Mark Solway, Author at The-Hogs.net

Redskins 2009 Preseason Schedule

June 2, 2025March 30, 2009 by Mark Solway

Thanks to ESPN’s Matt Mosley, via tcwest’s post on our board, here is the Redskins 2009 Preseason Schedule: Week 1: Washington at Baltimore Week 2: Pittsburgh at Washington Week 3: New England at Washington (national TV 8 p.m. ET FOX Aug. 28) Week 4: Washington at Jacksonville Geography good – competition stiff. I guess that’s … Read more

Flashback: September 2005

June 1, 2025March 30, 2009 by Mark Solway

We have a lot of content here at theHogs.net and as we have been putting it out for so long – sometimes things get lost. We thought that it might be fun to re-visit some things every now and again during the dog days of the offseason. We can look back at some of our … Read more

Cujo Trumps Ovechkin

March 29, 2009March 26, 2009 by Mark Solway

In an evening that Alexander Ovechkin had prophesized that he would score four goals against the Toronto Maple Leafs, he came up three short and was outshone by Curtis Joseph. On the strength of a magnificent performance from Cujo, the Leafs handed the Washington Capitals a 3-2 defeat. The veteran netminder was forced into action … Read more

By The Numbers: Lions

May 3, 2025October 30, 2008 by Mark Solway

Each week, we take a peak at some of the ‘numbers’ that might have contributed to the past game’s outcome. Here are this week’s numbers from the Redskins 25-17 win over the Detroit Lions:

Skins vs. Lions Recap Links

June 2, 2025October 27, 2008 by Mark Solway

The Washington Redskins moved to 6-2 with their win over the Detroit lions on Sunday – here is a quick list of where you can find out everything you wanted to know about Sunday’s win…

Get On Your Horse

October 25, 2008 by Mark Solway

Back on September 14th, I blogged about the Redskins need to put the ball into the hands of their most lethal offensive weapon, Clinton Portis. Needless to say, the Redskins don’t listen to me, but Coach Zorn obviously agreed with the sentiment, as since that time, Portis has been busy, and he has been effective. In fact, he’s been more effective than any other running back in the league.

By The Numbers: Rams

June 1, 2025October 14, 2008 by Mark Solway

Some weeks, the numbers are a little harder to look at than others, like this week’s from Washington’s 19-17 loss to the St. Louis Rams. The numbers don’t make the loss any easier to swallow, but misery loves company…

Randle El’s Option Pass

October 10, 2008 by Mark Solway

NFL.com has a weekly video feature called ‘anatomy of a play’ where they have a player break down one of the play’s from that week’s games. This week Antwaan Randle El broke down his option pass to Chris Cooley.

The All Unemployed Team

October 12, 2008October 10, 2008 by Mark Solway

I was checking out an article on Scout about the best NFL offensive and defensive free agents that are currently available, and I thought it might be fun to choose the ‘best of’ and form a team out of them.

Wherever possible, I chose former Washington Redskins to fill spots.

Portis NFC Offensive Player of the Week

June 1, 2025October 8, 2008 by Mark Solway

Portis was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week on the strength of his 29 carry, 145-yard rushing effort against the Philadelphia Eagles. He also had 2 catches for 13 yards, to lead all NFL players with 158 all-purpose yards from scrimmage.