After learning how the Redskins front office celebrated acquiring the draft pick that landed the team Robert Griffin III, we kind of want to party with these guys.
In addition to Robert Griffin III, the Redskins took eight other players in the NFL Draft, hoping to find upgrades to several positions which they’ve been lacking in for a while.
In the most predictable NFL Draft ever, the Redskins, as expected, used their No. 2 pick to select quarterback Robert Griffin III, officially making the Heisman Trophy winner the new hope for D.C. football fans.
Only their history of choosing some incredibly bad quarterbacks now stands in the way of the Redskins picking Robert Griffin III in next week’s NFL Draft.
After a draft-pick swap that landed them the second bid in this year’s NFL Draft, the Redskins are poised to make Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III of Baylor University their quarterback of the future.
In what is sure to be a crescendo of speculation about what the Redskins will do in this year’s NFL draft (set for April 22), Post columnist Thomas Boswell became the latest to weigh in on whether or not the team should try to move up to get consensus top pick Sam Bradford, who didn’t play most of last year due to injury. The short answer to this question is probably “No, they should…
This editor absolutely suffered through numerous hours of today’s NFL Draft to bring you the word that the newest member of the local pigskin team is, well, kinda terrifying. Defensive end Brian Orakpo of the University of Texas, a player that many thought could go in the top six of this year’s draft, fell to the Redskins at number 13 — and the team didn’t even think twice, taking about ten seconds to announce…
War Eagle, baby. The first round of the NFL Draft was steeped in Auburn mania, and the Washington Redskins played a big part in it, selecting Auburn alumni with both of their first round picks. Having lost Fred Smoot to free agency during the offseason, the Redskins’ chiefest need in the draft was in the defensive backfield. Washington used their ninth pick to select Auburn cornerback Carlos Rogers, one of a trio of top…