Redskins News
As if the 33-20 defeat at the hands of the hapless Carolina Panthers wasn’t enough on Sunday, news didn’t get any better for Redskins Nation on Monday. The Redskins also announced that Tim Hightower had suffered a torn ACL and was done for the year, and that Santana Moss had surgery on his hand, and … Read more
Numbers are numbers. That’s the beauty of them. There’s something zen about looking at numbers after a game – they remove emotion. Here are the numbers and statistics from the Redskins 33-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers: 279 – Yards passing and 22 of 37, for John Beck. They aren’t huge numbers, but they aren’t … Read more
On Sunday, for the first time in four years, John Beck will start an NFL game at quarterback. In the midst of the Washington Redskins critical heart-breaking 20-13 loss to NFC East rivals the Philadelphia Eagles, Coach Mike Shanahan called on Beck to supplant a floundering Rex Grossman after his fourth interception of the afternoon. … Read more
Teams win and lose… as teams. No one individual is ever single-handedly responsible for the fate of an NFL franchise. Repeat that over and over to yourself about Sunday’s performance from Rex Grossman, and maybe you’ll believe it. The fact of it is, when you put up four interceptions, and almost nothing of note on … Read more
When the Philadelphia Eagles take to Fed Ex Field on Sunday to face the Washington Redskins, it will likely be the first time that a 1-4 away team were favored over a 3-1 home team. If the Redskins needed more inspiration than the 59-28 shellacking they suffered at the hand of the Eagles last year, … Read more
The Washington Redskins handed the St. Louis Rams a 17-10 loss last Sunday, and also perhaps lost in the game, was Tim Hightower’s stranglehold on the number one running back position. Ryan Torain made his return to the Redskins line-up, and after a 135 yard performance, he might not be sitting down again for a … Read more
When Phillip Buchanon was re-signed by the Washington Redskins this offseason, it came with the caveat that he was first going to have to serve a four-game suspension. Little was offered up as an explanation then, and not much since, all Redskins Nation knows is that the suspension was for a violation of the league’s … Read more
Here is a look at some of the interesting and relevant numbers from the Redskins 17-10 victory over the St. Louis Rams: 196 – Yards on the ground for the Washington Redskins (4.9 yard average). The Rams came into the game allowing a league-worst 175 yards per game, and a 4.9 yard average, so the … Read more
The Washington Redskins (2-1) head to the Edward Jones Dome on Sunday, to take on the St. Louis Rams (0-3). Both teams will be doing their absolute best to forget last week, and get on the winning track. The Rams are coming off a 37-7 drubbing at the hands of the 2-1 Baltimore Ravens, in … Read more
Here is a look at some of the more notable numbers and statistics in the Washington Redskins’ crushing 18-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys: 255 – Yards passing for Tony Romo. Given his ‘unbearable, unplayable’ injury, he’s obviously the second coming of Jesus Christ. See next bullet. 250 – Yards passing for Rex Grossman. Not … Read more