1niksder The Washington Redskins kick off the 2008 NFL season on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 7 PM as they take on the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants at the Meadowlands. The game will be televised nationally on NBC, as Jim Zorn makes his regular season debut as a head coach. The Redskins finished the … Read more
Stats can be deceiving. Looking at preseason stats really don’t tell us anything, or am I really missing something? Things just don’t add up. – The Redskins starting quarterback Jason Campbell finished the preseason with 23-of-39 completions for 202 yards, one touchdown and one interception. His backup Todd Collins finished with 33-of-47 completions for 260 … Read more
The defensive philosophy of Gregg Williams, the Washington Redskins’ assistant head coach-defense from 2004 to 2007, relied mainly on aspects of the cover-2 and Tampa-2 defenses until last year when he shifted to more cover-1 to take advantage of free safety Sean Taylor’s coverage abilities, especially the amount of ground he could cover. Regardless of … Read more
Friday, May 2nd 2008 was the first of many things for quite a few people that were at Redskins Park this weekend. Jim Zorn went into his first NFL mini-camp as a head coach. Zorn addressed the entire team for the first time on Friday morning, and then he held the team’s first practice of … Read more
When the Washington Redskins went on the clock at the 2008 NFL Draft at around 5:20 pm on Saturday, they needed to address the wide receiver, defensive line, and offensive line and safety positions. By this time four defensive linemen had been taken along with five offensive linemen. With no receivers rated as number one … Read more
1121 2007 Results: 11-5 2008 Projected Cap Status: $$16,003,100 under the cap 2007 Season Recap: The San Diego Chargers opened the 2007 season at home against the Chicago Bears, in a game in which LaDainian Tomlinson was held to twenty-five yards on seventeen carriers. Tomlinson, who went on to lead the NFL in rushing, threw … Read more
2007 Results: 9-7 2008 Projected Cap Status: $26,049,700 under the cap 2007 Season Recap: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the NFC South title and the 4th seed in the NFC play offs, they lost to the Giants in the wildcard game. The team limped into the post-season after losing three of their last five games. … Read more
2007 Results: 10-6 2008 Projected Cap Status: $3,387,030 under the cap 2007 Season Recap: The Seattle Seahawks won their fourth consecutive NFC West division title in 2007, but they struggled moving the ball on the ground as running back Shaun Alexander finished his second consecutive year under 1000 yards and less than a four yard … Read more
2007 Results: 8-8 2008 Projected Cap Status: $1,160,080 under the cap 2007 Season Recap: In 2007, under new coach Ken Whisenhunt the Cardinals went 8-8, their best record in a decade, and just the third time in the twenty years since moving to Arizona. The .500 record didn’t get them to the playoffs although they … Read more
2007 Results: 7-9 2008 Projected Cap Status: $3,390,400 over the projected cap of $116,729,000 2007 Season Recap: The Lions started the season with back-to-back wins at Oakland and against Minnesota, by the half way point they were 6-2, but went 1-7 down the stretch largely because of a defense that allowed almost 28 points and … Read more