of all football fans, and with a sample size of one week, the recency bias of a team’s Week 1 result combined with irrational fan emotion leads to wildly inaccurate predictions. And yet, part of what I do each week with the Reality Checks is give realistic predictions of what I expect to happen the following week. So, fully aware of the precarious nature of my situation, here are my predictions for Week 2 vs Dallas:

• AP accumulates 87 yards and 1 TD on 18 touches
• Case Keenum comes back to earth a bit with a 24/38, 247yd 2 TD, 1 INT day
• Reed functions primarily as a decoy, but ends up with 5 catches for 58 yards and a TD
• McLaurin records his second solid day with 4 catches for 68 yards and a TD
• Kerrigan and Payne shake off their poor opening games and each come up with a sack
• Ioannidis starts in place of Jon Allen and records a sack of his own
• Ryan Anderson out-snaps Montez Sweat and forces a Tony Pollard fumble
• Jimmy Moreland shakes off the rough start to his pro career and picks off Dak Prescott while largely locking down Randall Cobb
• Redskins start quickly again, end up losing their lead, but recover to kick a field goal to take the lead late in the 4th quarter, only to end up losing 26-24 on a late field goal set up by Amari Cooper torching soft press/bail coverage by Josh Norman

Sure hope I’m wrong with that last one, but that’s how I see it going down.

Welcome to the 2019 season, Redskins fans! Hit me up on twitter @TheRealityIs__. #HTTR…and say it with me, “We Want Dallas!”