Jake Russell

The Redskins are always the busiest team in the NFL during the offseason, but how effective are the moves? The resurrection of Coach Gibbs meant vast personnel changes once again in 2004 as the Redskins scrambled to rid themselves of the Steve Spurrier persona. This is the first in a series of three articles that … Read more

A Restricted Free Agent (RFA) is any player who has completed three seasons and has an expired contract. A RFA will receive a “qualifying” offer from his old team. After his contract expires, he has 60 days to seek offers from other teams. If another team signs the player to an offer sheet, his old … Read more

While many saw continued failure resulting after the Redskins ninth loss of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night, some of us started feeling more positive about the future that lies ahead for this team. Sunday night revealed the real Washington Redskins. Like the Redskins of old, the Redskins of new displayed the … Read more

I was born in 1987, a great year to be a Redskin fan. The team won its second Super Bowl in 5 years by defeating the Denver Broncos 42-10 in San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium. Fortunately for me, my mom taped the game and just-so-happened to purchase the Redskins 1987 Video Yearbook. That was just … Read more

While being helped off the field during the first quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, Redskins safety Matt Bowen was hoping his right knee was not too severely damaged. His hopes didn’t come true. Bowen was diagnosed with a tear of his right anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, which will require … Read more

The Redskins made some surprising decisions on Sunday when releasing the 22 players required to meet the NFL’s regular season requirement of a 53 player roster. Veterans Regan Upshaw and Fred Baxter were among the players released as coach Joe Gibbs rounded out his first NFL regular season roster in 12 years. Upshaw, the 9-year … Read more

After stockpiling their rosters to evaluate talent during training camp, all 32 NFL teams have to reduce their rosters to 65 players by Tuesday’s 4:00 P.M. deadline. Due to the amount of talent on the roster, Coach Gibbs had plenty of tough decisions to make. There would certainly be surprising moves made by the Redskins. … Read more

On Monday, the Redskins announced the signing of offensive lineman Marcus Spriggs. The 7-year veteran worked out for team officials last Thursday. Spriggs, who is 6-3, weighs 310 pounds, and can play both guard and tackle brings versatility and size to an offensive line weakened by the loss of starting right tackle Jon Jansen. The … Read more

Being a 3rd overall pick in the NFL Draft can put a lot of pressure on any player, especially when they don’t live up to everyone’s expectations. From his rookie season in 2000 through 2001, Chris Samuels was arguably the best offensive tackle in the NFL. He started all 32 games in that span and … Read more