Archive for October, 2009

Week Six Preview: Chiefs Ready to Battle the Skins

Ugh. How many people are looking forward to this train wreck? The Skins are pretty bad, and the Chiefs are worse. The Chiefs had a shot to pull a pretty big upset last week over the Cowboys, while the Redskins seem to get in their own way, and had a shot to beat the Panthers [...]

DE Daniels Should Practice Friday

The Washington Times reports DE Phillip Daniels should take the field Sunday against the Chiefs, as he’ll practice Friday: Defensive end Phillip Daniels, who tore his right bicep at Carolina, sat out again on Thursday but plans to practice on Friday in hopes of playing on Sunday. “I can’t be as physical as I want [...]

Gruden Tries to Stay Away from the Redskins Rumors

The rumors continue about former Raiders and Bucs coach Jon Gruden coming in to take over for Jim Zorn. The USA Today reports on how Gruden is trying to stay far away from the rumors of taking over in Washington, as well as recent rumors of being the coach in Louisville: ESPN announcer Jon Gruden [...]

Portis Says Issue Between He and Sellers Is Overblown

NFL.com wrote today about the hissy fit between Clinton Portis and Mike Sellers, and how Portis says it’s been overblown: Redskins RB Clinton Portis used his Tuesday radio appearance on The Johnson Thompson Show on ESPN 980 to address his recent run-in with FB Mike Sellers, saying the incident wasn’t a big deal. Sellers sought [...]

Gruden the Front Runner to Take Over for Zorn?

There’s plenty of talk about the future – or lack thereof of the coaching future of Jim Zorn in Washington. The team is off to a slow start, and even in wins over the Bucs and Rams they have not been that impressive. That leads us to the Washington Examiner, which today gave a name [...]

Skins Players Step Up to Defend Zorn

The Washington Post reports how the Skins players are defending coach Jim Zorn, this despite another setback vs the Panthers: The job status of Jim Zorn, the Redskins’ second-year coach, is expected to remain a topic of speculation as Redskins owner Daniel Snyder’s team took another step in the wrong direction. “Coach Zorn is such [...]

Panthers Score Final 18 Points, Redskins Fall 20-17

  Both the Washington Redskins and Carolina Panthers have a lot of things in common. Both have coaches who whether they want to admit it or not are on their collective hot seats. Both teams aren’t exactly offensive powerhouses. And both teams have star running backs in Clinton Portis and DeAngelo Williams. So one would [...]

Punter Pakulak Added to Active Roster; DE Wynn Released

The Redskins have signed punter Glenn Pakulak to the 53-man roster for their game against Carolina. Pakulak was promoted from the practice squad Saturday and will handle the punting and holding duties in place of Hunter Smith on Sunday. Smith pulled a groin muscle in last week’s win over Tampa Bay. The Redskins released veteran [...]