Well after only two football seasons in the Redskins organization, the ‘offensive genius’ has quit. In an official press release by Spurrier, he apologized to Redskins’ fans for “not achieving the level of success that we had hoped for” and added that, “This is a very demanding job. It’s a long grind and I feel … Read more
With a busy closing weekend, the playoff scenarios are finally set. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Wild Card games (all times Eastern): NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND Saturday, January 3 AFC: 4:30 PM ET Tennessee (12-4) at Baltimore (9-6) (ABC-TV) NFC: 8:00 PM ET Dallas … Read more
Well at 4-7, it would appear that the dreams and wishes of the Redskins’ faithful are on hold for yet another season. This is not a new feeling to contemporary Washington fans, as ‘Wait til next year’ has become the moniker of the Redskins’ millennium. Gone are the days of pride and tradition, replaced by … Read more
The bye week… some teams take advantage of it by working on their problems, some teams take advantage of it by giving the team an extended rest to recover from injuries, some teams just thank the football gods that they have a chance to figure out what’s going wrong with the team. As is the … Read more
As the final whistle went on Sunday, the Redskins had staked a 2 and 0 mark in the standings for the first time since the season of their last Super Bowl victory, 1991. By no means does this team look Super Bowl bound yet, but they rallied from a 17-0 deficit to post their second … Read more
Football fans were treated to a gem to kick off the 2003 NFL season. Well-played, well contested, the game had everything that a fan could ask for — especially a Redskin fan. As John Hall took his three step backs from the ball, looked up and saw 8 seconds on the clock, could he have … Read more
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
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
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
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