Gameday Preview: Week Eight

The Redskins travel to Ford Field on Sunday to face the Detroit Lions, this is the only time this season the Redskins will play in a dome, Kickoff is at 1 pm. Detroit faced the Houston Texans last week and Lions’ quarterback Dan Orlovsky finished with 265 passing yards and a 99.6 rating, and wide … Read more

THN Weekly With Andre Carter

Following a tremendous four-game winning streak, the Redskins morale came crashing down with one swift 49-yard kick from Josh Brown. That field goal resulted in the Redskins first loss since the opening week of the season and a defeat to the previously 0-4 St. Louis Rams, who had undergone several major changes two weeks leading … Read more

Week 7 Preview: Cleveland Browns

The Washington Redskins will play their first inter-conference game of the 2008 season against a team that has never visited Fed Ex Field, when they host the Cleveland Browns this Sunday. Kickoff is at 4:15 pm. The Cleveland Browns faced the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants as huge underdogs in week six. In … Read more

The Six Pack: Officially Perturbed

1) I’m not going to spend too much time dwelling on the Redskins loss to the Rams, enough has been said about that already. I will say that the optimist in me sees the loss as a potentially useful one. If the team comes away from that game knowing that they aren’t likely to blow … Read more

THN Weekly with AC: Week 6

During the 2008 offseason, would anyone have guessed that THIS is how the Redskins would start their regular season? For the second consecutive year, the Redskins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in “The Linc.” Last year, the win put the team at 2-0 but following last Sunday’s 23-17 victory over the Eagles, the Redskins opened eyes … Read more

Week 6 Preview: St. Louis Rams

The Washington Redskins return home to Fed-Ex Field this Sunday to host the 0-4 St Louis Rams, kickoff is at 1 pm. After opening the 2008 season with four straight losses the Rams fired their head coach (Scott Linehan) and replaced him with new interim head coach Jim Haslett during their bye week. Haslett was … Read more

Six Pack: Eagles I

What follows is an answer to the chorus of complaints from the legions of fans tired of being distracted by “sensible” analysis, backed by “facts” and “knowledge.” If you seek shelter from the twin storms that are “reality” and “logic,” then this is your port of call. 1) An open, albeit brief, letter to Donovan … Read more

THN Weekly with Andre Carter: Week 5

After their thrilling victory over perhaps the best team in the NFL, the Redskins solidified themselves as one of the top teams in the league and tightened up the already competitive NFC East, arguably the best division in football. The Dallas Cowboys were riding high atop the NFL standings at 3-0 before the Redskins served … Read more