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The Washington Post x R Thursday, December 6, 2007 E11

RedskinsGameday By Jason Reid BEARS (5-7) VS. REDSKINS (5-7) 8:15 P.M. AT FEDEX FIELD » TV: NFL NETWORK, WDCA-20 » RADIO: WWWX (92.7 FM), WWXT (94.3 FM), WGRQ (95.9 FM), WSMD (98.3 FM), WBIG (100.3 FM), WXTR (730 AM) » LINE: Redskins by 3

BEARS ROSTER FIRST DOWN SECOND DOWN THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN REDSKINS ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. 60-Minute Men Revive the Run Rattle Rex Not a Must-Win No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. 4 P 6-1 188 Halftime leads have not been kind to During their four-game slide, the Bears QB has been In most seasons, this would be an 4 Derrick Frost P 6-4 208 8 Rex Grossman QB 6-1 217 the Redskins, who have lost four Redskins have struggled to run the mistake-prone throughout his career, elimination game, with the loser only 6 Shaun Suisham PK 6-0 205 9 PK 6-0 183 games in a row. They have lost five in ball. and the Redskins can improve their mathematically still in playoff 8 QB 6-1 217 14 QB 6-3 214 which they led at intermission, hasn’t reached 70 yards in his last chances of forcing turnovers by contention. But this isn’t most seasons 15 Todd Collins QB 6-4 228 16 WR 6-2 198 including this past Sunday against the three games and has carried 57 times pressuring him. Grossman has seven in the NFC. The Redskins and Bears are 16 Jimmy Farris WR 6-0 200 17 QB 6-5 233 18 QB 6-4 217 Bills. Washington needs for only 154 yards (2.7 and six among many teams that 19 WR 6-5 235 20 Adam Archuleta S 5-11 223 to focus better in the yard average) during — three lost — could hang around until 20 S 5-11 188 21 CB 6-0 195 second half of games that stretch. Running in his seven games this the final week of the 24 Shawn Springs CB 6-0 200 23 KR 5-11 186 and put away opponents back Ladell Betts had no season. season because no team 24 Jr. CB 5-9 193 25 John Eubanks CB 5-10 173 when it has the carries in the loss to has emerged as a clear 26 Clinton Portis RB 5-11 223 25 RB 5-7 186 opportunity. Buffalo and has 60 yards leader for the final 27 Fred Smoot CB 5-11 192 26 Trumaine McBride CB 5-9 185 in the last four games. wild-card berth. 29 CB 6-0 179 29 RB 5-10 210 30 LaRon Landry S 6-0 213 31 CB 5-10 183 31 Rock Cartwright RB 5-8 218 33 CB 6-1 196 37 S 6-1 209 36 Brandon McGowan S 5-11 207 38 David Macklin CB 5-10 206 37 Jason McKie FB 5-11 245 39 Vernon Fox S 5-10 203 38 FS 5-11 198 41 Brian Kozlowski TE 6-3 265 39 Lousaka Polite FB 6-0 242 45 Mike Sellers FB 6-3 284 43 Josh Gattis S 6-1 207 46 Ladell Betts RB 5-11 225 52 LB 6-0 237 47 TE 6-3 249 53 Nick Roach LB 6-0 234 50 Khary Campbell LB 6-3 232 54 LB 6-4 258 52 Rocky McIntosh LB 6-2 232 55 LB 6-1 240 53 Marcus Washington LB 6-3 248 57 C 6-2 292 54 H.B. Blades LB 5-10 236 58 Darrell McClover LB 6-1 226 57 Randall Godfrey LB 6-2 245 59 LB 6-2 230 58 Matt Sinclair LB 6-2 245 60 G 6-4 318 59 LB 5-10 245 63 Roberto Garza G/C 6-2 310 60 T 6-5 310 65 LS 6-5 265 61 Casey Rabach C 6-4 296 67 G/C 6-2 310 62 Mike Pucillo OL 6-4 306 68 Anthony Oakley G/C 6-4 298 64 DT 6-4 320 69 Fred Miller T 6-7 314 66 OL 6-5 292 71 Israel Idonije DT 6-6 275 67 Ethan Albright LS 6-5 257 76 John Tait T 6-6 312 69 Jason Fabini OL 6-7 309 78 John St. Clair T 6-5 315 71 Todd Wade OL 6-8 314 80 WR 6-1 185 73 Ryan Boschetti DT 6-4 311 81 WR 5-9 187 74 Stephon Heyer OL 6-6 320 82 Greg Olsen TE 6-5 254 77 Randy Thomas G 6-5 317 83 Mike Hass WR 6-1 206 79 DT 6-1 300 85 John Gilmore TE 6-5 257 80 Keenan McCardell WR 6-1 188 87 WR 6-2 215 82 WR 5-10 190 88 TE 6-3 249 83 James Thrash WR 6-0 204 90 Antonio Garay DT 6-4 303 86 Reche Caldwell WR 6-0 210 91 DT 6-3 295 87 Todd Yoder TE 6-4 253 92 LB 6-4 238 89 WR 5-10 200 93 DE 6-4 260 92 DE 6-3 275 94 Brendon Ayanbadejo LB 6-1 228 93 Phillip Daniels DE 6-4 276 95 Anthony Adams DT 6-0 300 94 Anthony Montgomery DT 6-6 315 96 DE 6-3 260 95 Chris Wilson DE 6-4 240 97 Mark Anderson DE 6-4 255 96 Cornelius Griffin DT 6-3 311 99 Darwin Walker DT 6-3 294 99 DE 6-4 252

PROJECTED STARTERS PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE OFFENSE WR 87 Muhsin Muhammad WR 89 Santana Moss LT 76 John Tait BY JIM PRISCHING — LT 60 Chris Samuels LG 60 Terrence Metcalf Devin Hester has 10 — fourth most in league history — in just 135 career kick and returns during the regular season. LG 66 Pete Kendall C 57 Olin Kreutz C 61 Casey Rabach RG 63 Roberto Garza RG 69 Jason Fabini RT 69 Fred Miller RT 71 Todd Wade TE 88 Desmond Clark TE 47 Chris Cooley How Do They Handle Hester? WR 82 Antwaan Randle El WR 80 Bernard Berrian QB 8 Rex Grossman QB 17 Jason Campbell RB 29 Adrian Peterson FB 45 Mike Sellers FB 37 Jason McKie Teams Struggle to Contain the Bears’ Record-Chasing Kick RB 26 Clinton Portis Jason Reid DEFENSE By Big-Money Returns seen in the NFL, his presence and the way DEFENSE RE 97 Mark Anderson Washington Post Staff Writer people try to handle him.” LE 93 Phillip Daniels ’s Devin Hester is on a blistering In an attempt to maximize Hester’s scor- LT 96 Cornelius Griffin RT 99 Darwin Walker pace. He is fourth on the all-time list for LT 91 Tommie Harris It has been a hot topic this season, and the ing potential, the Bears before the season RT 94 Anthony Montgomery LE 93 Adewale Ogunleye Redskins face the question tonight: Should combined kick returns for touchdowns moved Hester from to wide re- RE 99 Andre Carter SLB 92 Hunter Hillenmeyer teams kick to star return spe- in only his second season. The list: ceiver. Hester has nine catches for 139 yards SLB 53 Marcus Washington MLB 54 Brian Urlacher cialist Devin Hester? (a 15.4 yard average). His only receiving MLB 59 London Fletcher Redskins Coach wouldn’t rule Punt Kickoff came on an 81-yard reception. WLB 52 Rocky McIntosh WLB 55 Lance Briggs TDs Player TDs TDS Attempts LCB 33 Charles Tillman out strategies that included avoiding Hester He dropped a sure touchdown this past Sun- LCB 24 Shawn Springs RCB 31 Nathan Vasher altogether. Gibbs and Danny Smith, the Red- 13 Brian Mitchell 9 4 1,070 day in a 16-14 loss to the Giants. RCB 27 Fred Smoot skins special teams coach, focused much of “I know there have been a lot of great play- SS 30 LaRon Landry FS 38 Danieal Manning 12 6 6 596 SS 20 Adam Archuleta their energy in practice this week on how to ers to come through and play the game, a lot FS 37 Reed Doughty best approach kickoff coverage. 12 10 2 631 of great returners have come through, but I “This is unusual,” Gibbs said. “I don’t get a chance to see him firsthand. He defi- SPECIAL TEAMS 10 Devin Hester 6 4 135 SPECIAL TEAMS know of anybody that has been this good do- nitely is special,” Bears Coach PK 9 Robbie Gould PK 6 Shaun Suisham ing what he does. Danny and I will rack our said. “I’m just like the rest of the fans. Every P 4 Brad Maynard P 4 Derrick Frost brains to try and come up with the best game huge momentum swing plus seven points on time he touches the ball, I think he can go the plan. You better be careful. This will be a big the scoreboard.” distance. I have the best seat in the house.” decision, on how we are going to handle Simply the threat of Hester’s big-play abil- Former Redskins standout return special- STATISTICS Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg STATISTICS this.” ity is enough to stir concern among Bears op- ist Brian Mitchell, who played in Washington J. Campbell 240 401 2600 12 11 77.5 Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg In his second season, Hester has 10 return ponents. Just ask Gibbs. for 10 of his 14 NFL seasons, scored a record Team 241 403 2619 12 11 77.5 Opp. 265 430 2744 17 9 84.5 Grossman 120 219 1397 4 7 67.1 touchdowns in his career (six on punts, four “There is nobody in the league that has 13 touchdowns. Mitchell needed 1,070 re- Griese 134 217 1508 9 10 77.1 on kickoffs) — the fourth-highest total in figured it out,” Gibbs said. “He has played 28 turns to accomplish the feat. Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Team 254 437 2905 13 17 71.9 Portis 238 920 3.9 32 7 Opp. 248 384 2907 14 9 89.8 league history. games and has 12 touchdowns. Everybody Hester has returned 135 kickoffs and Betts 67 259 3.9 20 0 Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Team 371 1451 3.9 32 9 He also had a 108-yard touchdown return has tried a little bit of different game plans at punts combined in the regular season. Opp. 298 1173 3.9 27 8 Benson 196 674 3.4 43t 4 Peterson 74 256 3.5 11 2 of a missed attempt in a game last different times. You have seen a little bit of “ was a tremendous kick re- Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD Team 311 1006 3.2 43t 6 season and a 92-yard touchdown on the everything. I have never seen this before in turner, and Devin is at the top of the league Cooley 53 584 11.0 39t 7 Opp. 355 1570 4.4 73t 13 Moss 43 518 12.0 49 1 Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD opening kickoff of the last . the NFL, kicking off out of bounds. Just say- right now,” Redskins kickoff specialist Rock Randle El 39 576 14.8 54 0 Berrian 57 792 13.9 59t 3 “Offensively, he gives us great field posi- ing: ‘Hey, we are kicking off out of bounds. Cartwright said. “He’s at the top of his game, Portis 32 228 7.1 25 0 Peterson 40 335 8.4 30 0 tion,” Chicago Rex Grossman We are going to give them the ball at the 40.’ he’s playing extremely well, and I have a lot McCardell 21 252 12.0 32 1 Clark 38 490 12.9 52 3 Team 241 2619 10.9 54 12 Opp. 265 2744 10.4 60 17 Team 254 2905 11.4 81t 13 said. “As a team, if he returns one, it is just a It is one of the most unusual things I have of respect for the guy.” Opp. 248 2907 11.7 68t 14 INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. Taylor 5 98 0 Carter 8.0 D. Manning 2 33 0 Ogunleye 9.0 Fletcher 3 36 1 Washington 4.0 Tillman 2 4 0 Harris 7.0 Rogers 1 61 1 McIntosh 3.0 Urlacher 2 1 0 Anderson 5.0 Team 9 191 2 Team 26.0 Opp. 11 78 0 Opp. 20.0 Team 9 69 0 Team 34.0 Opp. 17 187 2 Opp. 38.0 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 Frost 51 41.5 36.9 16 Maynard 63 42.1 37.2 19 CAMPBELL’S CORNER | THE REDSKINS QB’S TAKE ON THE BEARS Team 51 41.5 36.9 16 Opp. 58 43.7 37.0 19 Team 69 42.1 37.0 21 Opp. 73 41.4 32.6 17 Chicago Brian Ur- With less time than usual to In his last six games, Campbell Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Suisham 0 19-20 22-26 0 85 Gould 0 24-24 23-27 0 93 lacher is having another out- prepare, the Redskins’ approach has committed 13 turnovers (six Cooley 7 1-1 0-0 0 44 Hester 6 0-0 0-0 0 36 standing season. Locating Ur- on offense may not seem as aggres- interceptions and seven fumbles). Portis 7 0-0 0-0 0 42 Benson 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Team 23 21-23 22-26 1 229 Opp. 28 24-28 21-27 1 257 Team 24 24-24 23-27 0 237 lacher before every snap will be sive at the outset as in other Campbell acknowledged he must Opp. 30 29-30 21-27 0 272 high on Campbell’s list of priori- games recently. take better care of the ball. ties. “Our approach to this game is “When it comes to interceptions, “He is a great player. He is a big- probably going to be different than I go back and look at all the film, INJURY REPORT time Pro Bowler year in and year any other approach because of the over half of them have probably INJURY REPORT out,” he said. “The reason for it, he short week,” Campbell said. “We been tipped balls,” he said. “You’re OUT: WR James Thrash (ankle) is very deserving. You’re talking basically [had] to put two days of throwing the ball to your receiver, QUESTIONABLE: CB Shawn Springs OUT: DT Anthony Adams (elbow) about a big, athletic guy. The kind offense into one day. You’re talking and the guy gets a tip on it, and it (back) DOUBTFUL: CB Nathan Vasher (groin) of size he has, the way that he runs, about a different approach. I think goes back the other way, but that is PROBABLE: RB Clinton Portis PROBABLE: LB Hunter Hillenmeyer makes plays — unbelievable. Not we are going to come out early in life. The fumbles are a different (shoulder), WR Antwaan Randle El (shoulder), T Fred Miller (ankle), LB many come through the NFL with the game and just try to find out thing. That is something as a quar- BY PRESTON KERES — THE WASHINGTON POST (hamstring), FB Mike Sellers (back), Brian Urlacher (calf) that kind of ability that he has.” what we want to do.” terback you don’t want to have.” Campbell: 7 fumbles in 6 games. G Randy Thomas (triceps)

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