Coming into the season, the Redskins and most football observers thought the team would have one of the best defenses in the NFL. Unfortunately, the Skins are 16th overall and 22nd against the run. They’re spending an awful lot of money for mediocrity [again]. Read it.
Indeed, the defense is having a hard time getting off the field.
Detroit’s 18-play drive to finish the first half was the longest allowed in Greg Blache’s 19-game tenure as defensive play-caller. The Redskins’ defense has been on the field for three 10-plus play drives in each of the first three games. That happened only once last year (Week 1 at the Giants).
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Three questions for the Redskins: Can they bounce back from the loss in Detroit? Do the players still believe in Jim Zorn? Can they run the football? Read it.
Things we’ve learned about the Redskins after 3 weeks: Stephon Heyer is not a starting right tackle, the players need to shut up about how talented they are and the three pass-catchers taken in the second round of the draft last year still stink and it is still crippling the offense. Read it.
Clinton Portis thinks the fans are overreacting to the team’s poor start.
“All of the sudden we suck, we’re the worst team in the NFL because we lost to the Lions,” he told the radio station. “The Lions got good players, man. We’re 1-2, there’s a lot of teams that are 1-2. We’re in a situation we’d rather not be in. Have we ever started out 1-2? Yes we have. Is it a situation we can get ourselves out of? Yes, we can….”
It’s not “all of the sudden,” Clinton. You guys have been mediocre for years now. Read it.
Malcolm Kelly has only 6 catches for 65 yards in his first 3 games as a starter. Read it.
Albert Haynesworth’s ex-wife would like him to pay his child support. Also, she’s filed a restraining order against him. Read it.
London Fletcher has been called the best player to never make the Pro Bowl. Find out more about him by reading this.
Sean Taylor’s mom was living on easy street when her famous and talented son was around to pass out wads of cash. Now that he’s gone, she’s in financial trouble. Read it.
With both Jim Zorn and Cowboys coach Wade Phillips on the hot seat this year, failure could lead to the two teams battling over Mike Holmgren, former head coach of the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks. Read it.
In fact, Peter King of Sports Illustrated recently said this on the radio:
“I’ve heard a lot of people say in the last few days, ‘Oh, Holmgren wouldn’t want to go to Washington,’” King said. “Keep one thing in mind in December when all this stuff starts to go down. Remember where you heard this. Mike Holmgren last year, Thanksgiving weekend, I’m sitting in his office in Seattle and he says, ‘You know, I’m going to take this next year off but after that I’ll give you a cool little theory for what I might do.’ I said, ‘What?’ And he says, ‘I’ve coached in the Midwest with Green Bay and I grew up playing and coaching out west — Brigham Young, the 49ers, Seattle.’ And he said, ‘I’d really love to try the East Coast. That brand of football where you wake up on Sunday morning and it’s the most important thing. There aren’t 800 things to do. Where you’re in East Rutherford or Philly or Washington and it’s so important.’
“He said, ‘I’d really love to try football on the East Coast.’ So do not eliminate Mike Holmgren when you start talking about coaching candidates for [Redskins owner] Dan Snyder.”
My advice to Holmgren: Get a real GM in Washington or go somewhere else. Read it.
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