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Thurs, Nov 11 04 "Bengals vs Redskins week 10!" Myk Aussie

From NFL Media

TEAMS MEET IN WASHINGTON for 1st time in 19 years (1985)……

BENGALS: Club has won 2 of past 3…...Head coach MARVIN LEWIS was Redskins assistant head coach & defensive coordinator in 2002……QB CARSON PALMER posted 94.8 passer rating last week & 1st career rushing TD in win vs. Dallas. Palmer has 50+ yard completion 3 games in row……RB RUDI JOHNSON has 95+ rush yards in 4 of past 6. In past 5 vs. NFC, Johnson has 4.7-yard per carry avg. (93 for 434) w/ 4 TDs…...In past 3, WR CHAD JOHNSON has 21 catches for 290 yards & 1 TD. TE MATT SCHOBEL had career-long 76-yard catch (TD) last week……Club owns +7 turnover ratio, 4th-best in AFC……Rookie S MADIEU WILLIAMS (No. 56) attended Maryland & grew up in Lanham, MD, 5 miles from FedEx Field. Williams has INT in 2 games in row & is tied for 2nd on club w/ 32 tackles. CB TORY JAMES has 4 INTs in past 4 games & leads NFL w/ 5…… K SHAYNE GRAHAM was 4-for-4 in FG tries last week & is tied for 2nd-most points (68) among AFC kickers……

REDSKINS: Head coach JOE GIBBS has 30-15 (.667) record vs. AFC opponents……QB MARK BRUNELL has 103.4 passer rating in past 8 games vs. Bengals (136 of 218, 1,500 yards), tossing 16 TD passes vs. 2 INTs & posting 7-1 record. Had career-best 4 TD passes vs. Cin on 11/29/98.……RB CLINTON PORTIS has rushed for 810 yards & is on pace for club-record 1,620 yards. Rushed for 120 yards (24 carries) including 2 TDs, in only career game vs. Bengals (9/7/03, w/Den). Ranks 3rd in NFC with 961 yards from scrimmage (810 rush, 151 rec)……WR LAVERANUES COLES has 5 catches of 20+ yards & 29 1st downs. WR ROD GARNDER leads team with 5 TDs & ranks 2nd on club with 26 catches for 383 yards……Rookie 3rd-round TE CHRIS COOLEY leads all rookie TEs with 2 TD catches……Defense ranks 1st overall (261.0), 3rd vs. run (84.0) & 5th vs. pass (177.0). Opponents converting 26.8 pct. on 3rd downs (30 of 112), lowest pct. in NFL……CB SHAWN SPRINGS has notched career-high 3.0 sacks & ties for NFL lead among DBs. CB WALT HARRIS scored on 13-yard blocked PR vs. Det.

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Sept, 02, 04 "Scott's Washington Redskins NFL 04 Preview! Special good luck to Big Mike Sellers the star CFLer and to Billy Clinton Portis and of course Cwoa Tina! Moose's NFL preview report below as well" Myk Aussie

Washington Redskins NFL Titles - 5 (1937, 1942, 1982, 1987, 1991)
Coach: Joe Gibbs (2nd stint as coach for the Skins) - 124-60, reg. season; 16-5 playoffs. Coached in 4 Super Bowls, won 3.

2003 Record: 5-11

2003 season: Last year under Steve Spurrier, the Redskins won the first 3 out of 4 games. However, due to a poor offensive line, abysmal running game, awful defensive line, and a total lack of discipline, the Skins finished the year losing 10 out of 12 games after starting 3-1. At the end of the season, the Skins appear listless, especially home games against division rivals Dallas and Philadelphia (lost by a combined 58-7). Spurrier resigned with 3 years left to go in his contract.

Patrick Ramsey started the year as the starting quarterback. Due to a combination of Spurrier's pass and blocking schemes, Ramsey holding the ball too long, and a porous offensive line, Ramsey was sacked 30 times and hit about 100 other times. It reached a climax in week 12 where Miami separated his shoulder in the 1st quarter. He was lost for the year due to that injury and his lingering foot ailment. Tim Hasselback filled in okay after being picked up as a street free agent. He had a rating as high 128 in one game, but posted a 0.0 rating against the Cowboys where he completed 6 of 26 for the Skins, and 4 for 26 for the Cowboys. He was a decent backup other than that game.

2004: In comes Joe Gibbs as the surprise pickup for the Redskins. The 3 time Super Bowl winning coach, and 2 time NASCAR champion as owner of Joe Gibbs Racing, Gibbs last coached during the 1992 season. He arrives at the most opportune time for the Skins have gone through constant change since owner Dan Snyder bought the Skins 5 years ago. Gibbs brings stability and respect for the organization, and he is perhaps the only person Dan Snyder would listen in terms of personnel decisions. Skins fans rejoiced in the fact that Gibbs made his return to coaching with the Skins. For the first time in years, the Skins and Skins' fans have a positive outlook towards the coming season.

Additions: Clinton Portis, Phillip Daniels, Cory Raymer, Michael Barrow, Sean Taylor (R), Cornellius Griffin, Tom Tupa, Marcus Washington, Shawn Springs, Mark Brunell

Subtractions: Bruce Smith (retired), Bryan Johnson (Bears), Jesse Armstead (Panthers), Jeremiah Trotter (Eagles), Champ Bailey (Broncos)

Strengths: Kicking game - This has been a black hole for the Skins since 1991. Over 10 kickers have come and gone since Chip Lohmiller's Pro Bowl season of 1991. In 2003, one of the few bright spots was John Hall, the free-agent signee from the New York Jets. He went 25-33 in FG's and 26/27 XP for 101 points. He kicked a number of clutch field goals during the season, and was solid in kickoffs.

Wide Receiver - Laveranues Coles - 82 catches for 1204 yards and 6 TDs. - After a torrid start, he cooled during the year due to a foot injury, but he established himself as one of the better receivers in the NFC. He and Rod Gardner, who was a disappointment in 2003, should form one of the better receiving tandems in the league.

Running Back - Redskins traded Champ Bailey and a 2nd round pick to Denver for Clinton Portis. It is a huge upgrade from Trung Candidate, who only gained 600 yards for the Skins in 2003, but good enough to lead the team in rushing. The Skins had only one rusher to gain 100 yards in one game (a game they lost). Portis should change that. Only Eric Dickerson and Earl Campbell have gained more yards in the 1st two seasons than Portis. His slashing style will fit the run blocking schemes for the Skins.

Coach - Joe Gibbs will bring stability, discipline, and life to a franchise that was becoming a laughingstock in the NFL along with the Cardinals and Chargers. He brings along an experienced coaching staff with Gregg Williams as defensive coordinator, and Joe Bugel as offensive line coach.

Weakness: Defense - Most notably the defensive line. D-coordinator Gregg Williams would like to be very aggressive, but will have to blitz more than he wanted to with a lack of a pass rush. Phillip Daniels was a bust for the Bears after he left the Seahawks, Griffin was considered a disappointment with the Giants, Shawn Springs has come off of 3 injury plagued seasons, and Brandon Noble is coming back from a knee injury suffered in preseason last year after he signed to the Skins from the Cowboys. They may be okay against the run, but the Skins will have trouble putting pressure on the qb.

Lavar Arrington is the heart of the defense. However, this will be his 6 different defensive coordinator in as many years as he has been in the NFL. Arrington has the passion and the fire, but rarely is disciplined, and finds himself overrunning the play or miss it by trying to do too much. He must play with a more controlled abandon than in the past.

Quarterback - The Skins sent a 3rd round pick to Jacksonville for Mark Brunell. Gibbs prefers veteran quarterbacks and was no different this year with Brunell starting. Ramsey only completed 53% of his passes, and was beaten senseless. Hasselback is a capable backup, but he is still rather green.

Offensive line - The line must improve from last year, where they allowed 43 sacks and numerous hits to Ramsey and Hasselback. A big hit came in the 1st preseason game where Jon Jansen, the Skins best o-lineman, blew out his Achillies Tendon and is out for the season. The only positive was that it happned early. This will be a more run oriented line with max protection, not the line that had a tight end blocking a Pro Bowl d-lineman some of the time due to poor coaching. Joe Bugel will change that with his enthusiasm.

2004 Outlook: The Skins will be better and more enthusiastic and disciplined than the previous 2 years with Steve Spurrier. They will have a tough time in a ultra-competitive division. They will contend for the wild card, but will come up short at 8-8." Scott

August 28, 04 "Moose's Washington Redskins NFL 04 Preview! Special good luck to Big Mike Sellers the star CFLer and to Billy Clinton Portis and of course Cwoa Tina!" Myk Aussie

"Washington Preview. There will be a much more detailed one coming here from Scott Baxter in the next two weeks. Gone is the (No)Fun and Gun(less) 'O' under Coach Steve "Ballgame" Spurrier. Mr. Banditball decided last Dec., the Tuesday after the season ended 6-10-0 in the Nation's Capital that Coaching 'coach' Danny Boy Snyder's version of Fantasy Football was really a drug and after 17 years since his last Pro gig, with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the USFL, Spurs would just sit around in the Florida sun and wait for the next NCAA gig that appealed to him, would come along.

So Danny Boy dug deep into his deep pockets and hired already (barely) in the Hall-of-Fame in Canton, Ohio, Mr NASCAR, Joe Gibbs. Gibbs won one real Super Bowl and two Strike shortened year Super Bowls and was blown out 38-9 in one more real Super Bowl, in '84 by the (then) Los Angeles Raiders, in his 12 years with Washington from 1980-92. Gibbs promptly sold his 2.5% ownership in the Atlanta Falcons and is letting his sons run his end of the NASCAR biz while he tries to get these bozos turned around again. Good luck Joe! So far in training camp, New pivot Mark Brunell has outplayed both disgruntled young former 'QB of the future' Pat Ramsey and promising Tim Hasselbeck who's brother is the starter of the Seahawks of the NFC West.

Gone are Danny Wuerffel (which means throw in german), Shane Matthews and most of the rest of the crew that stumbled around for three seasons for Spurrier. Gibbs got Mike Sellers back from his three-strikes your out suspension to the CFL (Winnipeg) and will try to make the good former CFL'r a TE. Once again, good luck Joe. Ultra-clean-cut Brunell will be an improvement over the three that took turns embarrassing themselves the last couple years, here. In from Denver to lend a hand are RB Clint Portis, who is no John Riggins in his prime and Centre Len Freidman, who is no Jeff Bostic in his prime. Portis has unlimited potential but Friedman is stopgap.

No real Hogs now with OT Jon Jansen out for the year with a knee injury. Most of Gibbs Super Bowl winning/ring wearing staff is back, a little grayer and longer in the tooth. But Gibbs has one thing on his side; he Coaches in the NFC Least. Prediction: 8-7-1 with Brunell at QB. 8-8-0 with either Hasselbeck or Ramsey behind Centre!" Moose

Dec 03' "A disappointing season is over for the Redskins!" Myk

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Mon, July 27, 03 "Scott's Washington Redskins preview" Myk Aussie

From Scott Mooses mate: Washington Redskins (7-9, 3rd in the NFC East in 2002)

For the Redskins under the first year coach Steve Spurrier it was this, when they ran the ball more than they passed, they won, when they passed more then they ran, they lost. They were 6-2 when they run more than pass, 1-7 when the opposite happens. This, however, does not sit well with "Ball Coach" for he believes that his pass happy "Fun and Gun" offense will work in the NFL.

The success for the Skins this year rides on the arm of 2nd year quarterback Patrick Ramsey. Ramsey threw 9 TD's and 8 INT's last year as he was one of three quarterbacks that Spurrier used during the year. While showing flashes of brilliance, especially against the Titans when filling in for Danny Wuerffel, most often he was overmatched, primarily against teams that game planned against him when was a starter. He must take care of the football more, as evidenced by his 10 fumbles last year, but he does have a cannon for an arm and has shown improvement at times throughout the year. If Spurrier will stick with him through the tough times (a trait that Spurrier never has), Ramsey could turn out to be a All-Pro quarterback in the near future.

In the off season the Skins were the most aggressive team in the free agent market. Most notably, they signed Randy Thomas (Jets) and Dave Fiore (49ers) to help their offensive line, veteran kicker John Hall, wide receiver Laveranues Coles, and kick returner Chad Morton, all three from the Jets. Unlike three years ago when the Skins overspent for older veterans and washed up players, these signings, for the most part were very smart. The Skins made a wise move and traded for Trung Candidate from the Rams for a 4th round draft choice. Candidate, who performed admirably when Marshall Faulk was injured in 2001, was in Mike Martz's doghouse this year. In
Candidate, Spurrier can definitely use him as a featured back, as well as a receiver from the backfield. It was something they could not do last year with now the since departed Stephen Davis.

Offense: The Skins could have a very good offense should Ramsey come through. The skins spent a 1st round pick on Coles, who had a breakout season with Jets last year. He caught over 80 passes last year for over 1300 yards, and was Chad Pennington's favorite target. Coles will be the primary receiver with Rod Gardner (71 rec., 1006 yds. 7 TDs) and 2nd round pick Taylor Jacobs from Florida as the other two receivers. Gardner improved on his "50-50" label as a rookie in 2001 (he catches the ball 50% of the time.) and had respectable numbers even with three quarterbacks. Candidate is a better fit with Spurrier's offense and the offensive line should be better with the additions of Fiore and Thomas. The offensive line was terrible last year, especially left tackle Chris Samuels who never recovered fully from a bad ankle sprain during last year's preseason game against the Carolina Panthers. He should be healthy and he and right tackle Jon Jansen are one of the best bookends in the league. If Spurrier keeps a balanced attack, this offense can be successful. However, Spurrier reverts to being pass happy if he does not get any production from his running game.

Defense: The defense suffered a huge blow when Daryl Gardener left to go the Broncos. He was the team's defensive MVP last year and presence in the locker room. Champ Bailey and Lavar Arrington made the Pro Bowl last year, but Gardener was the BEST player on the defensive side. To help aleviate his departure, the Skins signed run-stuffers Brandon Noble (Cowboys), Regan Upshaw (Raiders), plus Benard Holsey (Colts) was signed a few days ago because of the tenious contract situation with d-tackle Dan Wilkinson. The Skins want to restructure his contract, but Wilkinson has balked on the offer, and might be cut during training camp. The linebackers of Jeremiah Trotter, Jessie Armstead and Lavar Arrington were somewhat of a disappointment last year. Arrington had 11 sacks last year, but was uncomfortable under Marvin Lewis's defensive scheme. Lewis is now gone (much to players delight for they suspected of Lewis undermining Spurrier's authority), and Arrington will freelance more under the new defensive coordinator. Darrell Green is now retired, but Champ Bailey is one of the better (if not the best cover corner) in the league today. Fred Smoot, the other corner, must improve from a disappointing 2002 season. He was out of position many times, and will be picked on almost from week 1 on to the end of the season.

Special Teams was horrible last year. Kicking, punting, and coverage teams were overall probably the worst in the league last year. They signed kicker John Hall from the Jets in order to help with teams woeful kicking game. A good move considering they have not had a consistent kicker since Mark Moseley. The Skins overpaid for kick returner Chad Morton, but their return team needed improvement, so I can understand why. The Skins also need to improve on the giveaway/takeaway ratio, penalties and winning in their divison. They were a -14 in the giveaway/takeaway ratio last year, 4th worst in the league (only Cincinnati, Minnesota, and St. Louis were worse). 116 penalties the Skins committed was also one of the worst in the league. Plus they went 1-5 in the division, winning the last game of the season against Dallas (after not beating them since 1997, 10 in a row) in order to salvage that record.

Overall: The Skins have probably the toughest first six games in the league. 5 of the 6 were playoff teams, the other was previous champion New England Patriots. The combined record for those 6 teams is 61-34-1. (Jets, @Atlanta, Giants, New England, @Philly, Tampa Bay). It all depends on Spurrier and Ramsey. Ramsey must have a good start in order for Ball Coach to keep his confidence in him. If not, let the qb shuffling begin again. I believe this can be a good team, but with the rugged schedule, they will be a .500 squad.

8-8" Scott

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