By The Numbers

Here is a look at some of the interesting, and often painful numbers from the Redskins’ 19-14 loss to the Detroit Lions: 644 – Days since the Detroit Lions last won a game. That’s 92 weeks, or 15,456 hours, or 927,360 minutes, or 55,641,600 seconds – in other words – an awfully long time. 55,641,600 … Read more

Six Pack: Week 3

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. – I was standing in line at a … Read more

HogWire: Entering the Lions Den

The (1-1) Washington Redskins travel to Ford Field to face the (0-2) Detroit Lions on Sunday; kickoff is at 1 p.m. The Detroit Lions looked like they would get into the win column last week with a 10-0 lead midway through the second quarter. Quarterback Matthew Stafford threw his first NFL touchdown pass and the … Read more

Hognostications Week 3

Congratulations go out to our back-to-back winner emoses14 with a hognostication of 12-4 for week 2.  TincoSkin, VetSkinsFan, jeremyroyce and DesertSkin all came out with a respectable score of 11-5.  Well done guys!  This past week had many surprises and it just goes to show that on any given Sunday any team in the NFL could win.

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The Zorn Identity

I wish I could say I knew what Jim Zorn was doing. I wish I could tell you that I see some sort of wonderful master-plan being hatched in the background; but I can’t.

Jim has lost me entirely.

Now before you get to thinking that I think Zorn is a complete idiot; he is not. However there were some things that happened this weekend that have me really worried about his coaching and leadership ability.

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