by the numbers

There were some wacky numbers and statistics from the Washington Redskins’ wacky, unpredictable 33-26 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Here are some of the most telling: 397 – All-purpose yards for the Redskins, to the Vikings 389 yards – pretty much a stone cold draw. 284 – Yards passing for Rex Grossman on a 26 … Read more

Here are the pertinent numbers and statistics from the Washington Redskins 34-19 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday: 304 – Total yards for the Redskins, to the Jets 266 yards. Washington led in many of the offensive statistics, but got clobbered on the one that counts – the score. The Redskins ran 71 … Read more

The most important number for the Redskins in their 23-17 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, was the number they didn’t reach – 7 – as in 7 straight losses. Washington ended their 6-game slide with the win, and moved to 4-7 on the season. Here are the other relative statistics and numbers from Sunday’s game: … Read more

The following are a list of the pertinent numbers and statistics from the Washington Redskins 19-11 defeat, at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. It was the Redskins 4th consecutive loss, and dropped them to 3-5. 254 – Yards passing for John Beck on a 30/47 day. The numbers don’t sound bad, … Read more

Here are the pertinent and painful numbers from the Redskins 23-0 loss to the Buffalo Bills at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario. 262 – Yards passing from Ryan Fitzpatrick, on an extremely efficient 20 of 27 day. He had two touchdowns, and in parts of the game, picked apart the Redskins secondary seemingly at … Read more

Numbers are numbers. That’s the beauty of them. There’s something zen about looking at numbers after a game – they remove emotion. Here are the numbers and statistics from the Redskins 33-20 loss to the Carolina Panthers: 279 – Yards passing and 22 of 37, for John Beck. They aren’t huge numbers, but they aren’t … Read more

Here is a look at some of the interesting and relevant numbers from the Redskins 17-10 victory over the St. Louis Rams: 196 – Yards on the ground for the Washington Redskins (4.9 yard average). The Rams came into the game allowing a league-worst 175 yards per game, and a 4.9 yard average, so the … Read more

Here is a look at some of the more notable numbers and statistics in the Washington Redskins’ crushing 18-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys: 255 – Yards passing for Tony Romo. Given his ‘unbearable, unplayable’ injury, he’s obviously the second coming of Jesus Christ. See next bullet. 250 – Yards passing for Rex Grossman. Not … Read more

The Washington Redskins narrowly defeated the Arizona Cardinals 22-21 on Sunday. It may not have been the prettiest win ever, but teams don’t get any less credit for an ugly win than they do for a spotless one. Here is a look at some of the interesting stats and numbers from this week’s game. 455 … Read more