Mark Solway On this day, October 21st waaay back in 1934, the Boston Redskins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 6-0. Rather than offer up some pallid game reference, I thought I would post a great excerpt I found at a site called FenwayParkDiaries.com: Boston and Battles beat Philadelphia October 21, 1934 … Displaying superior rushing ability, but balked … Read more
On this day, October 14th in 1984, the Washington Redskins hammered the Dallas Cowboys 34-14. Joe Theismann may have only been 11 of 17 for 182 yards, but 3 of those passes were touchdowns. Two of them were hauled in by Clint Didier, and the third was an 80-yard bomb to Calvin Muhammad. Monte Coleman … Read more
On this day, October 7th in 2007, the Washington Redskins crushed the Detroit Lions 34-3. Jason Campbell was a near perfect 23 of 29 for 248 yards. He threw two touchdown passes for a stellar quarterback rating of 128.3. Antwaan Randle El led all Redskin receivers with 100 yards on 7 receptions. Not only did … Read more
On this day, September 30th, in 2012, the Washington Redskins scored a come from behind victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Billy Cundiff kicked a 41 yard field goal to give Washington a 24-22 victory, after Robert Griffin III executed a near perfect 2-minute drill with 1:42 to play. He completed 3 straight passes, before … Read more
On this day, September 23rd, way back in 1962, the Washington Redskins scored a come from behind victory over the Cleveland Browns. Bobby Mitchell hauled in a 50 yard pass from Norm Snead in the 4th quarter to eke out a 17-16 win. It was a tough day for Snead who completed only 8 passes … Read more
On this day, September 16th waaaaay back in 1937, the Washington Redskins defeated the New York Giants 13-3 at Griffith Stadium. This game could quickly and concisely be described as a “Riley Smith” game. After all, the Redskins opened the scoring when Riley Smith kicked a field goal in the first quarter. The Giants tied … Read more
On this day, September 9th in 1969, the Washington Redskins lost the top pass catcher in the NFL when Bobby Mitchell decided to retire at the age of 34. “I couldn’t stand being on the team and being on the bench,” Mitchell offered at a news conference at the time. Despite being the top active … Read more
With a completely irrelevant preseason game now under their belt, it seemed a perfectly “poke the bear” time to ask the question…
The Washington Redskins shocked a large portion of the NFL world in 2015, rattling off nine victories en route to winning the NFC East. They will look to build upon that performance during the 2016 campaign, and while the NFC East won’t be as easy to run away with, things at least look good on the improvement front.
Here are the important takeways from the Washington Redskins first preseason game of 2016 – a 23-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
None.
Zero.
It’s preseason, get over it. You can’t draw any concrete conclusions. You think you can. You want to. It’s in your armchair nature to even need to.
But you can’t.
Because it’s just a worthless preseason game.
Having said that, here are some more concrete observations…
Armchair quarterbacks may have jumped up and screamed after the Washington Redskins made their first selection of the 2016 NFL Draft, but there’s no doubt in most experts’ minds, that they got the best player available on the board. Back in April at the NFL Draft, Washington GM Scot McLoughan wasted no time rolling out … Read more