What a tremendous effort from the Washington Redskins in defeating the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at Texas Stadium. In what was the Skins last ever trip to Texas Stadium, they scratched out a 26-24 victory to stun the Dallas crowd and seemingly ‘football experts’ everywhere. Here are some links to help you relive it all again today:
Mark Solway
Redskins Haikus
Over the years, we’ve had a lot of fun doing Redskins Haikus. If you’re not familiar with what a Haiku is, its a poem with three lines, that has five, seven, and five syllables in the lines. You can read all about it at Wikipedia.
Here are a couple of examples – a couple of these rhyme, but they don’t have to:
By The Numbers: Saints
The Redskins struggled a little early on, but finished with a bang to defeat the New Orleans Saints 29-24 at Fed Ex on Sunday. Here are some of the more interesting numbers from the game:
Redskins vs Saints Post Game
The Redskins valiantly fought back to erase a 9-point 4th quarter deficit, and beat the Saints 29-24 at Fed Ex Field on Sunday. With the win, the Redskins moved to 1-1, and while it may not have always been pretty, the improvement shown from week one was substantial.
Hognostications: Week 2 Picks
Well the 2008 Hognostications are under way! While its week two in the NFL, its week one of our friendly little NFL Pick ‘Em Pool, and despite the late notice, we have 40 Hognosticators vying for the title in week one, or two, or whatever…
Run CP! Run!
This week, Clinton Portis will run against a defense that yielded 146 rushing yards (7.3 YPC) against Tampa Bay last week. The Redskins will have to look to equal, or better that, to give themselves a good opportunity to win the game this weekend.
It won’t be easy for Washington, considering that after last week’s offensive performance, its safe to assume that opposing teams are going to make the Redskins beat them in the air and stack the box. Portis will likely see eight and nine man fronts until the Redskins can establish some sort of rhythm in the passing game.
Redskins Revenue
According to a report from Forbes, the Redskins lead the National Football League in revenue. They also lead the NFL in operating income.
Hognostications Schedule
Due to time restrictions and the amount of data tracking that goes into Hognostications each week, we try to have the cut-off date for picks be 9pm of the Friday evening before the Sunday games.
This year, there are an inordinate amount of games on Thursday nights. So please MAKE SURE that you know this schedule and get your picks in on time. Virtually all weeks that there is a Thursday night game, the game is at 8:15pm and you have until 6pm that day to get your picks in.
Mann, McMullen Updates
Maurice Mann is expected to return to the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL today. The wide receiver was cut by the Redskins on August 30th, and despite having a good training camp, received no NFL offers after being cut. Mann said to Sun Media: “It is a humbling experience. But at the same time it … Read more
Hognostications – Game On
TheHogs.net is proud to announce that after much consideration, we will again be running our free Hognostications Pick ‘Em Pool in 2008. Obviously we will not have any results for week one, but we’re looking forward to getting everyone involved quickly, and starting the 2008 contest in week two.