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Can't fight destiny, Washington.
can't.....watch...the...cowboy...game, this game is still on and the local station will switch over after this game.
Can't fight destiny, Washington.
lol Cowboys!!..December time let the swoon begin....lol.lol.lol.lol....
So sad...3-9...I almost feel sorry for your Chokeskins.
8-4 is still better than 3-9
Lance Zierlein of KGOW in Houston reports that the Redskins are "charging hard" after free agent Julius Peppers and that a deal is close.
Zierlein "expects a deal to be done" by Friday. It's worth noting that Zierlein, the son of a former assistant offensive line coach, reported days before it happened that Albert Haynesworth would end up in Washington. So it appears he's got some legit sources inside the organization. We still wouldn't rule out the Bears or Eagles swooping in at the last minute
The Redskins will turn it around.
RB Larry Johnson signs 3-yr deal with Redskins
ASHBURN, Va. (AP)—Running back Larry Johnson has signed a three-year deal with the Washington Redskins.
The contract’s base value is $3.5 million, but Johnson could make as much as $12 million if he meets certain incentives.
Johnson is a two-time Pro Bowl pick who has run for 6,219 yards and 55 touchdowns in eight NFL seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals.
Redskins coach Mike Shanahan calls Johnson a “great addition” to a backfield that also includes Clinton Portis.
Johnson signed with the Bengals after being released by the Chiefs in November, when he was due to return from his second suspension in a year. He had posted on his Twitter account a gay slur and comments questioning the competence of Kansas City head coach Todd Haley
Redskins again trying to be the Failing Yankees...sign big names without realizing that cohesiveness is just as important as talent.
washington...where players and politicians go to die
agree with your assessement of how it was.
but the assessment of how it is now is way off.
the first name you recognize them signing does not mean the skins are back to their old top dollar for a big name "business as usual" ways.
they could have been the Yankees and signed any combination of peppers, dansby, or rolle by throwing max cash. but snyderatto is not in charge anymore.
the skins got value. 3.5 base over 3 years.
they didn't overpay, contract has incentives, and if he acts up, you cut him with minimal loss. hopefully, he gives portis a push and gets a few backup carries. or if he stays in line and can recapture his form, he'll hit his incentives and it's a steal.
the days of top dollar for the biggest fish are hopefully gone with Shanihan and Allen calling the shots.
they signed artis hicks at G, and maake kemoeatu at DT.
both good value, high reward, low risk.
they resigned a few in house players.
cut a bunch of in house players to help clear up the books. some would call it cutting dead weight, others would call it letting veterans that are not part of the long term solution find jobs as soon as possible.
free agents have come to redskins park, and actually left without a contract.
the front office is now being discerning in who they actually sign.
you don't build a superbowl contender overnight but they are at least starting a process that could lead to that.
Forget Peppers, the skins just signed REX GROSSMAN
Although many expected the Redskins to sign former Broncos quarterback Chris Simms, Washington made a different move at the position.
The Redskins reached agreement Wednesday with former Bears and Texans quarterback Rex Grossman on a one-year deal, the team announced.
The deal reunites Grossman, 29, with Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, who also spent last season in Houston.
Grossman, whose career stats include 33 touchdowns, 36 interceptions and 6,197 throwing yards, led the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl after the 2006 season.
But he played in only 12 games the next two seasons, and left the Bears as a free agent in 2009.
Grossman has played in 37 NFL games, including 31 starts. He has completed 524 of 971 passes (54 percent).
The Redskins released veteran backup quarterback Todd Collins on March 4.
I actually agree with you on this. I do think the Redskins are trying...I just don't think they're going about it the right way. I dislike the Skins because of my team, but I do respect them.
Hmm Grossman might actually be better than Campbell. . .
I wonder if they are going to draft a QB ?
http://insidethecap.blogspot.com/201...pped-year.html
Under the Cap: The Redskins Finally Leverage the Uncapped Year
It took nearly three weeks into the uncapped year, but the team a lot of people suspected to be most likely to leverage the uncapped year has finally done so. However, contrary to popular thought, the Redskins haven’t leveraged the uncapped year by signing Julius Peppers and Karlos Dansby all on the same day; instead, the Redskins have renegotiated the contracts of defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and cornerback DeAngelo Hall.
As of March 11th, the Redskins had a total team salary amount of $141.6 million, by virtue of the Haynesworth and Hall renegotiations of March 12th, this number is now roughly $170 million. To put this in perspective, the baseline salary cap in 2009 was $128 million. So what did the Redskins do?
In his infamous $100 million contract of 2009, Haynesworth had a $21 million option bonus. As part of the deal, the Redskins reserved the right to convert that option bonus to signing bonus, and that’s exactly what they did according to league sources. However, they did this conversion with a slight twist. Not only did they convert the option bonus to a $21 million signing bonus, but they also added a voidable provision by which if Haynesworth pays back $16.8 million of the signing bonus, then the 2011 – 2014 contract years void away. From a team salary accounting standpoint, because the voidable is solely in the player’s control, the proration of the signing bonus does not go into 2011 – 2014, meaning all of the $21 million signing bonus counts in the uncapped year of 2010. As a result, Haynesworth’s team salary number in 2010 went from $8.8 million to a whopping $25.6 million. His subsequent team salary numbers are $6.4 million, $8.2 million, $10 million, $10.8 million, and $12.8 million respectively. With this new voidable provision, if Haynesworth decides he's unhappy with his role in the Redskins' new 3-4 defense and he can come to an agreement in principle with a new team that would guarantee him the $16.8 million he'd have to pay back to the Redskins, then in theory 2010 could Haynesworth's last year in Washington.
Similarly, Hall had a $15 million option bonus in his contract signed in the 2009 offseason. The Redskins converted this $15 million to signing bonus and also provided Hall with the voidable clause, whereby the entire $15 million, from a team salary accounting standpoint, stays in 2010. As a result of this maneuver, Hall’s team salary number went from $6.8 million to $18.3 million in 2010. His subsequent manageable team salary numbers are $5.3 million, $6.8 million, $8.3 million, and $9.5 million respectively.
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