News: Shanahan said that the Redskins will run a “Redskins defense”, with elements of the 4-3 and the 3-4
There is no point in tipping your hand and giving up too much information at this point in the game. If you’re switching to the 3-4, why let other teams know that you’ll be going after personnel [...]
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Shanahan says team will run ‘Redskins defense’
The week at the combine
I’m just catching up after a few days at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. It was a great experience and thanks to the folks at CSNwashington.com for sending me there.
Some scoff at the importance of the combine and I was one of those people. Actually, I still am to an extent. The breathless commentary and [...]
M. Shanahan: K. Shanahan will call plays
News: Kyle Shanahan will call the plays for the Redskins offense this year.
This wasn’t huge news, just confirmation of what was widely expected. Even though Kyle had a burning desire to work with his father, he would have been very hesitant to give up his gig calling plays as the Houston Texans’ offensive coordinator if [...]
Shanahan the new sheriff in town
News: The Redskins will hold three minicamps this spring.
Every NFL team can schedule one mandatory minicamp. Teams with new coaches can schedule two additional minicamps, both of which are voluntary. When Jim Zorn became head coach in 2008 he scheduled no additional sessions. Shanahan has scheduled both of the voluntary minicamps in addition to the [...]
Shanahan: ‘Portis is our running back’
News: Shanahan tells Sirius NFL Radio, “Clinton Portis is our running back.”
A few minutes later, he was telling those of us at the combine that, just like every other player who hopes to be a member of the 2010 Redskins, Portis would need to work hard in the team’s offseason conditioning program. That means spending [...]
Campbell gets RFA tender
News: Mike Shanahan says that the Redskins will make a tender offer to quarterback Jason Campbell.
This is something that the Redskins had to do. If they don’t do it prior to next Thursday’s deadline Campbell would become an unrestricted free agent on Friday. If that happened, the organization would be guilty of gross negligence.
On the [...]
Malcolm Kelly is tall. Mike Shanahan realizes this.
In the two years that the Redskins have had Malcolm Kelly on the roster I have been waiting for the time that the team took advantage of his size. Kelly is 6-4, giving him a four to six inch height advantage over nearly every cornerback who lined up against him.
It never happened. Of his 28 [...]
Advice to Portis–Shutup
So Clinton Portis “definitely expects” to be back with the Washington Redskins in 2010.
“I know what I’m capable of doing, and I can’t wait to get back on the field next year to prove to people that I’m far from washed up or done,” Portis said on ESPN 2 last week.
Not so fast, [...]
Shanahan, not Vinny, made decision on 3-4
We haven’t heard much from Jim Haslett yet. There has been no introductory press conference for any of the coordinators or assistants, no media availability at all. But Comcast SportsNet has the audio clip above and, although it’s less than a minute, it’s interesting.
In regards to the switch from the 4-3 defense to a 3-4 [...]
McCardell completes Shanahan’s staff
According to various media reports, the Washington Redskins have hired Keenan McCardell to be their wide receivers coach. The hiring of McCardell, who started and finished a 16-year NFL career as a receiver with Washington, completes the main part of the Redskins’ coaching staff.
McCardell was a 12th-round draft pick of the Redskins in 1991 but [...]
