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I was checking out an article on Scout about the best NFL offensive and defensive free agents that are currently available, and I thought it might be fun to choose the ‘best of’ and form a team out of them.
Wherever possible, I chose former Washington Redskins to fill spots.
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
The Redskins re-signed linebacker Curtis Gatewood, an undrafted free agent out of Vanderbilt who spent training camp with the team, to the practice squad. The team waived linebacker Johnny Baldwin, who was injured in practice, from the practice squad. For all updated roster moves, please visit our Redskins Transactions and Roster pages. For more on Gatewood’s return, … Read more
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
Portis was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week on the strength of his 29 carry, 145-yard rushing effort against the Philadelphia Eagles. He also had 2 catches for 13 yards, to lead all NFL players with 158 all-purpose yards from scrimmage.
One of the dangers of writing stuff down is that sometimes people actually pay attention. And when people pay attention, they remember things – things you said, even if those things were said a long, long time ago, like three weeks. And perhaps those things you said may have been ever-so-slightly ‘wrong’. Now, in many cases, this is a bad thing, unless you work for ESPN, in which case you just ignore what you said previously, and ESPN wipes all evidence of it from the face of the earth, problem solved. I don’t have that luxury.
So some weeks ago when I seemed to imply that the Redskins would most likely lose on the road to the Cowboys and the Eagles, I was wrong. But here’s the weird thing – I was so wrong, that I came back full-circle to being right again. This type of circular relationship between being right and being wrong doesn’t happen all the time – for example, with my wife, I’m either wrong, or even more wrong. There’s no getting back to right. It’s like a long, steep one-way decline into the dark hole of wrongness, slicked with grease and with a bleacher full of wives cheering your descent.
Anyway, let me explain my new-found rightness. I claimed that after a difficult first five games, we’d find out what kind of character this Redskins team has. Could they climb out of the hole they would supposedly be in? Or would they fall apart, shaken by their early losses? Well, I got the losses wrong, but the part about the importance of how this team will react after their first five games is dead on. The Redskins are flying high right now, and face some dangerously bad teams in the next few weeks. If they can maintain their focus and energy, we’re looking at a very good football team, perhaps as good as the media now seems to think they are. However, if they fall into the trap, we’ll sink into the mediocrity that our opponent’s fans are predicting. Time will tell.
Tough putting together drivel this week, by the way. The Eagles just aren’t that funny. No wonder they don’t have any Lombardis (zing!).
Given that it’s next to impossible for fans of any team — but particularly fans of the Washington Redskins — to simply enjoy being 4-1, we’ve begun to hear some gripes about the lack of a pass rush.
There is a current of misguided thought that sees the sack as some Holy Grail of defensive stats. People believe that unless they see sacks on a consistent basis, their team is not generating a pass rush. It would be easy to look at the fact that the Redskins defense has allowed the ninth most passing yards in the league and conclude that they have a problem which must be addressed.
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
The Washington Redskins may not be the best team on paper, but they certainly look like one of the best in the league right now.
After falling very painfully to the Giants in week one, most had written this team off to a 5-11 record. Their chances versus the New Orleans Saints seemed pretty slim. Drew Brees was a much better QB than Eli Manning and had thrown for over 300 yards in week one. The Redskins defense would not be able to stop them, and Jason Campbell would not be any better than his efforts versus the Giants. The West Coast offense was just too hard to learn.
Each week, we take a look at some of the game’s numbers to see what stands out – take a look at some of the statistics from Washington’s impressive 23-17 victory over the Eagles on Sunday: