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    Posts Tagged with Washington Redskins

    NFL: NFC Preview

    Posted September 10, 2009 by darren
    Found in: NFL

    Yesterday, I previewed the AFC and as you can see, there are going to be some competitive division battles. Well, the NFC is no different. It seems like every division has a couple teams that can conceivably win the division.

    NFC EAST

    1. New York Giants
    The Giants where the class of the NFC last season till they faded down the stretch and where bounced out of the playoffs in their first game. That team had to deal with the loss of Plaxico Burress, who’s absence hurt the teams focus on the field, and injuries to the defense. Well this year they don’t have to worry about Plaxico, he’s gone, and their defense got some upgrades to an already solid unit. I see them using their power running game in order to become the class of the NFC again this year. They need to finish the season strong though if they want to go to the Super Bowl.

    2. Philadelphia Eagles
    The Eagles where close to going to the Super Bowl last year and this year they should be right there competing again. They got some steals in the draft, Jeremy Maclin and LeSean McCoy, that should upgrade an already explosive offense. The key to this team will be how the defense performs with a new coordinator and already some key injuries. If they ‘re solid than this could be a Super Bowl team.

    3. Dallas Cowboys
    No team disappointed more than the Cowboys last year. There team was just falling apart and despite all of it still had a chance of making the playoffs before getting blown out by the Eagles. They still have some talent, but I think the loss of a true number 1 receiver will really hurt their offense. They need to run the ball more if they want to be competitive this season. If they can’t, than this could be another disappointing season.

    4. Washington Redskins
    The Redskins will be improved this season, but in a tough division, its going to be hard to move up. Their defense will be pretty good so its up to the offense to carry this team as far as it can go.

    NFC NORTH

    1. Green Bay Packers
    After a step back last season, I see the Packers returning to the top of the division. Their first team has been tearing it up in the preseason and they look ready for the season. I think they will get off to a good start with Aaron Rodgers leading the way. This team has a ton of talent on both sides of the ball.

    2. Minnesota Vikings
    The Vikings have a great defense with a great running game. Add Brett Favre at QB and this team is thinking Super Bowl. The only thing is that’s what the Jets though till age caught up to Favre and he and the team faded down the stretch. Even before signing, Favre said that he didn’t think his body could take a full season, now he’s supposed to take a team to the Super Bowl. I don’t think so. This team will be solid, but I don’t see Favre lasting the season.

    3. Chicago Bears
    The Bears finally got the QB they’ve always wanted, or so they think. Yes, Jay Cutler has talent, but he hasn’t won anything in college or NFL. Even worse he is the first person to complain when things go bad. With their defense not being as strong as years past I don’t see this team advancing in the division just yet.

    4. Detroit Lions
    The Lions are in a rebuilding year all the way. They are just looking for some positives to jump start them into next year.

    NFC SOUTH

    1. New Orleans Saints
    Nobody has to worry about the offense as long as Drew Brees is at the helm. But it’s the defense that needs to improve dramatically if this team wants to make a Super Bowl run. The defense doesn’t have to be great, just solid. The good thing about the Saints is that they will never be out of a game with their offense so that should lead to some exciting games.

    2. Carolina Panthers
    The Panthers surprised some people last year with how good they were. They have an great running game with DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, and a solid defense. They are like the Giants, in that respect, except they don’t have an elite QB. I see this team competing for the division title all season. They need to have a good season from Jake Delhomme if they want any hope at a Super Bowl.

    3. Atlanta Falcons
    The Falcons went from worst to first last season behind good defense and rookie QB Matt Ryan. I see them falling back down this season because of a defense that wont be very good. Their defense will cost them games all season making this a disappointing season.

    4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Though they don’t want to admit it, this is a rebuilding year for Tampa Bay. They are just average on both sides of the ball which doesn’t make for a good season.

    NFC WEST

    1. San Francisco 49ers
    In a division that is open for any team to take, I see the 49ers grinding it out. They already have a solid defense and if they run the ball and control the game, I think they can have a solid season. All Shaun Hill does is win games, and he is very underrated in doing it. To me, he is the perfect QB to lead what Singletary wants to do.

    2. Arizona Cardinals
    The Cardinals rode a great offense to the Super Bowl last year surprising many. I think they will be very good again, but can Kurt Warner hold up. I’m not total sold on that which is why I think they will finish second in the division this season. They will still be fun to watch though as long as Kurt is the QB.

    3. Seattle Seahawks
    Seattle improved a lot in the off-season and are still under the radar. That could be the perfect storm for this sleeper team to make a run at the division. After all, they don’t have exactly world beaters in front of them.

    4. St. Louis Rams
    The Rams will be competing with the Lions for worst in the NFC. They are rebuilding right now, but they have some good talent for the future.

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    MMA Video: Michael Westbrook Beats Up a Bully

    Posted April 1, 2009 by nick
    Found in: Videos, NFL

     Michael Westbrook

    I just got noticed of this show, and I don’t know how I missed it.

    First, let me ask you. Do you remember Michael Westbrook? Of course you don’t. He was in the NFL for all of 5-minutes. And instead of making headlines on Sundays, he made more news when he beat up teammate Stephen Davis during practice one day while a member of the Washington Redskins.

    Well, come to find out, Westbrook is still getting paid to beat people up.

    Westbrook, who apparently is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt, was a guest star on MTV’s Bully Beatdown. The premise of the show is to travel town to town to find the biggest and baddest bully, and put him in the ring with a real MMA fighter.

    I’m not gonna lie, I already like this show.

    To check out this guy getting pummeled by Westbrook, click here.

    What’s New in Sports Blogs

    Posted February 27, 2009 by nick
    Found in: This Week in Sports Blogs

    Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen Reportedly Got Married

    This week in sports blogs and news:

    • Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen reportedly get married - Wonderwall
    • Albert Haynesworth signs with Redskins for $100 million.
      Check out other free agent signings - Fox Sports
    • Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka is the real “Wrestler”- SportsByBrooks
    • Maker’s Mark Makes Fun of Michigan football - Larry Brown Sports
    • 50 Cent addresses controversies of the sports world - The Sports Hernia

    This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

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    Fantasy Football: Week 9 Fantasy Stats

    Posted November 4, 2008 by nick
    Found in: Fantasy Sports, NFL

    Donovan McNabb

    Fantasy Studs:

    • Peyton Manning passes for 254 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a 2-point conversion.
    • The Pittsburgh Steelers Defense racked up 7 sacks and 2 interceptions.
    • Donovan McNabb led the Eagles with 349 yards and 2 touchdown passes.
    • In the first start of his career, Tim Hightower rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown.
    • Antonio Bryant caught 8 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown.
    • Kurt Warner had 342 yards in the air and 2 touchdowns.
    • Chris Johnson of the Titans had 89 yards on the ground, 72 receiving and a touchdown.
    • Adrian Peterson tallied up 139 yards and a touchdown.
    • The Giants’ Brandon Jacobs had 117 yards and touchdown.
    • Owen Daniels caught 11 passes for 133 yards.

    Ben Roethlisberger
    Fantasy Duds:

    • Ben Roethlisberger left the game early Monday Night, finishing with only a rushing touchdown.
    • Joseph Addai finished with only 42 total yards.
    • Stephen Jackson managed only 17 yards on the ground for the Rams.
    • Santana Moss caught only 2 passes for 14 yards.

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    Fantasy Football: Week 5 Fantasy Stats

    Posted October 6, 2008 by nick
    Found in: Fantasy Sports, NFL

    Ben Roethlisberger

    Fantasy Studs:

    • DeAngelo Williams had 3 total touchdowns and 123 yards rushing.
    • Brandon Jacobs rushed for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Giants
    • Lee Evans finished with only 2 receptions, but for 100 yards, including a 87-yard touchdown.
    • Randy Moss finally did some good on Sunday, catching a touchdown to go along with 111 yards.
    • The Dolphins’ Ronnie Brown went over 100 yards again (125) and 1 touchdown.
    • Michael Turner rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown against the Packers.
    • Kurt Warner aired out 250 yards and 2 touchdowns.
    • Chris Cooley racked up 109 yards receiving and a touchdown.
    • Big Ben Roethlisberger passed for 309 yards and 2 touchdowns.
    • Washington Redskin Clinton Portis ran for 145 yards and a touchdown.
    • Roddy White caught a touchdown to go with 132 yards.
    • Aaron Rodgers’ 313 yards and 3 touchdowns wasn’t enough to push the Packers to victory

    Randy Moss

    Fantasy Duds: 

    • Larry Johnson racked up a whopping 2 yards from scrimmage.
    • Santana Moss didn’t record a single catch or yard this weekend.
    • Marvin Harrison once again disappointed, having only 4 catches for 32 yards.
    • Fred Taylor rushed for only 19 yards.
    • Tony Gonzalez finished with 3 catches and 17 yards.

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    Fantasy Football: Week 4 Fantasy Stats

    Posted September 29, 2008 by nick
    Found in: Fantasy Sports, NFL

    Brett Favre and Jericho Cotchery

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    Fantasy Studs:

    • Brett Favre had an amazing game for the Jets, throwing for 6 touchdowns and 289 yards!
    • Stephen Jackson FINALLY had a good week, finishing with 110 yards rushing and a touchdown, including 78 yards receiving.
    • Larry Johnson exploded for 198 yards and 2 touchdowns.
    • Laveranues Coles was Favre’s favorite target, catching 3 touchdowns and 103 yards.
    • Kurt Warner racked up 472 yards and 2 touchdowns, despite throwing 3 interceptions.
    • Drew Brees passed for 363 yards and 3 touchdowns.
    • Greg Jennings hauled in 2 touchdowns and 109 yards against the Buccaneers.
    • Tony Romo’s 3 touchdowns and 300 yards weren’t enough to help the Cowboys beat the Redskins.
    • LaDanian Tomlinson had 109 yards on the ground and 2 touchdowns.

    Larry Johnson
    Fantasy Duds:

    • Ryan Grant of the Packers could only come up with 20 yards and also lost a fumble.
    • Michael Turner rushed for only 55 yards against the Panthers.
    • Reggie Bush wasn’t able to do much, as he totaled 38 yards.
    • Marion Barber had a total of 37 yards from scrimmage.

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    Week 2 Fantasy Football Stats

    Posted September 15, 2008 by nick
    Found in: Fantasy Sports, NFL

     Brandon Marshall

    Check out and see who made an impact this week in the NFL for your fantasy football teams:

    Fantasy Studs:

    • Denver’s Brandon Marshall had 18 catches for 166 yards and a touchdown.
    • Adrian Peterson ran all over Indianapolis, gaining 160 yards.
    • Anquan Boldin caught 6 balls for 140 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 79 yard score.
    • Jay Cutler passed for 350 yards and four touchdowns.
    • Arizona’s Kurt Warner showed why Matt Leinart is on the bench with 361 yards and 3 touchdowns.
    • Aaron Rodgers had his first 3 touchdown game of his career and passed for 328 yards.
    • Greg Jennings had 167 yards receiving.
    • San Diego’s Philip Rivers had 377 yards and 3 touchdowns in a heart breaker to Denver.
    • Calvin Johnson had 2 touchdowns and 129 yards for Detroit.
    • Santana Moss had 164 yards receiving which including a game winning 67-yard touchdown reception.
    • Rookie Darren McFadden ran all over the Chiefs, with 164 yards and a touchdown.

    Fantasy Duds:

    • LaDanian Tomlinson had only 40 all purpose yards for the Chargers.
    • The Chiefs’ Larry Johnson ran for a dismal 22 yards.
    • Indy’s Marvin Harrison managed only 1 catch for 16 yards.
    • Randy Moss finished the day with only 2 catches and 22 yards.
    • Jeremy Shockey lost a fumble and finished with only 2 catches.

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    Top Ten Things to Look Forward to this NFL Season

    Posted August 5, 2008 by david carrillo
    Found in: NFL

    The NFL season has officially begun. Let’s all take a moment and rejoice in this joyous occasion.

    Being a complete sucker for sports history, I watched the Hall of Fame induction and imagined what it would be like to cry in front of a group of my peers and a national TV audience. I also caught most of the Redskins/Colts game and am on the verge of jumping onto the Colt Brennan bandwagon.

    And although neither event was particularly memorable, watching them did get me even more excited about the upcoming season. Since I was so excited about football I decided to take a break from preparing for my fantasy football draft and came up with 10 reasons to be psyched for this year’s NFL season.Brett Favre

    10] The Brett Favre watch – Everybody complains that they are tired of hearing about the latest will-he-or-won’t-he-play talk, but every time I speak to a NFL fan they always seem to know the freshest Favre information. Adding to the intrigue is the fact that both he and Packer’s management have treated the situation about as bad as they possible could.

    Now we all begin each day wondering whether or not he will he start for the Packers this season; if Aaron Rodgers can ever mentally overcome the circus; how likely it is John Madden cries during Sunday Night Football if he sees Favre Play; and how ESPN will survive in the post-Favre era?

    9] Watching this year’s “sleeper” team fail – I know it’s a little perverse, but I get sick of everyone jumping on a sleeper team every year. It has gotten to the point where it is just as bad to be the sheik sleeper team as it is to be on the cover of Madden; no one wants the curse.

    Last year the media was talking about how the 49ers were a team to watch, and the moment they did, as a 49er fan I knew the season was doomed. This year the NFL community is hyping the Minnesota Vikings like crazy. Now we have to spend 16 weeks watching them not live up to expectations.

    8] NFL Live – Really, is there anything more ridiculous than watching NFL Live in June? Over the summer we take a half-hour out of our day to hear why the Miami Dolphins cut their backup janitor. But once the season rolls around, NFL Live becomes as addicting as crack.

    The show keeps us up to date on how every team in the NFL is doing and points us in the right direction for players to watch and players to forget. As an added bonus, hearing Ron “Jaws” Jaworski break down film makes us all wish we would have paid attention more while in school.David Tyree and Rodney Harrison

    7] Seeing karma destroy the Patriots – Like most people who don’t live in Boston, I’m not a fan of the New England Cheaters Patriots. Although I dislike them for different reasons then most people (Bledsoe shouldn’t have lost his job to injury!), watching their perfect season swirl down the Super Bowl drain last year was beautiful.

    Who would have ever thought that Eli Manning would go toe-to-toe with Tom Brady and come out on top? The Patriots look good again this year, but I have the feeling that their Spygate misdeeds will once again be punished by the football Gods.

    6] Grown men beating each other senseless – If we were really honest about it we would say that one of the best things about the NFL is the big hits. Seeing a defensive end blindside a quarterback who stood a little too long in the pocket sends shivers down our spine and adrenaline throughout our body.

    You could also add to the list: a running back trying to jump over the pile, a punt returner not waiving for a fair catch and getting laid out, and a wide receiver that was hung out to dry by his quarterback who makes him jump in the air over the middle.

     

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    This Week in Sports Blogs

    Posted July 25, 2008 by nick
    Found in: This Week in Sports Blogs

     Anquan Boldin

    This week in sports blogs and news:

    • Girl ejected from tennis match. Dad was coaching through earpiece - Larry Brown Sports
    • Anquan Boldin says he won’t resign with the Cardinals - Fox Sports
    • Warriors sign Monta Ellis to $66 million - SI
    • The True Life of Reilly - Deadspin
    • Photos of CFL Cheerleaders cause coach to quit - SportsByBrooks
    • NBA to offer more European trends next year - The Sports Hernia
    • Army keeps Lions draft pick from playing - Yahoo Sports
    • Get your New York Yankees updates here - Yankees Chick

    This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

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    Dolphins to Trade Jason Taylor to the Redskins

    Posted July 21, 2008 by nick
    Found in: Breaking News, NFL

    Jason Taylor Traded to the Washington Redskins

    It looks like Jason Taylor won’t be dancing on South Beach this season.

    The former NFL Defensive Player of the Year looks to be on his way to the Washington Redskins after after agreeing to terms with the Miami Dolphins.

    The Redskins receive one of the elite pass rushers in the league, where the Dolphins will receive a second round pick in the future.

    The Skins were in need of another pass rusher after defensive end Phillip Daniels went down with a knee injury the first day of training camp. It’s been said that he has torn the ACL in his left knee and will miss the entire season.

    Taylor, if you didn’t know, was also a hit on the reality show Dancing with the Stars. I’m not sure how the dance clubs are up in D.C., but I’m sure it can’t be any better than the salsa down in Miami.

    Source: Fox Sports

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