REDSKINS: "We are who we thought we are"

Yep, as the great Dennis Green once said (sort of)...WE ARE WHAT WE THOUGHT WE ARE.


The Washington Redskins are:

1. Run by horrible ownership, a man that once cheered for a team and has single handily run it into the grown. Jimmy Hoffa's corpse ain't as deep in the end zone as the 2009 Washington Redskins.

2. Draft picks, trades, free agents, coaches, practice squad....Vinny Cerrato...does anything else need to be said here?

3. Strongest fan base in the NFL eroding before the teams eyes. Dan Snyder could give free tickets to Six Flags (more fun) or greasy hamburgers to every season ticket holder and promise not to sue them, but it isn't going to stop the avalanche of crap football that is flying down Capitol Hill today.

You see, this is a DEBACLE in the making. It all started in 1999 when Snyder bought the Redskins from the great estate of Jack Kent Cooke. Little (no pun intended) did Snyder know that his $800MM would grow into the billions, but while doing so he would slowly destroy his investment while the public and NFL vets screamed and shouted louder every season. The other owners secretly laughed at this little rich man as he showed the rest of the league how to make money from die hard fans, or sheep, as he calls them. If you got in his way then he'd sue you or ban you, or buy your radio station. Nothing stops this guy.

Keep going. When the shit hits the fan all you have to do is bring back a legendary coach for $5.5MM a year to quiet the storm for a few years...then back to your Norv/Marty/Terry/Spurrier ways. Let the bug eyed Cerrato draft a punter or two, waive his pom-poms over a 5th, 6th, or 7th round pick making the team (aren't they supposed to if you DRAFTED them?).

Poor Zorn, the guy is nice, but he is just another Spurrier. Stuck with Vinny and Dan chomping on their cigars with Sonny, watching the next great offensive offense to hit Washington. FedEx Field is dead. Redskins Park is a mausoleum. Readkins Nation is heartbroken. The Detroit Lions are 1-19.

Redskins vs. Ravens - The BLAME GAME

Wow...I know it's pre-season, but that WAS BAD. The Redskins got their asses handed to them, but at least the punter looked decent. A Dan Snyder drone called me a couple hours before the game begging me to renew my season tickets (that I waited 11 years for)....Hell no, I said. I'll have more on that decision later. But most of it has to do with these ass clowns:





The answer to why the offensive line is full of undrafted free agents can only be answered by those two fantasy football gurus above. We'll never know what the picks the Redskins gave up for Jason Taylor could have been on this roster. And to think this all started back with Jeff George...the writing has been on the wall for almost a decade...THEY NEVER LEARN.

Next week, Pittsburgh.

Washington Redskins 2009 NFL Draft - The Brains

Tick tock, tick tock. These dudes will be running the burgundy and gold War Room...

Former Redskin Leigh Torrence Now A Saint

The New Orleans Saints claimed former Washington Redskins cornerback Leigh Torrence off waivers according to a report. Leigh Torrence was a back up corner under Carlos Rogers, Fred Smoot, and Shawn Springs. He was a stand out special teams player, and very active in the Washington DC community. Couldn't find a nicer guy. He was released over the weekend to make room for newly signed cornerback DeAngelo Hall, a two time Pro Bowler.

The Saints now have a good corner back/special teamer, but more importantly a good person with a good head on his shoulders. More info on Leigh and his on/off field life can be found at: www.LeighTorrence.com.

GOOD LUCK LEIGH!

HAIL.

Redskins Portis has sprained knee, '50-50' for Sunday

Wow, didn't see this coming! The AP reports that Redskins running back, Clinton Portis, has a sprained knee. Wowzers! The Redskins are already missing Ladell Betts. It would not be good to not have a stud like Portis against the hated Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. It is an NFC East division game that the Cowboys MUST win. A heavy dose of Portis is what is needed to sweep the Cowboys in the 2008 season.

Per the AP, "Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis is unable to practice because of a sprained knee, and coach Jim Zorn says the running back is "50-50" for Sunday night's game against the Dallas Cowboys. The pain got progressively worse after Portis was treated following the game, however, and Zorn said Monday that Portis has a bone bruise on the femur as well as a sprain."

Clinton Portis is a tough S.O.B. - I say he plays, and takes back the rushing lead from Adrian Peterson. Just ask Bubba Tyer to give him one of those Vitamin B shots he gave Riggo back in the day.

HAIL.