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The Washington Redskins signed tight end Zach Hilton and running back Derrick Blaylock this week. Both players worked out at the rookie camp this past weekend, and both obviously impressed enough to get a contract and a further look. Hilton is a four-year NFL veteran that comes to Washington via the Jets. The 6’8″, 268 … Read more

The 2007 NFL Draft has come and gone. For Redskin fans, it was hopefully about quality as opposed to quantity; Washington had just five picks, and only one of them was on day one. After selecting safety LaRon Landry with the sixth overall selection on Saturday, the Redskins went after some depth in round two. … Read more

The Washington Redskins selected LaRon Landry with the sixth overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft. The athletic safety became the second pick in the first six from Louisiana State, and joins Sean Taylor to form what could become a formidable tandem. Washington used nearly their entire fifteen minute allotment, as they tried to parlay … Read more

The NFL released its 17-week, 256-game regular-season 2007 schedule on Wednesday. The season will begin on Thursday, september 6th and run through to December 30th. Here is the Washington Redskins 16-game schedule: Sep. 09 Miami Dolphins 1:00pm Sep. 17 at Philadelphia Eagles (Mon) 8:30pm Sep. 23 N.Y. Giants 4:15pm Sep. 30 BYE Oct. 07 Detroit … Read more

The Redskins made another non-splashy but useful free agent signing this week, when they signed veteran cornerback David Macklin. Originally a fourth round draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts in 2000, he spent the first four years of his career there, and started for two of them. He was drafted out of Penn State University … Read more

The Redskins’ 2007 Preseason schedule has been released. Washington will open the preseason on the road against Tennessee on August 11th. The game will take place at LP Field in Nashville at 8:00pm, and will be broadcast nationally by the NFL Network. The Redskins’ first game at Fed Ex Field will be against the Pittsburgh … Read more

On Monday of this week, the Washington Redskins signed offensive lineman Jason Fabini to a one-year contract. Fabini spent the 2006 season in Dallas where he was used exclusively as a back-up. He’ll do the same in Washington. The 10-year NFL veteran spent his first nine seasons with the New York Jets. New York drafted … Read more

The Washington Redskins re-signed veteran offensive lineman Todd Wade on Tuesday. Wade was originally allowed to test the free agent waters so that he could go somewhere where he would get an opportunity to start. With Jon Jansen and Chris Samuels on the roster, the opportunity in Washington seemed limited. When Derrick Dockery left for … Read more

The Washington Redskins appear to be taking a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race approach to the off season. Good for them. With the exorbitant contracts signed league wide so far, it was the wrong off season to jump in with both guns blazing. After filling their two biggest needs early in free agency, all of their most recent signings … Read more

Between now and the 2007 NFL Draft, THN will be taking a look at all of the NFL teams’ off-season needs. Up next is the team with the fifteenth overall pick in the draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers. 2006 Results: 8-8, 3rd in AFC North 2007 Projected Cap Status: $ 105,900,000 ($3.1 million in cap space) … Read more