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Sunday August 31, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Jansen Demoted
 category: Redskins


 

     The media was surprised to learn at practice today that offensive tackle Jon Jansen has lost his starting job.  Jansen will be replaced by Stephon Heyer, who played his college ball at Maryland.   Jim Zorn said the decision was based on Heyer's performace, Jansen's performance and Jansen's foot injury.   Jansen sprained his foot in the Panthers game eight days ago.  Jon said the foot is not a factor. It's not an issue, it's fine.  He's probably right.  This decision was all about performance.  Jon's pass blocking skills have diminished a bit, while Heyer continues to show steady improvement.  Rememeber Heyer went one on one against Michael Strahan last year and held Strahan without a sack.   This is tough news for a class act like Jansen.  When healthy, he's been the Redskins starting right tackle for nine years.   But at 32, he's getting up there, he's had two major injuries over the last fiour years. And the Redskins are trying to get younger at many positions.  Starting Thursday night, we'll see if it's the right decision.  But it's clear that Jim Zorn is not giving players a pass, based on past performance or tenure.  

    With that being said, Zorn had a tough decision to make at punter.  Yes, Derrick Frost did outperform the rookie Durant Brooks during the pre-season.  But it's hard to evaluate Frost on just the pre-season.  You have to look at the last three years.  Frost has been inconsistent.  It's why they drafted Brooks in the first place.   I could see that decision going either way. 

    Jason Taylor didn't practice today, neither did reciever Malcolm Kelly.. It's interesting that the Redskins only have four healthy receivers in a pass-happy offense.. Hopefully the veterans won't get injured, because the team remains thin in that area until Devin Thomas learns what to do and Malcolm gets healthy and starts contributing..  

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Monday August 25, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Monday Blues
 category: Redskins


This was a strange Monday for Jim Zorn and the Redskins. It marked the first loss of the preseason for this ball club under the management of Jim and his staff. Anyone who watched the 44 point loss in Charlotte, knows it was a good-ole fashion butt whoopin! Today Jim Zorn said his first team offense "will" play Thursday night against Jacksonville at Fed Ex. It seemed to me that the skins were beaten in every phase of the game. However, it was the offensive line that was the talk of the town today. When Chris Samuels was bull rushed into Jason Campbell my initial reaction was this team won't win eight games. I eventually came to my senses and realized I'd have to wait until the Giants game Thursday Sept. 4, to make a prediction.

 

A few observations; Jason Cambell still takes too long to throw and his footwaork is still not the best. The Offensive line was embarasssing Saturday. The run defense was nonexistant. Not good signs for the season.

The good news is that Jason Taylors MRI showed no serious damage to the structure of the knee. He will miss 10 to 14 days.

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Thursday August 21, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Mourning again!
 category: Redskins


The death of Holly Bugel and the death of Gene Upshaw rocked Redskins Park.  Once again, a team which has been through so much pain over the last year is suffering again. Joe Bugel, one of their favorite coaches is in pain and each member of the Redskins family feels that pain all the way to their core. It seems like last week that they buried Sean Taylor. Now this!  Holly Bugel was only 35 years old. She had a rare, very aggressive, form of bone cancer called Osteosarcoma and she never really had a chance. Joe was with Holly from August 9th until the 18th when he said his good-byes and shared their love. Our thoughts and our prayers are with you and your family Joe.

 

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