Some of the Washington Redskins’ wide receivers had nothing but good things to say about rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III, after Monday’s practice session. “He’s been doing everything that we expect,” Santana Moss said. “He’s looking sharp. He doesn’t look like a rookie right now. I’ve seen him run a lot, but I see him throw the ball [...]
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Redskins’ Stephen Bowen underwent knee procedure
According to Mike Jones of the Washington Post, Redskins defensive end Stephen Bowen underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in April and will be out for action for the next few weeks. Knee scopes are minor surgical procedures that no one should typically worry about. Unless of course you notice a pattern in which a player must [...]
READ MORE »Roger Goodell blasted for lack of transparency
In a recent radio interview on AM 790, Mike Florio criticized Roger Goodell’s handling of the punishments handed down to the players allegedly involved in the Bountygate scandal. He began by pointing out that when the Saints’ coaches didn’t vigorously challenge their suspensions (or in Gregg Williams case, not at all), he assumed that everything [...]
READ MORE »Clint’s fantasy football preview: the wide receivers
So far, I have offered my predictions on the breakouts and busts among quarterbacks and running backs for the 2012 NFL season. Now, let’s turn our attention to the wide receivers. Here are my choices for the top 25 fantasy wide receivers for the upcoming season. 1. Hakeem Nicks, New York Giants Call it a [...]
READ MORE »Clint’s fantasy football preview: running backs
Here are my rankings for the top 25 running backs in fantasy football for 2012 1. Arian Foster, Houston Texans After Foster’s spectacular, out-of-nowhere campaign in 2010 (2,220 yards from scrimmage and 18 touchdowns), he followed it up with impressive numbers in 2011 (1,841 yards from scrimmage and 12 touchdowns) even after having missed a [...]
READ MORE »Leonard Hankerson may not be ready for June’s minicamp
With wide receiver Leonard Hankerson coming off of hip surgery, he may not be ready to get back on the field when the Washington Redskins hold their minicamp on June 11-13, acording to ProFootballWeekly.com. Both Hankerson and the Redskins aren’t concerned about his rehab, but it looks like they’d rather take things slow so he’ll [...]
READ MORE »Tim Hightower is back with the Redskins
Free agent running back Tim Hightower announced on his Twitter page that he’s back with the Washington Redskins after testing the open market. I’m baaaaaaaack twitter.com/Tim_Hightower/… — Tim Hightower (@Tim_Hightower) May 14, 2012 Hightower had a solid season with the Redskins in 2011 by rushing for 321 yards and 1 touchdown in five games. But [...]
READ MORE »Clint’s fantasy football preview: Quarterbacks
Well, folks, it’s that time of the year when number-crunching, stat-obsessed football enthusiasts get their geek on and try to forecast the fantasy successes and flops for the 2012 NFL season. Here is my projected list of the top 25 quarterbacks for this coming season, according to standard fantasy league scoring. In parenthesis next to [...]
READ MORE »Santana Moss could be the odd man out in Washington
Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan knows who his starting quarterback is, but right now it’s not clear who’ll start at wide receiver. He acknowledged that Pierre Garcon, Leonard Hankerson and Josh Morgan could end up being the top three receivers. “We’ll let that play out,” Shanahan said, “but when you go after a guy [...]
READ MORE »LaVar Arrington thinks that keeping kids from playing football is “sissification”
Former NFL linebacker LaVar Arrington gave his opinion of the football’s “concussion crisis” on ESPN’s Outside the Lines and made it clear that he won’t be holding his kids back from playing the sport that he loves. “To me, it’s sissification, and I think that’s the only way to put it,” Arrington said. “I will [...]
READ MORE »Shanahan on RG3: “He’s the Starter, period”
Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan made sure that everyone understands there isn’t going to be a battle between Kirk Cousins and Robert Griffin III for the starting quarterback job. Shanahan made it clear that Griffin is the guy that will start with the first unit during OTA’s. “Obviously any time you pick a player with [...]
READ MORE »Redskins show Robert Griffin III throwing in his uniform
Today the Washington Redskins posted a picture of Robert Griffin III on their Twitter feed that showed him throwing a football wearing his home uniform. #Redskins QB @RGIII gets geared up and throws to staff members on the back field.More to come soon! twitter.com/Redskins/statu… — Redskins (@Redskins) May 3, 2012 Griffin was apparently doing a [...]
READ MORE »Jason Reid defends Shanahan’s decision to draft Cousins
Jason Reid, a sports columnist with the Washington Post, defends Mike Shanahan’s decision to draft quarterback Kirk Cousins in the fourth round, even though they got their supposed franchise quarterback Robert Griffin III with the second overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Reid points out that Cousins is the winningest quarterback in Michigan State [...]
READ MORE »Redskins QB coach couldn’t resist drafting Kirk Cousins
Washington Redskins quarterback coach Matt LaFleur was interviewed by Grant Paulsen of 106.7 the Fan in DC via The Washington post. One of the questions he was asked, was why they drafted Kirk Cousins in the fourth round. “The last team was Dallas (taking both Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh), and it worked out pretty [...]
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