After losing starting left defensive ends Phillip Daniels and reserve end Alex Buzbee to season ending injuries on the first day of training camp, the Redskins were hurrying to find a suitable replacement. They accomplished that and then some with the acquisition of one of the game’s best in defensive end Jason Taylor. The potential … Read more
Jason Taylor Officially a Redskin; Daniels, Buzbee on I.R. The first day of the Redskins 2008 Training Camp began and ended notoriously for different reasons. On the first play of 7-on-7 practice drills, Phillip Daniels was tangled in a pile-up and tore his anterior cruciate ligament. The injury forced Daniels to be carted off the … Read more
Here is a look at some of the special teams battles going on at camp: Kicking: Shaun Suisham is coming off of the second best statistical season ever for a Redskins kicker, making 29 of 35 field goals (82.9%). The percentage is only behind Mark Moseley’s 95% in his 1982 MVP season. Suisham also kicked … Read more
After a dismal season in 2006, the Redskins defense needed on-field leadership and direction. That is exactly what they received when they signed middle linebacker London Fletcher last spring. Under former assistant head coach/defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, the Redskins defense ranked third and ninth in 2004 and 2005 respectively. An unexpected drop to 31st overall … Read more
One of the most frequent questions asked by the media and Redskins fans following Jim Zorn’s promotion from offensive coordinator to head coach was: “How will Jason Campbell adjust to Zorn’s version of the West Coast offense?” Campbell has been hearing questions like that his whole career. Now entering his fourth season as a pro, … Read more
We here at theHogs.net (THN) pride ourselves in our content. As a result, we strive to bring you news on your favorite team in any way possible. The latest of these endeavors is the THN Hogcasts. We deliver our Hogcasts in mp3 format, and you can play them on any mp3 player, as well as … Read more
It is said that no man is an island but the cornerbacks in Gregg Williams’ defense must often feel as though they are on one. Williams relies on a variety of well-disguised blitzes to pound the opposing team into submission and he relies on his corners to handle man-on-man coverage to allow for those blitzes. … Read more
When the 2006 Washington Redskins opened training camp, something unexpected stood out – a surge of Canadian talent. Two athletes from north of the border, Jesse Lumsden and Kerry Carter, arrived in Ashburn, Virginia with one shared goal: to earn a spot on an NFL roster. While the idea of Canadians in NFL training camps … Read more
They are the ‘however’, the ‘but’ and the reason for caution in most Redskins previews. Their names have been accompanied by warnings often enough that we could call them the Caveat Crew. They are the Redskins quarterbacks. Their names and the accompanying warnings are familiar to most Redskins fans: Mark “He’s Old/Injured” Brunell, Todd “Journeyman/Who?” … Read more
While at Redskins Training Camp, THN caught up with one of it’s favorite players and one of the funniest Washington Redskins to interview — Cory Raymer. Always engaging and entertaining, we were happy to talk with him again. It was just a couple of days after the Baltimore scrimmage where he appeared to have been … Read more