Fanspeak: Redskins Personnel

So far in my early look at the Washington Redskins 2014 Salary Cap I have looked at the following: 2014 Salary Cap Impact of Voided Contracts Impact of Potential Cuts Today I will put them together and look at what the combined impact of the voided contracts and potential cuts mean for the Redskins 2014 … More »

I’ve already looked at where the Redskins stand in relation to the 2014 salary cap also I looked at how voided contracts can be handled for 2014, and the money that saves. Today I will look at some players who could be on the chopping block next season. Their contract isn’t voided, but they still … More »

The Redskins have one week to figure out what players they should let go to make room for OLB Rob Jackson and DE Jarvis Jenkins, but they could look to make the decisions sooner. Here are the guys on the chopping block so to speak with my predictions and some alternative options thrown out there: … More »

The Redskins sit at 1-3, but in the NFC East this year, they are well in the hunt with the weakness of the division. To do so though the Redskins are going to have to get some things fixed as they are going to have a tough road to make the playoffs otherwise. Here are … More »

1. Special Teams is Still an Issue: The hope was this year that Special teams would finally be a positive for this team. Through the first three games that definitely wasn’t the case, and today it almost cost the Redskins what should have been an easy win. An early blocked punt, put the Redskins in … More »

The Redskins defense was much maligned during the first 3 weeks of the season, but they came up with their best game of the year (maybe best game in years) as the Redskins beat the Raiders 24-14 to improve to 1-3 on the season. While the offense will get credited with two TD drives to … More »

Here is a break down of the Redskins vs Raiders to see what team has an advantage at each position group: Quarterback: Moderate to Extreme Advantage Redskins -There are two things that will determine how big of an advantage this is for the Redskins. The first thing is; what Raiders quarterback will actually be taking … More »

Now I’m a firm believer that Jim Haslett has gotten a raw deal in Washington as he’s apparently had little say on his coaching staff and the Redskins haven’t been able to use a lot of resources on defensive player acquisition. That being said, I think it is time this offseason for the Redskins to … More »

Here are 4 areas where the Redskins have the advantage this week:   1. Rush the Quarterback: It looks like the Raiders will be going with back-up Matt Flynn this week (not fully confirmed yet), which should have the Redskins pass rush salivating. The Raiders offensive line is soft, and they made up for it … More »

When I looked at the Redskins projected 2014 Salary Cap situation last week I noted that three key players were under contract, but the Redskins were able to void their deals. Those players are WR Josh Morgan, ILB London Fletcher and S Brandon Meriweather. The good news is that by voiding these contracts the Redskins … More »