Preseason Game 3: Redskins (1-1) vs. Patriots (1-1)

vs. Out of the box: The most meaningful of all the meaningless games is upon us, the proverbial third preseason game, the best barometer so far of real team progress, the Redskins host the New England Patriots for a preseason game tonight at 8pm on CBS.=====The story so far: You always have to keep preseason in perspective. With even more secrecy than the regular season coaches make decisions about what to show the rest of the league when ramping...

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Now I Am That Guy

Boy do I feel dumbWhen I was in the music business a flash in the pan act called Ugly Kid Joe played at my nightclub, they had some radio success in 1992 with (I Hate) Everything About You, a song that was featured in the Wayne's World movie.They arrived at my club, a place in Charlottesville called Trax where I did more than four hundred gigs as house sound engineer and probably another one hundred as an apprentice engineer or soundman for a band...

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WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GUYS DOING

Wake up, it is more than just a websiteAs I was chunking together my I love Jason Campbell post, now pushed to tonight, I stumbled around midnight last night on the new NFL.com website rollout, once again I am not a happy camper.The last revamp was August 2007 and despite a glowing review at the time, that update really did improve the site's usability, there is something I did not realize until I began putting together gamewraps for the 2007 season:...

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Hope He Kept the Receipt

OopsWatch your hang time. Jerral W. Jones' new Cowboys Stadium has a problem: the mammoth video screens hanging over midfield are too low. Already a punter in a preseason game, AJ Trapasso of the Titans has hit the board in a game. That a game could be decided by a punt conking off an object in the field of play is a big deal with the league and the league office fully intends to address this before the season opens.You want to know the funny thing?...

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NFLol, 140 Characters at a Time

Come on, everybody's doing itI came across a funny thing on the Washington Post today, if you are into following your favorite NFL players on Twitter, you need to check out YA Twittle, it aggregates the tweets of top NFL players, there must be 110 or 120 listed, you can link out direct to their Twitter feeds or you can browse the NFLol of players prattling 140 characters at a time.Not to be confused, YA Tittle is of course the former San Francisco...

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Colt vs. Chase: Really?

Are we really even having this conversation?The lede: Undrafted rookie quarterback Chase Daniel finally sees his first NFL action, outduels rival Colt Brennan and leads the Redskins on two touchdown drives in a comeback win over the defending Super Bowl champions!What a story! Colt you better watch your ass!=====I have just summarized the last 72 hours of Redskins coverage. See also:Jason Reid, Washington PostDan Steinberg, Washington PostJohn Keim,...

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The Shortest Eagles Career Ever

BustedA neighbor asked me the other night, what was the deal with the Eagles signing that quarterback guy whose contract was immediately invalidated by the league? I had heard a little about it but the story had come and gone while I was focused the Redskins. That is when the neighbor we call Tony Almeida said, that's the point, I can't find anything on this story, it's like it was buried.So I went home and checked it out, here is what happened:On...

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Jailbreak on Every Down

Pouring like rainTakeaway drill: A lot more fun to watch, Clinton Portis makes a real different in this offense; Pittsburgh is not so formidable without Big Ben; the Redskins defense at times must have seemed to Pittsburgh quarterbacks like it was a whiteout.=====Monday Sunday walkthrough: The Redskins turn in a different kind of preseason performance, excellent defense and good enough offense, the Redskins went toe to toe, unit to unit with the...

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Preseason Game 2: Redskins (0-1) vs Steelers (1-0)

vs Out of the box: How often does that happen, the Super Bowl champions come to visit you at your house? For the Redskins tonight they can only hope this guest is not as rude as last year, the Pittsburgh Steelers come back to Redskins stadium for a 7:30 preseason football game.=====The story so far: In the preseason there are always two storylines for each game, how is the team progressing and how did the team fare last time it played the opponent...

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Your Redskins Weekend Television Coverage

Eyeballs gluedWith thanks to the intrepid staff of the Washington Redskins, here is your weekend television schedule for Redskins related television entertainment:Inside the RedskinsSaturday, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.NBC-4Get to know a little bit about Redskins first round pick, Brian Orakpo, Coach Zorn gives his keys to the Pittsburgh game and Chris Cooley gets wired up on the practice field, hosted by Larry Michael.The Jim Zorn ShowSaturday, 7:00...

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Didn't Look Any Better on Tape

Yeah that's about right for this gameTakeaway drill: getting off to an inauspicious start in 2009, getting blanked just up the road; offense missing in action, there were no standouts; defense was uneven, Brian Orakpo and Jeremy Jarmon both look like great pick ups; three magic words: no serious injuries.=====Monday Friday walkthrough: a weak performance with a few bright spots, the defense showed promise and the offense never came out of draft...

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Traditional Media Deathspiral Enters Endgame

Think hard on this one before running off all those eyeballsThe Los Angeles Time ran a story today about how Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is pushing other media companies hard to join together in an online news consortium, one that effectively could set new policy for access to online news and media, and by that I mean pay for it.It is no secret that the biggest, oldest media companies have struggled with profitability models for delivering...

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