After running a few errands on Thursday afternoon, I came home and, as I usually do when I'm puttering around the house, I turned on the John Riggins show. Among the topics of discussion—still—was Fred Davis. It's been a while since the incident involving Davis took place, so allow me to refresh your memory. Last Sunday, he overslept and missed a 9:30 AM practice. That's it. He wasn't out driving (or boating) drunk. He didn't get into a fight with another man or hit a woman. He wasn't making it rain, he wasn't failing a drug test. No ...<< MORE >>

There was very little news coming out of the Washington Redskins minicamp this past weekend and that is exactly what the team wanted. You don't want your team to make news during minicamp. Any headline that comes out of the spring get-together is almost invariably bad news. It's about someone who's not there because of a contract dispute. Or someone who had to be carted off the field and his participation in training camp, if not the season, is in doubt. There was the Fred Davis episode. The rookie tight end overslept and missed Sunday's practice. ...<< MORE >>

The Washington Redskins' draft last weekend has a number of veteran players looking over their shoulders as the team's minicamp commences today in Ashburn, VA.

The NFL is a zero-sum game when it comes to players. For every rookie who comes in and wins a spot, one veteran is gone. Who will have to turn it up a notch to survive the August cut to 53?

Wide receiver

Certainly the additions of Malcolm Kelly and Devin Thomas is not good news for free agent signees such as Billy McMullen and Jerome Mathis, although the latter might be able to catch on ...

<< MORE >>

The main complaint about the Washington Redskins draft that is making the rounds is that they didn't "address" the defensive line. It's a complaint heard almost every year as the Redskins do generally ignore the D-line during the annual selection meeting. Of course, Rob Jackson of Kansas State, the defensive end that the Redskins took in the seventh round in the last dozen picks might take umbrage to such remarks, but nobody is expecting big things out of him, probably not even Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. Not since 1997, when they tabbed Kennard Lang in the first round, ...<< MORE >>

It'll take a wide-angle lens to take the class picture for the Redskins' 2008 draft. Ten new players were selected Saturday and Sunday. That ties for the most players drafted by the Redskins since they started the seven-round draft in 1994. They also took 10 players in 2002. As the '02 draft indicates, a lot of picks doesn't always mean that you better your team considerably. From that haul, only Ladell Betts (second round, #56 overall) and Rock Cartwright (seventh, #257) still are with the team. Tight end Robert Royal (fifth, #260) and quarterback Patrick Ramsey (first, #32) ...<< MORE >>

Here we go on Day 2. We had a lot of fun here yesterday, pop in as you make the rounds around the Web. <iframe src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php?option=com_altcaster&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=e7c43b6467&height=550&width=470" scrolling="no" height="550px" width="470px" frameBorder ="0" ></iframe> ...<< MORE >>

Well, there are advantages to paying your son's way through Virginia Tech so that he could graduate with a degree in computer science. He found a workaround solution for the fried cable modem and I'm back up and running. The round gets started at about 10:00 but the Skins won't be drafting until 11:30 or so and I'll have it running well before that. ...<< MORE >>

The person who had to be the most disappointed with the result of the first day of the Washington Redskins draft was Chad Johnson. After the Skins tabbed a pair of wide receiver, Devin Thomas of Michigan State and Malcolm Kelly of Oklahoma, with two of their three second-round picks on Saturday, Johnson lost his best hope of escaping Cincinnati and getting one last big contract. If Ocho Cinco was dismayed at Washington's picks, he wasn't the only one. A number of fans and pundits are wondering why they went with two wide receivers and one tight end—Fred ...<< MORE >>

A storm has knocked out my internet access and with round 3 starting in about an hour it's doubtful that the live Blog will be up by then. I'm posting this with my BlackBerry so I'll pipe in with an occasional post should events warrant.
—
Sent via Empower HTML Mail Viewer For BlackBerry
http://www.mobylo.com/emv/

Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

        

OK, we're ready to roll. <iframe src="http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php?option=com_altcaster&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=3f52d80afe&height=550&width=470" scrolling="no" height="550px" width="470px" frameBorder ="0" ></iframe> ...<< MORE >>