{"id":2894,"date":"2009-10-24T22:03:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2025-06-01T09:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:50:56","slug":"news-and-notes-saturday-october-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/10\/24\/news-and-notes-saturday-october-24\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Notes: Saturday, October 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why don’t we start with the good news? Levi Jones is doing well enough that he may be activated against Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Matt Teri had some great quotes from Jones today at the Redskins Official Blog:<\/p>\n

“Today was a real good day,” Jones told me. “I mean, I feel good about the plays; I’m not worried about gettin’ out there and playin’, I’m just worried about getting’ out there and knowing what TO do. I’ve been starting for seven years, so playing … that’s gonna be second nature to me. But knowing what to do in new schemes, new offense, new technique … well, I got with our center, Casey Rabach, and I’m starting to feel good about that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“That’s the funny thing about it, because all the techniques that they’re trying to get me to do now, and everything that they have going on is what I learned in college. My offensive line coach, Dan Cozzetto, learned under the Joe Bugel offensive line system. So all this stuff, I was doing in college and doing … well, doing well enough to be drafted in the first round, you know?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Health feels great,” he said. ” I mean, surprisingly good. Better than I’ve felt in a LONG time. I’m ready to go.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The second quote is very interesting. It’d be a great coup for Levi Jones to come in off of the street and play well, and it would be a rare treat to see the Redskins actually catch a personnel break. As I blogged<\/a> a few days ago, it won’t actually be that difficult to get better play than we’ve seen to date – so it is conceivable (to me) that Jones comes in and works his way on to the starting line-up. If he can pick up on the system quickly, and is in relatively good shape, Washington may have at least found a temporary solution to improve the line a little bit. With Chris Samuels soon to be on injured reserve – the Redskins announced today that they would probably do so during the bye week – the Redskins are desperate for offensive line help.<\/p>\n

Now for the bad news – well actually it’s more just the ‘not so good’ news…<\/p>\n

Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is listed as questionable for Monday night\u2019s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Big Al sat out practice all week due to a sprained ankle, reports vary today as to whether or not he practiced today, but if he did, it was in a limited capacity. He will be a game-time decision, and a massive loss if he can’t go.<\/p>\n

Running back Clinton Portis is also listed as questionable, but will play according to Jim Zorn. Portis has problems with pretty much everything below his right knee – foot, ankle and calf issues.<\/p>\n

DeAngelo Hall didn’t practice today either. He has a sore knee, but is expected to play on Monday as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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