Redskins Roundup: Showdown with the Eagles

Rich Tandler points out that RT Jammal Brown, who doesn't actually play NFL games, didn't actually practice yesterday due to soreness in his hip. Look, we can go on and on and on with this, if that's what the Redskins want. Head Coach Mike Shanahan gave up valuable draft picks to obtain Brown and so he is desperate to prove he got something in that trade instead of just getting fleeced the way he did in the deal with the Eagles for Donovan McNabb. But by now it should be clear that Jammal Brown is a broken man. His body is broken. It doens't work the way it has to work for him to play in the NFL. The sooner everyone accepts that and gets on with the rest of their lives, the better.  Another Redskins player who is essentially a cripple right now is WR Pierre Garcon, the team's hugely expensive free agent acquisition. He's practicing, but just barely, and is a shadow of the person the Redskins thought they were getting when they gave him over $20 million in...