Five Quick Thoughts About: Bucs

There were a lot of things to see and feel on a day that was a roller coaster for most of Redskins Nation. After a dominant first half, and then nearly throwing it away in the second half, a knight in shining armor swooped in and saved the day – only our knight had a sleeve on his left arm.

RGIII – why not start where everyone will? The guy is just phenomenal. Every week, he reveals a new wrinkle to his game and or character, and he just keeps impressing everyone that knows anything about football. When Griffin took to the field with less than 2 minutes to go, with 1 timeout, and EVERY drop of momentum going Tampa’s way – I still believed that he would do it. I tweeted:  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alfred Morris, Billy Cundiff, Robert Griffin III, Trent Williams

RGIII on SI Cover Again… Sort Of

Catch the latest cover of Sports Illustrated yet?

SI is doing a series of stories about the resurgence of sports in Washington, and this marks the second time in two weeks that the Redskins have been featured on the cover.

Here’s what it looks like via Sports Illustrated’s Twitter account:

Your SI cover this week features the @orioles and an inside look at the most unlikely sports capital twitter.com/SInow/status/2…

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) September 26, 2012

Once again, RGIII is the subject, as was the case in the September 12th issue.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Roger… Stop The Insanity

By now you have surely seen, or heard about the Monday Night Football gaffe that cost the Green Bay Packers the game against the Seattle Seahawks, If you haven’t, you really need to, so here is a link.

The NFL just announced that they supported the decision last night, that the Seattle Seahawk receiver actually caught a touchdown pass, and that the Seahawks deserved to win the game. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Roger Goodell

Redskins Inactives: Bengals

Here are the Redskins inactives for today’s home opener at Fed Ex Field against the Bengals. No real surprises.

WR Pierre Garcon
SS Brandon Meriweather
QB Rex Grossman
S Jordan Pugh
OL Josh LeRibeus
OL Adam Gettis
DE Doug Worthington

Obviously the first two hurt the most, but the Redskins knew well in advance that they wouldn’t likely have the services of either.

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Tags: Inactives

NFL Picks: Week 2

I was asked by Pick Factor to be one of the countless other bloggers, writers, and/or former players making weekly picks both  straight up and against the spread.

If you haven’t seen their site already, please check it out at pickfactor.com.

Here are my picks this week, though I will likely change some of them tomorrow when I see final injury reports. Enjoy!

I wasn’t asked to participate until this week, so I have no week 1 picks – but I’m one-for-one both ATS and straight up after last night’s Packers / Bears game! Whoo!

Thanks to @DarwinSports for including me in the project. Hit him up on Twitter for more information about the site or project, or hit me up @TheHogsdotNet.

Happy Hognosticating!

Tags: nfl picks, odds, picksheet, spreads

RGIII Love Fest

It isn’t just the fans in #RedskinsNation that are pawing over their new quarterback, and gushing about his every move, even the ‘experts’ can’t keep their hands to themselves.

John Madden decided to wax poetic to Sirius XM NFL radio yesterday about how Griffin was, “… the best player in the NFL today.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: john madden, RGIII, Robert Griffin III

RGIII On Cover of SI

Seen the new Sports Illustrated yet? I know this might be hard to believe, but it has RGIII on it!!

This is the cover of the East Coast Edition.

Jason Campbell was the last Redskins player to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated – in August of 2009.

HTTR

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Tags: RGIII, Robert Griffin III, sports illustrated

If Burgundy you Bleed, Then Vote For RGIII!

Not surprisingly, Robert Griffin III has been nominated for both player of the week and rookie of the week honors, after his impressive debut on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.

If you haven’t already, you can choose RGIII as the NFL’s FedEx Air Player of the Week, and/or Pepsi Max Rookie of the Week at NFL.com. Don’t just stare at those links that I provided for you, click on them and vote for your new stud quarterback because your votes decide who wins. Winners will be announced Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: RGIII, Robert Griffin III

All Green And Wrinkly

Remember when you were a wee lad and your running joke when somebody would say, “I feel like a million bucks,” was to quickly quip, “Yeah! All green and wrinkly! Nanny nanny poo poo.”

Well I’m all green and wrinkly this week, because I feel like a million bucks. Less than 48 hours removed from the 2012 Washington Redskins opener, and the debut of one Robert Griffin III, I STILL can’t get the smile off of my face.

Let me first clarify something, I am not an optimist – at least not by nature. I’m much more of a pragmatist with a hint of realism for the most part. I take my sports seriously – I take my Redskins even more seriously than that. I believe in supporting your team no matter what, but not necessarily blindly either. I am used to tempering both enthusiasm and malaise as a fan, but alas this week, I cannot temper my enthusiasm. We finally got ourselves an all-world player. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: RGIII, Robert Griffin III

Redskins Inactives: Saints

Washington Redskins inactives for today’s game against the Saints:

QB Grossman
WR Briscoe
CB Butler
S Meriweather
G Gettis
G LeRibues
NT Baker

Hail to the Redskins!!

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