This Week 14 2002 edition of The 5th Quarter takes a look at the performance of Washington’s units in the Redskins vs Giants game this past weekend. Each unit is given a rating, with five quarters being the top grade. RUSHING: Coach Spurrier’s ‘de-emphasis’ of both the running game and Stephen Davis continued against the … Read more
This Week 13 2002 edition of The 5th Quarter takes a look at the performance of Washington’s units in the Redskins vs Cowboys game this past weekend. Each unit is given a rating, with five quarters being the top grade. RUSHING: While Steve Spurrier didn’t really call enough running plays for the running game to … Read more
This Week 12 2002 edition of The 5th Quarter takes a look at the performance of Washington’s units in the Redskins vs Rams game this past weekend. Each unit is given a rating, with five quarters being the top grade. RUSHING: The Redskins took a business like approach to the running game today and it … Read more
In this Week 11 2002 edition of The 5th Quarter, we look at how each unit fared in the Redskins vs Giants matchup this weekend. RUSHING: Stephen Davis did not show any signs of being hampered by the knee injury that kept him out of the last two games. Unfortunately, Steve Spurrier didn’t show any … Read more
Sunday, First Edition Jacoby, Grimm, Bostic, May and Starke. On the field, they bowled over defenders, cleared holes that made 1,000-yard rushers out of castaway running backs, and led the Washington Redskins to four Super Bowls. Off the field, they made being a stout, portly offensive lineman almost fashionable. The Hogs. Two are gone. The … Read more
The Seattle Times Saturday, Final Edition MINNEAPOLIS – The ballroom fills quickly with flesh. These huge, thick men are the first to enter for Thursday’s last round of pre-Super Bowl interviews. Shoulders as big as Chicago, arms redwood-thick, stomachs hanging fashionably over their sweatpants. These ambling behemoths aren’t pretty sights. You won’t find these men … Read more
The Boston Globe Friday, City Edition These veteran, voracious linemen have no beef about lack of attention because in Washington, they’re the toast of the town Here’s to people unashamed that they keep their appetites when all about them are losing theirs. To those who keep their eyes wide open after stepping on the bathroom … Read more
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) Hogs outnumber humans in Minnesota. This is a fact. The 1990 census uncovered 4,357,099 of us and 4,360,000 of them. Further bad news for us: The number of them just jumped by several. Fortunately, they’re just visiting. They’ll be among the Washington Redskins leaving the state after the Super Bowl on Sunday. … Read more
The New York Times Tuesday, Late Edition – Final Mark Rypien stepped to the line of scrimmage, called for a timeout and went to the sideline for a brainstorming session with Coach Joe Gibbs. The Detroit Lions were bunching their defense toward the middle of the field. That led Gibbs and Rypien to conclude that … Read more
Metro Edition There are good reasons why Joe Gibbs is the NFL coach of the year. He possesses vision. Patience. Foresight. Insight. So when the now-famous Hogs first lined up together as piglets in 1981, Gibbs knew. He knew they wouldn’t make his team. “Jeff Bostic was a deep snapper, and we thought, well, hey, … Read more