Deadskins The regular season ended with a bang yesterday, as the Redskins downed the sad sack Cowboys in dominant fashion. To add to the fun, the beat-down came in front of several members of the Dallas ring of shame. Why they trotted out these has-beens to witness the end to the worst Boys’ season in nearly 30 … Read more
NFC East Champions! That has a nice ring to it. Last night, in the city where brothers love each other, the Washington Redskins rang the Liberty Bell, and liberated the Eagles and Giants from any remaining post-season aspirations that they might have still harbored. Despite the fact that the Redskins have caught fire at exactly … Read more
Last week, the Redskins won their first road game of the year. This week, they checked off another box by winning a second, consecutive game for the first time. Next week, they can clinch the division title with their first sweep of a divisional opponent. But, before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s celebrate this … Read more
Once again, the Redskins managed to beat Da Bears (I think that’s 5 or 6 in a row), and to stay atop the NFC East for another week. And with the victory comes yet another edition of TLP. From the pages of the Chicago Tribune: Bears endure latest round of growing pains in chasing Jordan … Read more
One of the great things about TLP editions coming out of New York, is that you have so many newspapers to choose articles from. In honor of the Skins drubbing of Mara’s woeful Giants, that carried them into first place, I am presenting three articles from three different papers. First up, we have a submission from the … Read more
A great weekend for the home team! Each of our division opponents went down in heart-breaking fashion, while we wiped the turf with the Saints on both sides of the ball. So bad was the pummeling, that there are calls coming for defensive coordinator Rob Ryan’s job. Check out this classic from the Times-Picayune: Saints defensive coordinator … Read more
The publishers would like to apologize for not getting this edition of TLP out in a timely manner. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get right to the fun. From the Tampa Tribune: Bucs ‘in a dark place’ after loss, coach Lovie Smith says Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith watches the … Read more
Ah yes, the sweetest TLP editions come from the papers in New York, Dallas, and Philadelphia. Today, we have entries from two, different Philly publications. The first comes to you from the pages of the Philadelphia Daily News: Anger reigns as Eagles’ season unravels DAVID MAIALETTI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Eagles kicker Caleb Sturgis is … Read more
TLP has gone LEGIT! You will now find your favorite thread in THN’s Blog section. For the uninitiated, TLP republishes articles from the Redskins vanquished foes’ hometown newspapers. It is here where you will hear the other side of the story; how the other team beat themselves, or were cheated by the refs, and many other excuses for losing to the Redskins.
So let’s get right to the fun. Our first edition of the season comes to you from the pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: