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Redskins and NFC East Approximate Value Leaders
The extremely awesome resource, pro-football-reference.com, has added it's Approximate Value metric to individual player pages.Approximate Value is explained in depth here. The short version: it takes simple indicators to put a numeric value on every season in NFL history. The...
2008 Redskins DVOA Graphs
These are just the raw data graphs, using the data straight out of Football Outsiders Almanac 2009, to chart the week by week performance of last year's Redskins. All data is courtesy of their work, the only thing I did was graph the data and post it. So why do this? After all...
38 Sacks: Recapping the negative plays taken by the 2008 Redskins
These notes come mostly from my own season collection, but with help from the Football Outsiders Gamecharting Project (2008).(Sack #; Player(s) who made sack; How the offense was to blame)Jason Campbell was sacked 38 times in 2008. This is a play-by-play recap of exactly how they...
Building the 53 man Roster
Now that the Redskins have heeded my advice and shut down the player acquisition machine--at least for the time being--it's time to look ahead to the short term future, and try to pinpoint the 53 man roster.Here's what I have my SkinsBucks on, and below, you can use the comments...
The Redskins Featured on MVN Outsider
Today, NFL Outsider takes it's NFL Top 10 series over to Redskins Park, and looks in at the 10 most valuable Washington Redskins.The article was penned by yours truly.Go take a look at it this morning. In the words of one Anthony Brown, we'll be here when you get back.
The Importance of Fred Davis, and who he Best Compares to
If the quality of our defense this year hinges on the ability of young, yet embattled CB DeAngelo Hall, then the key to the Redskins offense this year is not a member of the much-criticized offensive line, it's second year Tight End Fred Davis.In doing our player expectation projections...
Setting Player Expectations for the 2009 Redskins Offense
Yesterday, I began to set goals for individuals in terms of helping the Redskins offense reach top-of-the league status. Today, we need to look at the total production the team will need, and the means to that end.The assumption with field goal kicking is that Shaun Suisham needs...
Redskin Fans, You're the Reason Albert Haynesworth Came to Washington
Albert Haynesworth would have had $20 million more if he signed an offer by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season. So why pass on the big(ger) bucks to come to Washington?According to Haynesworth during an interview on Sirius NFL Network and reported by ProFootballTalk.com:"You...
It's Must or Bust for Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly
OK, so maybe Washington Redskins rookies Devin Thomas and
Malcolm Kelly didn't have the best of seasons in 2008. But, they were rookies
after all and second round rookies at that.
So how would they look if you graded them on the curve? We
look at their performance compared to...
Are the Redskins capable of Averaging 21 PPG? (Part Two)
On Tuesday, I beat around the bush for a while before asking the question:(A)re the Redskins capable of upping their PPG total by 5 points if they
get no more help from the coaches, defense, or special teams than in
2008?We found that the Redskins, in terms of yards gained per drive...
Are the Redskins capable of Averaging 21 PPG? (Part One)
The most common misconception about the 2008 Washington Redskins is as follows: the team could not score points, even if it wanted to.By mid-December, when the offensive line featured an aging Pete Kendall, an injured Randy Thomas, and the combination of Stephon Heyer, Casey Rabach...
Is Clinton Portis the New LaVar Arrington?
In the slow part of pro football season, who can pass up the opportunity to make mountains out of mole hills?
Certainly not me.
Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis has some type of open confrontation with head coach Jim Zorn during the recent Organized Team Activity (OTA...
Getting Younger is Hard to Do
Look at this:The Redskins were the third oldest team in the league heading into 2008, according to ESPN.com's Mike Sando. This came one year after the 2007 team was the oldest team the NFL.Clearly, the Redskins had two goals in the offseason: 1) to get better, and 2) to get younger...
Redskins Need to Avoid Additional Moves this Offseason
I was going to make a post about the best remaining free agents who could help the Redskins. And at the right price (i.e. very little) and contract length (i.e. one year) there are players who can help the team.But that got me thinking: my projections for the upcoming season are basically...
Brandon Lloyd Signs with Denver. Brandon Marshall Demands Trade.
No, the two player moves are not related, at least I don't think they are. But it's fun putting the two headlines together.In a move that strikes fear in no one in the AFC West, the Denver Broncos signed wide receiver Brandon Lloyd to a contract. Lloyd still evokes memories...
Justin Tryon, Head-Turner?
The Redskins cornerback situation has never failed to be awfully unpredictable. Who saw DeAngelo Hall coming here in the middle of the year? Who saw Leigh Torrence improving, seemingly out of nowhere, and then getting released in the middle of the year? Who looked at Carlos Rogers...
What will the 2011 Redskins look like?
Anthony and I need a "crazily speculative post" tag here. It would certainly apply to what I'm thinking about today.News broke recently that the Redskins quietly came to an extension with Santana Moss in Mid May to extend his deal through 2013, and to void it after 2010...
Chris Cooley: Clinton Portis To Be a Top Five Fantasy Back
Clinton Portis will be a top five back in 2009 according to his Washington Redskins team mate Chris Cooley.
Washington's multi-talented, multi-dimensional tight end dispensed fantasy football advice with Michael Fabiano on NFL Total Access Monday.
Asked about running back Clinton...
Get Off Daniel Snyder's Back
When you see one of those rankings of NFL organizations, you learn to look from the bottom up for Washington's ranking.
These things always turn into a bash-Daniel Snyder thing.
I understand that Snyder got that reputation the hard way; he earned it. I get that. But it's tiresome...
Jason Campbell and the Beastly Quarterbacks
The only certainty about the Washington Redskins' upcoming season is that Daniel Snyder is disenchanted with his quarterback, Jason Campbell.
Campbell finished the 2008 season ranked 19th in passing yards, sandwiched between Carolina's Jake Delhomme and Jacksonville's...
Jansen Out; We Talk Offensive Line
Multiple sources, beginning with Cindy Boren of the Washington Post, report that the Redskins have released RT Jon Jansen. As of this posting, Jansen is in contract negotiations to join the Detroit Lions. Jansen is from Michigan and went to Michigan for college ball.This move neither...
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