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It’s 2009 and there’s still no flying cars or a pass rush in DC

July 22nd, 2009

In 2007 the New York Giants led the NFL in sacks. The Giants also won the Super Bowl that season.

Last year the Pittsburgh Steelers sacked more quarterbacks than any other team in the AFC. The Steelers went on to beat the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, MLB, Washington Redskins

‘Skins Need to Find Out if Campbell’s “The Guy”

July 19th, 2009

Jason Campbell and the Washington Redskins would’ve been the perfect guest-couple on an episode of Jerry Springer at some point over the past couple months.

The Redskins were flirting with other signal-callers all of season long, with Campbell just quietly going about his business all along. What’s most intriguing about the situation is that the team wasn’t even hiding its bachelor-like ways from its 27-year-old incumbent quarterback. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Washington Redskins, Articles

Can’t Spell Super Bowl Without “O”

July 9th, 2009

The Washington Redskins’ last three head coaches have all been offensive-minded.

Steve Spurrier, a one-time NFL quarterback, is considered one of the brightest offensive minds in the history of college football. Joe Gibbs, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996, is revered as one of the NFL’s greatest offensive sages in history. And Jim Zorn — also an NFL quarterback in his younger days — has spent his entire coaching career tutoring quarterbacks and scribbling offensive plays on chalkboards. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, Washington Redskins, Articles

‘Skins Must Fine-Tune Offense

July 9th, 2009

Voluntary workouts are all but over, and by this time a week from now, golf outings will be a distant memory. For the Washington Redskins, another active off-season is about to come to a close.

The refurbished Redskins, who led all NFL teams in free-agency spending this offseason, report to training camp in 25 days. Head coach Jim Zorn will be calling the shots at the team’s headquarters in Ashburn for the second straight season. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, Washington Redskins, Articles

Redskins Draft Recap

April 26th, 2009

Round Round # Overall # Player School

1                     13                     13                  TE Brian Orakpo                                      Texas
2                     12                     44                  Traded to MIA for Jason Taylor
3                     16                     80                  CB Kevin Barnes                                     Maryland
4                     15                     115                Traded to NYJ for Pete Kendall
5                     14                     150                Traded to MIN for # 158 & 221
5                     22                     158                LB Cody Glenn                                          Nebraska
6                     13                     186                LB Robert Henson                                       TCU
7                     12                     221                Traded to MIN for Erasmus James
7                     12                     221                FB Eddie Williams                                       Idaho
7                     34                     243                WR Marko Mitchell                                     Nevada

Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Washington Redskins

Redskins Lose Two

March 5th, 2009

The Redskins spent $180 million on the first day of free agency to sign Albert Haynesworth, Deangelo Hall, and Derrick Dockery. Haynesworth and Hall should improve a defense that ranked fourth in the NFL last year. Dockery was brought back to replace Pete Kendall at left-guard.

I like all three of those additions because all three of the players are still in their prime. Haynesworth is 27-years-old. Dockery is the oldest of the three, at 28. Hall is only 25. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Washington Redskins, Articles

Redskins Looking to Win Offseason Championship

February 28th, 2009

The Pittsburgh Steelers might have more Lombardy Trophies than any other team, but when it comes to offseason championships no team can compete with the résumé of the Washington Redskins.

And with the 2009 free agency period just having begun on Friday morning, the Redskins are well on their way to another offseason title. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Washington Redskins, Articles

Redskins: Hall Staying Put

February 27th, 2009

The Redskins were able to come to terms on a six-year, $54 million contract with Deangelo Hall on Thursday night. Hall was scheduled to have become a free agent at midnight on Friday morning.

The Oakland Raiders signed Hall to a monster contract last offseason, only to cut him part of the way through 2008. Washington signed the Virginia-native a few days after Oakland released him. While playing for the veteran minimum with the Redskins during the second half of last season, Hall performed at a high level. He’ll start opposite Carlos Rogers at cornerback for the Redskins this year. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Washington Redskins

Redskins Playing Waiting Game

February 26th, 2009

Midnight is coming fast and unlike Cinderella, the Washington Redskins are looking forward to it.

Here are a couple of stories to track as the free agency period begins late tonight, and Dan Snyder starts re-shaping his club for the 2009 season. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Articles

Wanted: Defensive End Who Can Get to the Quarterback

January 17th, 2009

The Washington Redskins haven’t boasted a havoc-wreaking defensive end since the Dexter Manley and Charles Mann days. You have to go back to 1991 to find the last time a Redskins defensive end posted more than 11 sacks. Mann did it that year — on a team that won the Super Bowl. It’s probably not a coincidence that Washington hasn’t been back to the “big game” since the team last had a dominant defensive end.

Manley amassed 18.5 sack during a career year back in 1986. On a handful of occasions since, the Redskins haven’t had that many sacks as a team. The team’s two starting ends, Andre Carter and future hall-of-famer Jason Taylor, didn’t even combine to register a third of Manley’s 1986 total this past season. In 2007 Carter cracked double-digits in the sack column for the first time in his career. It was just the second time a Redskins end had posted at least 10-sacks this decade. Read the rest »

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, NFL, Washington Redskins

It’s 2009 and there’s still no flying cars or a pass rush in DC

July 22nd, 2009

‘Skins Need to Find Out if Campbell’s “The Guy”

July 19th, 2009

Can’t Spell Super Bowl Without “O”

July 9th, 2009

‘Skins Must Fine-Tune Offense

July 9th, 2009

Redskins Draft Recap

April 26th, 2009

Redskins Lose Two

March 5th, 2009

Redskins Looking to Win Offseason Championship

February 28th, 2009

Redskins: Hall Staying Put

February 27th, 2009

Redskins Playing Waiting Game

February 26th, 2009

Wanted: Defensive End Who Can Get to the Quarterback

January 17th, 2009

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