Samuels, Horton inactive

There are two surprise inactives for the Redskins—Chris Samuels, who has “something in his knee” according to WTEM and Chris Horton, who has a lingering ankle injury.

The recently-acquired Mike Green will start in Horton’s place and the only other active safety is rookie Kareem Moore. Stephon Heyer steps in for Samuels.

Ladell Betts, Shawn Springs, and Cornelius Griffin also are inactive along with Colt Brennan (third QB), Malcolm Kelly, and Chad Reinhart.

I’ll go into the implications of the absence of Horton and Samuels when I crank up the live blog at about 12:30.