NEWS
Redskins TE Chris Cooley may yet play again this season, despite earlier indications from coach Jim Zorn that Cooley was headed to the season-ending injured reserve list.
Cooley may dodge IR, as a doctor’s second opinion on Cooley’s broken ankle (that he suffered during the ‘Skins loss to Philadelphia on Monday night) provided Cooley hope that he could return this season.
On Cooley’s Twitter account, he posted the following last night: “3 pins go in the ankle tomorrow. Hopefully be back in 4 weeks. Thanks for all the support.”
This is in sharp contrast to reports that surfaced earlier Tuesday, which quoted Zorn as saying that Cooley was likely headed for the IR after finding out he’d be out a minimum of 6-8 weeks, however; Zorn mentioned that Cooley was waiting for a second opinion before making a final decision.
Regardless, the loss of Cooley for any amount of time is a killer for the 2-5 Redskins, who often targeted Cooley as their most reliable receiver.
“Much like the other really good players we have on our team, he brings the fight on the field,” Zorn said. “And it’s going to be a big loss for us.”
The Redskins (mercifully) have a bye after starting the season 2-5. They’re using the bye week to rehabilitate a team dealing with a slew of injuries to key players, hoping that a week off can help provide the momentum to turn the season around.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 9:31 pm by bryan
The $100 millon man hasn’t gotten what he’s expected out of his new team yet.
A year after guiding Tennessee to a 13-3 record and into the playoffs, Haynesworth now finds himself much richer, but on the 2-5 Redskins, who suffered another decisive loss on Monday night, 27-17 to the Eagles.
After the loss, Haynesworth allowed some of his frustrations to boil over.
“Urgency, heart, ‘want-to,’ whatever. I don’t know. We’re lacking a lot of stuff right now,” Haynesworth said to reporters.
Much like last week’s loss to the Chiefs, Redskins fans started filing out of the stadium even by halftime.
“The fans are losing interest. The more games we play, the fewer fans come. It’s getting bad,” Haynesworth said.
“You can say but so much,” he said. “You’ve got to actually ‘want to.’ So once we get to that point — where we ‘want to’ do something — then we’ll do something. But if we just keep going our separate ways, then we’ll just keep getting slaughtered like we have.”
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:48 pm by bryan
Before the Redskins knew what hit ‘em, they were down 7-0 on Monday night to the Philadelphia Eagles, after they bit too hard on a 67-yard end around by DeSean Jackson.
By the end of the first half, Redskins fans knew what was coming, as the Eagles rolled to their first NFC East victory of the season, a 27-17 victory over the ‘Skins on Monday Night Football.
Jason Campbell had yet another rough night, although this week, at least he managed to stay in the game until the bloody end. He finished 29 for 43 for 284 yards, two TDs and one INT, most of which accrued in garbage time.
The pick was especially costly, as Campbell had a pass tipped by Eagles safety Quintin Mikell deep in his own end zone, then caught by the Eagles new middle linebacker, Will Witherspoon, and returned for a touchdown that put the Eagles up 14-0 early.
Considering the Redskins’ offensive troubles this season, virtually everyone in the stadium knew that lead was insurmountable for their sad sack team. The Eagles iced the game with a 57-yard TD bomb from QB Donovan McNabb to Jackson late in the third quarter, where the Redskins over-pursued again - this time on a third-and-23.
The Redskins now head into the bye 2-5 (0-3 in the NFC East), with a former Bingo caller in charge of their offense, and their head coach appearing more and more like a lame duck waiting to be axed.
at 9:31 pm by bryan
The Washington Redskins got out of the gate slowly and never recovered in a 27-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Washington went into the locker room trailing 27-10, making it an uphill climb the rest of the way.
The Redskins did manage to hold the Eagles scoreless in the second half, but they weren’t pressed into making much happen, either.
Washington did manage to score a late touchdown as tight end Fred Davis found some playing time and the end zone.
It’s going to be a really long season for the Redskins, who are now 2-5 and just starting the toughest part of their schedule.
at 9:31 pm by steve
The hits just keep piling up for the Washington Redskins.
Redskins TE Chris Cooley broke his ankle last night in the Monday Night Football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Redskins will likely place him on injured reserve, ending his season prematurely.
Cooley was injured on the first play of the second quarter in Monday night’s game.
Skins QB Jason Campbell, who threw to Cooley for his first four attempts on Monday, said, “Losing Chris is big” in the understatement of the week.
With the Redskins already down offensive linemen Chris Samuels and Randy Thomas, Cooley had taken on a much larger blocking role in the past few weeks. Now, Cooley’s backup, Fred Davis, must step into a much larger role, as Campbell often checks down to his TE as a vital part of the Redskins offense.
Davis got off to a hot start last night, catching eight balls for 78 yards and a touchdown, but it’s yet to be seen whether he can maintain that productive pace weekly. And despite Davis’ career day the Skins still managed to get blown out by the Eagles on Monday night, dropping them to 2-5 on the season.
“It has been real frustrating. I have never seen anything like this before,” coach Jim Zorn said after the game, regarding the way the Redskins’ season has been going so far. With the Skins three games under .500 and Zorn stripped of playcalling duties, is it only a matter of time before Zorn finds himself on the unemployment line?
at 7:54 pm by bryan
The Washington Redskins have announced that head coach Jim Zorn will remain in charge through the rest of the season.
Following a couple moves over the past few weeks that have taken responsibilities away from Zorn, rumors of his demise have increased.
The Redskins wanted to quiet such rumors and give Zorn a vote of confidence to make sure he was still respected by the players.
The organization also wanted to put the players on notice that they weren’t playing for a lame duck coach and should continue to give their strongest effort.
It’s worth nothing that it would likely take a major second half run for the team to bring Zorn back in 2010.
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5:10 pm by steve
The Washington Redskins have announced that Jason Campbell will remain the team’s starting quarterback.
Campbell was benched in the second half of last week’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs for performance reasons.
Head coach Jim Zorn turned to veteran backup Todd Collins, who he hoped might provide a spark for the offense.
Collins was largely ineffective as well, and Zorn made it clear that the organization still has confidence in Campbell.
It’s likely that the team wants to see what Campbell will do with a new playcaller over the next several weeks.
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 2:19 pm by steve
The Washington Redskins hit yet another low point in their season in a 14-6 loss to the previously winless Kansas City Chiefs.
In the first six weeks of the season, the Redskins have played a winless team every single week.
Despite that fact, the Redskins are just 2-4 heading into Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Sunday’s game brought on just a single cheer from the home crowd, which occurred when the team benched quarterback Jason Campbell in favor of backup Todd Collins.
There were about 15,000 empty seats for the game, as it’s becoming clear that Redskins fans are growing tired of all of the losing.
at 8:33 am by steve
After another pathetic showing by the Washington Redskins offense, head coach Jim Zorn has been stripped of his playcalling duties.
General manager Vinny Cerrato approached Zorn after the loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and asked him to voluntarily give up the playcalling duties.
The move is just the latest by the organization to take away more power from the embattled head coach.
The team is expected to give offensive consultant Sherman Lewis the playcalling duties beginning this week against Philadelphia.
If the struggles continue, the next step is likely the termination of the head coach.
Friday, October 23, 2009 at 4:10 pm by steve
After suffering another embarrassing loss during the “easy” part of their schedule, the Redskins’ front office decided to make a change and stripped head coach Jim Zorn of his play-calling duties, handing them to Sherman Lewis.
Lewis previously spent 22 years as an NFL assistant, being originally hired as a consultant to the Redskins offense. However, this year, Lewis was off in Michigan enjoying the life of a retiree, as he called Bingo games at a senior citizen center and delivered Meals on Wheels during his days.
Now, Lewis takes over playcalling duties from Zorn, who came to the Redskins with the knack of being an offensively-minded coach.
With the Redskins averaging a pathetic 13.2 points/game, and the team having failed to score a touchdown in two of their home games, Zorn’s offensive reputation might take a hit given his team’s performance this year.
The Redskins have the Philadelphia Eagles coming to town this week for Monday Night Football, although its unclear who will be quarterbacking the Redskins at this point. Coach Zorn benched starting QB Jason Campbell at halftime of the Chiefs/Redskins game in favor of Todd Collins, who completed a 42-yard pass on his first attempt, then racked up 33 more yards total.
Monday, October 19, 2009 at 7:11 pm by bryan
