With the deadline drawing near, the Redskins cut five players on Friday to get down below the allowable $102 million cap figure. While the cuts were all veteran players, none were so egregious as to remotely qualify as ‘blowing up the team’. Walt Harris spent two seasons in Washington, but won’t see a third. The … Read more
In the days and weeks to follow, much will be written about Lavar Arrington and his career in the nation’s capital. Commentaries on his drop in production the last two seasons, about his disputes with management, and about his huge contract — because after all, when a star is expunged, a little damage control may … Read more
Put Your Thinking Cap on Are you in the mood for some thinking? How about trying to figure out where the Washington Redskins actually stand with respect to the salary cap? First off, let’s get some semantics out of the way; the league announced that the cap number for each team in 2006 would be … Read more
The 2006 NFL Combine brought together some of the most talented college football players vying for their shot at professional careers. Held at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, this year’s combine featured future NFL stars and provided crucial performance metrics that would influence draft decisions across all 32 teams. The combine testing included the standard … Read more
The microscopic view of this year’s crop of college football talent began at the NFL Combine on Thursday afternoon at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Prospective draft picks will be measured, tested, interviewed, poked, and prodded extensively over the next few days; all in an effort to help NFL teams match their own needs to … Read more
What has the world of journalism come to when sensationalism has become the norm, and integrity has become optional? As a Canadian, I sit in horror as our Canadian media do their best imitations of their American counterparts, ESPN. For those of you not paying attention – that means running stories with nothing but conjecture … Read more
In what has become one of the most embarassing soap operas in NFL history, Art Monk was again denied access to the Hall of Fame. The astoundingly ‘astute’ panel of selectees snubbed the former Redskin wide receiver for the third straight year. Monk’s non-inclusion to Canton has become a bone of contention for many Redskin … Read more
With the conclusion of the Championship games last Sunday, all but two of the 2006 Draft selection slots are known. Carolina’s bid for a Super Bowl ended with their loss to Seattle and they end up with the 27th selection overall as the final team eliminated the playoffs that finished with an 11-5 record. Jacksonville … Read more
Jesse Lumsden may not be a household name to American football fans, but he is to a lot of Canadian football fans. Lumsden earned the Hec Creighton Award as Canada’s top collegiate football player for the 2004 season. He broke CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) league records for the McMaster Marauders in both yards and touchdowns … Read more
The 5th Quarter continued as a mainstay of weekly features on THN for Redskins 2005 content. For a third straight season the series delivered blunt, unit-by-unit grades after every Redskins game, covering rushing, passing, defense, and special teams with the same no-nonsense style fans had come to expect. These installments tracked the ups and downs … Read more