Washington Redskins

By Skin Patrol Hat tipped to Football Outsiders for pointing me to Pete Prisco's Top 50 Players. The following Redskins made the list: I'll address that later this week, as I think there are a few Redskins deserving of mention on at least one of those lists.

By Skin Patrol Shawn Springs was the only player absent from the second session of the Washington Redskins' "voluntary" organized team activities yesterday at Redskin Park yesterday, and Phillip Daniels wasn't too happy about it. AOL Fanhouse, Redskins' Phillip Daniels Calls Out Shawn Springs For...

By CptChaosSidekick The Redskins have signed rookie defensive end Rob Jackson, the team announced on Tuesday. Jackson was the Redskins' seventh-round draft pick (242nd overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft. To make room for Jackson on the roster, the Redskins released defensive tackle J.T. Mapu

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By Skin Patrol Vinny Cerrato -- the executive vice president of football operations for the Washington Redskins, and a former Gophers recruiting coordinator who grew up in Albert Lea -- is in the Twin Cities for a family vacation. He said his team is confident that Erasmus James, the oft-injured defens...

By Skin Patrol Now that the Washington Redskins are on a small break before training camp, former Estacado great Jerry Gray is back home in Lubbock, doing some good. Thanks once more to Double T Nation for the hat tip, and here's a gratuitous Texas Tech video because I watch these things daily. Enjoy the gre...

By Skin Patrol This post was too timely not to write, given that I recently found myself in the market for a new vehicle and owed some positive blog-space to Demetric Evans for questioning his future with the team as recently as yesterday. I didn't get to say all I wanted in yesterday's post, but let me quick...

By Skin Patrol Why I'm down on Evans -- and let me be clear that I'm not down on him, I just think this might be the year he gets lost in a roster shuffle -- is he hasn't shown any growth whatsoever. He's the same player now that he was in 2004 when he came to Washington. Statistically he's been remarkably consiste...

By CptChaosSidekick The Redskins faced the Giants later last season on a miserable windy day in New York. Before we handed the Giants their second-to-last loss preceding the Super Bowl, a Big Blue hand fell on my shoulder. Michael Strahan was there to tell me congrats on making my first Pro Bowl and then somethin...

By Skin Patrol I heard the news today oh boy: The Redskins have signed rookie safety Chris Horton, the team announced on Thursday. Horton was the Redskins' seventh-round draft pick in last April's NFL Draft. To make room for Horton on the roster, the Redskins released safety Justin Hamilton.

By Skin Patrol Unknown at the time to the contractual participants, a promise was made sometime around 1994 that would ultimately land Sherman Smith at his current home and occupation in Washington D.C. as Your Offensive Coordinator. Or so says The Times:

By CptChaosSidekick Schweigert was just signed as the Redskins continue to beef up the back end of their roster. He had 10 starts for the Raiders last year with 69 tackles, four passes defended and two interceptions. Doughty came off the bench after the death of Sean Taylor and started six games with 53 tackles an...

By Skin Patrol Elsewhere, I know a couple of reader(s) are big on Byron Westbrook, but he got some bad print out of Redskins 360: T]he Redskins made two rosters moves - re-signing LB Rian Wallace and DE Dorian Smith and releasing Bryan Wilson and Eddie Jackson.

By Skin Patrol One quarterback held the ball in the pocket and the other quarterbacks chucked the balls at him from various directions. The QB holding the football - not the dodgeball - would have to slither and slide away from the big silver balls, simulating having to elude an oncoming defensive player ......

By Skin Patrol First up: Landry is back. Per Redskins Insider, he says: Next, Santana Moss owns up: Yes, for the Redskins, that's a good enough reason for an excused absence. And I say, good for the Redskins. Which links to Redskins 360, who says he's back at the will. Who knows?

By Skin Patrol I'm confused as to why there exists a split of opinion among NFL fans on John Madden; I love him. I don't know how one can love football without also loving the man, the legend, the Football icon that is Madden. Even if I didn't think highly of his sometimes bizarre broadcasts (but I do think high...

By CptChaosSidekick To make room for Schweigert, the Redskins released linebacker Rian Wallace. This guy is a hitter and he can cover to. Of all the signings we've done for depth at saftey, this one by far should make Reed Doughty look over his shoulder.  This could be the training camp position battle to watch!

By Skin Patrol Elsewhere, Redskins 360 got the scoop on training camp from Coach Zorn: Redskins coach Jim Zorn just told me that training camp will begin on Sunday, July 20 at Redskins Park. The first full-pads practice will be on Tuesday, July 22. This is a reminder that football isn't that far away.

By Skin Patrol Adam Schefter Analyst, NFL Network If you're interested in the Football Guys, you can explore their site linked above (and going on the blogroll shortly) or watch them here in this familiar draft profile of current Redskin Kerry Brown:

By Skin Patrol Not so coincidentally, that's when Daniels had a career-high 9.0 sacks, which resulted in a hefty, four-year deal with the Bears. And Daniels had 8.0 sacks with the Redskins in 2005, the healthiest of his first four seasons in Washington.

By Skin Patrol Some of the lines have since changed, but the Redskins weren't one of them. The author of Vegas Watch once more provides analysis that actually pushes the Redskins up to 7.55 when factoring in "the juice." Rather than butcher it, I'll let him explain:

By CptChaosSidekick The Redskins are in great shape for the next two seasons, but 2010 could be tough. Eleven of their 22 starters are in their 30s, including five starters on the offensive line. Age is also creeping up on their defense. Cornerback Shawn Springs is 33. Linebacker Marcus Washington is 30. Defensive...

By Skin Patrol HH: If Pete Schmitt wasn't playing football, he would be _____? HH: Do you have a favorite hangout/bar/etc. in Washington? If Pete Schmitt does drink, he drinks_____? HH: Growing up in Wisconsin, who were your NFL heroes (I can't imagine they were Redskins)? Packers, right?

By CptChaosSidekick KC Joyner then goes on to point out that Smoot (and this is obvious to some Redskins Fans): Smoot was seen by many as a stopgap backup cornerback when the Redskins picked him up before last season, but he actually outplayed every other cornerback in the Washington secondary.

By Skin Patrol 1. As old as we are, the Redskins still get a fair great, which means we're around middle of the pack. 5. The average age of the Redskins offensive line is 32. That's the highest average in the league by a substantial margin. The 2nd highest were the Cowboys, at 30; everyone else is comfortable arou...

By TexSkins Yahoo! Sports has a weekly rundown on all the NFL teams, and the report for your Washington Redskins came out today. Inside it is all sorts of fun information, like how Buges is defending Jansen and Thomas against calls of their untimely demise and how Zorn says that Alexander might have to g...

By Skin Patrol 3. Washington Redskins The Redskins rallied late in ‘07, coming together as a cohesive unit after the tragic death of safety Sean Taylor. They unexpectedly qualified for the playoffs, sneaking in as the sixth seed and nearly shocking the Seahawks in the wild-card round.

By Skin Patrol This is a post about our kicker (hat tipped to Extreme Skins; if you are on the prowl for Redskins related news, you could do a lot worse than the ES Breaking News Forum). Tombstone Fresh fruit 4) I drive a . . . 5) I think the best player in the NFL is . . . Ethan Albright (the Redskins' long snapper)

By Skin Patrol The Washington Redskins owner acquired the show last year as part of his $175 million buyout of dick clark productions inc., and has quickly infused a highlight-reel mentality. Must... resist... urge... to comment on Mike Vick, dog fighting, and Clinton Portis' comments regarding it.

By Skin Patrol As I've just hap-tipped to Dan Steinberg I might as well get out of the way the perhaps relevant to bloggers but not Redskins fans but maybe Redskins fans news of the week: Redskins.com apparently is going to hire a blogger, soon, and had Dan Steinberg at the top of their candidate list:

By Skin Patrol To new Redskins assistant head coach-running backs Stump Mitchell, when he was still an NFL RB, winter of 1983: Dexter Manley, the Redskins' all-pro defensive end, surprised Cardinals running back Stump Mitchell with his ever-active mouth today. Just before the Cardinals scored a fir...

By Skin Patrol I suppose it is good that the team has so much faith in Scott Campbell that they'd permit him to do two jobs, much as we did with Cyborg Workaholic Team President slash Head Coach Joe Gibbs, or our apparent one man custodial staff responsible for every urinal deodorizer block for the Redskin...

By Skin Patrol My quick editorial on the salary cap, the current CBA, etc: I love it. This is a strange position for a Redskins fan, since there are few, if any, franchises that would benefit more from an end to revenue sharing. The Redskins are currently 2nd on the Forbes list of most valuable NFL franchises...

By Skin Patrol First the bad news -- I guess that depends who you ask though -- per Redskins Insider: The good news is from the Official Site and for the newest Redskin, a killer name for sure: The Redskins have signed undrafted rookie defensive tackle Jonathan "J.T." Mapu, the team announced on Thursday...

By Skin Patrol Football Outsiders has their post-draft analysis of the NFC East up, go enjoy. Author is a guest, one Mike McGibbon, and all seems to be in order in the story. I found no glaring errors, though I'm not sure the Redskins got, as McGibbon wrote, 10 draft picks as a result of our 1st round draft pick...

By Skin Patrol Per Redskins Insider: A fifth person has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, a spokesman in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office said Wednesday.

By Skin Patrol – Gary Myers, Dallas Morning News. The Redskins also drafted Charles Mann that year “I want to start and go to the Super Bowl. I want to be a starter and a great player, not just a mediocre one.” – Oilers coach Bum Philips to Redskins exec Bobby Beatheard. Return man Mike Nelms soon demanded a trade

By TexSkins There are some interesting things here. First, the top NFC team in May is the NFL Champion New York (football) Giants the Dallas Cowboys? Wait... you're telling me that the team that won the Super Bowl and has only added pieces is not only the second best team in their conference, they're the sec...

By Skin Patrol The Redskins are especially difficult to measure in the 2008 season since we have a Head Coach with no proven background in that position. As Redskins 360 pointed out, the highest ranking the Redskins had was 10th, meaning the consensus view was that the Redskins are, at best, no better off...

By TexSkins Oh, and hella kinda buried in the article was the tidbit about the fact that "running back Clinton Portis sat out with a minor hip flexor strain." Now, it has been suggested that Portis might have hurt himself racing Landry, but, for now at least, I'm not buying it. Even Jason Reid over at the Re...

By Skin Patrol The Washington Post's Jason Reid writes that "some draft evaluators reported that USC tight end Fred Davis exhibited poor work habits and made questionable decisions at times." The Redskins considered him too much of a talent to pass up, and three days into his NFL career, Davis missed pr...

By Skin Patrol Word on offense growing pains is that the team is struggling slightly with the apparently long snap counts we plan to employ this coming season. If the Seahawks could make it work at Qwest field under the loudest conditions in the NFL, I have every faith we can make good under Coach Zorn on han...

By Skin Patrol Kenny Mayne continues: I thought it was a cool story. If you were looking for actual news on the Redskins playbook, I imagine we'll have some better info available shortly now that the team has started minicamp. My blogging amigo at Riggo's Rag had this to say in an email:

By TexSkins In any case, that was the big news of the training camp. That and the Clinton Portis - LaRon Landry footrace. Read more over at Redskins Insider. The winner? Depends on who you ask. Smoot claims Landry... but he's such a DB homer, he can't be trusted. Rock Cartwright called it a very diplomatic tie. (Wh...

By Skin Patrol I don't want to dwell on Bissinger v. Leitch because it necessarily will evolve into super important blog material that pretty typically bores readers who care about the Redskins more than about newspapers vs. blogs or new media or whatever. But he's not just talking about this dumpy websit...

By Skin Patrol Campbell said Cooley is the best golfer on the Redskins and Frost is a close second. Told of this Frost said that wasn't saying much. And out on the course, I got what Frost was saying. It wasn't pretty. Jason Campbell #17 / Quarterback / Washington Redskins

By Skin Patrol O R L Y? I'm very critical, you're asking the wrong one," his mom said. "Maybe he can come out with a rap song for the Redskins." I rap a little bit," Davis said. "I'm pretty decent. I'm not bad at all. If I wasn't playing football, I might go platinum, you know what I'm saying?"

By Skin Patrol Redskin Report has an excellent media draft grade review up. Overall our grades are high, but the blurbs have little specifically on Devin Thomas, who may or may not have been the best wide receiver available, and, even so, the Redskins proved pretty wise in trading into the second and stil...

By TexSkins Anyway, on to the reaction. Just based on looking through it all, I'll give it a solid B/B+ grade. According to the Redskins Insider, here's what the team got: That's all folks.They took 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 OL, 1 CB, 2 safeties, 1 DL, 1 punter and 1 QB in all.

By TexSkins ESPN has an interesting intro for the Skins pick. A season recap, with all the highlights and lowlights. I wish I had NFL Network. Also, Mel Kiper with the obligatory "having 9 picks is a change" comment. Anyway, back to the newest Redskins move. I don't know what results of the trade are, but I'm s...

By Skin Patrol When the majority of Fans look at the Redskins team roster, the roster which all 22 starters are returning, most say the need is for a large WR.  It appears based on another report today the Redskins are exploring options with other NFL teams.

By Skin Patrol In our opinion, what the Redskins apparently are doing is 1000 times worse than the conduct that formed the basis for the Bears tampering allegations against the 49ers.  In our opinion, the Bengals should file tampering charges against the Redskins today, if for no reason other than to ge...

By Skin Patrol The Redskins offered its first-round pick, No. 21 overall, and a conditional third-rounder in 2009 that could escalate to a first rounder if Johnson and the Redskins hit certain performance levels, the sources said. Lee Gibbons at Redskin Report:

By Skin Patrol Drafted by: Redskins, first round, No. 30 overall, 1996 The Redskins have had more than their fair share of poor draft picks, but this tops them all. Johnson did not appear in a game for the Skins during his rookie season and was cut during the summer of 1997.

By Skin Patrol Santana Moss WR Clinton Portis RB And as Jason points at at RI, Chad Johnson's cap hit decreases substantially in June, which means you better get comfortable talking, thinking, and commenting about Chad Johnson from now until eternity. Because this story is not going anywhere.

By dr WNC After spending free-agency money like a drunken sailor with little to show for it, the Washington Redskins owner may finally be growing out of his fan phase--as in "Let's sign Deion Sanders--he's a star!" The Redskins have been wallflowers at this year's free-agency dance. The article s...

By Skin Patrol Speaking of Head Coach Zorn, he apparently owes me and my ilk a huge debt of thanks. But for the existence of completely irrelevant bloggers like myself and actually relevant ones like Mister Irrelevant, we'd be discussing Head Coach Jim Fassel. At least, that's how Jim Fassel tells it per t...

By Skin Patrol If Washington were to be involved in a trade with the Raiders, a move to the top choice would likely cost the Redskins a healthy package of picks and possibly players. And it's worth noting Washington doesn't have a second-round pick this year to use for ammunition... First let me say I find the i...

By Skin Patrol Hat Tip: Pride of Detroit, who caught PFT rumoring that London Fletcher is already a Redskins (kind of sort of): One of the hot rumors in Indy is that Bills linebacker London Fletcher already has struck a deal with the Washington Redskins...

By Skin Patrol Joe Gibbs is entering his fourth year of un-retirement and in that time the Redskins have drafted 16 players, acquired just as many big-name players through free agency or trades, and posted a 21-27 record. Owner Daniel Snyder would never fire Gibbs, but until the three-time Super Bowl-w...

By Skin Patrol The Washington Redskins began 2007 with Mark Brunell in a (we thought) revamped offense. Surely we were going to improve on a 2005 offense that was good enough to get us to the playoffs but bad enough to embarrass us in front of the world once there.

By Skin Patrol Gregg Williams inherited no scheme, rather bringing his own. He inherited no Champ Bailey who was promptly traded to Denver for Clinton Portis. The only other defensive pro-bowler at the time, Lavar Arrington, was injured in week 2 and would not really return for the rest of the season (he c...

By Skin Patrol We all know who to blame for this loss though, and it wasn't the offense. The Redskins outgained the Giants 393 yards to 355. Santana Moss had 100 yards receiving and a touchdown. JC played a great game in spite of injury, though wasn't as good at QB as Antwaan Randle-El who went 1/1 with a touchdo...