Fanspeak: Washington Commanders

Here are my quick reactions to the Redskins first day of picks. More indepth analysis will follow later this week: 2nd Round: DE/OLB Trent Murphy- The Good: Highly productive college pass rusher. Comes from a 3-4 college defense that was one of the best in the country. Smart player, who makes the most out of … More »

The 1st round of the draft went pretty well for the Redskins as they prepare to make their selection at the 2nd pick in the 2nd round tonight. Though safety got picked over and the top two ILB’s (Ryan Shazier and C.J. Mosley) didn’t fall, the Redskins are still left with a number of intriguing … More »

Here we go again with the way too early Redskins game by game predictions… Week One At Houston Texans – Loss     They are fortunate they are going to get a team with a new coach and most likely a new quarterback starting his first game but I still don’t like this matchup.  Both teams … More »

The Washington Redskins picked up Ryan Kerrigan’s 5th year option this past week, ensuring that their 2011 first round pick will be under team control through at least 2015. Now this was a no brainer decision for the Redskins, as Kerrigan has been pretty productive in his three seasons in DC, and the 5th year … More »

With an active free agency period where the Redskins brought in 12 free agents with NFL experience and re-signed 7 of their own free agents, Washington has a much deeper roster than what took the field a year ago. While the majority of the signings and re-signings were for short 1 or 2 year contracts, … More »

See Also: Ranking the Redskins Defensive Needs Center: Need Level: Very High -The Redskins moved guard Kory Lichtensteiger over to the center position this offseason, but that looks like more of a stopgap option than anything else. Lichtensteiger was the most undersized guy on the Redskins offensive line last year and he struggled to win … More »

The Redskins retained four defensive starters and one key contributor (Chris Baker) in free agency and also signed numerous starters and contributors from other teams, but that doesn’t mean their defense is set for 2014. Many of the Redskins moves were stopgap type of options, meaning they could be passable starters or contributors if needed, … More »

We’ve known the who and the where of the Redskins schedule for quite some time, but now we finally know the when. Below I will break down the positives and negatives of the Redskins schedule with a focus on when exactly their key games are and if that is favorable or negative for the Redskins. … More »

Earlier this week I wrote an article why I liked the Redskins better than the other NFC East opponents. Now let’s take a look at the other side of it…   1. Philadelphia Eagles The Eagles could sign Randall Cunningham today to come back and play quarterback and it still wouldn’t be a bigger story … More »

By: Justin Partlow   Now that free agency has started to wind down, the draft boards will start to become clearer at the park. After a free agency period that started out pretty quiet, the Redskins became players and added divisional players such as Jason Hatcher, and Desean Jackson. Ever since adding those players, the … More »