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After the Donovan McNabb trade, the Washington Redskins draft needs are now very much clear. Option 1: Take an offensive tackle Option 2: Trade down, and then take an offensive tackle In the Redskins recent mini-camp, the team had Stephon Heyer at left tackle and Artis Hicks on the right side. Heyer couldn’t cut it on either side last season and has the unofficial Redskins record of ...

In a move that can only be called stunning, the Philadelphia Eagles have traded franchise quarterback Donovan McNabb to their division rival, the Washington Redskins, for picks in the 2010 and 2011 NFL drafts. Not only does the move completely alter the NFL and NFC East landscape, but it now completely clarifies what the Redskins intend to do with their #4 overall choice. Washington has been moving towards ...

The National Football League owners have finally done something about their overtime system. Well, for the playoffs anyway. And only when there’s a field goal involved. It used to be that the first possession was decided by virtue of a coin toss at the beginning of the overtime period. If that team scored, then the game was over, whether or not the coin toss loser got a shot ...

No matter who the Baltimore Ravens draft, sign, or otherwise add from here on out, WR Anquan Boldin will be the biggest get this team has for the 2010 squad. Baltimore has never, ever had a decent receiving corps. Sure, they have had the ever-solid Derrick Mason at the end of his career, and he is still performing well for them (though no longer at a No. 1 level). ...

“Yesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why.” — Hunter S. Thompson You know things have gotten strange when a team makes headlines for what it’s not doing. Indeed, the Washington Redskins are under new management. Its approach to free agency this season—judicious and restrained—has been nothing short of a breath of fresh air. Rumors abounded about what prizes the Redskins would be after at the start of ...

One of the things that everyone seems to forget about the NFL Combine is that there are other players on the market besides the 2010 NFL Draft class; there are the players who are currently in the NFL to discuss too. As part of the uncapped season, many players who were going to be unrestricted free agents have now become restricted free agents, limiting the market of unavailable players. ...

Baltimore Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome stated recently that the club was going to take some chances this offseason. The team wasted no time in making good on that promise by signing recently reinstated WR Donte Stallworth. In case youÆve been under a rock, Stallworth was recently reinstated to the NFL after cooling his heels for the last year or so after he accidentally ran over and killed a pedestrian on his ...

Before I go any further, let me explain that I hate writing articles where I use the word "I." And there I’ve gone and done it four times in the first sentence. And once in the second. But one thing I am getting tired of hearing with regard to the Washington Redskins is which quarterback the Redskins are going to take in the draft. Or that Michael Vick, ...

Redskins coach Jim Zorn finally got fired today. Supposedly, he was informed during a 4 a.m. meeting at Redskins Park, then escorted out by security about 45 minutes later. Maybe, but itÆs hard to imagine that group of people sitting on a plane together for six hours without one word regarding ZornÆs status after the Redskins blew yet another late fourth-quarter lead in yet another meaningless game for the burgundy ...

I awoke yesterday to the news that Redskins de facto general manager Vinny Cerrato had resigned, and almost immediately after heard the word that Bruce Allen would be taking over as the actual general manager. No doubt, I was excited for the franchise. ItÆs no secret that IÆve long thought that while Vinny was a decent talent evaluator that he was a poor roster manager and a change needed ...