Fanspeak: Washington Commanders

The Redskins are off to a disappointing 2-5 start to the season, and it is clear that Robert Griffin III isn’t 100% and able to carry the team like he did a year ago. With Griffin under-performing the Redskins need some other players to step up and fill that void. While obviously the Redskins want … More »

For all the Redskins problems this season, one area where they’ve been pretty lucky is the injury department (knock on wood). After a season last year that saw multiple starters on both sides of the ball go down with significant injuries the Redskins have been pretty injury free, especially among starters and top players. Last … More »

1. Use the screen game more: Last year the screen game was a staple of his offense and utilized multiple times each game. This season the screen game has been somewhat of an afterthought. Here are the percentages of passes thrown behind the line of scrimmage over the last two seasons by Robert Griffin III: … More »

Last season the Redskins offense carried them to their first division title since 1999, and a home playoff berth. This season the offense has been a major liability and a big part of the reason why the Redskins sit at 2-5. Last year the offense was 4th in the league in points and 5th in … More »

The Broncos came into yesterday’s game with one of the worst passing defenses in the league, and with their top corner out for the game injured. If you watched the game that would have been a surprise as the Redskins were just 20-39 for 180 yards 1 TD and 4 interceptions. It was an embarrassment … More »

QB Rex Grossman: -Another day of Grossman being inactive. Grossman has gotten a lot of flak for being on the roster, but when you look around the league and see all the back-up and 3rd string QB’s who have been forced into action this year the Redskins are looking quite smart for keeping him around. … More »

The Redskins have a couple of guys on their injury report this week that could impact their decisions and game plan for the Broncos: Questionable: DE Stephen Bowen: -Bowen has a torn PCL muscle in his right knee and is going to try to play through the injury. Even if he is able to still … More »

Earlier I previewed Todd Grantham as a possible replacement for defensive coordinator, next on the list is another SEC defensive coordinator Kirby Smart. Why Kirby Smart could consider it: -Similar to Todd Grantham I automatically dismissed Kirby Smart as an option given that he was too high profile. The more I thought about it though … More »

1. Pressure Peyton Manning: -The idea of “stopping” Peyton Manning is a fools errand, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do some things to limit him and make him have just a good game over a great one. The Colts did that this past week, and they did it with pressure. While Manning did throw … More »

Weekly thoughts on Redskins news & updates:   1.  Always the discussion starts with Robert Griffin and his progress from the first month. We have to be encouraged by the way Griffin is playing and how the offense looks much more in tune especially in the run game.  Griffin struggled with accuracy in Dallas but … More »