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Location: Landover, Md. | Stadium: FedEx Field (91,665) | Owner: Daniel Snyder
Coach: Jim Zorn | League Championships: 2 | Super Bowls: 3
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Redskins report: Strategy and personnel
 

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Strategy and personnel · Notes, quotes · Inside slant
 

 

PLAYER/PERSONNEL NOTES

--WR James Thrash had pins and a plate placed in his fractured thumb on Monday. The Redskins are still holding out hope that Thrash will play Saturday in Seattle although he didn't take part in either practice this week.

--LCB Shawn Springs practiced for the second straight day on Wednesday and will return to the lineup against the Seahawks after missing the wild-card game at Tampa Bay with a strained groin.

--RT Chris Samuels returned to practice on Wednesday after resting his long-ailing right knee on Tuesday. The Pro Bowl pick will start as usual on Saturday.

--RT Jon Jansen returned to practice on Wednesday after resting his tender back on Tuesday. Jansen will start as usual on Saturday.

--RG Ray Brown returned to practice on Wednesday after resting his sore knee on Tuesday. Brown will start on Saturday.

GAME PLAN
The Redskins will try to re-establish the formula that worked so well during their five-game winning streak that lifted them from also-ran to wild card: plenty of RB Clinton Portis with some passes to WR Santana Moss and H-back Chris Cooley for variety and spice. QB Mark Brunell needs to bounce back from a horrid day against Tampa Bay's top-ranked defense and have a decent afternoon against the young Seattle defense.

Washington held Seattle to 17 points and MVP Shaun Alexander to 100 yards in winning 20-17 in Week 4. The Redskins are respectful of Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck, but they will focus on swarming to Alexander when he has the ball and gamble that Hasselbeck and the passing game can't beat them despite the stellar left side of the Seahawks line with T Walter Jones and G Steve Hutchinson.

MATCHUPS TO WATCH

Redskins RE Phillip Daniels vs. Seahawks LT Walter Jones. The athletic and powerful Jones, a Pro Bowl perennial, was tutored as a rookie in 1997 by Daniels, then in his second year. The ex-teammates are buddies. Daniels had 12 tackles and no sacks in their previous two matchups, but he's in the midst of the hottest streak of his career with seven sacks the past four games.

Redskins LBs vs. Seahawks RB Shaun Alexander. With the front four minus injured RE Renaldo Wynn and facing a formidable Seattle line, it falls on LBs Marcus Washington, Lemar Marshall and LaVar Arrington to try to keep MVP Alexander in check. The trio combined for 32 tackles, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the wild-card victory at Tampa Bay. Alexander had 98 yards on 20 carries in Week 4 against the Redskins.

Redskins RT Jon Jansen vs. Seahawks LE Bryce Fisher. Jansen, who played most of the season with a cast on one or both thumbs, is a brute force type. Fisher is a heady pass rusher who led the Seahawks with nine sacks. However, Jansen held Fisher sackless (six tackles) in Washington's 20-17 overtime victory in Week 4. Jansen's thumbs are now castless while Fisher has just 1 1/2 sacks the last six games.

INJURY IMPACT
DL Demetric Evans will start for injured RE Renaldo Wynn. Evans doesn't have Wynn's experience, leadership or savvy, but he has more sacks (four to 1 1/2, including the wild-card game) and he started seven games at RE last year and three at LT this season.

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October 31, 2009 12:04 am
I'm going to steal a line from my favorite show of all time, "House", and say "It's not Jason Campbell. Your diagnosis is wrong."

Jason Campbell is the Redskins' best option now and into the future. He has played well considering the circum
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November 8, 2009 9:20 am
When you guys read this title, im sure a lot of different things pop in your mind. He has bad mechanics, he isn't accurate, takes too long to make decisions, isn't a leader, etc etc, and i'm not here to deny that. But I see another real problem with him. A problem that im not sure falls on him, and it's one that i kind of have sympathy for him. Though at the same time, it is correctable.
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November 5, 2009 11:44 am
Here's what's going to happen.  At the end of the season:

(1) Jan 10-16, 2010: Jim Zorn will be fired.  His demeanor and pleasant flattop haircut will confuse viewers of the press conference whether or not he feels depressed about it.

(2) Jan 17-23, 2010: Vinny will be moved into some nominally administrative position, with the impl
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November 6, 2009 7:57 pm
I read this today on the Redskins site.  I couldn't beleive that a professional football team doesn't practice tackling in practice because they are affraid to get hurt.  According to players they practice technique and just know whther they would have made a tackle or not.  HMMM this kind of explains why ...(more)
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November 5, 2009 9:50 pm
Not being a Redskins fan I was hoping to come to the source for my information.  I was wondering what is wrong with Ladell Betts.  He was the flavor of the month not two seasons ago supposidly taking a  greater and greater percentages of carrie ...(more)
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October 27, 2009 4:23 pm
Wonder if somebody came up an offered Dan Snyder 1b would he take it and sell the Washington Redskins. Now anybody have that much laying around?
Wonder if we could get a consortium together and buy it from him.
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November 2, 2009 3:56 pm
I broke down the remaing schedule and teams with 2 wins to see where we may fall for out pick in April.  We are going to assume that these teams will take the 1st 5 picks in no random order and what I think they will pick.  I exceluded Tenn because I think they will rebound in the 2nd half of the year:

Cleveland - Running Back
Tampa Bay - Defensive
KC - WR/Runni
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November 2, 2009 4:46 pm
  There are a lot of you out there.  People ready to jump ship left and right.  Ignorant people who love to try and blame the team's troubles on one or two players and who call for cutting players without taking into account any circumstances outside of their narrow perspective.  All i read on here is get rid of J.C., he sucks. Or get rid of Portis, he sucks. ...(more)
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November 5, 2009 3:33 pm

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/
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he-comes-to-dan-snyders-defense


Here is the link




Greg opens his mouth after so long and sticks up for his boss. What person wouldnt
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October 23, 2009 7:29 pm
It was mentioned on Redskins Radio by Vinnie Cerrato and other National networks that Dan Snyder feels so bad for the Redskin fans with all that has gone on this year.

God I th ...(more)
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November 7, 2009 9:52 am

Unbelievable. Apparently some genius in the front office has devised a new plan. Get this-- Sherman lewis will call the run plays, Sherman smith will call the pass plays and zorn will call the 2 minute offense. Dan and vinny must have been up late one night watching old episodes of the three stooges to come up with this latest brilliant plan-- "hey vinny, how many coaches does it take to s ...(more)

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November 3, 2009 8:59 am
Witht ethe season all but gone... what are you looking to for in the next 9 games?  I'm looking to see if Fred Davis can perform, i'm also wondering if the other 2nd picks can get off the bench and catch a few, I'm looking to see if anyone on the o-line is worth keeping into next year.  How about if there are any decent ...(more)
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November 8, 2009 11:28 am
Does anyone see it any different?  Worse?  Better?

As fans of course, we are always hoping for a chance, but in reality I don't see any. Falcons are hosting the Redskins and after losing last week I see them putting it to our dumb founded offense. I was gonn
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November 4, 2009 12:57 pm
for any Redskins fan looking for a bright spot...look no further than the cleveland Browns.

forget the fact that their head coaching hire makes even less sense to me than the jim zorn pick.

look at their QB situation  I know most fans want
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October 28, 2009 11:31 am
Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post reports there's a new policy that says no signs of any sort are permitted inside FedEx Field.
Even signs sending best wishes to husbands in Afghanistan.

When and why was this change made? I asked Monday morning, and as of Monday evening, a Redskins spokesman said he still wasn't sure. I
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