Fanspeak: Washington Commanders

By Guest Writer Mark Bullock The Redskins made a big effort to boost their defense in the offseason, drafting David Amerson, Phillip Thomas and Bacarri Rambo back in April to bolster a poor secondary unit. Thomas saw an unfortunate injury in preseason cut his rookie season short, but Amerson and Rambo look set to play … More »

By Guest Writer HTTR4Life:   The Washington Redskins had a bad case of the injury bug a season ago losing several key players on both sides of the ball. Perhaps the biggest injury of all was to outside linebacker Brian Orakpo. Losing Orakpo crippled the Redskins ability to put pressure on opposing offenses, thus weakening … More »

Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan is known for his use of the zone blocking scheme. In an NFL all about power and big mauling offensive lineman, Shanahan preferred the more finesse zone blocking involving smaller and more agile linemen. Power run schemes are all about dominating the line of scrimmage and running behind a lead … More »

Register to Play Fanspeak’s NFL Pick’ems for FREE!   Redskins defensive coordinator has an aggressive approach to playing defense; blitz heavy and blitz often. Last year he was restricted somewhat after losing star pass rusher Brian Orakpo for the majority of the season, but with Orakpo back, look for Haslett to get back to what … More »

By Guest Writer HTTR4Life:   Register to Play Fanspeak’s NFL Pick’ems for FREE!   The Redskins are coming off a year in which they broke countless team records in route to winning the NFC East and making the playoffs. While their offense was near the top of the league in 2012, their defense had issues … More »

How Redskins Like To “Window Dress” Same Concept   Washington Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan and Offensive Coordinator, son Kyle Shanahan are masters of what the NFL calls “window dressing”. This is where a team will run the same concept, but will tinker with it just enough to stop the defense recognizing it. Both Shanahan’s … More »

Now that the Redskins roster has been set we can begin to look ahead to see the strengths and weaknesses of this roster as we head into the season. Strengths: Quarterbacks: Robert Griffin III took the league by storm last year and led the league in both passing yards and rushing yards per attempt. He … More »

Now obviously most if not all of the Redskins practice squad will be made up of players that were on the Redskins 90 man roster, but there were some interesting cuts these past few days. Here is a list of guys that the Redskins should consider kicking the tires on and offering a practice squad … More »

The Redskins finalized their final 53 man roster yesterday and there were more than a couple surprises. Here are my thoughts on some of the key decisions that were made yesterday. Keeping Four Quarterbacks: -This just frankly doesn’t make sense unless the concerns about RGIII and Kirk Cousins injuries are more serious than they are … More »

RB Jawan Jamison: -Jamison projects to be the only drafted  rookie to not make the team, but he had little chance with Thompson staying healthy enough to showcase his big play ability and Evan Royster and Keiland Williams both having strong camps/preseasons. Jamison did look good in the 4th preseason game for the Redskins, and … More »