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The Preseason is over. I say again, the preseason is over. While this may seem like an obvious statement, it bears repeating as I hope to make it clear that reality has now set in with regard to who we are and how we’ll fare this season. Sure we looked good in the second halves … Read more
Monday, September 12th, 2016 7:10PM EST Television: ESPN Radio: Sirius Online: Game Pass Tickets: Ticketmaster (3,548 available of as this entry) Kickoff Temperature: 75 degrees, 5 mph winds Line: Pittsburgh -3 Over / Under: 50 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Injury Report Redskins Questionable DE Kendall Reyes (groin)—The story here is not so much about Reyes but what … Read more
I was going to do a writeup here but since it’s already a hot topic of discussion there’s little to add. Therefore, I invite you to hear what Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has to say about the Redskins matchup (The good stuff begins around 03:55): <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/_g8P-Bi8UpQ” frameborder=”0″ … Read more
The Washington Redskins first 2016 opponent is the Pittsburgh Steelers, who finished the 2015 season with a 10-6 record, good for 2nd in the AFC North. The Steelers averaged 26.4 points per game scored, 4th best in the league, and gave up 19.9 points per game allowed, 11th in the league. The Steelers won … Read more
On this day, September 9th in 1969, the Washington Redskins lost the top pass catcher in the NFL when Bobby Mitchell decided to retire at the age of 34. “I couldn’t stand being on the team and being on the bench,” Mitchell offered at a news conference at the time. Despite being the top active … Read more
Twenty-two starters will not be with the team tonight as they travel to Tampa Bay ahead of Tropical Depression Nine for a rare Wednesday Night game. Twenty-two cuts will be made following the conclusion of the final preseason game next week. Robert Kelley, #22, will be the starting running back for tonight’s contest. In reality, … Read more
No. Not that guy. If you still care about that guy seek professional help. Ten is the number of days until the Redskins must trim their roster from 90 players down to the maximum of 53. That means a lot of fringe players will be released this week and several quality ones will be … Read more
It already looks like the Matt Jones experiment is an abject failure. Not only has he looked less than stellar in his limited preseason action but now he has been diagnosed with an AC sprain of the left shoulder and could miss up to four weeks. The backup plan is no plan, as Chris Thompson … Read more
With a completely irrelevant preseason game now under their belt, it seemed a perfectly “poke the bear” time to ask the question…
The Washington Redskins shocked a large portion of the NFL world in 2015, rattling off nine victories en route to winning the NFC East. They will look to build upon that performance during the 2016 campaign, and while the NFC East won’t be as easy to run away with, things at least look good on the improvement front.
Here are the important takeways from the Washington Redskins first preseason game of 2016 – a 23-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
None.
Zero.
It’s preseason, get over it. You can’t draw any concrete conclusions. You think you can. You want to. It’s in your armchair nature to even need to.
But you can’t.
Because it’s just a worthless preseason game.
Having said that, here are some more concrete observations…