Donovan McNabb appears to be on his way out of Washington, and allow me to shed half a tear that his tenure in burgundy and gold has ended so laughably. more ›

Rex Grossman overthrowing a wide-open Terence Austin on fourth down closed out a disappointing 2010 season for the Redskins. I didn't expect a winning season, but the poor play calling, dancing linemen and incessant Haynesworth/McNabb pouting made the losing that much more painful. From pain comes laughter, though, so let's take a look back at the best moments in the Redskins' (latest) Year Of Failure, sorted in descending order by the level of psychotic tears laughter each moment produced. more ›

Donovan McNabb's agent, Fletcher Smith, has a very special Christmas message for the Washington Redskins: this tirade statement, which aims "to clarify some misinterpretations" about McNabb's thoughts on playing in Washington. A frequent target of the statement: Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, who, according to Smith, didn't take too kindly to McNabb suggesting how he do his job. more ›

Who had Week 15 in their "How Soon Will Donovan McNabb Get Benched" pool? If you did, it's time to collect your winnings. more ›

I wish I could muster more outrage at Graham Gano. Statistically, he's the worst kicker in the NFL, having made less than 70 percent of his field goals -- so expecting him to fail isn't an unreasonable position. But when Graham and his six-day beard lined up for the potential game-tying extra point yesterday, it wasn't that I knew it was going to fail -- it's that I was prepared for it to fail. more ›

Less than ten minutes into yesterday's embarrassing loss to the Giants, the Redskins had allowed two rushing touchdowns and 118 yards of offense. The cameras then cut to a shot of Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, looking bewildered by what has transpired, half-heartedly uttering an expletive that rhymes with cluck. more ›

It's been a long time since the Redskins last defeated the Giants. You'd have to go back to Week 15 of 2007 to find one in the win column, when the Redskins were charging their way into the playoffs, spurred on by a sizzling 66-yard passing performance (yes, for the game) by Todd Collins. Joe Gibbs must have taken the recipe to beating the Giants with him into retirement, as the Zorn Era ushered in a brutal stretch against Washington's division rival. Games got out of hand by halftime, if not earlier, and the Giants held an astounding 11-minute average advantage in possession over the two-year span. Neither team is going into Sunday's game on a particularly high note, although the Redskins defense has played better in the two weeks following the Philadelphia disaster and the Giants stole a win from Jacksonville to snap a two-game slide. Only thoughtful, detailed analysis can truly show us who will take this sure-to-be epic NFC East clash. more ›

The Redskins had every reason to win yesterday. The Vikings have been a disappointing mess of a team this year after reaching the NFC Championship game last January. Minnesota can't score points. Their passing game is weak. They turn the ball over with reckless abandon. They just dumped their head coach. But the Redskins just didn't look up to the task yesterday, putting in an all-around lackluster effort -- punctuated by a few killer mistakes -- and gifted the Vikings a 17-13 victory. The agenda for this meeting of The Eternal Pessimist's Club is presented herein for your review. more ›

So how do you like Donovan McNabb and his (reasonably) fat contract now? The Redskins prized quarterback threw for 376 yards and a touchdown in a 19-16 overtime barn-burner merciless-torture-on-the-eyes victory over the Tennessee Titans. In case you're doing the math: yes, McNabb put up nearly 400 yards in a game that had only one offensive touchdown (the Titans scored their touchdown on a punt return that featured a blatant block in the back). The game wasn't ugly by conventional standards. Both teams moved the ball, minimized the number of three-and-out series and made big plays in all facets of the game. But scoring opportunities in opponent territory featured both a lack of execution and some laughable play-calling. more ›

In the midst of a feverish haze on Monday night, I repeatedly heard the words "Michael Vick" and "touchdown," as if I was imagining a world where large men lay down on defense and run up the middle down by 28. Those words kept repeating and repeating, with adjectives like "embarrassing," "humiliating" and "putrid" mixed in. I figured it was the drugs, but was sorely disappointed when I found out it was Larry, Sonny and Sam running out of ways to describe what they were seeing on the field. (Sam, as he always does, did manage to call every Redskins touchdown a turning point.) The Redskins were getting destroyed by the Eagles, and no one was stepping in to do anything about it. Teams have off-nights, but those usually don't come after not having played a game in two weeks and announcing a long-term contract extension for your quarterback. Now that the hysterics are out of the way, it's time to turn to Sunday's game against Tennessee with the comfort of knowing that things couldn't possibly get any worse. Right? more ›

The fact that it was followed by one of the worst performances in team history didn't do much to quiet the Redskins faithful's concerns about the massive contract the team gave to quarterback Donovan McNabb. But with all the fun we were having -- laughing about the fact that the Redskins gave $40 million guaranteed to a guy who currently leads a team with a worse record than Jason Campbell's Raiders -- seems to have obfuscated the truth of the matter: that McNabb's deal is much craftier than we originally assumed. more ›

At long last, it's time to put the off-field drama of the last two weeks behind us and get back to what the Redskins do best get paid to do. (Or...maybe not.) The Redskins certainly don't look like a division championship contender, but with the Giants getting pasted by the Cowboys yesterday, a win in tonight's rematch with the Eagles would put the burgundy and gold just one game behind a team that is hopefully rediscovering their early-season mediocrity. A win for the Eagles tonight would tie them with the Giants for the NFC East lead with a nationally-televised showdown looming between the two teams next week. The stakes are high tonight, and it doesn't require a huge injection of hyperbole to say that tonight is a turning point in the NFC East title race. more ›

We'll have a full preview of tonight's big Monday Night Football clash between the Redskins and the Eagles momentarily, but just as we were putting the finishing touches on the post, some huge news to share: according to ESPN, the Redskins have signed quarterback Donovan McNabb to a five-year extension worth $78 million. The deal, $40 million of which is guaranteed, could potentially be worth $88 million if McNabb meets certain performance-based incentives. McNabb, who is 33, was benched at the end of the Redskins' last game for some combination of not being able to run the two-minute drill effectively and allegedly poor conditioning. more ›

"I think you guys are reading way too much into this," said Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan this afternoon. Of course they are, Coach. That's what tends to happen when your fanbase sees their team's season diving headfirst into the toilet. more ›

The Redskins are coming to the end of a four-week period that we pessimistically thought was going to torpedo their season. Surprisingly, the team has gone 2-1 over the last three games, taking advantage of Michael Vick's rib injury and Green Bay's general incompetence in the second half and overtime. Initially, this weekend's game against the Bears was going to be another test of how the porous Redskins defense would match up against another elite passer in Jay Cutler. But Cutler and his backups -- former Redskin Todd Collins and Caleb Hanie -- have been eating a lot of turf the past three weeks, and the Bears have lost 2 of their last 3. Jim Haslett has no doubt studied game film and is ready to unleash his brand new 10-1 defense, where he sends 3,000 pounds of beef at the quarterback and asks LaRon Landry to cover everyone else. more ›

Donovan McNabb believes he's going to hear cheers when he returns to Philadelphia this Sunday. He's probably right, considering McNabb's not the one who traded himself to Washington. And it would be asinine for Philly fans to boo the guy who displaced the Detmer brothers, among others, in the long and storied Eagles quarterback tradition. McNabb and the Redskins roll into Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday to face the Eagles and their shiny new (old) toy, Michael Vick. more ›

With the Redskins up 27-10 late in the third quarter of Sunday's game against the Texans, I took a quick break to go fix some dinner, thinking that a three-score cushion would hold up. I forgot that I was watching the Redskins, who have only won five games by more than a single score dating back to 2006. What started out as a powerful offensive display by the Redskins ultimately turned into defensive surrender, as the Texans overcame the 17-point deficit to win 30-27 in overtime. more ›

Are you prepared for a 2-0 Washington Redskins football team? The Houston Texans roll into Landover on Sunday on the heels of an absolute throttling of reigning AFC champion Indianapolis. While not as flashy, the Redskins are carrying some confidence of their own based on how bad they made Dallas look last Sunday night. So which team will prevail? After plugging the numbers into the mainframe and performing careful analysis, the signs point to a second consecutive Redskins victory. more ›

The Redskins return to the field on Sunday night to meet the Cowboys in the first game of a new era. They're not called Offseason Champs for nothing, and the Skins have been busy since the 2009 mercifully ended. There's a new coach, a new general manager, and a new quarterback, all with marquee names that the Redskins have always craved. But will it be enough to crawl out of the NFC East cellar? That depends on how you answer the following questions. more ›

How about some gigantic, colossal, blockbuster breaking football news to close out your Easter Sunday? ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles have nearly completed arrangements on a trade that will send six-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb to Washington in exchange for draft picks, likely a second-round pick in this year's draft and another selection next season. Obviously, some very big news that poses a ton of questions with still months before the regular season kicks off. Will Jason Campbell remain with the team as McNabb's backup? (We can't imagine Campbell's too pleased with the news; Examiner reporter John Keim notes that Campbell wasn't even informed about the trade until he contacted him for comment. Ouch.) Will McNabb continue to wear number 5 in Washington? (Dan Steinberg tweets that he probably shouldn't.) In what direction will the Redskins go with the fourth pick in the draft, now that the quarterback position has been filled? Most importantly, will Redskins faithful actually be able to root for a quarterback that they've booed lustily for ten-plus years? That's just scratching the surface -- we can't even begin to imagine what this will do to the collective psyche of Philadelphia fans -- of the fallout to come from what is likely one of the biggest NFL trades, well, ever. more ›

The Germans have a lot of long words that encompass very difficult concepts. Words like "schadenfreude," "Hubschrauberlandeplatz," and "Verantwortungszuständigkeiten." I don't know if they have word for the frustration you feel when you've thought that your team had already managed to overcome the mistake you thought was going to cost them the game -- like a fourth-quarter Ladell Betts fumble -- only to discover that the relief-shattering error that was going to lead to a... more ›

Howard County police have arrested an area man who made creative use of a list of NFL players phone numbers to bilk some of the games superstars out of a few thousand dollars. And while he's not crowing about it on his website (it actually doesn't appear as if he's doing much at all with his site), it appears that the scam was uncovered by Oakland defensive lineman Warren Sapp. more ›

When Joe Gibbs became the head coach of the Washington Redskins, way back in the early days of the First Coming, things did not begin well for the young Don Coryell acolyte. That first season, the Redskins sputtered and flamed out during their first five games, losing all of them and descending into the cellar of the NFC East. However, over the rest of the season, Gibbs righted the ship and won eight of eleven,... more ›