The Washington Redskins learned to protect RGIII in yesterday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, while kicker Billy Cundiff saved an otherwise poor performance with a game-winning field goal in the closing seconds.
Yesterday, I found it difficult to write about Washington’s loss over the weekend to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It had nothing to do with the play on the field, which amounted to a carbon copy of the previous week’s loss. Jason Campbell strove mightily to lead the team past their mistakes, only to be done in by mistakes of his own. A game changing moment came when the offense failed to obtain some badly needed…
DC United’s 17-year-old phenom, Freddy Adu, has previously expressed his desire to play overseas in a more competitive league. We just didn’t think that time would come so soon. Clubcall.com is reporting that Adu will be playing in Europe as early as this January. Reportedly, Adu has been linked to English Premier League giants Manchester United. Given that the team’s owner is American Malcolm Glazer (owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), this move makes some…
It wasn’t three days ago the D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams ebulliently announced that he had won a bet with Philadelphia Mayor John Street over last Sunday’s Redskins/Eagles match-up. Now four cheesesteaks richer and riding a wave of confidence, Williams is betting that the Redskins will defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday’s first round playoff game. Should he go two for two, he’ll pick up six Cuban sandwiches from Tamba Bay Mayor Pam Iorio, should…
It’s a been an offseason of change and occasional tumult for the Washington Redskins, but the tangible future is finally snapping into view. We’re talking 2005 schedule: time for Skins fans to start marking their calendars and arguing over how the field of opponents is totally going to yield the 10-6 record to make the playoffs. In addition to the division home-and-homes, the Redskins are matched against teams from the NFC and AFC West,…
The NFL football season begins tonight with a rematch of last years AFC title game. This means the 200405 kickoff for the Redskins is only a few days away. The Skins open their season Sunday at FedEx Field with a 1 p.m. kickoff against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Expectations are running high in the nations capital with the return of former head coach Joe Gibbs and the trade that brought in Clinton Portis for…