Don Banks at SI.com is ranking the number two QBs league-wide from 1 to 32 . His number one choice?
Todd Collins. Which is a very nice and well-deserved compliment to his performance in relief last year. What’s a bit odd is Banks’ commentary on the selection:
The unspoken truth in D.C. is that the veteran would run Jim Zorn’s offense better today than starter Jason Campbell, who I still think might struggle in his transition to the West Coast style attack. It was Collins, not Campbell, who orchestrated the Redskins’ four-game late season winning streak and wild-card playoff berth last year.
This, obviously, is taking the unusual approach of going with an “unspoken truth” over the traditionally cited “actual spoken comment,” which is that Collins’ success last year came in Al Saunders’ system, with which he was very comfortable, and that he had some slow moments early in training camp getting acclimated to ...
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One of the tests of a good young coach is how he handles his first rough patch. Jim Zorn was in the middle of it last week, the Redskins having lost two games in a row, when he told his team, in these exact words: “Keep going in the direction you’re going.” ... more
It seems like all too often, when I link to one of the major national columnists, it’s because they’ve written something that I think is dumb, or poorly written, or inaccurately critical of the Redskins fans. So it’s a pleasure this morning to point you to Jason Whitlock’s ranking of the NFL coaches on FOX Sports, which is — like most of his work — well written and fairly clever, and today has the added plus of being rather complimentary.
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Washington Redskins defensive end Jason Taylor went to a hospital Friday to have his left calf re-examined, and coach Jim Zorn said Taylor will have a second operation on the leg next week.... more
Coach Zorn mentioned after practice that we’re entering “the mundane part of the season” — after the big start and before anyone is really in playoff push mode. His point, of course, is that he wants the team not to treat it that way, and he started practice off with a huddle to remind them of just that. “Coach Zorn didn’t want to come out flat, that’s all it was,” Lorenzo Alexander told me afterward. “He was warning us before we got ... more
Photo by Darren Hester via Wikimedia Commons
During his press conference yesterday, Coach Zorn made a reference to looking at the statistics on icing the kicker. I linked to an Esquire article that seemed to indicate that, essentially, icing the kicker was bad.
I realize that Esquire isn’t exactly JAMA , but I figured that it was sufficient to shore up Zorn’s point and provide a readable link on the subject. I knew it probably wasn’t the kind of statistical ana... more
After a grueling training camp full of two-a-days, five preseason games, and more than half of the regular season in the books, it’s finally time for the bye week. Coach Zorn gave the players almost the whole week off, and I figured some of these guys must have interesting plans for their rare...... more
Walking past the Redskins.com TV studio today, which is pretty central to the top floor of Redskins Park, I noticed that they were in the process of changing over the background pictures from the existing two-tone images to full-color ones.
The new photo, bottom, replaces the signed one.
What’s most interesting about this, unless you’re very into the interior design of TV studios, is that the existing two-tone picture in the image above has been signed by a number of the ... more
The NFL officially announced their Fan Code of Conduct today, and I find it pretty interesting.
“The National Football League and its teams are committed to creating a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable experience for all fans, both in the stadium and in the parking lot. We want all fans attending our games to enjoy the experience in a responsible fashion. When attending a game, you are required to refrain from the following behaviors:
Behavior that is unruly, disruptive, or illegal in... more
You may have heard that Art Monk was enshrined in the Hall of Fame this weekend, and that he had something of a long wait to get there. It’s been frustrating for Monk’s many fans, but very few people could do anything about it. David Elfin could.
David Elfin at work in the press room.
For the last two years, as the Washington area selector for the Hall, Elfin has been the one making Monk’s case before the Board of Selectors. This year, he was successful, whic... more
Rich Tandler looks at S Chris Horton’s performance Sunday night in light of the Schweigert cut.
HailRedskins.com shows the pictures of the Monk and Green HOF busts , which is nice for me since all I got to see when I was there were empty pedestals.
Place bronze Art Monk head here.
And Dr. Z at SI.com visits the training camp of Saturday’s opponent , the Buffalo Bills.
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