Mark Solway When Nick Novak missed a 49-yard field goal attempt with just over thirty seconds to go in the Redskins-Cowboys game on Sunday, journalists everywhere likely started thinking up their Monday morning headlines to spoof Novak’s blowing a chance to win the game. “Novak No Good”, “Novak Pushes Redskins Win Wide Right,” fill in your own … Read more
I like to consider myself a pretty decent guy. Probably not in the top-ten all time, but certainly ranked higher than Hitler or the guy who thought it would be a good idea to sell baskets to wives of unsuspecting men at outrageous prices so they place them in every room of the house. One … Read more
There is a groundswell of disdain for Mark Brunell who lead us to our most recent playoff appearance and win. Now most rational minds know that the QB gets too much of the credit when things are going good and too much of the blame when things are going bad. However, that doesn’t change the … Read more
Well, I talked to CLL after the game and he brought up something interesting that kind of clarified what the team’s problem may be. He mentioned how Brunell had less of a receiving corps last season but produced under pressure in Joe Gibbs’ system. This offseason, coming off of a playoff season using HIS system … Read more
Before you jump on the coaching/Brunnell/defense sucks bandwagon look in the miror because fault lies in you! Ok first of all our team did not play well yesterday but I have a finger to point and it’s not at coaching, it’s not at the defense or the offense. It’s at YOU! That’s right YOU! If … Read more
I’m taking a different format for today’s Game Notes. The following are 4 “secrets”–things that I think will fly under the radar as other issues dominate the media this week. Secret 1: Mark Brunell is not the reason why we lost the past couple of games. No man is going to take more heat over … Read more
Many fans are exasperated by the kicking in Washington. Today the Redskins showed they are quite serious about fixing this problem. The coaches were planning to work out a rather inexperienced kicker today, Nick Novak, and a veteran kicker would have chance at the spot tomorrow, Todd Peterson. Redskin’s faithful will recall Nick Novak from … Read more
https://www.the-hogs.net/content/index.php?id=762 In an effort to provide you all with more exclusive content we have decided to turn the simulation/blog into an article. It can be found at the above link. The simulation can be found on the front page of the site every Saturday during the course of the season. This will be the last … Read more
With the Redskins now four games deep in the 2006 season, several players seem to have found a groove or at least returned to old form: Mark Brunell has obviously rebounded from a terrible beginning to post two big performances and two big victories. The Brunell topic has been beat to death, but sufficeth to … Read more
Over the last two years, we’ve heard quite a bit about Santana Moss, and deservedly so. Last year, as the only deep threat guy on the team, he stepped up and helped inspire a run of wins that vaulted the Redskins into the playoffs. Before that, however, many people, including some on this very board, … Read more