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Better late than never, they say….. Ouch. Losing in the playoffs is like getting drunk and having a one stand that you shouldn’t have had – not only does it have immediate repercussions (as in the embarrassment of getting out of there the next morning), but the potential long term ….um, ‘effects’ (in a burning … Read more
Sooner or later there will be another head coach that will spend his whole career with one team (even if he retires and comes back), there may be another coach with a better than .620 career winning percentage when all is said and done, and there might even be another coach that can repeat the … Read more
“I kind of wanted to speak today about our profession. And my biggest concerns in life, as many times for me, I’ve had the wrong priorities in life. Where should our profession be? I think it should be third in our life. First should be God and my relationship with Him. Second should be my … Read more
Four seasons into his second stint as head coach of the Washington Redskins, coach Joe Gibbs is retiring for the second time. Gibbs returned from retirement in 2004 to a team in peril. The once-proud Washington franchise had been mired in more than a decade of mediocrity. While Gibbs did not achieve his goal of … Read more
The Washington Redskins, who were on their greatest winning streak since the six-game 2005 run that put them in Seattle for a divisional playoff game against the Seahawks, fell flat in the final minutes of Saturday’s wild card game. It ended a season of tremendous tragedy and accomplishment. On to the Fifth Quarter rankings, which … Read more
The regular season has come to an end, now it’s time for the second season. From September to December, all 32 team go through the NFL regular season just to get to the playoffs. Back in September everyone started 0-0 and had an equal shot at making the post-season. With only six playoff teams per … Read more
Even the most optimistic of Redskin fans would not have predicted a playoff berth a month ago, and yet, the Redskins grabbed the final seed with four straight, tough victories. Washington travels to Seattle to face the NFC West Champion Seahawks (10-6) at Qwest Field on Saturday at 4:30pm ET. The Redskins will try to … Read more
Here at the-hogs.net, Mark Solway often recaps Washington Redskins games with a “By The Numbers” piece that chronicles important numbers from the previous week’s game; this week was no exception. That being said, a very important number was missing from that article, and this week’s Cheap Seats column is dedicated to it: 21. This number … Read more
Life, as they sometimes say, gets in the way of drivel, which explains the lack of said drivel in the past couple of weeks. Darn that pesky life. Wah. I’ve been really surprised by the talk by Terri Glenn (and no, that misspelling is no mistake) that Landry was intentionally targeting his knees. First of … Read more
Suisham Second Best Redskin Season Ever The Washington Redskins faced their arch-rivals the Dallas Cowboys, in their final regular season game of 2007. Washington needed a win to guarantee themselves a spot in the playoffs, and played with the heart of a desperate, hungry team. On the strength of two Clinton Portis touchdowns, a Todd … Read more