Washington Redskins

Mike Shanahan takes a tumble during Redskins OTAs

May 21, 2012

For each and every Redskins player, including star rookie Robert Griffin III, Monday marked the unofficial start of football season, as the first day of full squad workouts got underway. It wasn’t, however, the limberest of beginnings for Mike Shanahan, who inadvertently got a tough taste of the action. While Griffin was busy impressing his [...]

49ers, Redskins latest to turn down ‘Hard Knocks’

May 17, 2012

It’s becoming redundant at this point, but two more teams have said no to HBO about appearing on its Emmy-winning sports show. USA Today reports both the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins have turned down the opportunity to appear on the latest installment of “Hard Knocks” this summer. Niners president Jed York took to [...]

Robert Griffin III is trademarking Robert Griffin III

May 9, 2012

Confused? Don’t be. The Washington Redskins quarterback, in an effort to protect his name, is taking legal measures to ensure no one improperly benefits from his fame or success, CSN Washington reports (via ChangeLegal.com). With the help of an attorney, Griffin created his own company, Thr3escompany, LLC and submitted the paperwork to trademark four of [...]

Redskins officially name Griffin starting quarterback

May 6, 2012

The battle for the Skins starting quarterback job is over before it even began … and that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Following the conclusion of Washington’s rookie minicamp Sunday, head coach Mike Shanahan wasted little time, officially announcing that Robert Griffin III will be the team’s starter under center this season. “He’s [...]

RGIII ‘expects’ to be Redskins starting quarterback

April 24, 2012

Now that he’s assured of going to the Redskins at No. 2 overall, Robert Griffin III has begun campaigning for his job. Appearing on the Dan Patrick Show Tuesday, RGIII said he’d “love” to be the Skins’ starting quarterback when they take the field Week 1. Fairly harmless reply by the reigning Heisman-winner, who then [...]

Jags owner Shahid Khan tweaks Cowboys, Redskins

March 13, 2012

Since Shahid Khan took over as the Jaguars’ majority owner a few short months ago, he’s been particularly outspoken about the team, claiming, amongst other things, money won’t be an issue when free agency opens on Tuesday. That’s easy to say for a man who’s worth an estimated $2.5 billion. However, he prefers to be [...]

Redskins, Rams agree to trade for No. 2 pick

March 9, 2012

The wide assumption this offseason was if the Redskins were to fail in the Peyton Manning derby, they’d quickly move on to their next target — Robert Griffin. And, and a day after pulling out of the Manning sweepstakes, the Skins moved four steps to closer to RG3. Per FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer, the Redskins [...]

Manning sweepstakes to come down to Skins, Fins?

March 7, 2012

Since the news broke about Peyton Manning’s career in Indy coming to an end, there has been no shortage of speculation regarding his next destination. It’s hard to keep up with all of the rumors — and, trust me, even harder to write about each one — but, judging by the latest, it may be [...]