In news sure to cause knee-jerk reactions from many, Jason Reid of the Washington Post has confirmed that Clinton Portis and Mike Sellers got into a "heated verbal exchange" Monday at Redskins Park. Apparently, Sellers heard Portis requested Sellers be removed from Sunday's game due to his missing a few blocks on Portis runs. The two got into an argument and had to be restrained by other players and coaches. It has been emphasized there were no punches thrown.
Yawn. There is absolutely nothing wrong with two football teammates getting into a disagreement on a Monday -- especially considering how poorly the Redskins have fared offensively thus far. They play a testosterone-packed powder keg of a sport, and sometimes things don't go their way. Thus, they blow off steam. In fact, this could be construed as a good thing for the Redskins.
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When I anointed Brian Orakpo as the ideal pick for the Washington Redskins in the first round of the draft, I sort of assumed they'd do something about the offensive line later in the draft. You see, heading into the offseason, the Redskins really had one glaring issue: The sack ratio. They allowed 38 -- in a division full of pass-rushing fiends -- and only accrued 24 themselves. I'm aware that Greg Blache's defensive scheme doesn't chase the passer, but pressuring him with a front four means that's less time the coverage has to do their job. Orakpo helps take care of that with his outside push.
The AFC and NFC Pro Bowlers were announced a short while ago, and why make some pointless comment you are sure not to laugh at when we can just give you the rosters instead? Here goes.
Whomever the Republicans want to run against Barack Obama in 2012 needs to call the Redskins' marketing department for some help. They can really get the voters to the polls.
If only we all could vote for out presidents online.
Because of an aggressive campaign, the Redskins have managed to get 21 of their players as the top positional vote-getters in Pro Bowl voting. The Redskins have leaders in 16 of the 19 positions.
Right now, eight of the 11 starters on offense and nine of the 11 starters on defense would be Redskins. All four special teams positions are led by Redskins -- including punter Ryan Plackemeier, who joined the team midseason. Shawn Springs is the leading vote-getter at cornerback even though he hasn't played but half the season.
Fullback Mike Sellers has nearly 33% of the total votes for his position and could be a shoo-in to win. Rookie safety Chris Horton has a 206% lead over second place. The fan voting accounts for one-third of the overall tally and it isn't known if the coaches vote or players vote would be enough to knock all of them out.
Clinton Portis trails only Drew Brees in overall voting and should be in the Pro Bowl. You can argue that Sellers, Chris Cooley and Santana Moss should also be there. Guys like Andre Carter (who is second to Justin Tuck in voting for defensive ends) don't.
The Redskins physically manhandled the Lions today, and this play more than any other shows that the Redskins were playing Joe Gibbs football while the Lions were playing Matt Millen football:
That was the Redskins' 284-pound fullback, Mike Sellers, destroying Lions safety Kenoy Kennedy. The final score was 34-3.
The preseason is finally over! Without even playing one game that counts and already it's hard work being a Redskins fans. No matter how you explain it, defend it, view it, ignore it -- how do you explain what happened to our offense and defense and special teams and high-priced newcomers and expensive coaching staff and, well, the Redskins aren't looking so championship-like right now.
Fear none! So far we've only seen a preview of the preview. Kind of like a 30 second clip of a two minute movie trailer. Just enough to say it looks interesting, but not enough to give anything away. Ok, maybe so far there's nothing interesting about what the Redskins have been doing so far, this year is going to be blockbuster.
Next weekend Gibbs & Company begin their journey to Miami, begin playing with their new toys for real and begin silencing all the critics who have given the Redskins a thumbs down so far. The team that got outscored a whole bunch to very little this preseason will finish the season atop the NFC East and go deeper in the playoffs than last year's surprise team.
The Washington Redskins just completed a three-team trade sending a 3rd round pick to the Denver Broncos, who then sent WR Ashlie Lelie to the Atlanta Falcons, who then sent RB T.J. Duckett to the Redskins!
With Clinton Portis' shoulder injury (which we're still wondering just how serious it is) and Ladell Betts constantly fighting off a nagging injury and Rock Cartwright being the same size as Gary Coleman and Mike Sellers having three other jobs on the team (if not four or even five) and Jesse Lumsden also recovery from an injury (if he even makes the team) – well, I guess how could we resist?
Duckett was being used less and less in Atlanta with Warrick Dunn proving he's more than just a scatback. And when the quarterback outruns you in yardage, just how good could you be? I know, unfair question since that QB is Mike Vick. But Atlanta was desperate for a WR, especially after the failed experiment called Peerless Price a while back and the current injury to Brian Finneran. And Ashley Lelie has been pouting ever since the Broncos acquired Javon Walker from the Green Bay Packers. Everything just all fell in place. Right?
Then again, maybe it's a sign that Portis' injury is worse than we thought.
The Washington Redskins last year should have had at least one playoff game at FedEx Field. They got the wild card slot behind the New York Giants, but a handful of events led to that. First was the fact that the Giants had nine home games last year. Well, technically the Monday Night game against the New Orleans Saints was an away game in the New York market, but I don't see anyone else's away games being played in their backyard.
Then of course there were the key plays the Redskins could control, such as LaDanian Tomlinson's Rigginesque overtime run over safety Ryan Clark en route the winning score. And the second half meltdown against the Kerry Collins led Oakland Raiders. And then there's the games agains the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs that went down to the last play.
But one key moment was the false two point conversion by Mike Alstott against the Tamp Bay Buccaneers. Yeah, the Redskins did have consecutive penalities on a PAT attempt that put the ball virtually in the endzone, but Alstott did not cross the goal line. But it is what it is. You can't deny that Alstott is a beast when it comes to those type of short yardage plays.
The Redskins, though, just may have the same type of bully in their backfields this year as well.
Former Washington Redskins coach George Allen had a saying: "The Future is Now." Current coach Joe Gibbs, on the other hand, has the future competing to get off the third team. The future in Washington? Current backup to the backup Jason Campbell. So far, though, QB Jason Campbell looks like he might be moving up a spot on the depth chart.
With most of the roster set in stone (that is, prior to the injuries), one of the main focuses this preseason was who was going to be the backup quarterback. The favorite going into the preseason was former Kansas City Chief Todd Collins, considering he's played under offensive guru Al Saunder and knows the 700-page playbook.
After two games, though, his QB rating is only 58.8. He has thrown two picks, given up a safety because of an intentional grounding penalty and looked like a deer in headlights at times.
So how is Campbell doing? Well, he has the same QB rating as starting QB Mark Brunell. Unfortunately, it's only a rating of 44.0. Campbell also has thrown two picks, been sacked twice and hasn't thrown a TD like Collins has.
So why are some saying he may still move up to the second team? Campbell's poise in the pocket, confidence in his arm and decision-making has been noteworthy for a second year player who is learning his sixth playbook in six years.
Everyone knows that to compete for an NFL playoff spot, you have to be able to run the ball on offense and stop the run on defense. Well, the Washington Redskins have suffered injuries in both preseason games that greatly affects this formula. In the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals, RB Clinton Portis went down with a shoulder injury. In the first quarter against the New York Jets, DT Cornelius Griffin went down with a knee injury.
With Clinton Portis uncertain for the season opener, the Redskins could begin the year aiming to at least do enough. And that's in addition to losing RB Kerry Carter for the season, RB Ladell Betts recuperating from nagging injuries and RB Jesse Lumsden nursing a groin injury. RB Rock Cartwright is the size of a smurf and isn't built to handle a full load, and FB Mike Sellers, well, he's a FB (though he looked good carrying the load for three carries against the Jets).
Stopping the run will already be harder without Griffin, but then you have to consider DE Phillip Daniels' back injury, CB Shawn Springs' abdomen injury, the loss of LB Chris Clemons for the season, CB Ade Jimoh's chest injury and CB Kenny Wright playing like CB Walt Harris did last year.
With a couple of weeks to go before the season's first Monday Night game between the Redskins and the Minnesota Vikings, perhaps some of the wounded warriors will be ready to go. The injuries for the most part are minor, but none of the injured have played a full 60-minute head-knocking game in months. If we're going to make a run for the Vince Lombardi Trophy, either trainer Bubba Tyer is going to have to find a miracle cure or someone is going to have to step up and offensively make sure we're still churning yards out on the ground game and defensively making sure no runningback carries the rock past the line of hemorrhage without getting their heads busted.
In news sure to cause knee-jerk reactions from many, Jason Reid of the Washington Post has confirmed that Clinton Portis and Mike Sellers got into a "heated verbal exchange" Monday at Redskins Park. Apparently, Sellers heard Portis requested Sellers be removed from Sunday's game due to his missing a few blocks on Portis runs. The two got into an argument and had to be restrained by other players and coaches. It has been emphasized there were no punches thrown. 
Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 
Whomever the Republicans want to run against 
The preseason is finally over! Without even playing one game that counts and already it's hard work being a Redskins fans. No matter how you explain it, defend it, view it, ignore it -- how do you explain what happened to our offense and defense and special teams and high-priced newcomers and expensive coaching staff and, well, the Redskins aren't looking so championship-like right now.
The Washington Redskins just completed a three-team trade sending a 3rd round pick to the Denver Broncos, who then sent WR Ashlie Lelie to the Atlanta Falcons, 
The Washington Redskins last year should have had at least one playoff game at FedEx Field. They got the wild card slot behind the New York Giants, but a handful of events led to that. First was the fact that the Giants had nine home games last year. Well, technically the Monday Night game against the New Orleans Saints was an away game in the New York market, but I don't see anyone else's away games being played in their backyard.
Former Washington Redskins coach George Allen had a saying: "The Future is Now." Current coach Joe Gibbs, on the other hand, has the future competing to get off the third team. The future in Washington? Current backup to the backup Jason Campbell. So far, though, QB Jason Campbell looks like he might be moving up a spot on the depth chart.
Everyone knows that to compete for an NFL playoff spot, you have to be able to run the ball on offense and stop the run on defense. Well, the Washington Redskins have suffered injuries in both preseason games that greatly affects this formula. In the first quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals, RB Clinton Portis went down with a shoulder injury. In the first quarter against the New York Jets, DT Cornelius Griffin went down with a knee injury.
