What Joe Gibbs’ Return Means to a Kid

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

Talking Offense with Dirtbag #1

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

The Rock Displays His ‘True Grit’

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

Scooter’s 6 Pack: Bears

1. Feeling Smooty Good Watching Fred Smoot play Sunday was an inspiration. Smoot was in obvious pain with a damaged right shoulder. It didn’t keep him from throwing that shoulder into Bear ball carriers. Each time, he would get up and get ready to go play again. The whole team began to feel a little … Read more

D-Fence, D-Fence

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

Key Player Match-ups: Bears

One of the two teams will come away with their second win of the season as the 1-4 Washington Redskins travel to Soldier Field to face the 1-3 Chicago Bears. Here are some of the game’s key player match-ups: Thomas Jones vs. Marcus Washington By Dan Hines This week’s match-up features the NFC 6th leading … Read more

ESPN 2K5 Simulation: Bears

This is the sixth installment of TheHogs.net 2004 NFL season simulation using the NFL2K5 title on the Playstation 2 video game system. Washington Redskins (1-4) at Chicago Bears (3-1) (Chicago) The Redskins came into the game with renewed optimism after the team jettisoned the high priced QB Mark Brunell in a trade with the Bills … Read more

Injuries Continue to Add Up for Skins’ Defense

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