The last five games the Washington Redskins have played have been some of the most difficult to watch football that I can remember seeing in recent history. After each game I am left thinking, well, it can’t get worse than that. However that debacle that the team displayed yesterday was disgusting, embarrassing, and just plain shameful. Shame on the players, shame on Mike Shanahan, shame on the Redskins’ organization.
Redskins History
Redskin fans wax poetic about days gone by to help younger Skins fans learn about our gloried burgundy and gold past.
Russ Grim Retro Wallpaper
In the spirit of recognizing the greatest Redskins, it is my pleasure to introduce the new Russ Grimm Wallpaper. Want it in a widescreen version – no problem. Russ Grimm Wallpaper Check out all of the Redskin Wallpapers available in the Fan Zone.
Jim Zorn; The End of an Error
I never really had anything against Jim Zorn. His resume included the fact that he was both a college and NFL Quarterback. He worked under Mike Holmgren. The NFL should have been in his blood.
A Thing Called Tradition
Whenever a debate creeps up about the Redskins’ uniforms, many people trot out the word “tradition” in defense of the current outfit. It’s not an unreasonable position; while wearing more or less the same uniform the team sports today, the Redskins experienced the greatest ten-year stretch in team history from 1982 to 1991. The decade … Read more
Redskins in the LIFE Photo Archives
TIME has recently teamed up with Google to make their LIFE photo archives available on the web. Most of these photos never made it into print, and the process of digitalizing around 10 million photos is still ongoing. It’s an incredible resource, and Google Images makes the archive easy to search.
There are some fantastic football shots. Unfortunately, the best pictures don’t involve the Redskins; I had no idea this media biased stretched back so far. But there are a lot of interesting photos of the hometown team, and I’ve linked them here for your convenience.
Relative Quarterback Ratings: Honolulu Hughes to Jason Campbell
While trying to distract myself from the fact that a Gus Frerotte vs. Norv Turner Super Bowl is still a possibility, I took a look at Sammy Baugh’s statistics. I was surprised to see his rookie season quarterback rating: 50.5, an incredibly low number by today’s standards. Even Heath Shuler (sorry, Congressman Heath Shuler) never posted a mark that low when he wore the burgundy and gold. Yet Baugh’s 1937 campaign was not only good enough to guide the Redskins to their first NFL Championship, but it was also good enough to lead the league in quarterback rating. 71 years ago, the league average quarterback rating was just 34.4.
THN Retro Wallpapers – Ken Houston
New to THN this year, we will be periodically releasing “retro” wallpapers of some of the Greatest Redskins. This week, we are proud to introduce the Ken Houston Wallpaper. It is also available in a widescreen version. Check out all of the Redskin Wallpapers available in the Fun Zone
Picking Up the Torch
Writes THN member welch, our local history buff: “Just have to come back to the only online Redskins home to smile some more. One game is not a season, as we all said last week, but it sure helps when that game is a win!. Hail to the Redskins. Remember Gene Brito every time a … Read more
Q&A With Larry Brown
We here at theHogs.net were lucky enough to have #43 Larry Brown stop by and answer the questions posted by our members. Here are the questions and answers…
Smith, Brown, Hanburger, Fischer For HOF – Part II
From: Washington Times Redskins Fan Forum, by Robert Janis If you read my first blog last week, then you know that I don’t want the travesty Art Monk had to tolerate before he was finally named into the Pro Football Hall of Fame fall on any other Redskins player we feel is worthy of the … Read more