Fanspeak: Washington Redskins

By: Justin Partlow   Heading into day three, the common thought among beat writers and fans was that the Redskins were going to target help in the secondary for the future. This move wasn’t going to be one that was essential to the upcoming year, but one who had the ability to grow and become … More »

It’s been a couple weeks since I originally posted the Fanspeak Redskins draft board. If this is completely new to you, here is a link to the original post explaining how it works. Over the past few weeks, the guys have been adding names here and there, with the board starting to take some shape.Some … More »

This Redskins draft board is a project I’ve been running over on Hogs Haven the past few years. I try to get together a group of guys that follow the draft and, of course, are Redskins fans, to  evaluate draft prospects based on their fit with the Redskins. This year we have the HTTR 24-7 … More »

One of the prevailing themes of the Redskins struggles this past year was to blame it on the Cap Penalty. This was often repeated by Mike Shanahan, the assistant coaches and others associated with the team. It quickly became the go to excuse for the fans and even members of the media. While losing the … More »

Every team is going to try to look at the Seahawks and use them as the model franchise to emulate. Now some teams will try to focus on one aspect (i.e. bigger corners) and miss the big picture of how the Seahawks were built. That’s fine as those teams won’t be much of a threat. … More »

With the Bengals and Packers losses on Sunday in the Wild Card Round, their assistants are now free to both interview and be hired by perspective teams. Other coaches from teams moving on can interview in their home city at the playoff team’s convenience, but any follow up interview and hiring can’t take place until … More »

I am a big fan of Bruce Allen and believe he should stay in this organization, and take on the role of team president. This would open up the G.M. job to a guy with a background in scouting, which is an area this team is lacking. Tom Gamble is one of the hottest front … More »

Why the Redskins want him:     Ray Horton was passed over for the Arizona Cardinals job this past season after he had been their defensive coordinator for the past two seasons. Horton moved on to the Cleveland Browns this past season and took over their defensive coordinator job. Horton has earned the rep as … More »

While much will be made how the loss to the Giants Sunday night ended the Redskins playoff hopes, that loss has plenty of additional meanings for both this season and the future of the Redskins. The Redskins are now assured of their 3rd losing season during the Mike Shanahan Era: -Last year’s playoff run looks … More »

1. The Redskins Special Teams is a comedy of errors: -Another week another series of special teams mistakes. The botched snap, 18 yard punt, holding scenario is nearly unbelievable. Now that is one 18 yard punt that isn’t on Rocca, as he did a nice job to get the ball away. Rocca probably had one … More »