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In week 8, the Redskins will have to continue to rely on production from their backup linebackers. Redskins starting weak-side linebacker LaVar Arrington had a minor setback in practice and is listed as doubtful as the Redskins face off against the Green Bay Packers. Lemar Marshall will get his fifth start if Arrington is unable … 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

Jon Jansen is one of the most technically sound offensive linemen in the game today. He is excellent in pass protection, but is especially known as a powerful run blocker. Jansen sat down with theHogs.net to analyze his team’s progress so far in the 2004 season. The Redskins are off to a 2-4 start this … Read more

John Wayne is known for portraying characters that are tough, dependable, and always do the right thing. Jon Jansen has always admired the Duke “for who he was on the big screen and what his character stood for in most of his movies”. He has tried to pattern himself after those characteristics. When Jansen started … Read more

You know those signs you always see at sporting events where one guy wears a ‘D’ and his buddy wears a fence? All of Washington needs to get to work on making themselves their own version of that sign… immediately. Coming into 2004, the Washington Redskins defense had some question marks. ‘Experts’ said that the … 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 Trade When the news was announced that Joe Gibbs was returning as head coach of Washington Redskins, his harshest critics said that the game had passed him by. They cited free agency and the salary cap as the main reasons Gibbs wouldn’t be as successful in his second stint as a head coach in … Read more

The greatest rivalry in sports pretty much produced a stinker on Monday night, as the Cowboys hung on for a 21-18 victory over the Redskins. Neither team had much to be happy with, but the Cowboys go away content to have moved to 2-1 and to have handed Washington their 13th loss in their last … Read more

Coach Joe Gibbs announced Monday afternoon that Patrick Ramsey would likely get the starting nod in next Monday night’s game against the archrival Dallas Cowboys. Ramsey came into last Sunday’s losing effort against the New York Giants in the third quarter, after starter Mark Brunell pulled a hamstring. Ramsey was able to move the offense … 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