2004 NFL Draft April 24-25th, 2004 Madison Square Gardens The first round will begin at 12 Noon EST on Saturday and will continue until they have completed three full rounds. The remaining four rounds start Sunday at 11am EST. Tickets: All 4000 tickets for the draft are free and are on a first come, first … Read more
In 2003, Steve Spurrier returned for his second season as head coach of the Washington Redskins. THN continued its unique weekly feature Sun Tzu and the Art of Coaching, with writer Eric Johnson once again examining each game through the lens of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Delivered in the same distinctive “Shaolin Redskins … Read more
Well we’ve all heard just about every opinion there could possibly be on whether or not Joe Gibbs can be successful in his second stint in the National Football League. He can, and not only can he, he will. And here’s why. Joe Gibbs was a man that was ahead of his time. He was … Read more
In 2003, THN started one of its most popular regular features: the weekly Redskins Key Player Match-Ups. Each week a group of THN writers broke down the most important individual battles on both sides of the ball, giving fans a deeper look at the matchups that would decide the game. These pieces mixed scouting reports, … Read more
In 2003, The 5th Quarter became a full-season staple at the website. Each week the series graded the Redskins’ rushing, passing, defense, and special teams after the game, delivering blunt, position-by-position feedback that fans came to expect. These posts captured both the early promise under Steve Spurrier and the hard realities of a difficult campaign, … Read more
Yesterday, THN was invited to be online live at the Washington Post for a chat about Joe Gibbs return. It was a thrill to be asked, and we are grateful to the Post for thinking of us and giving us the opportunity. Mark Solway (BossHog on the message board) fielded questions from many Redskin fans … Read more
What do you even say? With a million words being written about the return of Joe Gibbs today, we were trying to figure out we could say that wasn’t going to be written dozens of times over. We though that for a change we would put together some of the comments that our message board … Read more
After only two football seasons in the Redskins organization, the ‘offensive genius’ Steve Spurrier quit. In an official press release, he apologized to Redskins fans for “not achieving the level of success that we had hoped for.” Well duh. He added that, “This is a very demanding job. It’s a long grind and I feel … Read more
With a busy closing weekend, the playoff scenarios are finally set. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Wild Card games (all times Eastern): NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND Saturday, January 3 AFC: 4:30 PM ET Tennessee (12-4) at Baltimore (9-6) (ABC-TV) NFC: 8:00 PM ET Dallas … Read more
The final regular season for the Redskins is upon them. A dismal season draws to a close tonight when the Redskins meet their division rivals the Philadelphia Eagles. The teams last played in Week 5 of the regular season when the Birds squeaked out a 27-24 victory, but since then, their seasons have gone in … Read more