Game 11: Redskins (3-7) at Eagles (6-4)

at Out of the box: Spare parts, playcalling by committee and a badass defense come calling as the Redskins travel to Philadelphia to play the Eagles, 1pm ET on FOX, hanging on in quiet desperation just about covers it at this point.=====Quick jump toThe Story So Far :: Curly R Aside :: Oppo Research :: Trainer's Table Gameplan :: My Take in 60 Words or Less :: Preview Generalia=====The story so far: Well it may have been a first last week, against...

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A Little Football Eye Candy for You Before the Eagles Game

SlamTomorrow the Redskins play the Eagles, it will be the 21st of the past 22 Eagles-Redskins games played anywhere attended by me and my game partner lifetime Eagles fan, season ticket holder and Curly R reader/lurker Wilbert Montgomery, and the 19th straight matchup for me. Our streak of attending Eagles-Redskins games goes back to 1999 and Norval Turner.Above is an amuse bouche for Redskins fans, in that image is newly signed Redskins tailback...

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The Shermans

The most ShermansYour required watching for week eleven, Danny Rouhier looks into Dan Snyder's decision to assemble the most awesome collection of Shermans that there ever was. At this pace the Redskins will finish the season with more Shermans than coaches.YouTube from he...

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Thanksgiving Football Thread

CluelessWishing a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from The Curly R, this year we are in Dumfries Virginia at the home of the original Redskins fan named Ben Folsom, also in attendance is brother Seth the author and my nieces, it's a Thanksgiving Day bash and now on to the day's timeline:0015: Decide further bourbons in Tony Almeida's garage not a good idea, stagger home, gnosh crackers and hummus, hit the sack.0800: Kids up, wife offers option...

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RIP Abe Pollin

Abe Pollin, 1923-2009A great man of Washington died Tuesday, Abe Pollin, the only owner of the Washington Bullets, later Wizards and the arena formerly known as MCI Center, and former owner of the Washington Capitals. No formal obituary from Curly R on Abe, there is nothing I can add to this piece by 3rd Stone from the Sun, go read it.Abe Pollin was 85Washington Post obituary.Abe Pollin with scale model of Capital Centre, where I saw many sporting...

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Happy Birthday Joe Gibbs

There's a Joe Gibbs museum down there somewhere I am going to visitPlease join me and the entire staff of The Curly R in wishing three time Super Bowl Champion coach Joe Gibbs a happy birthday, coach Gibbs turns 69 today.Since retiring from his comeback as Redskins coach for the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons, coach Gibbs has concentrated on developing his racing empire, Joe Gibbs Racing, and the attention has paid off. This NASCAR season driver...

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Redskins 2009 Depth Chart: Midseason Update

Deeper in the roster than you want to beIt has been hard to keep up with the injuries and shifting roles, here is your midseason update to the Redskins 2009 Depth Chart, it looks a lot different than it did in September:Quarterback1. Jason Campbell2. Todd Collins3. Andre Woodson (practice squad)Notes: No changes here. Jason Campbell has proven despite the team's poor performance in 2009 that he is not the Redskins' weak link. He was benched for the...

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Department of Bad News: Chad Rinehart

DoneLadell Betts was not the only Redskin to be lost for the season two weeks ago in game ten against Dallas, Redskins second year right guard Chad Rinehart suffered a broken right fibula early in the third quarter, he too was placed on the injured reserve list on Monday 23 November 2009 and will miss the final six games of the season, he was rolled in the pile after a play.The fibula, or calf bone, is there mainly to serve as an attachment for musculature...

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Department of Bad News: Ladell Betts

DoneEighth year Redskins tailback Ladell Betts suffered serious knee injuries two weeks ago in game ten against the Dallas Cowboys, Ladell was injured in the first quarter of that game, his second start in place of primary back Clinton Portis who is still out after suffering a concussion in game eight against the Falcons, in the cutback on a left side run Ladell was tackled by Dallas linebacker Bradie James and tore both the anterior cruciate ligament...

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Happy Birthday Dan Snyder

The man in chargePlease join me in wishing Redskins owner Dan Snyder a happy birthday, Dan turns 44 today.Dan demonstrated the entrepreneurial spirit at a young age, dropping out of college to work out of his parents' suburban Maryland house leasing jets to fly students on spring break, Dan later drew the attention of US News and Work Report publisher Mort Zuckerman and New York Daily News publisher Fred Dranser for his idea for a magazine targeted...

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Game 10: Redskins (3-6) at Cowboys (6-3)

at Out of the box: A season's salvation or just more of the same, only three hours today can tell the difference as the Redskins travel to play the Cowboys, 1pm ET on FOX, let us see if the Redskins can spoil the housewarming party.=====Quick jump toThe Story So Far :: Curly R Aside :: Oppo Research :: Trainer's Table Gameplan :: My Take in 60 Words or Less :: Preview Generalia=====The story so far: Hope springs eternal, the Redskins put together...

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Every Time I Think I'm Out

After all I've been throughDanny Rouhier is out with his week ten video, it includes excerpts from Jon Gruden's and Shannon Sharpe's analysis of the Redskins, and Danny's true passion for the team is tested.Enjoy, game preview in the morning. If the Redskins were somehow miraculously to win this game tomorrow in Dallas they would be [REDACTED]YouTube from he...

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Happy Birthday DeAngelo Hall

If you want an interception, ask this guyPlease join me and the entire staff of The Curly R in wishing Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall a happy birthday, DeAngelo turns 26 today.DeAngelo made his way to the Redskins circuitously, a midseason signing last year who made his mark immediately with an interception against Dallas in a close game ten loss, after a terrific half season the Redskins elected to keep DeAngelo, signing him this offseason to...

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What a Bunch of Horseshit

Ok then not ok then ok again. WTF bro?Thanks to a text from Redskins Examiner's Mark Newgent I learned a few minutes before the Broncos game Sunday that the Redskins had revised their sign policy, to allow non profane signs back into Redskins Stadium, this makes at least three weeks and one game, and possibly as long as six weeks and three games, that the ban was in effect.To do so three hours before kickoff on gameday when nearly everyone who would...

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Redskins Name Will Continue to Be Offensive. Or Not. It Depends on Who You Ask. I Lost the Plot.

Um, noA Curly R twofer for your Tuesday morning.First, yesterday the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the case of the Redskins team name, ending this particular legal challenge to the propriety of naming a for profit enterprise with a term recognized now as an epithet.To summarize this long running case, a group of what some people would call activists and others would call defenders of the oppressed and yet others might call enforcers...

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38 Runs / 26 Passes

That's what I'm talking aboutTakeaway Drill: When you play Redskins football with Redskins football players you get what you got today, a cast of banged up rejects that saves the day, so in other words The Goonies; man that defensive secondary sucks.=====Quick jump toMonday Walkthrough :: Soapbox :: Chattering Class :: Omnibus Spotlights :: Recaps and Stats=====Monday Walkthrough: With nothing to lose, nothing to prove and heaping scorn from the...

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