Mark Solway London Fletcher will be a Washington Redskin next season. Fletcher was introduced at Redskin Park Saturday and has reportedly signed a 5-year, $25 million contract. Washington filled one of it’s biggest off season needs , a middle linebacker, and they’re getting a player familiar with the system. The deal re-unites the linebacker with Gregg Williams … Read more
The NFL opened it’s free agency period on Friday and to Washington Redskins fans, that means that Derrick Dockery is free to sign with any other NFL team. Washington wanted to sign Dockery and keep him from hitting the free agent market, but talks obviously broke down, and now the big guard out of Texas … Read more
The 2007 NFL Combine is officially over, so who helped or hurt their draft cause this week in Indianapolis? Top 5 Combine Performances Chris Houston – One of the studliest of all the combine workouts came from Arkansas’ Chris Houston. Running a 4.32 in the forty gave him the second fastest time of the entire … Read more
Day six and the final day or workouts at the 2007 NFL Combine, Tuesday it was the defensive backs turn to showcase their talent. Coming in to the 2007 NFL combine, Chris Houston was number three on most people’s cornerback top tens. After his workout on Tuesday, he might still be number three, but he’s … Read more
The Washington Capitals have dealt Dainius Zubrus to the Buffalo Sabres. In return, the Capitals get Buffalo’s first round pick in this year’s draft, and Jiri Novotny. The Sabres will also get defenseman Timo Hellbing from Washington’s American Hockey League affiliate Hershey Bears. Washington got good return for a player rental. General manager George McPhee … Read more
The Washington Capitals got a bit of an early jump and made a couple of moves the day before the National Hockey League trade deadline arrives on Tuesday. Richard Zednik was dealt to the New York Islanders for a second-round draft pick in 2007. Zednik has only played 32 games this season because of injury, … Read more
Day five of the 2007 NFL Combine saw the defensive players hit the field at the RCA dome, as the linebackers and defensive linemen worked out on Monday. Defensive Ends All eyes were on Gaines Adams to see what he could do; he did not disappoint. Not only did he blaze the 40-yard dash with … Read more
Day four of the 2007 NFL Combine saw the ‘skilled’ positions hit the field for drills and testing. Wide Receivers Calvin Johnson began the Combine as not only the top receiver in this year’s draft crop, but arguably the top overall prospect as well. His first step in impressing the pundits would be the weigh-ins; … Read more
While the first two days at the 2007 NFL Combine were mostly measuring and interviewing, day three saw the start of some real action. Both the offensive linemen and tight ends took to the field to conduct their individual workouts. Offensive Linemen The top three offensive line prospects on many draft boards are tackles Joe … Read more
Friday saw the arrival of the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers to the 2007 NFL Combine. Exactly 100 players arrived at the combine yesterday, 90 on Thursday. So far, Tennessee wide receiver Bret Smith is the only player slated to arrive that hasn’t. Day two consisted of more weigh-ins and interviews for the quarterbacks, … Read more