Key Player Match-Ups

Logic tells you that every game in a 16 game schedule counts the same towards the final won and loss record right? Wrong. The opening night game against the Jets at Fed Ex is about as a big a non play off game as the ‘Skins will play this season. Is the season over if … Read more

A Need for Speed

Fred Smoot can usually be relied on to have something to say about most things. Not all of what he says makes sense and he is not known for his brevity – but a recent comment he made about Steve Spurrier and this year’s version of the Redskins offense sums things up quite succinctly. ‘Coach … Read more

Practice Squad Announced

The Redskins announced their practice squad today, QB Gibran Hamdan, WR Scott Cloman, DL Nic Clemons, LB Clifton Smith and TE Kevin Ware. The addition of Hamdan was inevitable due to the dubious decision to carry only two quarterbacks on the active roster. Despite playing very little late in training camp, the rookie from Indiana … Read more

Team Capsules

AFC SOUTH Houston Texans Head Coach: Dom Capers 2003 Strength of Schedule: 7th (.533) In 2002, football returned to Houston as the Texans played their inaugurual season in Reliant Stadium. Even though the team only posted 4 victories against 12 losses, it could have been worse. The Texans did however show that they are the … Read more

Preseason Game 4

The Redskins were back in action Thursday night, and while the total game may have proven to be lackluster, there are some bright points to be pointed out. Truly, fans around the league know that the last game is generally the worst, especially following major marquis injuries such as the ones to Vick and Pennington. … Read more

More Cuts Made

If you combine the nine players that Redskins.com are reporting have been cut and the ten players that the Washington Post are going to be cut, you get 19 players to be removed from the 73 man roster. Add to that Chris Clemons, who was placed on the injured reserve list because of a sprained … Read more

The First Cut is the Deepest

The Redskins have pared their roster down to 73 players including 8 that were assigned to NFL Europe last season. The NFL requires rosters down to 65 by 4:00pm August 27th, but the NFLE players receive exemptions until the final cutdown (to 53) on September 1st. Here are the first round of cuts: Tre Johnson, … Read more

Game Wrap: Redskins 24, Ravens 3

Well the Redskins finally did something in the preseason to get excited about — they won a game. After two luckluster efforts against both Carolina and New England that resulted in losses, Washington came out on Saturday and played with intensity and sharpness. They treated the over 70,000 in attendance at Fed Ex Field to … Read more

Team Capsules

AFC East Miami Dolphins Head Coach: Dave Wannstedt 2003 Strength of schedule: 15th (.516) The Dolphins finished 2002 with a 9-7 record and where again left watching the playoffs from home. 2002 was to be the season that they would finally avoid the late season swoon that has haunted this franchise. A week 17 overtime … Read more

Kicking Off the 2003 Season

With less than two weeks left to go before the Redskins’ opening kickoff, we’re kicking things back in to high gear at theHogs.net. It’s been a whirlwind first offseason for the website with our new message board, our exclusive draft section, player profiles, the Ken Harvey Football Fan Classic and the 2003 training camp. We’ve … Read more