Tim Hightower would like to stick with Redskins | National Football Post
Tim Hightower would like to return to the Washington Redskins this coming season.
The Redskins Blog | Bruce Allen: ‘We Want Our Captain Back’
And when it comes to offseason plans and roster composition, the Redskins brass has a history of playing its hand close to the chest. Who stays, who comes and who goes are all a matter of the utmost secrecy.
Under new CBA, football not allowed - Rich Tandler's Real Redskins
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The Redskins Blog | Fletcher: ‘I Embrace Being A Role Model’
With all of the dangers and pitfalls of human error, I don’t know that I recommend anyone follow any public figure as a character role model. But if there’s one guy worth your time, it would be London Fletcher, who continues to prove that heart, dedication and success can be found off the gridiron as well.
Redskins Were Giants’ Wake-Up Call " CBS Washington
Skins beat reporter Paulsen claims Skins week 15 win was medicine Giants needed.
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Mike Shanahan and Bill Belichick have wreaked havoc on fantasy owners throughout the years. Should owners continue to be wary?
Redskins Also In Running For Flynn | Total Packers
The Washington Redskins are among three teams rumored to be interested in Green Bay Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn. The Redskins don't appear to be at the front of the race, though. We break it down right here.
Offseason underway, teams can release players - Rich Tandler's Real Redskins
The NFL offseason has begun, with 213 days to go until the next football game that counts. For the Redskins and 20 other NFL teams, it started five weeks ago but now that the Super Bowl is over, things will start happening fast.
2012 odds out: Redskins a longshot
LVH SuperBook today released its 2012 Super Bowl odds (the game will be played in February 2013) and the Redskins are one of four teams who are the longest shots on the board at 100-1.
Afternoon Read: Marion Barry - The Paul Revere of Football Tweets? | NBC4 Washington
The Paul Revere of Redskins football critics? Yep, that’s D.C. Council member and former Mayor Marion Barry.
Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry fires on Daniel Snyder | National Football Post
"DAN SYNDER SUCKS," wrote Barry, who currently serves as a city council member in the city's 8th Ward. Yes, Barry spelled the man's last name wrong. But hey, that can happen to the best of us.
THIS WEEK IN REDSKINS HISTORY: Feb. 6, 1969: St. Vince Hired as Redskins Coach | Redskin Historian
On Feb. 6, 1969, a man dubbed the "second coming" was introduced as the Redskins’ new coach. Vince Lombardi, winner of five NFL titles in Green Bay, was hired to work his magic in the nation’s capital. His Redskins finished 7-5-2 in 1969, his only season in Washington before he passed away from cancer. That year marked the Redskins' first winning season since 1955.
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Researches the volatility of different NFL positions in fantasy from one season to the next.
Former Cowboys lineman gets time in trafficking case | National Football Post
Kurt Vollers, an offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for trafficking marijuana.
ProFootballWeekly.com - Report: Alabama CB Kirkpatrick cleared of marijuana possession charges
Top 2012 NFL Draft prospect Dre Kirkpatrick has cleared an obstacle remaining in his path to the NFL. According to a Twitter post from Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal, the marijuana possession charges against the top cornerback have been dismissed.
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The new CBA sounds pretty silly with regards to the off-season
Players were already allowed to go off the grid until mandatory team activities resumed. Being forced NOT to use the team facilities sounds pretty ass backwards to me.
willster - February 7, 2012
hmmm...
no footballs allowed at the facility? If they design a similar ball and put a tail on it, or add extra threads, and you call it something different….would that be acceptable?
ptowny - February 7, 2012
How about allowing them to use a RUGBY ball?
BillWard - February 7, 2012
It might strengthen Grossman's arm...
and make him Superman
ptowny - February 7, 2012
Could it be that washingtonwin is, in fact, Marion Barry?
mbedner - February 7, 2012
I don't think Barry uses as much Crack.
BillWard - February 7, 2012
Hahahaha +1
mbedner - February 7, 2012
I see my "Free Dre Kirkpatrick" campaign worked, his draft stock is back up!
Parks Smith - February 7, 2012
How does one get cleared of possession charges if they were caught with it on their person?
Doesn’t make a ton of sense.
mbedner - February 7, 2012
He thought it was oregano
Parks Smith - February 7, 2012
ah... must have been cooking spaghetti that night and needed oregano
If I had a nickle for every time that happened to me…
mbedner - February 7, 2012
nickel*
mbedner - February 7, 2012
"Nickel" or Nickel BAG?
BillWard - February 7, 2012
What are the chances...
that the guy who took the heat for the deal, ends up driving a brand new car purchased by his new best friend come draft time
ptowny - February 7, 2012
Car for a possession charge?
Sign me up.
iH8dallas - February 7, 2012
Based off your book synopsis, I doubt possession charges scare you...
mbedner - February 7, 2012
Those are no big deal. Community service and court costs.
In exchange for the new Acura NSX, I’d say that’s a victory.
#winning
iH8dallas - February 7, 2012
I'll take the Chevy truck
Its gonna outlast the Apocalypse, with a bed full of Twinkies. Of course, Clint ALMOST made me wanna buy a Dodge.
CJHutch - February 7, 2012
How does a prosecutor get away with submitting evidence derived from a warrantless search?
Makes a lot less sense. Miscarriages of justice almost always favor the state/ prosecution…
Salem'sKeeper - February 7, 2012
OJ, anyone?
Not all miscarriages are in the Prosecution’s favor.
BillWard - February 7, 2012
which explains the qualifier "almost always"
Salem'sKeeper - February 7, 2012
Depending on his history...
Most states will dismiss charges for simple possession. Pretty common. They may have a deal where he has to do 20 hours of community service, pay a fine and in return the charges are dropped. In NC its called the first offenders program and applies to non violent misdemeanors.
DocJ78 - February 7, 2012
Just curious...
but why is Vince Lombardi in the Ring of Fame?
ptowny - February 7, 2012
Because he was the coach here for a season before dying
mbedner - February 7, 2012
And in a single season he restored a winning record and attitude after decades of losing. You should check out the videos of Sonny talking about Lombardi…very impressive.
Kevin Ewoldt - February 7, 2012
Two seasons before, they were 7-7
.500 isn’t that terrible…it’s way before my time for sure, and it looks like we had some really bad teams, but I think the turnaround could just as easily be pegged to George Allen stepping in.
ptowny - February 7, 2012
Not if you listen to the players of that time. Obv I wasnt alive then, but they all said Lombardi set the tone. Most of the team was out of shape as well.
Kevin Ewoldt - February 7, 2012
Yeah, and
They were all convinced big things were on the horizon, until he died. Sonny always said that Lombardi was the best coach he ever had, even if it was only one year.
CJHutch - February 7, 2012
He was impressive.
It’s the first season I actually remember anything other than uniforms for.
The players BELIEVED in Him, trusted him. You could see it when he started chewing one out, and when a play or two later, he was slapping the player on the back. You didn’t want to disappoint the Bear, and you trusted that he valued what you did.
I was still too young to remember much more than impressions of the games, but we were better than our record, even. By the end, teams didn’t want to face us.
I have little doubt that Lombardi helped lay the attitude that got us into SB VII. And while we had to live through Austin (I have almost no memory of THAT season, though, except my Dad being angry at Austin) and Pardee.
BillWard - February 7, 2012
we need to go back to the R in the helmet
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
yuck - no thanks
aFan4Life - February 7, 2012
how can you not like that
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
Understood....
but he went 7-5-2. That is hardly Ring of Fame numbers. We might as well induct DHall in for his 4 interception game, or Brunell for throwing 22 consecutive completions
ptowny - February 7, 2012
Like Kevin said, there was a tremendous losing culture here and Lombardi changed that.
He set the tone for the whole Allen era.
Parks Smith - February 7, 2012
Well, maybe Shanahan can make the Ring too...
we definitely have a culture for losing…the future is promising
ptowny - February 7, 2012
the jury is still out
so far Shanahan hasn’t had a winning season and to us die hards the future always looks promising even though it hasn’t turned out to be true in 20 years.
aFan4Life - February 7, 2012
next year is the year....
that’s what I keep telling myself every year….eventually, it’ll be true
ptowny - February 7, 2012
yeah, me too
aFan4Life - February 7, 2012
were like crack heads
“this is the last hit I swear”….“1 more hit and i’m done”….“I’ve got kids now I can’t keep doing crack”
-Lawrence Taylor or Michael Irvin…doesn’t matter
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
at least hope is free
and we don’t have to break the bank to be fans
aFan4Life - February 7, 2012
I'd put Santana and Brunell in together for the 4-minute Miracle in Dallas.
iH8dallas - February 7, 2012
Glad to hear Timmy Hightower wants back in...
I think that says a lot that a free agent running back, that could easily sign on with the Packers or Patriots wants to stay in DC.
ptowny - February 7, 2012
I'd like to see Tim come back.
He’s a hell of a blocker. He leveled a Panther this season.
iH8dallas - February 7, 2012
I might put a $20 bet on the Skins winning the Superbowl at those odds.
iH8dallas - February 7, 2012
I've got a toilet you can through that twenty down if you want...
mbedner - February 7, 2012
throw*
mbedner - February 7, 2012
Yes, and do it quick, before we grab
Manning or RG3. Odds will drop then. There are many reasons to think that a Super Bowl is possible, though certainly not likely. Among them, the parity in the NFL, the closeness of so many of our games (despite the QB situation and numerous injuries), obviously being competitive with the teams in our division (a pretty good division), the sudden rise of SF and Cincinnati, the likelihood of having a far better QB, another year for Shanahan to perfect his ZBS system, etc. I.e., I might put the odds at 40-1 or 50-1, but that would give us good pot odds.
Donnio1234 - February 7, 2012
didn't I hear it take a good 3 years to actually learn his ZBS?
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
All changes if we get Mannng
Peyton will come in and implement his own system.
CJHutch - February 7, 2012
Yes, he will have his own system, to an extent, but he would not even think of
changing the ZBS. Why would he? And if he did want to change things that much, he wouldn’t come here at all – Shanahan would just say, “sorry man, no can do”.
Donnio1234 - February 7, 2012
When was the last time anyone took a Redskin in the first couple rounds of a fantasy draft?
Portis in 08?
ptowny - February 7, 2012
Ken does every year
Parks Smith - February 7, 2012
I can't remember the last time I took a Skin early in fantasy...
I think Stephen Davis might have been the last for me
ptowny - February 7, 2012
I took Helu as a late round flier
I cut him lose before he started paying dividends…
mbedner - February 7, 2012
same
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
Cooley is the only Redskin I've drafted in the last decade
and that was only after the top couple of TEs were gone.
The Redskins are just too unpredictable or predictably awful.
aFan4Life - February 7, 2012
I took Devin Thomas
I thought he was gonna be huge
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
i had hightower,helu torain, A. armstrong and gaffney
all on my team last year at 1 point i only drafted hightower though with a 5th or 6th pick.seemed like everytime ied start a rb shanny would bench them. or when i started gaffney he would only have 1 catch. had armstrong on the bench but never could pull the trigger to start him
munson21502 - February 7, 2012
Why?
Parks Smith - February 7, 2012
I'm a redskin homer when it comes to fantasy
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
So in turn you're really bad at fantasy football
Parks Smith - February 7, 2012
yes...except for the league that I had the computer draft all my picks
I won it all in that league.
jbh1190 - February 7, 2012
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