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Following one of the most embarrassing losses in recent franchise history Redskin nation will be looking many places to heap the blame.á Coach Jim Zorn and quarterback Jason Campbell will probably bear the majority of it. While they certainly played their parts in SundayÆs debacle, the person that deserves the most blame is defensive coordinator Greg Blache. For a person who has such a good coaching resume and led the defense to ...

Play Calling Advice That May Break the Redskins Out Of Their Funk

Posted: 25th September 2009 by Dan Yoke in NFL
The word is out and the news is spreading.á Washington is ripe for a Lions upset. á This is the theme that has been bandied about every major sports show or website over the past week.á If you are judging the Redskins based on their play so far this season you could probably arrive at the same conclusion. á On paper there is no way that this happens.á But games arenÆt played on paper.á ...

Pete Kendall Could Help Answer Redskins’ Questions at Guard

Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Dan Yoke in NFL
It was bound to happen sooner or later.   It happened sooner.   The aging and injury-prone Redskins offensive line suffered a blow in week two when right guard Randy Thomas was lost for the season with a right triceps tear.  Now the question of how to replace him is left to be determined by head coach Jim Zorn and line coach Joe Bugel.   The Redskins do have some promising young talent that could possibly ...

Cause Of Death: Washington Redskins!

Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Dan Yoke in NFL
As I was watching the Redskins play the Rams on Sunday a thought occurred to me that I hadn’t ever thought about before.   I thought about writing up a will.   Now I am fairly young, and I don’t have any money, but there are a few things that I want done in the unfortunate event of my passing.  The one thing I want made very clear is that should I die of ...

Forward This to D.C.: Six Keys To a Washington Redskin Victory

Posted: 18th September 2009 by Dan Yoke in NFL
Forward this article to all Redskin coaches and personnel.   This is the blueprint that will help the Redskins put last week’s debacle in the rear view mirror and hand the St. Louis Rams a resounding defeat.   DEFENSE: 1. Blitz early and often.  The Rams present a unique combination of one of the most immobile QB’s in the league with one of the most inexperienced receiving corps in the league.  If that doesn’t favor ...
Call it what you will. Luck. Fate. Preparation. Karma. Destiny. A certain feeling that your actions are in some ways altered or influenced by a power that is beyond your control.   I don’t know what the correct term is, but I see its influence all around me.   I was moved to ponder these questions of a collective destiny while I watched the fourth quarter of the Buffalo/New England game.   I wasn’t going to ...

Washington Redskins: Equal Blame To Go Around

Posted: 14th September 2009 by Dan Yoke in NFL
As a Redskin fan, I would like to say that this game was truly maddening to watch.While the offense certainly was the worse of the three major units today, many people must share the blame.First of all, I hate criticizing Greg Blache because his defensive schemes usually keep the Redskins in games, and this game was no exception.  But I feel that Blache made a critical strategy error early in this ...