Archive for June, 2009

Pete Prisco of CBSSportsline.com has come out with his annual list of the Top 50 NFL players, and the Skins have two players on the list, including the number 11 overall. Here’s the Skins on the list:
11. Albert Haynesworth, DT, Redskins: When he’s on the field, he’s a game disrupter. The only concern would [...]

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Hey, everybody, welcome to my blog. I’m looking forward to keeping all of you in touch with what goes on in my day-to-day life.
Right now, we’re in OTAs, getting ready for the season. Our day starts at 7 a.m. and goes until about 1:30-2. We come in, eat breakfast, go to a special teams meeting [...]

From: Fox Sports
Redskins head coach Jim Zorn wants one of his highly-touted second-year WRs, Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly, to become a starter outside, moving veteran Antwaan Randle El to the slot position. Thomas and Kelly combined for just 18 catches in disappointing rookie seasons that began with them failing the conditioning test that opened [...]

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The Washington Post throws it out there that rookie LB Brian Orakpo along with Rocky McIntosh and London Fletcher will be the starters if things get underway today:

Over the past few seasons, the Redskins have bolstered their defense with signings and high draft picks, including the free agent acquisition of middle linebacker [...]

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Is Jason Campbell really playing for his job this season? That’s a big question for the Skins, and today’s Washington Post states that Campbell’s future is for sure going to be decided this year:
Jason Campbell enters his fifth season in Washington with tons of expectation. Entering the final year of his contract, Campbell is [...]

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The newest big man to break the bank is Redskin DT Albert Haynesworth, who shared an interesting piece of info with Adam Schein and Jim Miller of Sirius NFL Radio Thursday. The tidbit was that the Tampa Bay Bucs actually offered more money to sign with them over the Redskins.
Haynesworth’s deal which was signed right [...]

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Seems like the slamming on QB Jason Campbell keeps coming, as former Redskins Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs told the Washington Post that Campbell needs to get some thicker skin to be a success in this league:
Asked if he felt Jason Campbell was mistreated by an organization that dangled him for Jay Cutler and [...]

All of the action during the regular season comes with a side helping of extra affairs for Redskins. Here are a few for fans to keep an eye on.
Jay Cutler vs. Jason Campbell
What was once an off season nightmare for Redskins fans and players alike will finally manifest into a war of statistics and more [...]

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The Washington Post reports that restrictions have been added on tailgating at FedEx Field:
The Washington Redskins will restrict large tailgate parties in the FedEx Field parking lots this season, limiting tailgates using more than one parking space to “the back” of parking lots, the team said in a statement. The team also said that drivers [...]

A couple of days ago we reported about a simmering feud between Skins RB Clinton Portis and head coach Jim Zorn. It’s a feud that could cut the Skins to the very core as it could create some serious locker room friction before the team even takes the field in the 2009 season.
Evidently Portis [...]