September 30th, 2010 
Rajan Nanavati 
Posted in Hot off the Twitter presses comes this tweet from NFL.com’s Jason La Canfora: Continue to hear its likely Clinton Portis assumes more of a 3rd down role for Skins w/Ryan Torain getting more and more carries… Now La Canfora was quick to reiterate that Portis still appears to be the starting running back for the [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Second-Guessing Shanahan?
Wow. That just happened. Rookie QB Sam Bradford led the Steven Jackson-less rams to a 30 – 16 rout of the Redskins. The Rams whooped our butts up and down the field on offense, defense, and special teams. Past behavior is always the best predictor of future behavior, so I shouldn’t have been as shocked [...]
Tags: What Went Wrong? Five Things the Redskins Must Do to Survive Philadelphia
Sunday’s game against the Rams proved one thing—the Skins are back. This is exactly the kind of bumbling, shoulder-shrugging, excuse-making team that has tormented its fans for the last eight years. Once again, the underdogs come out smelling like roses. Once again, opposing teams break old records and set a few new ones. Once again, [...]
Redskins players indicate they may have overlooked the Rams
Did the Redskins get caught overlooking a (supposedly) inferior team? You be the judge… Courtesy of Dan Steinberg’s DC Sports Bog, via CSN Washington and 106.7 the Fan: Albert Haynesworth: “We didn’t focus. You know, we kind of expected Oh, this is the Rams, we’re gonna come in here and just beat ‘em” …. “And [...]
No Defense for this loss
When Mike Shanahan hired Jim Haslett as his defensive coordinator, and the latter declared he’d be bringing and installing the 3-4 defense in Washington (despite lacking the appropriate personnel to do so effectively), the theory for the change was based on the idea the Redskins would sacrifice statistical positioning and average yards per game (ranked [...]
Haynesworth: Contract doesn’t make him “a slave”
Apparently, Albert Haynesworth believes doing what your employer tells you to do – and honoring your contract for employment – is the equivalent of being “a slave,” and something he’s not interested in. Source: NFL.com In an interview with 106.7 The Fan, the two-time All-Pro defensive tackle said the big paychecks don’t mean he can’t [...]
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