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Washington Redskins Safety Reed Doughty's Neighbors Erect Giant Tebowing Snowman

Sean Newell — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:23:15 EST

One of these days the Redskins will be playing in the Super Bowl rather than tweeting pictures of enormous genuflecting snowmen. One of these days. [Twitter] More »

Redskins Mgmt. To Players: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Men

Jack Dickey — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:15:00 EST

Tweets Sean Locklear, tackle extraordinaire: "Worst exit meeting ever! No coaches,no front office, just physical's and goodbye to teammates! We did just spend 5 mos together, WOW!" And what months they were. [@SeanLock75, via Dan Steinberg] More »

Albert Haynesworth Is The Worst

Jack Dickey — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:30:20 EST

From Peter King: "Great note by @AdamSchefter: Bucs are 0-7 with Albert Haynesworth, Pats are 7-0 since waiving him." Three cheers for the disgruntled one! More »

Dave McKenna Leaves Washington City Paper, But Not Without Kicking Dan Snyder In The Teeth One Last Time

Dom Cosentino — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:40:00 EST

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Snyder, the Redskins' owner, had filed a dumbass libel lawsuit against McKenna earlier this year over a column Snyder acknowledged he hadn't even read. The suit was withdrawn after 218 days, every day of which we proudly linked to what McKenna had initially written. McKenna publicly announced his departure from WCP today, at the end of a blistering column in which he (again) crowned Snyder the "Unsportsman of the Year," with lots of funny things called facts to back it up. Go read it. [Washington City Paper] More »

Is Mike Shanahan A Good Coach?

Stefan Fatsis — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:15:49 EST

We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries. More »

Roy Helu Leapfrogs The Seahawks For A Touchdown

Sean Newell — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:00:35 EST

This play brought the Redskins within three and they would take a 20-17 lead shortly thereafter on a 50 yard touchdown from Grossman to Anthony Armstrong. More »

Mike Shanahan Kept Tony Romo From Committing A Crucial Penalty Yesterday [UPDATED]

Dom Cosentino — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:20:00 EST

Just before Dan Bailey kicked a 39-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Cowboys past the Redskins, Tony Romo tried to call a timeout. Problem was, the Cowboys had none left—though Romo didn't know it—which ordinarily would have resulted in a 15-yard penalty. Except that, at the same time, Redskins coach Mike Shanahan signaled for a timeout to ice Bailey, which was granted. More »

Tony Romo and Jay Cutler are Winners, Philip Rivers Stinks: Your Sunday NFL Roundup

Sean Newell — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:07:17 EST

What a weird day. Rex Grossman showed incredible touch and accuracy. Tony Romo made big plays when the Cowboys needed them. Sidney Rice was a more effective passer than Tarvaris Jackson. OK, so maybe that's not so weird. Anyway, here's your Sunday roundup. Enjoy. More »

Rex Grossman's Perfectly Thrown Ball Sends Redskins-Cowboys to Overtime

Sean Newell — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:10:00 EST

Grossman hooked up with Donte Stallworth at the back pylon for a nifty little touchdown grab. The extra point tied the game at 24. More »

Karlos Dansby Is The Best Linebacker In The NFL, According To Karlos Dansby

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:40:00 EST

Karlos Dansby had an interception, a couple of passes defended, a quarterback hurry, and 10 tackles in his 2-7 team's win over the 3-6 Washington Redskins on Sunday. And after a performance like that, Karlos Dansby is quite convinced that Karlos Dansby is the best linebacker in the NFL. More »

Bart Scott Says Ravens-Redskins Was A Rivalry Because Players Used To Fight Over Strippers

Sports Radio Interviews — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:20:22 EST

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Feels great; can't wait. More »

John Beck Ate It Hard

Barry Petchesky — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:10:00 EST

If we're going to declare the John Beck era a failure, we can't just look at the fourth-worst passer rating in the league (ahead of Rex!), or the twice as many INTs and TDs, or the zero passes for 40+ yards. We've got to ask: does he have the look of a quarterback: standing tall under pressure, proud, graceful? More »

Mike Shanahan Has A Poopy Face

Dylan Murphy — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:05:25 EST

Your morning roundup for Nov. 7, the day we learned why Europe is just better than America sometimes. Photo via D.C. Sports Bog. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Even Criminal Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Lectured Dan Snyder About The Redskins Name, Likening It To "The New York Jew Boys"

Luke O'Brien — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:10:28 EDT

Scumbag lobbyist and George Bush leg-humper Jack Abramoff has a self-serving book out called Capital Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist. In the book, which you should not buy, Abramoff details his relationship with Dan Snyder, whom Abramoff considers a swell guy. No surprise there. Birds of a feather and all. But not everything was peachy for Abramoff in the VIP suites at FedExField, where he did a good deal of leg-humping, and he let Snyder know it. Via TPM: More »

Kevin Durant Is The New Redskins Quarterback...On A Trading Card

Luke O'Brien — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:05:15 EDT

Kevin Durant's dominating performance at an intramural flag football game at Oklahoma State earlier this week has a lot of people asking "What if?" All of those people work for the Panini Group, the Italian collectibles giant that makes trading cards and bought Donruss two years ago. What if Durant actually played football? What if he played for the Redskins? What if we put him on a card with a Crown Royale logo? More »

At 2:16 This Afternoon, John Beck Got Sacked Again

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:05:00 EDT

That's when the NFL sent out their weekly stat corrections, upping the number of times the Bills brought down Beck to 10. Nick Barnett and Danny Batten share credit. More »

Of Course Rex Grossman Is Mickey Rourke's Favorite Quarterback

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:55:50 EDT

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When the world's ballsiest train wreck calls you "a train wreck with balls," you know you're doing something right, Rex. [Nerd Tears] More »

Some Jackass Scammed At Least 25 Schools Out Of Thousands Of Dollars With The Promise Of NFL Players

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:10:59 EDT

If there's one thing kids are into these days, it's bullying each other. It would be nice if they would stop, but they won't listen to parents or teachers. It's scientifically proven that the only people kids will listen to are NFL players, preferably at a special schoolwide assembly. So when public school districts in Maryland and Virginia were approached with a proposal—to have Ravens and Redskins players come speak against bullying—they jumped at the chance, to the tune of thousands of dollars. The one-man "consulting firm" Odyssey Group took the money, never bothered to line up any players, and ran. More »

Dan Snyder Does An Interview! (For His Own TV Show. With A Fifth Grader.)

Emma Carmichael — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:25:00 EDT

The last time Dan Snyder subjected himself to the terrifying bright lights of a studio interview, it was June, and it was bullshit. Back then, he went on the D.C. affiliates of FOX and NBC and agreed to pretend that his flack, Tony Wyllie, hadn't planted every single question. It was so scripted that the two segments actually mirrored one another, and the FOX 5 Sports Director Dave Feldman actually ended up asking Snyder, among a litany of other hard-hitting personal interest questions, "Are you a movie guy?" More »

The Redskin Faithful Do Not Have Much Faith In John Beck

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:40:30 EDT

When the dust settled on the annual mid-season quarterback shuffle this past week, John Beck was the Washington Redskins' starter. That's John Beck, the formerly mulleted Mormon who has thrown more interceptions (3) than touchdowns (1) in his five NFL seasons. More »

John Beck Gets To Be The Next Redskins Starting QB To Screw Everything Up

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:10:00 EDT

According to Dan Steinberg, Mike Shanahan's decision to make a change for Sunday's game at the Panthers makes Beck the 13th different starter in Dan Snyder's tenure as owner. To which Steinberg added: "Name them all, and then punch yourself in the face." [D.C. Sports Bog] More »

Someone Drew A Dong On Chris Cooley's Finger Cast

Jack Dickey — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:55:00 EDT

Cooley's dong has long been a friend of Deadspin, and we're glad that the Redskins TE finally embraced his inner donginess, even if it took a broken index finger to do it. He's out up to six weeks. More »

Here's Video Of Eagles TE Brent Celek's Great Catch Against The Redskins

Brian Hickey — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:30:00 EDT

In the first half of what's been collectively branded a do-or-die game for the 1-4 Philadelphia side, the Eagles look like the Eagles were expected to look this season and the Redskins look like the Redskins were expected to look, too. However, Brent Celek — while a serviceable tight end — was never supposed to look like an acrobatic receiver, but he just did on a drive that resulted in a field goal that gave the Eagles a 17-0 lead. They're up 20-3 now. More »

Chris Cooley Loves To See Tony Romo Fail

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EDT

Washington Redskins tight ends: They're just like us! Chris Cooley, down-to-earth potter, also finds strange gratification in seeing Tony Romo fail. During his weekly guest spot on the LaVar and Dukes show in Washington, Cooley fed the rivalry by sharing how he really feels about the Cowboys QB: More »

The $30 Product That Will Change How You Watch The NFL

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:32:34 EDT

The Cowboys Didn't Lose Last Night, But It Wasn't For Lack Of Trying

Conor Hastings — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:58:30 EDT

If you were watching the ESPN postgame last night you probably heard a lot about how Tony Romo and the Cowboys "dug deep." This is a nice way of crediting the winners of an ugly, sloppily played game, which I've reduced here to a few of its ugliest, most sloppily played moments. More »

How Dan Snyder Is The Elvis Of NFL Owners

Jack Dickey — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Yes, you may have read recently that Washington Redskins owner dismissed his dumbass libel lawsuit against the Washington City Paper after admitting that he had never read the story in question. Craggs suggested this was because Dan Snyder was a "churlish little shitbag vulgarian." But perhaps he is just like Elvis in his final days, suggests the empathetic Dave McKenna, on Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast. More »

Poll: 54 Percent Of Washington D.C. Sports Fans Disapprove Of Daniel Snyder

Brian Hickey — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EDT

"Twenty seasons after the Redskins won their last Super Bowl, just more than half of area sports fans say they view the team favorably. But more than a third have negative feelings about the hometown football team, according to a new Washington Post poll, and fans hold even stronger negative views about its owner, Daniel Snyder. [Washington Post] More »

Help Us Finish "The Snydering" (Our Satirical, Non-Libelous Dan Snyder Group Fiction)

Luke O'Brien — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:15:26 EDT

As you may have heard, Dan Snyder's dumbass libel suit against the Washington City Paper is no more. Which means we will no longer be posting a daily link to the story that so enraged Snyder (and which he failed to read). But we still have to wrap up The Snydering, our satirical, non-libelous Dan Snyder group fiction. And we need your help. More »

Presenting Details Culled From The Heroic, Romantic Tale Of How Dan Snyder Courted Mike Shanahan

Brian Hickey — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EDT

There's a story in today's Washington Post headlined "Washington Redskins: How Daniel Snyder found his man in Mike Shanahan." More »

Daniel Snyder Finally Dismisses His Dumbass Libel Lawsuit Against The Washington City Paper

Brian Hickey — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:52:00 EDT

Let this serve as We Are All Dave McKenna CCXVIII ... More »

We're Sick Of Joe Theismann All Over Again

Dom Cosentino — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:35:00 EDT

It's difficult not to pity Redskins fans, who, in addition to being Redskins fans, have to hear Joe Theismann talk about preseason football during preseason television broadcasts. And last night, just after Brandon Banks ended an otherwise splendid punt return by flipping the ball out of his hand as he approached the goal line, necessitating a review by the officials to see whether Banks still had possession as he scored, Theismann just couldn't help himself. More »

Today In Shameless Corporate Behavior: The Redskins Hawk Obsolete Donovan McNabb Souvenir Cups

Luke O'Brien — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:25:56 EDT

First, Dan Snyder sold Redskins fans the old peanuts he got from a bankrupt airline, as Dave McKenna mentions in "The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder." (You have just experienced "We Are All Dave McKenna CCX.") Now Snyder is charging fans at FedExField $6 for Donovan McNabb soda cups. Oh, wait. I'm not supposed to say that because, you know, it's not Snyder himself manning the cash registers. It's just the people who work for him. More »

Whoever Broke Into Chris Cooley's Art Gallery Did Not Care Much For The Art

Emma Carmichael — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:10:00 EDT

Local police in Leesburg, Va. are searching for the suspect that broke into Chris Cooley's art gallery on South King Street early Friday morning. Thankfully, no art or pottery was stolen in the burglary. More importantly, though, Chris Cooley owns an art gallery. More »

Now Comes The District Of Columbia To Protest The Dumbassness Of Dan Snyder's Dumbass Libel Suit

Luke O'Brien — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:20:49 EDT

It was always going to come to this. After being abused by Dan Snyder for over a decade, DC is finally fighting back. The city's Attorney General this week intervened in Snyder's increasingly desperate case against the Washington City Paper, arguing, more or less, that the wee Redskins owner is a titanic ass for attempting to undo a DC free speech law in his attempt to crush a poor alt-weekly. From The Washington Examiner: More »

A Former Six Flags Employee Contributes To Our Satirical, Non-Libelous Dan Snyder Group Fiction

Luke O'Brien — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:15:42 EDT

Consider this your daily link to Dave McKenna's "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," but here it is again for good measure. We'll post this until Dan Snyder's dumbass libel suit is dosed with a few micrograms of polonium-210. (For those of you keeping track, this is "We Are All Dave McKenna CCVII.") More »

Albert Haynesworth Has Two Words For Washington

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:45:36 EDT

It's not "fuck you." It might as well be. More »

Charles Mann Will Have You Know That He's Totally Straight

Brian Hickey — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EDT

On the sidelines with a mic for last night's Washington/Indianapolis game, former Redskin Charles Mann complimented the heck out of safety LaRon Landry as O.J. Atogwe took it all in. Talking about how he looked fantastic. But wait, wait, not like that. He's happily married. To a woman. Totally straight. No homo! More »

We Are All Dave McKenna CLXXXIX

Dom Cosentino — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:23:53 EDT

Blame me, the fucking new guy, but this should have been in this morning's Wake Up Deadspin feature, as it has been pretty much every other day. Anyway, here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting every day until Snyder's dumbass libel lawsuit gets forgotten about, like for real. More »

Noted Chubby Quarterback Makes Widely Derided Prediction

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:55:00 EDT

Rex Grossman is the No.1 quarterback on the Redskins' depth chart. I know that means close to absolute zero in the long term, but c'mon: read that first sentence again. More »