Skins v. Vikings on MNF

The Hogster · Post by **The Hogster** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:31 pm

The Redskins will open the double header for Monday Night Football against the Vikings. The game will be in DC, and will mark the unveiling of Al Saunders new offense. Randel El, B-Lloyd, Archuletta,Fauria and Andre Carter's debuts at Fed Ex.

In another headline, this game marks the return of Fred Smoot to Washington after departing via free agency to the Vikings. Brad Johson will also make his return to Washington.

gottoloveit · Post by **gottoloveit** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:32 pm

The Hogster · Post by **The Hogster** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:34 pm

Yoda says: "A life..Get"

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:41 pm

If anyone cannot make it, I'd love to buy 2 tickets. I'm putting my name in the hat now. Thanks. O:)

Justice Hog · Post by **Justice Hog** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:42 pm

Is there a link saying this? Can't find one.

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:43 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2386175

rick301 · Post by **rick301** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:52 pm

Can't wait ... our first win

skinsRin · Post by **skinsRin** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:54 pm

Nice! Are all monday nighters going to start at 7pm?

JansenFan · Post by **JansenFan** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:56 pm

There will be a 7pm game and a 9pm game it looks like. Everyone will get the 7, and then at 1015, the broadcast you get will depend on your market.

skinsRin · Post by **skinsRin** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:59 pm

JansenFan wrote:There will be a 7pm game and a 9pm game it looks like. Everyone will get the 7, and then at 1015, the broadcast you get will depend on your market.

Thanks Jensen, who plays at 9pm?

cj17 · Post by **cj17** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:04 pm

Not correct. The opening Monday Night has a game at 7 and a game at 10:15pm.

RedskinsFreak · Post by **RedskinsFreak** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:15 pm

For the first week, it's a MNF Doubleheader (2nd game is Chargers at Raiders) on ESPN.

After that, there's only one, and it starts at 8:30.

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:20 pm

I see where they say the Bucs will be playing the CowGirls on Thanksgiving. I thought it was mentioned a while back that the Skins were playing Dallas on Thanksgiving.
Anyone else recall this?

RedskinsFreak · Post by **RedskinsFreak** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:22 pm

HOSS wrote:I see where they say the Bucs will be playing the CowGirls on Thanksgiving. I thought it was mentioned a while back that the Skins were playing Dallas on Thanksgiving.
Anyone else recall this?

Yeah, I recall it. It made several publications after starting in, I believe, a NYC paper.

Just goes to show that not all preliminary reports such as this are accurate. Also doesn't mean you brush em all off as having no chance of being right, either.

frankcal20 · Post by **frankcal20** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:22 pm

I do but i guess it was false.

Redskins Rule · Post by **Redskins Rule** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:04 pm

http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=16127

For the second time in four years, the Redskins and FedExField will be part of the NFL's annual kickoff weekend extravaganza.
The league has announced that Washington's 2006 season opener will be against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. ET at FedExField.

The NFL will announce the full schedule sometime in April.

The Redskins-Vikings game will be part of the first regularly scheduled Monday Night Football games on ESPN. The Redskins-Vikings contest will be followed by an AFC West meeting between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders at 10:15 p.m. ET.

Ladell Betts against the Vikings in the 2004 season finale. (Don Wright Photo)
Also, the NFL announced the Thanksgiving schedule and the Redskins are not part of the package for games that day. There had been several published reports earlier this offseason suggesting that the Redskins would be one of six teams playing on Thanksgiving day in 2006.

For the fifth year in a row, the NFL will kick off its season on a Thursday night, with the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Miami Dolphins on Sept. 7 at 8:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast nationally on NBC.

On Sunday, Sept. 10, the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the Dallas Cowboys at 4:15 p.m. ET in a game broadcast by FOX. The New York Giants will host the Indianapolis Colts--a matchup that features quarterback brothers Eli and Peyton Manning--at 8:15 p.m. ET on NBC.

The Thanksgiving day games are as follows: Miami at Detroit, Tampa Bay at Dallas and Denver at Kansas City.

The Redskins and Vikings last played in January 2005 in the regular season finale for both teams. The Redskins won that contest by a score of 21-18 at FedExField.

The Vikings have undergone significant change since that meeting. Brad Childress has taken over as head coach and the team has traded quarterback Daunte Culpepper to the Dolphins and wide receiver Randy Moss to the Oakland Raiders.

In September 2003, the Redskins were part of the NFL's kickoff weekend when they hosted the New York Jets in a nationally televised Thursday night game. The Redskins won that game 16-13.

skinsRin · Post by **skinsRin** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:15 pm

Damn! Well that blows! I love watching football on Thanksgiving day and there would of been nothing better then facing the Cowboys that day. Oh well!

gay4pacman · Post by **gay4pacman** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:46 pm

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2386175

all details can be found here

disregard post

Sir_Monk · Post by **Sir_Monk** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:08 pm

Damn! Well that blows! I love watching football on Thanksgiving day and there would of been nothing better then facing the Cowboys that day. Oh well!

I for one am kind of glad they are not. If memory serves we are historicly bad vs the Cowboys on Thanksgiving day. Also I don't think my parents have the NFL network, and that would mean a trip to a bar on thanksgiving day which would not fly.

MtSherwood7 · Post by **MtSherwood7** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:51 pm

I cant wait to see Smoot trying to cover Moss, Brad Johnson getting pummeled by our D and the 'Skins starting off the season 1-0 for the 5th straight year.

air_hog · Post by **air_hog** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:21 pm

This sucks. Well, it's cool that we are on Monday Night (but yet again we have to share it with some other teams...)

But what I mean by saying it sucks, is because I love waking up Kickoff Sunday morning and watching the Skins play.

Now I have to wait another day :cry:

And who wants to see the Cowboys play the Bucs on Thanksgiving??? Not only does Cowboys/Skins have more history, but the rivalry is comming back full force and Dallass/Washington would get huge ratings on Thanksgiving.

DCGloryYears828791 · Post by **DCGloryYears828791** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:29 pm

skinsRin wrote:Damn! Well that blows! I love watching football on Thanksgiving day and there would of been nothing better then facing the Cowboys that day. Oh well!

In keeping with tradition, maybe this year the Cowgirls can do a halftime ceremony Retiring Michael Irvin's Coke Habit, and we can woop up on that ...

I definitely didn't want to play them on Thanksgiving. By the way who is on the Vikings anymore? Im going to love watching Santana blow by SMOOOOOT and for the first play of the year, wr reverse option pass. Go Skins....

GEORGE MASON PATRIOTS!!!!!! FINAL FOUR!!!!!!!!!!

"I guarantee we will be in the final four. All of Connecticut, im saying it right now, we will not lose to George Mason." Rashad Anderson, Senior Guard, UCONN

Deadskins · Post by **Deadskins** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:15 pm

Sir_Monk wrote:
Damn! Well that blows! I love watching football on Thanksgiving day and there would of been nothing better then facing the Cowboys that day. Oh well!

I for one am kind of glad they are not. If memory serves we are historicly bad vs the Cowboys on Thanksgiving day. Also I don't think my parents have the NFL network, and that would mean a trip to a bar on thanksgiving day which would not fly.

Thanksgiving games are always nationally televised.

gay4pacman · Post by **gay4pacman** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:51 pm

not the ones on the nfl channel

you have to have direct tv

Punu · Post by **Punu** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:07 pm

the nfl network comes on other services now... not just direct tv. the only difference is that you have to have direct tv in order to have the league pass. (watch all the games on sundays) Any games shown on the NFL network can be ordered by a lot more services than dtv now though.