Fanspeak: Washington Commanders

The Redskins secret weapon against the Dallas Cowboys isn’t who you think it might be, as it isn’t anyone who will be playing on Sunday Night. Instead of it being one of the 46 active players, the Redskins secret weapon is defensive backs coach Raheem Morris. What’s even more curious is his contribution to the … More »

Last year the Redskins were carried on their postseason run due to the play. Now obviously everyone expected 1st rounder Robert Griffin III to play and have a significant role. The play of Kirk Cousins in relief of Griffin and the rushing ability of Alfred Morris also had a significant impact on the Redskins. Morris … More »

Here is a look at some key positions on defense and the playing time battles going on with them: Defensive End: Jarvis Jenkins is back after his suspension, but all is not rosy among Redskins defensive linemen as Stephen Bowen has struggled to start this season. Kedric Golston hasn’t been great, and Chris Baker hasn’t … More »

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 »