Noel Dickover Once, life was good… The Redskins were the pinnacle of professionalism and production for over 20 years. The Skins fans reveled in their glory as our gladiators took the field of battle and won with an unparalleled consistency. As the wheel of time turned, the heights of Redskins greatness flourished and increased into a rich … Read more
This week the Redskins find themselves not merely attempting to knock down another battle tested team, they are going against one of the NFL Elite and division champs. The Eagles have been to the NFC championship game for two straight years, and just last week, started to play like it. Because they faltered early in … Read more
Coming off the third consecutive close game of the season, only this time in a losing effort, the Redskins find themselves looking inward for the key to victory. The Redskins are the most penalized team in the league; the 17 penalties for 142 yards in the Giants loss included a holding penalty that removed a … Read more
Coming off a close but confident win over a quality team missing their quarterback, the Redskins find themselves entering a very similar match up. The Atlanta Falcons, a high powered playoff team that won in Lambeau field in the 2002 playoffs, limps into this game injury filled at key positions. Similar to the Jets, the … Read more
Field Conditions: It was a VERY hot and muggy day at Redskins Park today. The bugs were out and the players were definitely sweating up a storm. Just sitting on the sidelines, I was getting drenched. The Highlights: From a football standpoint, this practice was not one of the best. There were lots of dead … Read more
Overview: OK, What a totally wierd practice. If I thought the morning practice was lax, I was wrong. This practice was intended to be lax. The players came out with no pads AND no helmets. This means there was no real contact of any kind. If I thought it was hot and muggy this morning, … Read more
I’m going to do this write up a little different. I will give an overview of the highlights and then I thought I would do a chronology of events from prior to practice to the end to give those of you who haven’t gone a pretty clear flavor of how these things go. The Highlights: … Read more
Welcome to week 3 boys and girls! Man, this was an intense practice. It did not have the usually light hearted feel during warmups, there was a serious fight (Chad got pissed) and generally a “get to business” type practice one would expect after they got their “you-know-whats” handed to them. It was raining about … Read more
***Bonus Post***. I wasn’t planning on going to the afternoon session, but I am becoming a junkie I think. Overall, the afternoon practices seem a lot more relaxed. They do not have pads on, and the energy and concentration level in this one was pretty low until the last 20 minutes, where they had some … Read more
The practice this morning took place in an overcast sky. They changed fields from the normal one to the far left field – their normal field looked pretty chewed up. Because there were at least a number of people there the bugs on the far side weren’t nearly as bad. During the warmups Chris Samuels … Read more