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Mike Shanahan Believes the Redskins Have a Sufficient Supporting Cast Around RG3: “We are night and day different from two years ago.”

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012 will now be the day that forever marks Mike Shanahan's legacy with the Washington Redskins. On that night Washington selected former Baylor quarterback, Robert Griffin III, with the second overall selection, a pick that the Redskins traded three draft picks (two first round choices and second round choice) ...

Tim Hightower on Rejoining the Redskins: “I just need an opportunity. I don’t want to have to worry about down the road.”

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Tim Hightower rushed for 321 yards in five starts with the Redskins before tearing his ACL last season. The former Cardinals running back was traded to the Redskins last July and had his season end way too quickly before it ever even started. The biggest question surrounding Hightower is how his ...

London Fletcher Hints That the Moves the Redskins Made This Offseason Made Him Want to Come Back to Washington

Friday, May 11th, 2012

The Washington Redskins have not had a 10 win season since 1991 and they went out this offseason, with aggression, to try to change that. After acquiring the second overall pick in the draft and the right to draft a franchise quarterback, the ‘Skins then brought in two new wide ...

Trent Richardson Promises He’ll Be a Name to Remember “In All of NFL Football”

Friday, April 27th, 2012

It didn't take long for trades to become a huge part of the NFL Draft on Thursday night. Everyone knew that Indianapolis would take Andrew Luck with the No. 1 overall pick and Washington was set to take Robert Griffin III second. After that, it became a bit of a ...

RGIII: “I expect greatness out of myself so yeah I expect to be the starting quarterback.”

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

With the NFL Draft now just two days away, much of the intrigue has been taken away, at least with the first two picks of the draft. Andrew Luck is going number one to the Colts and Washington made a blockbuster deal over a month ago to land the number ...

Jabar Gaffney Appears To Be Out in Washington Following a Goofy Twitter Situation

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

A week ago, interesting messages began showing up on the Twitter account of Washington Redskins wide receiver Jabar Gaffney. They included the calling out of free agent defensive back Lito Sheppard -- a guy Gaffney calls a friend in the following interview -- and disparaging remarks about a soon-to-be ex-wife. Gaffney ...

Art Briles Says He Knew Robert Griffin III Was Special When RG3 Was a Junior in High School

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

The biggest move of this offseason was made by the Washington Redskins and while they have been rightfully criticized at times for overspending on free agents or going overboard in the offseason, this time there is no reason to criticize what Washington did. Their biggest weakness a season ago was ...

Brian Orakpo on NFL Uniform Changes: “There are some alternate uniforms that a lot of teams have not revealed yet.”

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Out with the old and in with the new for the NFL's uniforms.  Well, sort of. The official retail supplier of NFL jerseys is now Nike, who is back from their prolonged decade-long hiatus, unveiled the changes on Tuesday in New York City. There wasn't much dramatic change for most ...

Fred Smoot on Roger Goodell: “It’s a dictatorship to me. I don’t think one man should have all that power.”

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Fred Smoot sure wasn't shy about coming out and defending Gregg Williams in regards to the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal before the suspensions were handed out. Well now the former Washington Redskins cornerback has taken aim at another target: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Smoot sure isn't happy with Goodell's recent ...

Andrew Luck Isn’t Counting His Chickens Before They Hatch

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Just about everyone on the planet is assuming the Indianapolis Colts will take Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first overall pick in the NFL. One of the few not in that camp yet is Luck himself. He says he's had talks with the Colts' head coach and offensive coordinator, ...