Training Camp Preview: QBs

The Washington Redskins will be heading into training camp with more talent at the quarterback position than it has in recent memory. Sure, the Redskins have had talent at the position in the past. Names like Kilmer, Jurgensen and Theismann come to mind when you think of talented Redskin signal callers, but it is hard … Read more

The Numbers Game

So Clinton Portis got his wish and will get to wear the # 26 this season. All it cost him to get former number holder Ifeanyi Ohalete to give it up, allegedly, was a car. So Portis will get his number, and Redskin fans will be looking to the # 26 to carry a heavy … Read more

Washington’s Dream Team

The Washington Redskins are looking to their past for their future. After a coaching carousel that had Redskins maintenance changing the name on the Head Coach’s door seemingly every year, the team’s most successful head coach, Joe Gibbs is back after an 11 year hiatus during which time Gibbs’ collected two NASCAR Championships as a … Read more

Off-Season?

The time between the Super Bowl and the opening of the next NFL season is often viewed as the “off-season” for the fans. Your friends at TheHogs.net don’t believe there is an “off-season”. Oh sure, you have the week prior to and following the NFL Draft in April and mix in the free agent signings … Read more

By the Numbers

Why are the Redskins fans so excited for the 2004 season to start? Why have those same fans been counting down the days until training camp? Why has the waiting list for Redskins season tickets grown so long? Why are the Redskins all of the sudden being talked about again as a potential playoff team? … Read more

Four Sides to Every Story: The Second Side

In reading the posts by fellow fans in message boards, it became obvious that there was a strong surge of people supporting Dan Snyder. Looking at it from all angles, both the kind and opposing viewpoints had begun to merge to form a more positive outlook. While the sports writers themselves have had a harder … Read more

Former Redskin Looks Back On His High School Days

Tydus Winans was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 3rd round of the 1994 NFL Draft out of Fresno State. He spent two seasons with the Redskins and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals, later in 1996. From 1997-1998, Tydus played for the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders. In 1998, Tydus … Read more

Four Sides to Every Story: The First Side

While the Redskins are in the process of gearing up for another season, the news and rumors have been flying, and rapidly. During the entire offseason, many moves have created stirs, from the Steve Spurrier resignation/not resignation/resignation to the re-hiring of Joe Gibbs. Free agency played a large part to the re-tooling of the Redskins, … Read more

Draft Day: Winners and Losers

Once again, the fan favorite, the circus maximus that highlights the start of NFL season has passed by. The lights have dimmed, and the workers have come to cleanse the sands and remove the losers from the floor. But, who, in the matches of the weekend that brings shouts of anger and joy from onlookers … Read more

Barrow Added to Mix

The revamping of the linebacker corps continues. Thursday, the Redskins signed former Giant middle linebacker Michael Barrow to a 6-year deal. The contract reportedly will pay Barrow approximately $3 million per season over the first 3 years and virtually guarantees the departure of Jeremiah Trotter. Trotter never seemed to be in the new regime’s defensive … Read more