Week 8: The Cowboys

When turning on this game, fans would have hoped to have seen a team that didn’t just go into the bye week confused and disoriented, they wanted change. Unfortunately, there was disappointment abounding for the loyal fans of the Burgundy and Gold as a cruise missile was fired into their hearts from Dallas. The fans … Read more

Key Player Match-Ups

Two teams on opposite sides of the tracks or so it would seem. At 5-2, the Cowboys are over-performing and starting to believe that they are better than they perhaps really are. The Redskins are in disarray and seemingly believe that they’re not as good as perhaps they could be. The bye week helped the … Read more

State of the Coaching

Steve Spurrier came into the NFL last season wanting to see if his system would work in the NFL. After conquering the college ranks, it was time to see what he could do among the best of the best. With a team built for power running, he still managed a fairly respectable 7-9–not bad for … Read more

Down but not out…yet.

Tons of questions at Redskin Park, but only ounces of answers. Washington couldn’t have asked for a better time for a bye week. The Redskins were stumbling before going to Buffalo where they were embarrassed. If the Redskins were in a prizefight, they would have been given the mandatory “standing eight count”. By far it … Read more

State of the Offensive Line

This group was touted as the possible Second Coming of the beloved Hogs. Not yet. But it has not been for a lack of effort. The offensive line has struggled to find its identity through the first seven games. The line will take the heat for the disheartening number of sacks allowed and the obscene … Read more

The State of Special Teams

Redskins’ Special Teams coack Mike Stock has been under close scrutiny over the last few weeks. Less than a month ago, many Redskin fans were actually calling for Stock’s job as Washington continued it’s seemingly endless special teams’ struggles. But things have changed recently. Now it is perhaps the only unit on the team that … Read more

State of the Defense

While the defense started out fairly strong in the first part of the year, certain adjustments seem to be happening to fix what wasn’t broken. The Redskins shut down the run and the pass in the first few games, only to have certain weaknesses exposed by the Giants. While it seemed that the opponents studied … Read more

The Bye Week

The bye week… some teams take advantage of it by working on their problems, some teams take advantage of it by giving the team an extended rest to recover from injuries, some teams just thank the football gods that they have a chance to figure out what’s going wrong with the team. As is the … Read more