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It’s moving day
At some point today, someone at CSN Washington is going to flip a switch (or something like that) and Real Redskins will be moving to a new site. It’s actually designed by a professional web designer so it looks a … Continue reading →
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July 25, 2011
Reports: NFL Deal done today, free agency tomorrow
It appears that we finally have an end to the NFL lockout. And it looks like the pace of things around the league is going to go from zero to about 90 m.p.h. over the next 36 hours. Jay Glazer … Continue reading →
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July 25, 2011
Report: Pryor may not qualify for supplemental draft
There a small but vocal group of Redskins fans out there who have been making the case that the Redskin should consider taking former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor in the supplemental draft (you know who year are, dcblaze). Others … Continue reading →
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July 24, 2011
Redskins’ Holliday: ‘It’s real’
On Thursday night, Redskins player rep Vonnie Holliday was very unhappy with the owners’ vote to approve a CBA “agreement” that apparently had been “agreed” to only by the owners. He took to Twitter and drew national attention by stating … Continue reading →
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July 23, 2011
If NFLPA votes for CBA, things will happen fast
I’m not going to post another calendar of dates of how things might progress over the next few weeks if–and that is if–the NFLPA executive committee and player reps vote to approve proposed CBA on Monday. But suffice it to … Continue reading →
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July 23, 2011
Looks like a quiet but perhaps productive day
Just as yesterday was an explosive day on the NFL labor front, it appears that today will be very quiet. Kevin Mawae, president of the NFLPA, issued the following statement this morning: “Player leadership is discussing the most recent written … Continue reading →
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July 22, 2011
Jeremy Jarmon gets it
Jeremy Jarmon is going into his third year with the Washington Redskins and he may be on the bubble for making the final roster. But he last night he showed some wisdom and perspective far superior to that of many … Continue reading →
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July 22, 2011
NFL labor: Where are we?
There is a lot that we do not know abut the new CBA that the NFL owners approved last night. We’re not even sure that it will ever turn into an actual CBA as the players’ initial reaction to it … Continue reading →
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July 22, 2011
Vonnie Holliday lets us know how he feels
We’re not sure what the status of the CBA is right now. The owners passed something and the players have not. Not only that, some players are angry about what has transpired. Here is a tweet from Redskins player rep … Continue reading →
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July 21, 2011
CSN: Players have not seen agreement
From the Comcast SportsNet newsroom: An NFLPA source tells CSN’s Jill Sorenson that the league never forwarded the proposal to the players, so there will be no vote tonight. Makes sense. The owners just put the finishing touches on the … Continue reading →
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July 21, 2011
A wild week ahead
Here is what the NFL calendar will look like over the next week assuming that the NFLPA approves of the agreement. It does not include the Redskins’ training camp start, which has not been announced but should be July 28. … Continue reading →
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July 21, 2011
Will the Redskins have even more to spend in free agency?
A report by a Houston NFL blogger indicates that the Washington Redskins, along with every other NFL team, will be able to spend more money in free agency than originally thought. Most reports of the details of the proposed CBA … Continue reading →
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July 21, 2011
Haynesworth will be on his best behavior in camp
If you come here with any regularity, you know that I have been saying that the Albert Haynesworth saga will not end soon after the NFL lockout is lifted. Those who are hoping this whole thing will just be over … Continue reading →
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July 21, 2011
Redskins will need to grind it out
Most of the talk about the Washington Redskins as we (hopefully) make the transition out of the NFL lockout surrounds the quarterback position. And that is logical given that the talk in Washington always centers around the quarterback and that … Continue reading →
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July 20, 2011
Redskins minicamp on Saturday?
According to a report on Pro Football Talk the Green Bay Packers will be reporting to their team facility on Saturday for a three-day minicamp. Jason Wilde, who reports on the team for ESPN Milwaukee confirmed the report, saying it … Continue reading →
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July 19, 2011
No two-a-days no problem for Shanahan
Parts of the new NFL CBA that hopefully will be approved sometime this week have been leaking out and one aspect of the agreement that has come out is that two-a-day practices in training camp will no longer be permitted. … Continue reading →
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July 18, 2011
Delay of game? Free agency may start later
Although it looks like the CBA is on track to get approved by the NFL owners on Thursday, it doesn’t look like free agency will begin immediately after that. There were reports over the weekend that a Thursday approval would … Continue reading →
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July 18, 2011
More signs of the end of the lockout
Yesterday, we pointed out that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was using an analogy to a surgical procedure on an insect to discuss how close the NFL and the players are to a lockout-ending agreement. Now another NFC East team … Continue reading →
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July 18, 2011
The Redskins’ two-QB option
We are not sure what the Washington Redskins are going to do when NFL free agency starts but it is a safe bet that they will sign three quarterbacks to contracts. One of them is likely to be Rex Grossman, … Continue reading →
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July 18, 2011
How close is the end of the lockout? Let Jerry Jones tell you
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve heard that the two sides in the NFL labor negotiations have been “close” to an agreement to end the lockout. They also have been “near” an agreement with “just a few procedural matters … Continue reading →
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July 17, 2011
Redskins have $26 million in cap space, can add more
Bruce Allen has said that the Washington Redskins have the ability to be aggressive in free agency and a calculation of their salary cap number shows that this is true. As of now, they have a salary cap number of … Continue reading →
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July 15, 2011
Change of plans? FedEx party deck construction ‘up in the air’
A top Redskins official essentially acknowledged to the Washington Post that the team added too many seats to FedEx Field over the past decade. They are correcting the mistake by moving some of the “least desirable” seats but they are … Continue reading →
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July 15, 2011
Haynesworth’s 2011 salary is not guaranteed
I probably should have mentioned this in yesterday’s post about Albert Haynesworth (I try not to do two Albert posts in a month, much less 24 hours), but I discovered something interesting about his contract. Last year Haynesworth did not … Continue reading →
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July 15, 2011
Lorenzo Alexander takes his bowling seriously
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July 14, 2011
A way to end the Haynesworth stalemate
I’m sure I don’t need to recap the Albert Haynesworth situation for the readers here. Since the end of last year it has been frozen in time like the body of a wooly mammoth locked in a glacier. However, unlike … Continue reading →
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July 14, 2011
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