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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Usually, when people talk about cleaning out the House in Washington, there is some kind of movement to vote out many of the elected representatives from around the country. The &lt;a href="http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/Redskins_Start_Overhaul_of_Roster_By_Releasing_Players_107413.jsp"&gt;Redskins did their own version of cleaning house by releasing 10 players&lt;/a&gt;, including receiver Antwaan Randle El. The team finished the season 4-12, so it is not surprising that changes would be made. There is a new general manager in Bruce Allen, whose father was well known for the phrase &amp;quot;the future is now&amp;quot;. Mike Shanahan is the new coach, and it is clear that change is in the air in Washington.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One surprise from the cuts might be guard Randy Thomas, because it means another position available on the offensive line that lost Chris Samuels. &amp;nbsp;Samuels made the Pro Bowl six times and never missed a start until he was injured this past season. He had to retire for health reasons, but plans to stay with the organization as a coaching intern.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <pick-editor>No</pick-editor>
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    <seo-title>Redskins Clean House In Washington</seo-title>
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    <spotlight>No</spotlight>
    <tags>Redskins, Mike Shanahan, Bruce Allen, Chris Samuels</tags>
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    <intro>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;I am excited about having Coach Shanahan take over the team. The way I look at it, it&amp;rsquo;s like Phil Jackson taking over the Lakers. We have so much talent, now we have a leader who will make sure that talent produces on the field. You couldn&amp;rsquo;t ask for a better coach to represent our team.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;Everyone knows about Coach Shanahan&amp;rsquo;s success and his ability to build a team and put a plan into action. When you have a great leader, his attitude trickles down through the players. It starts at the top and works its way to the bottom. The coach reflects the team. Look at the Steelers, they have a tough, defensive minded coach and they&amp;rsquo;re a tough, defensive minded team.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;Coach Shanahan is a disciplined, well respected coach, he will make sure we don&amp;rsquo;t keep having problems with penalties and that everyone is in the right places at the right time. With him on the field and Bruce Allen in the front office I think we&amp;rsquo;re going to surprise some people next season.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;For me, it&amp;rsquo;s great to have another year under my belt, another year toward getting into that &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;comfort&lt;/span&gt; zone on the field. I take away from my experience everything I can, so next year I&amp;rsquo;ll have an edge to help us win any way I can. We lost a lot of close games, some devastating losses. We don&amp;rsquo;t want to repeat that next year. It&amp;rsquo;s like in college, from freshman to senior &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;year,&lt;/span&gt; you&amp;rsquo;re naturally more mature and able to handle situations better with experience.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m so excited I&amp;rsquo;m already starting to hit the weights pretty hard. The Super Bowl was here in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Miami&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;, and being around that atmosphere and the buildup before the game makes you want to be in the same position the Saints and Colts were in. Tracy Porter is a guy I know, I can relate to him and he&amp;rsquo;s a Super Bowl champion. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m ready to play this game the way it needs to be played to get us into the playoffs. I&amp;rsquo;ve already called my guy at the gym to tell him I&amp;rsquo;m ready to get back into it. You want to take your mind off the game for a while, but right now, with a new coach, everything is so crystal clear for the upcoming season as to what kind of success we can have.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;I can&amp;rsquo;t keep my mind off football.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;Devin Thomas is a wide receiver with the Washington Redskins. His &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;a href="../../../"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.thomas11.com/"&gt;www.thomas11.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/devinthomas"&gt;www.twitter.com/devinthomas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <pick-editor>No</pick-editor>
    <published>Yes</published>
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    <seo-title>Can&#8217;t Keep My Mind Off Football</seo-title>
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    <spotlight>No</spotlight>
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    <intro>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Back to the homeland of South Florida: &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Miami&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s just that I usually come later, like summertime, but  since my boi London Fletcher invited me down I decided to join the  festivities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Pro Bowl game was cool &amp;ndash; &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; had some plays out there being the  middle backer he is &amp;hellip; lol.&amp;nbsp; The tempo was really chill this year unlike other  years. I counted like 5 run plays total for the game you could tell they weren't  trying to get anybody hurt ... My highlight was I was at my first NFL game as a  fan &amp;hellip; lol.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Lots of yelling and cheering and fights in the crowd and of  course ignoring the really drunk guy besides me bothering me to death about  people&amp;rsquo;s names and from what college they went to ... Hey, plz, just go a buy a  program already!!!!! Good thing he left after halftime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;Overall, a very cool experience.&lt;/span&gt; In  the near future I&amp;rsquo;ll be in it!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Well, I have to get back to this nice food out here &amp;ndash;  top-of-the-line steaks and Cuban foods!!!!!! Check in with you all in a few...  out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Rocky McIntosh is a linebacker with the Washington Redskins.  His blog for &lt;a href="../../../"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs  at &lt;a href="http://www.rockymcintosh52.com/"&gt;www.rockymcintosh52.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow  him on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/rockym52"&gt;www.twitter.com/rockym52&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>There&#8217;s No Place Like Home</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Wowow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt; &amp;hellip; so the season is over. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/span&gt; lots of uncertainties with the team, and of course,  with me ... The team part has been coming along slowly but surely in the past  few weeks. As for me, it&amp;rsquo;s just a waiting game and in the hands of God  now.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Until then,  I'm trying to kick back and relax, enjoy the &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;offseason&lt;/span&gt;. Enjoying my family to the fullest &amp;hellip; &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Gotta&lt;/span&gt; have some fun in the sun somewhere in the Southern  hemisphere &amp;ndash; with Jet Skis and some &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;mojitos&lt;/span&gt;, traveling  to some place other than Miami. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;LOL, always there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Can't help it &amp;hellip; it's the &amp;quot;U&amp;quot; in  me.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;What else &amp;hellip;  &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;hmmmm&lt;/span&gt; Oh, get my body right even though this is the  best I&amp;rsquo;ve felt in years. I held up pretty well from delivering, chopping, and  throwing that wood at guys. Translation: Knocking everybody out in a different  colored jersey than mine.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Well, like  my favorite Looney Tunes folks say: &amp;quot;That's all, folks.&amp;quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Rocky  McIntosh is a linebacker with the Washington Redskins. His &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;a href="../../../"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.rockymcintosh52.com/"&gt;www.rockymcintosh52.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him  on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/rockym52"&gt;www.twitter.com/rockym52&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;This past year was rough. We lost to the Lions, we lost to the Chiefs, we almost lost to Tampa Bay and St. Louis. We didn&amp;rsquo;t beat the teams we were supposed to beat early. We failed as a team and changes needed to be made.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think Coach Zorn was a good guy who meant well. I think he was put in a situation that got out of control, and then when pressure came in from the outside to win more games it was just too much. Things didn&amp;rsquo;t work out the way he planned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We all suffered for it. We didn&amp;rsquo;t win a lot of games. Guys like London Fletcher didn&amp;rsquo;t get to go to the Pro Bowl. He&amp;rsquo;s a hard worker, he&amp;rsquo;s been around so long I couldn&amp;rsquo;t believe it when I heard he had never been to the Pro Bowl. He&amp;rsquo;s been part of so many great defenses, he&amp;rsquo;s been a consistent player, one of the top linebackers in the NFL for a long time. I definitely feel he should get a chance to go this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From what I&amp;rsquo;ve seen of him, Mike Shanahan is a great coach. He&amp;rsquo;s accomplished a lot and I think he&amp;rsquo;ll be able to do great things for the Redskins. He&amp;rsquo;s bringing in his own people and getting things ready.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think Coach Shanahan saw what didn&amp;rsquo;t work this season and he&amp;rsquo;ll learn from that and try a new approach.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m happy to have this website and have a chance to blog and let the fans know who I really am. Fans should get the chance to know the players as people, and not always get the news that comes from the media because it&amp;rsquo;s usually not good. This will be more of a hands-on experience for fans, I hope you will all send me your questions and comments and I promise to try to respond here on the website as often as I can.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The last thing I want to say right now is that I&amp;rsquo;m sorry about this season and I&amp;rsquo;m going to work really hard in the off-season to make sure it never happens again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fred Davis is a tight end with the Washington Redskins. His blog for &lt;a href="http://www.playerpress.com"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.freddavis86.com"&gt;www.freddavis86.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;The Redskins are fixable and sooner than some may think.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;The Redskins are not far off from being a playoff team again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I realize that coming off a 4-12 season that statement is at best, bold, and at worst, the most foolish thing ever said. &amp;nbsp;However, before you write me off as someone just buying into all of the Mike Shanahan hype, I ask that you hear me out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As a lifelong Redskins fan, I have been trying to figure out how the Skins could be fixed ever since it became apparent that this season was a lost cause. &amp;nbsp;I knew that our offensive line was a big problem that needed to be addressed and our secondary needed some players who could get some interceptions (and not give them right back).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I tried to hold on to the fact that most of the Skins losses came in close games, but after a while, I would say right after the Saints game, it just became extremely frustrating. &amp;nbsp;Just when I had lost all hope about my beloved Redskins, inspiration came from the most unexpected, and frankly, unusual place- the Houston Texans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That's right. &amp;nbsp;I said the Houston Texans. &amp;nbsp;I know, I know, another strange statement from me, but I found the similarities between the old Texans and the current Redskins to be eerily similar. &amp;nbsp;Think about it. &amp;nbsp;When the Texans were struggling year after year, one of their problems was with their offensive line who had difficulty protecting their quarterback who had a slow release. &amp;nbsp;Now I am not saying that Jason Campbell holds on to the ball nearly as long as David Carr, but at times, Jason does hold on the ball a little too long.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look at the current Texans, who have sured up their o-line and got a QB with a quick release, and as a result missed the playoffs due to a tiebreaker. &amp;nbsp;I believe that the Redskins do have the offensive weapons to be effective as well as an efficient defense. &amp;nbsp;All that the Skins need to do is work with Jason Campbell, who does have the tools to be a good QB, on getting rid of the ball quicker, find some good (non-injury prone) linemen, and 1 or 2 playmakers in the secondary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If they do that, the Washington Redskins will at least be a Wild Card team. &amp;nbsp;Of course, all of this is based on Daniel Snyder keeping his word and letting the football operations of the Redskins be handled by the coach and GM.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Mike Shanahan, the former Denver Broncos coach who took them to two straight Super Bowl victories, has signed a 5-year, $7 million contract with the Washington Redskins. A news conference is expected Wednesday to introduce Shanahan as the new coach.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shanahan previously coached the Denver Broncos. He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1997 and 1998.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In December of&amp;nbsp; 2008, Shanahan was fired after the Broncos failed to make the playoffs for the third consecutive year. This after the Broncos led the division for the majority of the year.&amp;nbsp; Shanahan had a coaching record of 24-24 over those three seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prior to the Bronco's, Shanahan was offensive coordinator for the Broncos under Dan Reeves, Offensive coordinator for the 49ers, and head coach of the Oakland Raiders.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>Mike Shanahan is the new coach of the Washington Redskins</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Jim Zorn hadn&amp;rsquo;t been gone as Washington Redskins coach for 12 hours before the team had contacted former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan about replacing him, sources say.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sources told the Associated Press that an NFL official confirmed that the Redskins had spoken with Shanahan about their vacant head coaching job.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Washington general manager Bruce Allen talked to Shanahan by phone on Monday as the team moved quickly following the dismissal of Zorn, who was fired in the pre-dawn hours Monday, one day after Washington completed a 4-12 season with a 23-20 loss at San Diego.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The official spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team is not revealing details of its coaching search.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Redskins had high hopes coming into the season but finished last in the NFC East with a 4-12 record, including an embarrassing loss to the Detroit Lions that snapped the team&amp;rsquo;s 19-game losing streak.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zorn&amp;rsquo;s dismissal has been expected for months. The front office stripped him of his play-calling duties in late October, and owner Dan Snyder has interviewed assistant coach Jerry Gray for the job, according to the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which monitors minority hiring in the NFL.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zorn started 6-2 as a rookie head coach last season, but the team struggled over the second half and finished 8-8. This year&amp;rsquo;s team has been hurt by numerous injuries, a lack of depth off-the-field distractions, but also by an inability of Zorn&amp;rsquo;s West Coast offense to consistently find the end zone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Redskins failed to score more than 17 points in their first eight games.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>Washington Redskins Fire Jim Zorn; Mike Shanahan Next Coach?</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;This should come as no surprise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-redskins-zornfired&amp;amp;prov=ap&amp;amp;type=lgns"&gt;The Redskins fired Jim Zorn.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coaches are hired to be fired. &amp;nbsp;But Zorn is an interesting case. &amp;nbsp;Zorn was a quarterback coach, and then was supposed to be an offensive coordinator. &amp;nbsp;The Redskins started the 2008 season 6-2, but finished 8-8. &amp;nbsp;The early stages of the 2009 season had the Redskins playing teams that were struggling for wins. &amp;nbsp;The Redskins in many cases provided that first win, including a game against the Detroit Lions, who had not won in over a year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fans of the Redskins (if you can find them) created this tribute, &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.informationman.com/Redskins.pdf"&gt;Hail to the Deadskins&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp; A friend at work and I were discussing ownership, and how important it is. &amp;nbsp;As a Boston fan, New ownership for the Patriots, Red Sox, and Celtics resulted in championships for each team within the first decade. &amp;nbsp;A decade of ownership for Daniel Snyder has resulted in multiple coaching changes and the worst record for Washington since 1994.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The firing of Zorn follows the resignation of Vinny Cerrato in mid December and hiring of Bruce Allen. &amp;nbsp;Allen declared in today's press conference that the 2010 season begins now. &amp;nbsp;It remains to be seen if any difference will come in 2010 for the Redskins.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>Redskins Fire Zorn</seo-title>
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    <spotlight>No</spotlight>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Merry Christmas to all you out there!&amp;nbsp; Hope it was great and you were able to spend quality time with your families as I did.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
This team has definitely has its shares of ups and downs this season.&amp;nbsp; Beating Oakland felt good and then we immediately went downhill against the Giants.&amp;nbsp; That was one of the all-time lows.&amp;nbsp; We have beaten the Giants only once since I've been here, and for us to play that poorly was sickening.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don't know what to say about the team's trials this season, except I'm ready to fast-forward into next year.&amp;nbsp; We have a chance to redeem ourselves against the Cowboys, and I hope that this team can again show what we are built of.&amp;nbsp; Finishing the season strong and being able to hold our heads up high is vital at this point.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Go Hurricanes! Beat Wisconsin this Tuesday in the Champs Sports Bowl!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rocky McIntosh is a linebacker with the Washington Redskins. His blog for &lt;a href="http://www.playerpress.com"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.rockymcintosh52.com"&gt;www.rockymcintosh52.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/rockym52"&gt;www.twitter.com/rockym52&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>Candy Canes to Hurricanes</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s been a  real frustrating year. We came in with a lot of high expectations all across the  board, for me personally and for the whole team. It&amp;rsquo;s been disappointing but  sometimes it happens like that and you have to be patient, and when your time  comes make the most of it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;You never  know when your opportunity will arrive, so all you can do is make sure you stay  ready, that&amp;rsquo;s all you can do. When it&amp;rsquo;s your time you have to step up to the  plate and make it happen. Otherwise you can&amp;rsquo;t complain, because when your time  came you missed your shot and it&amp;rsquo;s your own fault.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Last week  was my shot and I was ready. Everything was clicking, Jason was finding me and  we had good &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;matchups&lt;/span&gt; and good timing against the  Saints. It was just too bad we couldn&amp;rsquo;t pull out the win.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Since I  became a starter my role has increased gradually each week. Finally last week I  had the &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;chance&lt;/span&gt; to showcase all of my abilities,  including kick returning. I felt like it could have happened earlier in the  season and I could have gotten rolling earlier. But this is my time now and I  have to make the most of it every week.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I feel like  Jason has confidence in me and we have chemistry from all the time we spent  together in the off-season. We&amp;rsquo;re on the same page and in a good situation, so  we can put up some good numbers for the rest of the year and see where it goes  after that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I really  like returning kicks. It&amp;rsquo;s one of those hit-or-miss situations. I enjoy going  full speed. If I hit the &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;hole&lt;/span&gt; right I can fly right  through, if not you have to make the most of it. It&amp;rsquo;s a challenge I like, and I  like having that ball in my hands.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;That&amp;rsquo;s why  I chose to play offense instead of defense. At &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename w:st="on"&gt;Michigan&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype w:st="on"&gt;State&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; I think I could have been a great  DB, but I always had a thirst for the ball. I knew I needed to get the ball in  my hands. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I think we  can do even better, starting this week against the Raiders. I&amp;rsquo;m licking my chops  to go up against &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Nnamdi&lt;/span&gt;. He&amp;rsquo;s a great corner and going  up against him is the opportunity of a lifetime, just like going up against  Champ Bailey when we played &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Denver&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Especially as a young guy, it&amp;rsquo;s great  to have the chance to test yourself against the best&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I think I  can do better, too. I&amp;rsquo;m not at any kind of peak right &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;now,&lt;/span&gt; I&amp;rsquo;m still gradually getting better and better. I know I  still make mistakes here and there, but you can count on some big things  happening. I have confidence in myself, I have confidence from Jason and I&amp;rsquo;m  feeling it from the coaches. That&amp;rsquo;s a lot of confidence in one area. I know that  when I get that ball in my hands I can make things happen.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Devin  Thomas is a wide receiver with the Washington Redskins. His &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;a href="../../../"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.devinthomas11.com/"&gt;www.thomas11.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him on Twitter  at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/devinthomas"&gt;www.twitter.com/devinthomas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
    <ip>76.97.188.228</ip>
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    <pick-editor>No</pick-editor>
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    <seo-title>Making the Most of It</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;This season  has been absolutely crazy. Looking on the bright side, our team has looked more  complete these last couple of weeks. It is the worst feeling in the world to  play your guts out and then get to the end of the game and not be able to  finish. Riding back from playing the Saints I just couldn't figure out why we  didn't win that game.&amp;nbsp;It almost feels like we have a two-minute curse. And the  music at the stadium sure didn't help either. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;One day of  dwelling on it and then we all have to move forward and focus on the Raiders. &amp;nbsp;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Going to be  busy the next several weeks with charity events as Christmas approaches. Giving  back to the community and kids will be something positive to focus on instead of  what's going on with the team.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;For those  of you guys that showed up in the cold today, thanks for your support and know  that we'll continue to press on. True character is always revealed during times  of adversity. &amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Rocky  McIntosh is a linebacker with the Washington Redskins. His &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;a href="../../../"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.rockymcintosh52.com/"&gt;www.rockymcintosh52.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him  on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/rockym52"&gt;www.twitter.com/rockym52&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
    <ip>76.97.188.228</ip>
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    <spotlight>No</spotlight>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s been a  while since I&amp;rsquo;ve checked in with you guys and &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;blogged&lt;/span&gt;,  but I wanted to let everyone know that I&amp;rsquo;m doing well despite this tough injury.  I&amp;rsquo;m basically week to week with my knee injury and I&amp;rsquo;m anxious to get back out  there and help my team WIN. We&amp;rsquo;ve really been playing inspired football as of  late and it seems like we just can&amp;rsquo;t put the pieces together to close out the  games.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Being &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;on a 3-8  team,&lt;/span&gt; a lot of people would think that guys would be eager to just pack  it in and start playing for self. It&amp;rsquo;s been great to see my &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;teammates,&lt;/span&gt; our coaches and really our whole organization  continue to persevere through these difficult times. We&amp;rsquo;ve really stuck together  and stayed committed to the goal of winning. Every game is a new opportunity.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I personally  haven&amp;rsquo;t thought about hanging it up this season. I&amp;rsquo;ve been responding well to  the treatment our medical staff has given me and I fully expect to be back out  there with my teammates sooner rather &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;than&lt;/span&gt; later. As a  professional athlete I have become accustomed to competing, and when you develop  the ability to compete at the highest level the idea of quitting or laying down  really never crosses your mind. Regardless of our record our team and coaches  all want to win the next one!&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We have  our work cut out for us facing &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;New  Orleans&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; this weekend. They are playing great football and  with a talented team coming into FedEx like the Saints we&amp;rsquo;re going to be  counting on our 12th man &amp;ndash; you fans &amp;ndash; to help will us to a victory. We need that  12th man! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I have to say  that I&amp;rsquo;ve really been impressed with our fans. &lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;I always heard a lot about how great the  Redskins Fans are but you never know until you experience it firsthand. They  have really stood behind this team and organization. You hear rumbles and  grumbles here and there, but for the most part the personal messages I&amp;rsquo;ve  received via Twitter or the encouraging words I hear heading into the stadium on  game day really goes a long way for myself and my teammates. I want to  personally say &amp;ldquo;Thank You&amp;rdquo; to Redskins Nation for that. Those messages go a long  way and have really been a bright spot for me and my teammates. I can&amp;rsquo;t wait  till we get this thing turned around and restore the pride to our fans and city!  I mean the pride people had in Redskins Football during the Glory Days! The  Hogs, Darrell Green, Art Monk, Doug Williams and all those great players that  laid the foundation for my teammates and I. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;That is one of  the reasons I felt like being in DC with the Redskins was just a great fit. The  fans and community expect to win. I think it&amp;rsquo;s something that my teammates and I  take as a personal challenge week in and week out, to play in a way that would  make the lifelong Redskin fans proud and that would earn the respect and  admiration of those Redskin greats who helped build this great tradition.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;With the  Thanksgiving holiday just passing and Christmas gradually approaching I&amp;rsquo;m truly  thankful to be here during tough times and I&amp;rsquo;m excited to help restore that  pride for all of our fans and for this great organization. There is no place I  would rather be. I wish everyone a safe and prosperous holiday season!! Till  next time&amp;hellip;HTTR!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;D.Hall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;  23&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;DeAngelo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt; Hall is a  cornerback with the Washington Redskins. His &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;blog&lt;/span&gt; for  &lt;a href="../../../"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.deangelohall.com/"&gt;www.deangelohall.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him on  Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/Dhall23"&gt;www.twitter.com/Dhall23&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Redskins Thanksgiving Video&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I just&amp;nbsp;posted a video featuring many of the Redskins players saying what they are thankful on this Thanksgiving holiday. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New video at &lt;a href="http://www.deangelohall.com"&gt;www.deangelohall.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>Redskins Thanksgiving Video</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Not only are the Redskins an embarrassing, dysfunctional, laughable and offensive football team, but they're nickname is also offensive to Native Americans. &amp;nbsp;Why do we keep ignoring the Native Americans' concerns?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;First, in the tradition of full disclosure, I hate the Redskins.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I hated them as a kid growing up in New York and hate them even more now.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In addition, I hated them under Jack Kent Cooke and Joe Gibbs and I hate them more now under Danny Boy and the idiot coach du jour he hires.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Now while my initial hatred of the Redskins comes from their actual team and the success they had in the 80s when my beloved Giants sucked, I grew to hate them more as an organization because of the Washington, D.C. areas fans and media.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Redskins were the second coming of Christ in northern VA.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There was a coach&amp;rsquo;s show, a pre-game show, local news talking about them at halftimes instead of showing highlights from around the league like most normal stations do, a post-game show, another coach&amp;rsquo;s show&amp;hellip;my god, I think the Hogettes had a show, the cheerleaders may have had a show, and please, blow my brains out every time I heard that stupid fight song!&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It was ridiculous.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I wanted to watch football &amp;ndash; anyone &amp;ndash; it didn&amp;rsquo;t even have to be my Giants, just give me a doubleheader or extended coverage when the Redskins game finished early.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;These were things I was accustomed to from the New York football coverage.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We&amp;rsquo;d get the Giants and Jets, plus a national game, plus the endings of other games when ours finished early.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In D.C., nada.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It was the Redskins and nothing else.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;All I can say to that dilemma is thank god for DirecTV and their NFL package!&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;On top of all this the media and fans were by far the most fickle I have ever been around, and the most unrealistic or maybe I should say blinded.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Redskins would lose to Dallas and the season was over&amp;hellip;the coach should be fired&amp;hellip;the backup QB should play&amp;hellip;our defense sucks&amp;hellip;blah, blah, blah.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Then the following week the Redskins would beat the Eagles and it was &amp;ldquo;we&amp;rsquo;re going to the Super Bowl baby&amp;rdquo;.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Until of course they lost again, then it was all over again.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This mindset was, and still is, prevalent with the local radio talk shows, particularly the &amp;ldquo;Sports Junkies&amp;rdquo;.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;This year the Redskins lose or almost lose to the worst teams in the NFL &amp;ndash; Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City and Tampa Bay and everyone and their mother wants Zorn fired, Snyder to sell the team, Campbell benched, Haynesworth to refund his big paycheck, etc.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Naturally this season is a wash and they need to rebuild, draft well, etc.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Then the Redskins beat the Broncos, a major upset, and the team is still only 3-6 with that win, but now the talking heads are talking about the season isn&amp;rsquo;t lost, the Giants are sucking, the Cowboys and Eagles just lost too, the NFC East isn&amp;rsquo;t that dominant and &amp;ldquo;we&amp;rdquo; still have a shot at the playoffs.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Really?&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;And you guys get paid for this type of wishy-washy, biased commentary?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;So while my hatred for the Redskins grew, I grew up as well.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As I got older I started hearing about the small group of Native Americans complaining about the team&amp;rsquo;s nickname and demanding it be changed to something non-offensive.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;My initial reaction was it isn&amp;rsquo;t offensive, stop being so damn sensitive.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;A lot of this feeling was tied to my anger at the St. Johns basketball team in Queens, NY changing their nickname from Redmen to Red Storm.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Lots of other college teams had to make similar name changes and I was, and still am, against this whole stupid political correctness era we&amp;rsquo;re living in, so I was annoyed by the actions being taken to placate a small group of people complaining.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;While I still believe we need to recognize the wishes and needs of the many over those of the few, I also realized years ago that some things need to be changed or fixed even if it&amp;rsquo;s one person complaining; something like an offensive and derogatory nickname to identify a specific group of people; something like the Redskins.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;And let&amp;rsquo;s not kid ourselves people, the only reason this nickname still exists is because the Native American population is extremely small and not very vocal.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;You never see Native Americans protesting or rioting or marching or demonstrating.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s no loud mouth hate-monger riling them up and making them believe they are owed something because of past wrongs by people no longer alive.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;They quietly use the justice system to file their complaints and appeals and continue to work to achieve their objective.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Unfortunately our justice system is failing the Native Americans in this endeavor.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Just as the NFL and the Washington Redskins are failing them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Allow me to put this into perspective for the majority of groups out there.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;For Native Americans, a professional sports team in the USA with the nickname of Redskins is equal to the following offensive and derogatory nicknames being used (warning: some if not all of these names may upset you):&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;New York Kikes (Jews)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Los Angeles Spics (Hispanics) &amp;ndash; if L.A. had a team&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Dallas Wetbacks (Mexicans)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Chicago WOPs (Italians)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Philadelphia Niggers (Blacks)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;New England Mics (Irish)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;San Francisco Faggots (Gays)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri"&gt;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Tennessee Inbreds (wait, how&amp;rsquo;d this get in here)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;Now you tell me if those names would ever fly, even if they &amp;ldquo;weren&amp;rsquo;t meant that way&amp;rdquo;, or were being used to &amp;ldquo;acknowledge the group and their contributions&amp;rdquo;.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Another local sports team once called the Washington Bullets changed their nickname to the Wizards because of the negative stigma associated with the word Bullets, especially since D.C. was right up there with one of the highest gun murder rates in the country at the time, but something that offends an entire race of people is no big deal?&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Hell, we can&amp;rsquo;t even say the word god anymore without offending people so why are we allowing this clearly racist nickname to remain?&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Because the Native Americans don&amp;rsquo;t have the money or resources to make it a national issue.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Like most things in this country now, that&amp;rsquo;s the bottom line &amp;ndash; money.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;So will I ever stop hating the Redskins?&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Of course not.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Will I hate them less if they change their nickname?&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Nope, I&amp;rsquo;ll still hate those burgundy and gold bastards.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Then why even write this article?&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Because it&amp;rsquo;s the right thing to do and it&amp;rsquo;s about time we did the right thing &amp;ndash; don&amp;rsquo;t you agree Spike Lee?&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>Redskins Offensive in More Ways than One</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Finally a win after several weeks of losing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sure felt good to win and also to put that hit on Brandon Marshall. Got to see my boy D.J. Williams with his Mohawk. &amp;nbsp;I'm pretty positive our offense worked him over pretty good because I saw him lying on his back a few times. Looking forward to Sunday against the Cowboys and we should be good to go if the same team shows up that beat the Broncos. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The &amp;iacute;Canes loss was disappointing though. I had high hopes for those boys. &amp;nbsp;One of my Redskins teammates asked me why our mascot was a duck. First I had to give him a beat down and then a school lesson about the ibis and its relationship to hurricanes. It's been said that the ibis is the last to take shelter before a hurricane and the first to return after the storm. Check out www.miami.edu for more on that. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Can't wait to check out the Wizards vs. Cavs Wednesday night. I'm a Wizards supporter but we have a guy on the team from Cleveland (not going to name any names) who is all about the Cavs. Sure hope Fletch can get his autographed LeBron shoes after the game.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Rocky McIntosh is a linebacker with the Washington Redskins. His blog for www.playerpress.com runs at www.rockymcintosh52.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/rockym52.&lt;/div&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>Nice to Get a W</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I'm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt; going to start out today focusing  on the positive, which is that the &amp;rsquo;Canes are really putting things together.  &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;Started off&lt;/span&gt; a little slow and then took off scoring  every way possible. &amp;nbsp;They can score at will but the D needs to pick it up.  &amp;nbsp;These boys are really bringing things back and trying to return us to  championship form.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Now for the  Redskins ... This losing every week is really getting out of control. &amp;nbsp;Got my  first pick of the season and ran it back 20 yards while the &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; DBs around me kept asking for me to pitch it back to them.  &amp;nbsp;Not being able to run it back was disappointing though because our team needs  all the points we can get. &amp;nbsp;Hoping that the Broncos loss last night can send  them into some sort of downward spiral and that combined with the altitude  change will start putting some things into our favor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Going to an  event later today where &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;we'll&lt;/span&gt; be battling our troops  overseas in Guitar Hero. Just want &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; send out a salute  to all of those in our Armed Forces and thank you to Veterans as well for  fighting for this country. My thoughts and prayers are with all of those  affected by the &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placetype w:st="on"&gt;Ft.&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; &lt;st1:placename w:st="on"&gt;Hood&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; tragedy. I have family that works on  that base and &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;am&lt;/span&gt; just thankful that my loved ones are  OK.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Rocky  McIntosh is a linebacker with the Washington Redskins. His blog for &lt;a href="http://www.playerpress.com/"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs at &lt;a href="http://www.rockymcintosh52.com/"&gt;www.rockymcintosh52.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him  on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/rockym52"&gt;www.twitter.com/rockym52&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
    <ip>76.97.188.228</ip>
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    <permalink>losing-out-of-control</permalink>
    <pick-editor>No</pick-editor>
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    <seo-title>Losing Out of Control</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;It was good  to get away from football for a week but &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m&lt;/span&gt; glad to  come back and get the second half of the season started. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;Hopefully&lt;/span&gt; we can do what it takes to get into the  playoffs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I think the  bye came at a perfect time for us. The way our team &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;has been  banged&lt;/span&gt; up and losing people, we really needed that extra week of rest and  the opportunity to get away from football. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;To be able to come  back with a clean slate.&lt;/span&gt; Have a Sunday off, the chance to enjoy your  family and enjoy a Sunday, then come back ready to play.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt; not thinking about what I&amp;rsquo;ve done  this season. Whatever &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ve&lt;/span&gt; done it hasn&amp;rsquo;t been enough  to get us wins. We have &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; games left, so now I have to  do what I can in those 9 games to help us win. Forget about what &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;we&amp;rsquo;ve&lt;/span&gt; been through that&amp;rsquo;s put us in a 2-5 hole. Now we have  to dig ourselves out, even though we have the tougher part of our schedule  coming up.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;The  challenge is there, the opportunity is there, if we can find a way to win, it  will be even better.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Everybody  in the NFL has talent, what we need is the motivation. We have to look at the  season one game at a time instead of the big picture. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re&lt;/span&gt; missing guys, but we have to go out there and get it  done with the guys we have and I have to help make that  happen.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;We go to  &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Atlanta&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; on  Sunday. The Falcons have an awesome team and &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;they&amp;rsquo;re&lt;/span&gt;  playing at home. They had a tough game against the Saints on Monday night, but  if you watched their &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;defense&lt;/span&gt; you&amp;rsquo;d see a lot of guys  who fly to the ball. The biggest issue will be John &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;Abraham,&lt;/span&gt; he comes off the edge like a &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;wildman&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;He&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/span&gt; sack happy. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;And&lt;/span&gt; their offense also gets respect, they&amp;rsquo;ve got a  quarterback, running back, a receiver and a tight end, all Pro Bowl bound. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/span&gt; hard to stop that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt; been a tough season. &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re&lt;/span&gt; at week 7 and we&amp;rsquo;ve lost four productive offensive  players. The line had already been shuffled and things were bad before we lost  those &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;guys&lt;/span&gt;. Now we have those voids to fill.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt; a lot of aggravation, like you&amp;rsquo;re  thinking why does the injury bug seem to hit us every year? It seems like the  line has to &lt;span class="GramE"&gt;be shuffled&lt;/span&gt; every  year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="GramE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt; aggravating, but at the same time I  can&amp;rsquo;t let it stop me from doing my job or keep me from being  productive.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Clinton  &lt;span class="SpellE"&gt;Portis&lt;/span&gt; is a running back with the Washington Redskins.  His blog for &lt;a href="http://www.playerpress.com/"&gt;www.playerpress.com&lt;/a&gt; runs  at &lt;a href="http://www.clintonportis.com/"&gt;www.clintonportis.com&lt;/a&gt;. Follow him  on Twitter at &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/26clintonportis"&gt;www.twitter.com/26clintonportis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
    <ip>76.97.188.228</ip>
    <modified-date type="datetime">2009-11-04T00:03:00-05:00</modified-date>
    <permalink>clean-slate</permalink>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;Without a doubt the longest stretch in the NFL season for a fan is the bye week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p classname=""&gt;Without a doubt the longest stretch in the NFL season for a fan is the bye week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The six days leading up to it crawl by as you read stories of players resting and taking a few days off.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The headlines on ESPN hype up the big matchups of the week and break down the upcoming games with no mention of your team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hearing of vacation destinations for bye week players makes me more nervous then interested in the off week (maybe because I'm a Bengals fan...but still).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once Sunday arrives, your whole routine is thrown off. Who wants to watch the pregame shows when the team you root for will not even be mentioned? The Lions and Rams will get more coverage for this one week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once the games start, an odd feeling of indifference strikes. Most Sundays are filled with hype and a large dose of emotion. On bye week you are relegated to rooting for fantasy players and teams playing divisional foes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By the end of the day nothing has changed much in the grand scheme of things. Maybe you gained or lost a half-game.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Then the highlights begin to roll in. There is no opportunity to see what the &amp;quot;expert&amp;quot; analysts think of your team's game. (One of the great feelings a fan has is when his or her team wins and you can watch the highlights and talking heads gush over them on ESPN, NBC, FOX, and CBS.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No predictions about the upcoming games or updates on injuries. Nothing at all when it's bye week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After it's all said and done, the bye is &lt;em&gt;still &lt;/em&gt; not over. Now the team is subjected to minimal mention at the beginning of the week because they haven't played in a while. Rarely does a big story occur during a bye.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dan Snyder and the Redskins had the perfect bye week because it allowed people to forget about their awful season for a week. The media pressure went down a notch (from boiling to simmering).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But for a team like the Cincinnati Bengals, the bye was ill-timed. Off a 45-10 pasting of the Chicago Bears, the momentum was strong for QB Carson Palmer and the offense. The team was relatively healthy and seemed extremely focused. Taking a week off doesn't do anything for this team.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Odd stat of the day: Marvin Lewis is 1-4-1 with the Bengals after a bye. Not sure how to interpret that one. Do the players get too much time off? Does Lewis fail to keep the squad focused on the task at hand? Or is the stat a complete coincidence? I wish I had the answer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So while byes can be quite beneficial for teams that are banged-up or trying to release some of the steam from the pressure cooker, it doesn't always help every team&amp;mdash;and it makes fans suffer through two painfully long weeks.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sunday can't come soon enough.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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    <seo-title>NFL Fans Suffer from Bye Week Blues</seo-title>
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    <intro>&lt;p&gt;My wife was on her computer in the bedroom and could hear the Redskin's game on the&amp;nbsp;TV in the living room. It was Monday Night and&amp;nbsp;my beloved&amp;nbsp;Redskins were playing a hated Divisional Rival. She knew it was best to stay clear&amp;nbsp;out of the picture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She heard the&amp;nbsp;announcers say &amp;quot;Touchdown&amp;nbsp;Eagles!&amp;quot;, and not a peep came from the living room. There weren't any curses and nothing thrown at the TV.&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Something is wrong&amp;quot; she said . She headed for the living room, looked in, and saw me sleeping&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;. It was only the 1st quarter. &amp;quot;Unprecedented!&amp;quot; she gasped.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Little does she know , that's where we are today In Redskin Nation. We are drowning in apathy&amp;nbsp;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Jack Kent Cooke Redskins of the 80's and early 90's were one most Loveable teams in the History of Pro sports . To quote the Great John Madden at the end of the 1991 NFC Championship (Redskins Trounced the Lions) &amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;The Redskins play on grass, they&amp;nbsp;have&amp;nbsp;the Hogs, they have a Band and&amp;nbsp;they&amp;nbsp;stand for everything that&amp;nbsp;Football was meant to be about&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Boy those days feel like EONS ago. I was a&amp;nbsp;kid looking for a team in 1982 . Giants and&amp;nbsp;Jets&amp;nbsp;had zero appeal to me . Then there was this team from Washington . They had the Smurfs, they had Joe Gibbs, they had RFK, they had the Hogs and best of all, they had John Riggins. It was love at first site.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What a beautiful run they took me on, and all of the Redskin&amp;nbsp;Nation&amp;nbsp;for that matter&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp;The memories run so deep and vivid it was almost like we all were on one long&amp;nbsp;acid trip. Riggins running over McNeal&amp;nbsp;in the 82 Super Bowl,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;87 NFC championship game vs the Vikings. The whole 1991&amp;nbsp;year, which was a&amp;nbsp;magic carpet ride of a season.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who can forget the Seat Cushion game vs the Falcons,&amp;nbsp;thousands of seat cushions&amp;nbsp;flying in the air while Cooke is waving merrily&amp;nbsp;to fans with a grin&amp;nbsp;as&amp;nbsp;wide as&amp;nbsp;the Potamac.&amp;nbsp;Redskins Cooke Gibbs Beathard stood for something . We had an Identity, we were&amp;nbsp;a franchise running at the highest level.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fast Forward to 2009. A lot has happened. Too&amp;nbsp;much to be honest. Dan Snyder bought this team 10 years ago and it has been a&amp;nbsp;slow and painful decline. It's only comparable to the baby boomer generation gradually&amp;nbsp;watching Mickey Mantle breakdown. As the old saying goes &amp;quot;These aren't your daddy's Redskins anymore&amp;quot;...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snyder charges for everything except the air we breathe at FEDEX.&amp;nbsp;He charges 10 dollars for parking at Practices! Criminal!&amp;nbsp; Wait!&amp;nbsp;He charges an additional $10 for admission to practices! He sues&amp;nbsp;his fans during a recession while he fields an inferior product no less. He's never hired a GM, all we have is his racquetball&amp;nbsp;partner Vinny Cerrato calling the&amp;nbsp;shots for us. Cerrato is like having&amp;nbsp;Baghdad Bob lead the charge vs the 3rd ID. We've been doomed from the start.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2009 has been the&amp;nbsp;breaking point for a lot of fans, myself included. I don't recogonize this Franchise any longer&amp;nbsp;.&amp;nbsp;Hire Marty Fire Marty, Hire the ol Ball Coach, Fire the ol ball coach, Gibbs in Gibbs out, Zorn&amp;nbsp;Who? Zorn why?&amp;nbsp;Matthews ,Banks , Graham , Ramsey, Brunell Campbell etc. You get the point .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Staring at this franchise, I&amp;nbsp;try so hard to&amp;nbsp;relate to them . But I don't any longer. &amp;nbsp;There too commercialized&amp;nbsp;due to&amp;nbsp;Snyder's marketing team and too medicore&amp;nbsp;due to Snyders&amp;nbsp;crack committee&amp;nbsp;Front office team. The passion has been sapped out. I root for them but with no passion. I'm apathetic now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Like many other fans I&amp;nbsp;wish to have&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;real GM, but&amp;nbsp;it's too far reaching for Snyder's thought process. Redskin Fans look at&amp;nbsp;other teams GM's (REESE, POLIAN, PIOLII&amp;nbsp;etc) as a middle class&amp;nbsp;man looks at the 2010 LAMBORGHINI.&amp;nbsp;Its beautiful but I'll never have one.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dan Snyder what have you done? No GM, we trade picks like bubble cards,&amp;nbsp;we sign and overpay for every free agent imaginable, we have no identity no&amp;nbsp;soul.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This off season will be the biggest in Redskin History. What's done&amp;nbsp;this off season will determine what the next 3-4 years will look like. Snyder needs to get this right , a lot is riding on this. I ask my fellow fans,&amp;nbsp;based on the previous 10 years do we think the light&amp;nbsp;bulb has finally gone on in&amp;nbsp;Snyder's head?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Will he fire Cerrato?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Will he hire a&amp;nbsp;real GM?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My educated guess is that he will fire Cerrato and sign some Big name coach to a gazillion dollar deal and&amp;nbsp;make him the GM as well.&amp;nbsp;Why?&amp;nbsp;Because Snyder will still able to play Fantasy Football with our&amp;nbsp;beloved franchise and ........it's better for&amp;nbsp;Marketing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Were have you gone Jack Kent Cooke? The Redskin Nation turns its lonely eyes to you.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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