The Redskins go to Aruba

Clinton Portis has been telling reporters this week that he spent his bye week in Russia, getting massages and hanging out with dudes named Vlad, although they mostly don't believe him. But at least some Redskins definitely went over a sea during their break. Brian Orakpo, DeAngelo Hall, Carlos Rogers, assistant coach Chris Samuels and their significant others spent part of their bye week as a group in Aruba. "We're all family man, we're all family," said Orakpo, when I asked whether they don't see enough of each other during the work week. "We knew the whole Donovan story was gonna get crazy, so we just wanted to get away." "We knew we needed to get away, so we had a great time over there," Samuels told me. "We went to dinner, just kind of hung out by the beach, just sat back and watched the sunset every day."