REGULAR SEASON - GAME 13 WASHINGTON REDSKINS (4-8) vs. (9-3) Sunday, Dec. 11 — 1 p.m. ET FedExField (85,000) — Landover, Md.

REDSKINS HOST PATRIOTS game center SERIES HISTORY: Redskins lead all-time series, 6-2 Last meeting: Oct. 28, 2007 (52-7, Patriots) IN WEEK 14 The Washington Redskins will play host to their second straight AFC East : CBS opponent in Week 14 as they face the New England Patriots on Sunday, Dec. Greg Gumbel (play-by-play) 11. Kickoff from FedExField is set for 1 p.m. ET. Dan Dierdorf (color) The game will be broadcast on CBS with Greg Gumbel calling the play-by- play and Dan Dierdorf providing color analysis. The contest can be heard on RADIO*: Redskins Radio Network the Redskins Radio Network with Larry Michael on the call and Pro Football Larry Michael (play-by-play) Hall of Famers and Redskins legends Sam Huff and Sonny Jurgensen adding Sonny Jurgensen and Sam Huff (color) color analysis, and Rick “Doc” Walker reporting from the sidelines. Rick “Doc” Walker (sidelines) The Redskins offense features rookie , who is com- *The Redskins Radio Broadcast Network can be heard in the Washington, D.C., area on ing off of a 100-yard performance last week vs. the . That fol- ESPN Radio 980 AM, WWXX 94.3 FM, and WWXT 92.7 FM. lowed a 108-yard day at Seattle a week earlier, making Helu the first Redskins rookie running back since in 1993 to post consecutive 100-yard rushing performances. This week, Helu can become the first rookie to post three consecutive 100-yard rushing games in the 79-year history of the Red- skins.

MEDIA AVAILABILITY REDSKINS 2011 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Monday, Dec. 5 Open Locker Room (11-11:45 a.m. ET) PRESEASON Head Coach Press Conference (3 p.m. ET) Date Opponent TV Time/Result Wednesday, Dec. 7 Open Locker Room (10:50-11:35 a.m. ET) Aug. 12 STEELERS NBC4/CSN 16-7 W *QB press conference Aug. 19 @ NBC4/CSN 16-3 W Practice: 12:20 p.m. ET Aug. 25 @ ESPN 34-31 L Photo/Video shooting permitted at times TBD. Sept. 1 NBC4/CSN 29-24 W Practice will close to the media at 1 p.m. ET *Players will be available briefly coming off the field. REGULAR SEASON *Mike Shanahan press conference after practice. Media conference calls: Date Opponent TV Time/Result 11:10 a.m. ET - Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick Sept. 11 FOX 28-14 W 11:30 a.m. ET - Patriots DE Andre Carter Sept. 18 FOX 22-21 W Sept. 26 (Mon.) @ ESPN 18-16 L Thursday, Dec. 8 Open Locker Room (10:50-11:35 a.m. ET) Oct. 2 @ St. Louis Rams FOX 17-10 W * press conference during Open Locker Room. Oct. 9 BYE ------Practice: 12:20 p.m. ET Photo/Video shooting permitted at times TBD. Oct. 16 FOX 20-13 L Practice will close to the media at 1 p.m. ET Oct. 23 @ FOX 33-20 L *Players will be available briefly coming off the field. Oct. 30 @ † FOX 23-0 L *Kyle Shanahan press conference after practice. Nov. 6 ^ FOX 19-11 L *Mike Shanahan press conference after practice. Nov. 13 @ FOX 20-9 L Nov. 20 DALLAS COWBOYS FOX 27-24 L Friday, Dec. 9 Practice: 11:20 a.m. ET Photo/Video shooting permitted at times TBD. Nov. 27 @ FOX 23-17 W *Locker room will be opened following practice. Dec. 4 NEW YORK JETS CBS 34-19 L *Mike Shanahan press conference after practice. Dec. 11 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS CBS 1 p.m.* Dec. 18 @ New York Giants FOX 1 p.m.* Sunday, Dec. 11 Week 14: Redskins vs. Patriots, 1 p.m. ET Dec. 24 (Sat.) FOX 1 p.m. Jan. 1 @ Philadelphia Eagles FOX 1 p.m.* ***Redskins PR: Tony Wyllie [email protected] Daniel Sampson [email protected] All times Eastern Ross Taylor [email protected] Home games bolded † Game played in Toronto Angela Alfano [email protected] * Subject to flexible scheduling ^ Homecoming Game The Redskins’ online media portal can be accessed by visiting redskins.studiotigaapps.net. 1 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS ALUMNI CENTER

Formally organized in 1958, the Washington Redskins Alumni Association was the first organization of its kind in the country. The organization spearheaded the alumni move- ment among former professional football players and was the model for other alumni groups that later formed in all NFL cities. The primary objectives of the Redskins Alumni are “promoting a continuing interest in current and past players of the Washington Redskins” and “promoting and fostering interest and funding for charitable purposes.” With respect to the latter, the alumni conduct fundraising events to raise money that can be donated to charitable organizations or used in other ways to help improve the quality of life for youth in the Greater Washington community. Today, Redskins alumni continue to make their presence known throughout the community. As a very active chapter of the NFL Alumni Association, their motto is “Caring for Kids.” In addition to the numerous events and appearances, Redskins Alumni participate in throughout the year, they hold two major fundraising events of their own — the Redskins Alumni Charity Golf Classic, now in its 33rd year, and the annual Washing- ton Redskins Welcome Home Luncheon, now in its 50th year. currently resides as president of the Redskins Alumni Association. The alumni have an office at Redskins Park and can be reached at 703- 726-7488. Since his arrival in Washington as Executive Vice President/Gen- eral Manager in December of 2009, Bruce Allen has made it a priority to build a bridge to the franchise’s glorious past. That heritage was honored once again in August when former Redskin great Chris Hanburger was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He was presented by his son, Chris. Hanburger was voted into the Hall after being a nominee of the seniors committee. In all, he waited 28 years to be elected. Hanburger joins (2008), (2008) and (2010) to make four players who spent the majority of their careers Former Redskins Chris Hanburger was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the Redskins to earn the honor in the past four years. In addition, for- as part of the Class of 2011. On Nov. 6, he addressed the crowd at FedExField as part of the mer Redskins Bruce Smith (2009) and (2011) have also been team’s annual Homecoming celebration. elected over that time. Hanburger said of his election to the Hall of Fame: is passionate and didn’t care about his own personal glory, but cared about his “It’s wonderful, I’m overwhelmed. It’s just such a tremendous honor to even teammates can be rewarded, and that is special.” be nominated, let alone, be voted in. You have to think about all of the men On Aug. 24, the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and Red- that played before I did, certainly the men that I played with and against, and skins Alumni Association hosted the 50th annual Redskins Welcome Home then you look at the guys playing now. It’s just a select few that make it in. I Luncheon Wednesday, August 24th at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in was fortunate to play with players on the Redskins defense that made it all Washington, DC. work for me.” The luncheon is the only event where fans and corporate partners have The Washington Redskins picked North Carolina linebacker Chris the chance to spend time with the entire Redskins team. Each table featured Hanburger in the 18th round of the 1965 NFL Draft. The All-American at least one player, coach or alumnus seated with attendees. The luncheon started to make his mark late in his rookie season as he began to form a included unique live and silent auction items, door prizes, and speeches from reputation as a player who made big plays. Soon thereafter he assumed the Executive Vice Presidents Bruce Allen and Mike Shanahan. role as the “” of the Redskins defense while becoming one of the The event also included the announcement of the 2010 Redskins Players most dependable and steady of his era. of the Year, and the inaugural recipient of the Washington Redskins Com- Hanburger was an integral part of the dominant Redskins teams of the munity Service Award. Receiver Santana Moss accepted the Offensive Player 1970s. At the same time that Washington was rising to the top of the NFL, of the Year Award, linebacker received the Defensive Player of Hanburger began earning national acclaim. He was selected first-team All- the Year award, and was named the Special Teams Player Pro four times in a five-season span from 1972-76 and named All-Eastern of the Year. Linebacker received the team’s first Washington Conference in 1968 and 1969 and All-NFC six times in seven seasons from Redskins Community Service Award. 1970 to 1976. Hanburger was also voted to nine Pro Bowls in his 14-season Proceeds from the event benefitted the youth programs of the Wash- career. ington Redskins Charitable Foundation and Redskins Alumni Association. His performance in the 1972 season gained him perhaps his greatest On Nov. 6, the Washington Redskins welcomed back more than 90 for- notoriety as he helped lead the Redskins to its first berth. mer players, coaches and staff members to FedExField for the team’s annual “I am so happy for Chris,” Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder said follow- Homecoming game. Before the 1 p.m. game against the San Francisco 49ers, ing the announcement. “He was one of the era’s most dominating players and Redskins Alumni posed for a team photo and took part in team introduc- is well deserving of this honor. Not only did he make nine Pro Bowls, Chris tions as they and their family members were honored in a pre-game ceremo- was the captain of the defense and was a true coach on the field. This is a ny. Larry Brown, , Bobby Mitchell, and Hanburger great day for the entire Redskins’ organization.” were among the list of Redskins’ greats in attendance at Sunday’s game. Han- Allen echoed Snyder’s sentiments. burger, who played linebacker for the Redskins, addressed fans from the field “I think it’s a great day for the Redskins, our fans and all of Chris’ team- after being presented with his Hall of Fame ring at halftime. mates,” Allen said. “It shows that a person who is dedicated to the game and

2 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS WHAT TO LOOK FOR THIS WEEK

The Redskins and Patriots meeting for the ninth Kerrigan forcing his fifth to tie Ken Harvey (1995) and time, with the Redskins holding a 6-2 all-time advan- Bruce Smith (2000) for second-most forced in a season in tage. team history, according to STATS, INC.

Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan earning his Safety LaRon Landry recording .5 sacks to reach two for the sea- 165th overall victory as head coach. son, which would establish a new single-season career high.

Wide receiver Anthony Armstrong having 32 re- Santana Moss catching his 35th as ceiving yards to reach 1,000 for his career. a member of the Redskins to tie for seventh-most in franchise history. Kick returner improving upon his league-lead- ing 39 kickoff returns. Moss climbing the all-time career receptions list, as his 627 are 46th-most in NFL history among wide receivers and 10th among ac- Banks adding to his 904 kickoff return yards, which are second in tive players. Additionally, he is tied for ninth among active players in the NFL (Joe McKnight – 940). touchdown receptions with 54.

Cornerback Kevin Barnes adding to his single-season career- Moss needing 70 receiving yards to reach 9,000 for his career. high total in (two). Rocca improving on his 25 punts inside the 20-yard line, which are Defensive end Stephen Bowen adding to his career-high totals in tied for the NFL lead. Three more would tie his career high, set in 2010. sacks. He currently has 4.5. Rocca chasing Matt Turk’s franchise record for net punting aver- Defensive end adding to his career-high totals in age (39.2). Rocca is currently averaging 40.5 net yards per . sacks. He currently has five. Josh Wilson recording the 10th of his Nose Barry Cofield adding to his existing career-high total career. He currently has nine. in passes defensed. He currently has eight, which leads the NFL for defensive tackles. The Redskins are one of only three teams in the NFL (Baltimore and Houston) with four different players having at least 4.5 sacks. improving on his career-high 796 receiving yards for a season, which are third-most in the NFL by a tight end. The Redskins having a fifth different player post 100 receiving yards in a game this season, which would be the first time the team Davis improving on his career-high 59 receptions, which are has done so since 1981 (Terry Metcalf, Art Monk, Virgil Seay, Ricky fifth-most by a tight end in the NFL. Thompson and ). Fred Davis, , and Roy Helu all have 100-yard receiving games this sea- Linebacker London Fletcher extending the longest consecutive son. starts streak among active linebackers to 176 and extending his con- secutive games played streak to 221, tied for the most among non- specialists.

Fletcher improving his NFL lead in total tackles (124), according to STATS, INC.

Wide receiver Jabar Gaffney starting the 100th game of his ca- reer.

Quarterback Rex Grossman passing for more than 200 yards in five consecutive games.

Running back Roy Helu improving on his 42 receptions, which lead all rookie running backs in the NFL.

Helu becoming the first Redskins rookie running back in team history to post three consecutive 100-yard rushing games.

Kerrigan improving on his four forced fumbles, which are tied for the third-most in the NFL and are a Redskins rookie record. On Sunday, Redskins running back Roy Helu will attempt to become the first rookie in team history to rush for 100 yards in three consecutive games.

3 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS LEADERS AND MORE

LEAGUE LEADERS DeAngelo Hall is tied for sixth in the NFC in passes defensed (12). Roy Helu has the NFC single high receptions in a game (14). Redskins Offense Helu is first among rookie running backs in the NFL in receptions Ranks second in the NFC in first down conversion per- (42). centage on first down (35.1 percent). Helu is first among rookie running backs in the NFL in receiving Ranks fifth in the NFC in completion percentage on first yards (309). down (64.9). Helu is third among rookies in the NFL in total receptions (42). Ranks seventh in the NFC in passing first downs (154). Helu is fifth among rookies in the NFL in total rushing yards (456). Helu is fifth among rookies in the NFL in rushing attempts (97). Redskins Defense Helu is eighth among rookies in the NFL in total receiving yards Ranks second in the NFC and sixth in the NFL in first downs al- (309). lowed per game (17.3). is third in the NFL in forced fumbles (four). Ranks second in the NFC and ninth in the NFL in total yards al- Kerrigan is third in the NFL in sacks among rookies (6.5). lowed per game (325.3). is tied for first in the NFL in punts inside the 20-yard Ranks second in the NFC and ninth in the NFL in passing yards line (25). allowed per game (208.8). Rocca is second in the NFL in touchbacks (one). Ranks tied for second in the NFC and tied for third in the NFL in Rocca is sixth in the NFL in net punting average (40.5). sacks per pass attempt (8.80%). Ranks third in the NFC and 10th in the NFL in yards allowed per play (5.20). Ranks fourth in the NFC in passing yards allowed per play (6.68). Ranks fourth in the NFC and seventh in the NFL in red zone per- centage (42.11%). Ranks fifth in the NFC and 10th in the NFL in goal to goal percent- A REDSKINS WIN WOULD... age (61.11%). Ranks sixth in the NFC in third down percentage (36.59%). Improve the Redskins to 5-8 in 2011. Ranks sixth in the NFC in fourth down percentage (44.44%). Make the Redskins 3-4 at FedExField this season. Ranks sixth in the NFC in points allowed per game (21.3). Ranks sixth in the NFC in rushing yards allowed per play (4.08). Snap the Redskins’ four-game home losing streak dating back to the team’s 22-21 Week 2 win vs. Arizona. Redskins Special Teams Ranks first in the NFC and second in the NFL in average yards al- Be the Redskins’ first win against an AFC East op- lowed per kickoff return (19.9). ponent this season. Ranks fifth in the NFC and sixth in the NFL in average yards al- lowed per punt return (7.3). Be the Redskins’ first win against an AFC opponent this sea- Ranks sixth in the NFC in average yards per punt return (10.2). son. Individual Leaders Give Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan his 165th overall Brandon Banks is first in the NFL in the number of kickoffs -re victory as a head coach. turned (39). Banks is first in the NFC and second in the NFL in total kickoff Be Shanahan’s 157th regular season win as a head coach. return yards (904). Banks is tied for fourth in the NFC and tied for sixth in the NFL in Improve the Redskins record against the Patriots to 7-2. the number of punts returned (30). Banks is fifth in the NFC and 10th in the NFL in total punt return Give the Redskins their first win against the Patriots since yards (317). Sept. 28, 2003. Banks is tied for sixth in the NFC in average yards per punt return (10.6). Improve Shanahan’s career-record to 9-4 against the Patri- Banks has the NFL season high number of kickoff returns in a ots in the regular season. He has previously faced the Patriots 12 game (six). times, all as head coach of the . Barry Cofield is first among defensive tackles in the NFL in passes defensed (eight). Improve Shanahan’s record to 19-18 against the AFC East London Fletcher is first in the NFL in total tackles (124). during the regular season. He is also 3-0 against AFC East oppo- Graham Gano has the longest made in the NFC (59 nents in the postseason. yards).

4 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS NOTES FROM LAST WEEK

*All notes accurate as of the conclusion of last Sun- Linebacker Brian Orakpo improved upon his single-season ca- day’s 4 p.m. games. reer high in passes defensed, which now stands at four.

Attendance for the game was 74,121. The game Linebacker recorded the first fumble recovery of his was the Redskins’ 366th consecutive sellout, including career in the second quarter, recovering a muffed punt by New York’s preseason, regular season and playoffs. All 146 regular Patrick Turner. season, postseason and preseason games at FedExField have been sellouts. Linebacker London Fletcher played in his 220th consecutive game, tied with Tampa Bay cornerback Ronde Barber for the most Rookie running back Roy Helu rushed 23 times among active non-specialists. It was also his 175th consecutive start, for 100 yards with a touchdown. Helu’s 23 carries matched his career the most among active linebackers. high, set last week at Seattle. Sav Rocca placed four punts inside the 20-yard line, giv- Helu has rushed for at least 100 yards in two consecutive games, ing him 25 punts downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line this sea- making him the first Redskins rookie running back to do so since Reg- son. That total matched his season high of four, set vs. the New York gie Brooks in Weeks 10-11 in 1993. Giants in Week 1.

Helu capped the Redskins’ opening drive with a 2-yard touch- Anthony Armstrong registered his first career kickoff return, down run. It was the second touchdown of his career and his second taking a lateral from Brandon Banks on a reverse for 28 yards. in as many weeks. Rookie running back recorded the first reception Helu’s touchdown run marked the second consecutive game of his career, catching a 3-yard pass in the second quarter. in which the Redskins scored a touchdown on their opening drive. The last time the Redskins scored on opening drives in Brandon Banks had six kickoff returns for 136 yards. Following consecutive games was in Weeks 12-13 of the 2009 season, when the Sunday’s early games, Banks leads the NFC with 904 kick return yards Redskins scored opening-drive touchdowns at Philadelphia on Nov. on a league-leading 39 returns. 29 and vs. New Orleans on Dec. 6. The Redskins finished with 164 kick return yards, the team’s Helu rushed for a season-best 63 first-half yards on 11 carries. highest total since Nov. 15, 2010 vs. Philadelphia. His previous best was 55 yards in the first half last week at Seattle. Tight end Logan Paulsen received his third start of the 2011 sea- Tight end Fred Davis finished with six receptions for 99 yards son and the third start of his career. and recorded a season-long 42-yard reception on the Redskins’ open- ing drive. The Redskins held the Jets to 266 yards of offense one week after holding the Seattle Seahawks to 250 yards of offense. This marks the Davis became the first tight end in Redskins history to reach 80 first time since Weeks 6-7 of the 2009 season that the Redskins have receiving yards or more in six games in a single season. Redskins tight held opponents under 300 yards of offense in consecutive weeks. ends had previously twice compiled five games of 80-plus receiving yards in a season in team history (Chris Cooley in 2007 and Bill An- derson in 1959).

Davis had two receptions of at least 30 yards, becoming the first Redskins tight end with two receptions of 30 or more yards in a game since Stephen Alexander on Dec. 16, 2000 at Pittsburgh, a span of 172 regular season games.

Davis had 82 receiving yards in the first half, the highest first- half total of his career. It also tied his previous high for most amount of yardage in any half, tying his 82-yard second half vs. the New York Giants in Week 1.

Wide receiver Santana Moss became the fourth-leading receiver by yardage in Redskins history with 42 receiving yards on six recep- tions. Moss, who now has 6,514 yards during his time in Washington, surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell, who had 6,492 receiving yards as a member of the Redskins.

Nose tackle Barry Cofield batted down two passes, improving upon his single-season career high, which now stands at eight and Redskins linebacker London Fletcher played in his 220th consecutive game last Sunday. Ac- leads NFL defensive tackles this season. cording to NFL GSIS, Fletcher leads the league in tackles this season (124).

5 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS HEAD COACH MIKE SHANAHAN

Mike Shanahan is in his second season as the Redskins’ Executive Vice President/Head Coach. He is one of 12 head coaches in league history to guide a club to a pair of Super Bowl victories and one of six to accomplish the feat in consecutive years. Shanahan has the 15th-most regular season wins (156) by a head coach in NFL history and ranks second in that cat- egory among active coaches (Bill Belichick – 171) and first in the NFC. Including eight postseason victories, Shanahan’s 164 overall wins are 15th all-time and are also second among active coaches to Belichick. In 17-plus seasons as a head coach with the Washington Redskins (2010-) Denver Broncos (1995-2008) and Los Angeles Raiders (1988-89), Shanahan has a regular season winning percentage of .574 (156-116) and an overall winning percentage of .575 (164-121). Shanahan became the 28th head coach in Redskins history on January 6, 2010. In his first season in Washington, Shanahan guided the Redskins to a two-win improvement over the 2009 campaign. His club set franchise season re- cords for overtime victories (3) and completions (349), and registered the third- highest gross passing yards total in team annals. In addition, the 2010 Redskins registered a touchdown pass in 15 consecutive games for the first time in club history and led the NFL with nine completions of at least 50 yards, including one in four consecutive games for the first time since 1987. Defensively, the Redskins recorded 27 takeaways on the season, which was their most since 2005 (28), including 14 interceptions, which tied for their most since 2005 (16). Washington registered at least two takeaways in six consecutive games from Weeks 2-8, the first time the franchise had done so in the same sea- son since 1995. The unit placed linebackers London Fletcher and Brian Orakpo and cornerback DeAngelo Hall on the NFC team. In his 26 seasons as an NFL coach, Shanahan has had 47 different players earn a total of 95 berths in the Pro Bowl. During his NFL coaching career, Shanahan has been a part of teams that have played in 10 AFC or NFC Championship Games. He has coached in six Super Bowls – five with Denver and Super Bowl XXIX with San Francisco. In his nine seasons coaching at the collegiate level, Shanahan’s teams participated in eight bowl games and won two national championships (Oklahoma – 1975 and Eastern – 1978). In his tenure with the Broncos, Shanahan guided the franchise to two Su- per Bowl victories, three conference championship game appearances, seven postseason berths and nine winning seasons. He joined Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Jimmy Johnson and Belichick as one of six coaches with back-to-back Super Bowl championships. Shanahan led Denver to 138 regular- season victories in 14 seasons in Denver, a win total that marks the 10th-most by a head coach with one franchise in NFL history. Among the nine coaches who Redskins Executive Vice President/Head Coach Mike Shanahan is one of six coaches in NFL have more wins with one club than Shanahan, all eight who are eligible for the history to have won back-to-back Super Bowls (Super Bowls XXXII and XXXIII). Pro Football Hall of Fame have been honored with membership. In the spring of 2010, Shanahan was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. in 1975-76, and the school won the national championship in his first year on its Shanahan arrived as head coach in Denver in 1995 from the World Cham- staff. In 1977, at the age of 24, he was hired as Northern Arizona’s backfield coach pion San Francisco 49ers, where he served as offensive coordinator for three and the Lumberjacks averaged a school-record 391.1 yards per game that season. seasons (1992-94). The 49ers offense reached unprecedented levels under his A year later, Shanahan returned to his alma mater, Eastern Illinois, as offensive leadership. San Francisco’s three-year offensive averages under Shanahan’s di- coordinator and helped guide the Panthers to the Division II national title. The rection were the most productive in the history of pro football. His three-year year before Shanahan’s arrival, the team was 1-10. In 1979, he served as offensive averages included being No. 1 in the NFL in total points (an average of 469.7 coordinator at Minnesota, where he implemented the run-and-shoot offense to per year), total touchdowns (60.3), rushing touchdowns (23.7), passing touch- help the Golden Gophers set 40 school offensive records. downs (31.7), third-down efficiency (48.5%), total offense (6,230 yds.) and aver- Shanahan moved on to Florida the following year, inheriting the poorest age yards per play (6.2). offense in Division I football as well as a team record of 0-10-1. In Shanahan’s San Francisco quarterback Steve Young re-wrote many NFL passing re- four years at Florida, the team broke many offensive school records and went to cords and was named the NFL Most Valuable Player twice in his three years un- four consecutive bowl games. During his stint as a college coach, his teams had der Shanahan’s guidance. In addition, Young threw for a record six touchdowns a combined record of 78-29-2 (.725), won two national championships, and ap- on his way to earning Super Bowl XXIX Most Valuable Player honors. peared in eight bowl games and four playoff contests. Shanahan was on the Broncos coaching staff for all three of their Super A native of Oak Park, Ill. (8/24/52), Michael Edward Shanahan attended Bowl appearances in the 1980s (following the 1986, 1987 and 1989 seasons). He East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Ill. He received a scholarship to East- first went to Denver in 1984 as the club’s wide receivers coach. He was promoted ern Illinois University, where he played quarterback and earned bachelor’s and to offensive coordinator in 1985 and would serve the next three seasons in that master’s degrees. capacity. Shanahan returned to Denver as coach on October 16, Shanahan and his wife, Peggy, have two children – son Kyle and daughter 1989, after serving as head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders in 1988 and through Krystal. Kyle is a graduate of the University of Texas and is the Redskins’ offen- the first four games of the 1989 campaign. sive coordinator. Krystal also is also a graduate of the University of Texas. Shanahan began his coaching career as an offensive assistant for Oklahoma

6 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS THE SHANAHAN FILE

Year Position Team Reg. Season Record Postseason (record) 1975 Assistant Coach University of Oklahoma 10-1 National Championship (1-0) 1976 Assistant Coach University of Oklahoma 10-2 Fiesta Bowl (1-0) 1977 Backfield Coach Northern Arizona 9-2 Playoffs (0-1) 1978 Offensive Coordinator Eastern Illinois 9-2 National Championship (3-0) 1979 Offensive Coordinator University of Minnesota 4-6-1 1980 Offensive Coordinator 8-3 Tangerine Bowl (0-1) 1981 Offensive Coordinator University of Florida 7-4 Peach Bowl (0-1) 1982 Offensive Coordinator University of Florida 8-3 Bluebonnet Bowl (0-1) 1983 Asst. Head Coach/Off. Coord. University of Florida 8-2-1 Gator Bowl (1-0) 1984 Receivers Coach Denver Broncos 13-3 Playoffs (0-1) 1985 Offensive Coordinator Denver Broncos 11-5 1986 Offensive Coordinator Denver Broncos 11-5 Super Bowl XXI (2-1) 1987 Offensive Coordinator Denver Broncos 10-4-1 Super Bowl XXII (2-1) 1988 Head Coach Los Angeles Raiders 7-9 1989 Head Coach Los Angeles Raiders 1-3 1989 Quarterbacks Coach Denver Broncos 6-4 Super Bowl XXIV (2-1) 1990 Quarterbacks Coach Denver Broncos 5-11 1991 Quarterbacks Coach Denver Broncos 12-4 AFC Champ. Game (1-1) 1992 Offensive Coordinator Denver Broncos 14-2 AFC Champ. Game (1-1) 1993 Offensive Coordinator San Francisco 49ers 10-6 NFC Champ. Game (1-1) 1994 Offensive Coordinator San Francisco 49ers 13-3 World Championship (3-0) 1995 Head Coach Denver Broncos 8-8 1996 Head Coach Denver Broncos 13-3 Playoffs (0-1) 1997 Head Coach Denver Broncos 12-4 World Championship (4-0) 1998 Head Coach Denver Broncos 14-2 World Championship (3-0) 1999 Head Coach Denver Broncos 6-10 2000 Head Coach Denver Broncos 11-5 Playoffs (0-1) 2001 Head Coach Denver Broncos 8-8 2002 Head Coach Denver Broncos 9-7 2003 Head Coach Denver Broncos 10-6 Playoffs (0-1) 2004 Head Coach Denver Broncos 10-6 Playoffs (0-1) 2005 Head Coach Denver Broncos 13-3 AFC Champ. Game (1-1) 2006 Head Coach Denver Broncos 9-7 2007 Head Coach Denver Broncos 7-9 2008 Head Coach Denver Broncos 8-8 2010 Head Coach Washington Redskins 6-10 2011 Head Coach Washington Redskins 4-8

Breakdown of Mike Shanahan's record coaching football: W L T Pct.

Shanahan’s regular season record as an NFL Head Coach: 156 116 0 0.574 Shanahan’s postseason record as an NFL Head Coach: 8 5 0 0.615 Shanahan’s overall record as an NFL Head Coach: 164 121 0 0.575 Shanahan’s regular season record as an NFL Assistant Coach: 105 47 1 0.682 Shanahan’s postseason record as an NFL Assistant Coach: 12 7 0 0.632 Shanahan’s overall record as an NFL Assistant Coach: 117 54 1 0.676 Shanahan’s overall regular season NFL coaching record: 261 163 1 0.613 Shanahan’s overall postseason NFL record: 20 12 0 0.625 Shanahan’s overall record coaching in the NFL (reg. and postseason): 281 175 1 0.614 Shanahan’s regular season record as a collegiate assistant coach: 72 25 2 0.713 Shanahan’s postseason record as a collegiate assistant coach: 6 4 0 0.600 Shanahan’s overall record as a collegiate assistant coach: 78 29 2 0.703 Shanahan’s overall record coaching football: 359 204 3 0.631

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THE SHANAHAN FILE

NFL’s ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACHES (OVERALL)

REGULAR SEASON POSTSEASON OVERALL Rank Coach Yrs W L T Pct. W L Pct. W L T Pct. 1 Don Shula* 33 328 156 6 0.676 19 17 0.528 347 173 6 0.665 2 George Halas* 40 318 148 31 0.671 6 3 0.667 324 151 31 0.671 3 Tom Landry* 35 250 162 6 0.605 20 16 0.556 270 178 6 0.601 4 Curly Lambeau* 33 226 132 22 0.624 3 2 0.600 229 134 22 0.623 5 Chuck Noll* 23 193 148 1 0.566 16 8 0.667 209 156 1 0.572 6 26 200 126 1 0.613 5 13 0.278 205 139 1 0.596 7 27 190 165 2 0.535 11 9 0.550 201 174 2 0.536 8 Chuck Knox 22 186 147 1 0.558 7 11 0.389 193 158 1 0.550 9 Bill Belichick^ 26 171 97 0 0.638 15 6 0.714 186 103 0 0.644 10 Bill Parcells 22 172 130 1 0.569 11 8 0.579 183 138 1 0.570 11 Mike Holmgren 20 161 111 0 0.592 13 11 0.542 174 122 0 0.588 12 * 19 154 94 0 0.621 17 7 0.708 171 101 0 0.629 13 Paul Brown* 21 166 100 6 0.621 4 8 0.333 170 108 6 0.609 14 Bud Grant* 18 158 96 5 0.620 10 12 0.455 168 108 5 0.607 15 MIKE SHANAHAN^ 25 156 116 0 0.574 8 5 0.615 164 121 0 0.575 16 Bill Cowher 18 149 90 1 0.623 12 9 0.571 161 99 1 0.619 17 Marv Levy* 17 143 112 0 0.561 11 8 0.579 154 120 0 0.562 18 Steve Owen* 23 151 100 17 0.595 2 8 0.200 153 108 17 0.581 19 Tony Dungy 22 139 69 0 0.668 9 10 0.474 148 79 0 0.652 T20 Jeff Fisher 20 142 120 0 0.542 5 6 0.455 147 126 0 0.538 T20 ^ 16 139 113 0 0.552 8 7 0.533 147 120 0 0.551 22 Hank Stram* 17 131 97 10 0.571 5 3 0.625 136 100 10 0.573 23 Weeb Ewbank* 20 130 129 7 0.502 4 1 0.800 134 130 7 0.507 24 Andy Reid^ 13 122 81 1 0.600 10 9 0.526 132 90 1 0.594 25 * 14 121 95 0 0.560 6 6 0.500 127 101 0 0.557 26 15 120 109 0 0.524 6 5 0.545 126 114 0 0.525 27 Jim Mora 18 125 106 0 0.541 0 6 0.000 125 112 0 0.527 28 George Seifert* 17 114 62 0 0.648 10 5 0.667 124 67 0 0.649 29 Sid Gillman* 18 122 99 7 0.550 1 5 0.167 123 104 7 0.541 30 George Allen* 12 116 47 5 0.705 2 7 0.222 118 54 5 0.681

*Hall of Fame ^Active SHANAHAN VS. THE NFC SHANAHAN VS. THE AFC Regular Season Postseason Regular Season Postseason Overall Home Away Overall Home Away Neutral Overall Home Away Overall Home Away Neutral NFC West AFC West ARI 5-0 3-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DEN 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 STL 3-4 2-1 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 KC 16-15 12-3 4-12 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 SF 3-3 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 OAK 21-7 11-3 10-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 SEA 12-8 6-4 5-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 SD 20-11 13-3 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Totals: 23-15 12-7 10-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Totals: 59-34 37-9 22-25 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0

NFC East AFC East DAL 4-4 2-1 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 BUF 5-3 2-1 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NYG 2-4 2-1 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 MIA 1-8 1-3 0-5 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 PHI 3-3 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NE 8-5 4-3 4-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 WAS 3-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NYJ 4-2 2-1 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Totals: 12-12 8-5 4-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Totals: 18-18 9-8 9-10 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0

NFC North AFC North CHI 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 BAL 3-3 3-1 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 DET 2-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 CIN 5-3 2-1 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 GB 2-3 2-1 0-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 CLE 4-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 MIN 2-3 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 PIT 3-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 Totals: 8-10 5-4 3-6 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Totals: 15-7 9-2 6-5 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-0

NFC South AFC South ATL 3-2 1-2 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 HOU 1-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 CAR 2-2 2-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 IND 2-5 1-3 1-2 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 NO 3-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 JAX 4-4 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 TB 3-2 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 TEN 3-2 6-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Totals: 11-7 6-3 5-4 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Totals: 10-13 10-10 5-7 1-3 1-1 2-3 0-0

NFC Totals 54-44 31-19 22-25 3-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 AFC Totals: 102-72 61-29 42-47 6-5 4-2 2-3 0-0

8 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS THE OPPONENT

The New England Patriots enter Week 14 with a 9-3 caught eight touchdowns. Gronkows- record after defeating the Indianapolis Colts, 31-24, last ki has hauled in 65 receptions for Sunday. 928 yards and 13 touchdowns. The Patriots are led by 12th-year Head Coach Bill Gronkowski is the fastest player Belichick, who has guided the team to three Super Bowl to reach 20 career touchdown victories and a 171-97 regular season record during his receptions. Further, with his next tenure. touchdown catch, he will The Patriots’ offense is led by six-time Pro Bowl tie the record for touch- quarterback Tom Brady, who has been at the helm for down receptions in a sea- all three Super Bowl wins. This season, he has completed 306-of-459 son by a tight end. passes for 3,916 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for a Linebacker Jerod quarterback rating of 105.9. He is currently on pace to break quarter- Mayo is the leader of the back Dan Marino’s record for most passing yards in a season (5,084). defense. In 2011, he has compiled 59 tackles (38 solo), one forced In addition, he has been named NFL MVP two times, including in fumble and two passes defensed. Defensive end Andre Carter leads the 2010 season. the team in sacks with nine and he also had 47 tackles (29 solo), one Running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis is the team’s primary ball forced fumble and one pass defensed. Cornerback Kyle Arrington carrier. In 2011, he has carried the ball 156 times for 599 yards (3.8 leads the NFL in interceptions with seven. avg.) and eight touchdowns. He also has six catches for 74 yards (6.2 Stephen Gostkowski handles the kicking duties and Zoltan Mes- avg.). ko is the team’s punter. Julian Edelman leads the team in punt returns Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Wes Welker and second-year with 21 for 251 yards (12.0 avg.) and a touchdown. He also leads the tight end Rob Gronkowski anchor the receiving corps. Welker leads team in kick returns with 12 for 284 yards (23.7 avg.). the NFL in receptions (93) and receiving yards (1,253). He also has COACH BILL BELICHICK

Bill Belichick has led the Patriots to an 9-3 record triots have rarely been rattled, able to consistently maintain leads and entering Week 14 of his his 37th season as an NFL bounce back following losses. Since the beginning of the 2003 season, coach. Belichick is the only head coach in NFL history New England is 25-2 (.923) in regular season games following a loss, to win three Super Bowl championships in a four-year dropping back-to-back regular-season contests just two times over span. He currently ranks 10th all time with 178 total that span. Another hallmark of Belichick’s teams has been their ability victories as a head coach. His winning percentage of to consistently succeed against top competition. The Patriots enter the .639 ranks third in NFL history among coaches with 2011 season with a record of 39-11 (.780) against playoff teams since 150 or more wins, trailing only George Halas (.682) and the beginning of the 2003 season. Don Shula (.666). In 2010, Belichick led a very young squad to an NFL-best 14-2 He has won more regular-season games (121) and more games record, a division title, its eighth playoff appearance in his 11 seasons overall (135) during a ten-year stretch (2001-2010) than any other as New England’s head coach and received several major awards in the head coach in NFL history. process. Belichick was named Associated Press Coach of the Year for Belichick is in his 12th season as the team’s head coach. Through the third time, joining Don Shula (four-time winner) and Chuck Knox 11 seasons, Belichick has delivered three Super Bowl championships, as the only three-time winners. In addition, Belichick earned Peter four conference titles, eight division crowns and 14 playoff victories, King’s SI.com and Pro Football Weekly Coach of the Year. while posting an overall record of 140-55. Belichick directed the Pa- Belichick has been honored with numerous awards in recogni- triots to victories in Super Bowls XXXVI (2001), XXXVIII (2003) tion of his success with the Patriots. He has earned NFL Coach of the and XXXIX (2004), and in 2007 he became the only NFL head coach Year honors by the Associated Press two times (2007 and 2003) and to guide his team to a 16-0 regular season. has finished in the top five in AP voting for NFL Coach of the Year Belichick’s accomplishments have placed him among the elite Award eight times (1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 coaches in NFL history. He owns a career record of 178- 100 as a and 2010). head coach, and his career winning percentage of .639 ranks third Belichick was born April 16, 1952 in Nashville, Tenn. and raised in NFL history among coaches with 150 or more wins, trailing only in Annapolis, Md. His father, Steve, played fullback for the Detroit George Halas (.682) and Don Shula (.666). Belichick has compiled a Lions in 1941 and coached for 33 years at the Naval Academy. Bill was career playoff record of 15-6, with his .714 playoff winning percentage a standout prep athlete at Annapolis High, where he has since been placing third in NFL history behind Vince Lombardi (9-1, .900) and inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. He attended Phillips Academy Tom Flores (8- 3, .727). Belichick’s 15 career playoff wins rank fifth in Andover, Mass., before enrolling at Wesleyan, where he earned his all-time, while New England’s 14 playoff victories in the 2000s are bachelor’s degree in economics in 1975 tied for the highest total in any decade in NFL history. Belichick’s Pa-

9 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS

CONNECTIONS CAREER STATS VS. PATRIOTS

Former Redskins on Patriots Projected Offensive Starters DE Andre Carter (2006-10) QB Rex Grossman (one game): Former Patriots on Redskins 15-of-34 (44.1 percent), 176 yards WR Jabar Gaffney (2006-08) RB Roy Helu: WR Donté Stallworth (2007) First game against the Patriots Redskins from New England FB Darrel Young: DE Rob Jackson (West Haven, Conn.) First game against the Patriots DL Chris Baker (Windsor, Conn.) WR Jabar Gaffney (two games): Patriots from the Washington D.C. Region: Six receptions for 61 yards (10.2 avg.) Running Backs Coach Ivan Fears (Suffolk, Va.) WR Santana Moss (eight games): LB Jerod Mayo (Hampton, Va.) 34 receptions for 372 yards (10.9 avg.), 2 TDs LS Danny Aiken (Roanoke, Va/) CB Ras-I Dowling (Chesapeake, Va.) TE Fred Davis: First game against the Patriots Patriots who went to college in Washington D.C. region: Running Backs Coach Ivan Fears (William and Mary) LS Danny Aiken (Virginia) Projected Defensive Starters CB Ras-I Dowling (Virginia) (Stats according to STATS, INC.) LB Tracy White (Howard) DE Adam Carriker: Pro Connections First game against the Patriots Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan coached Patriots DT Ge- rard Warren (2005-06) while with the Denver Broncos. NT Barry Cofield (two games, including one in postseason): Redskins QB Rex Grossman and Patriots DE Mark Anderson Four tackles (three solo) played together for the Bears (2006-08) DE Stephen Bowen (one game): Redskins C and Patriots DE Shaun Ellis One tackle (one solo) played together for the New York Jets (2007-08). Redskins CB Josh Wilson (2007) and T Sean Locklear (2004-07) OLB Ryan Kerrigan: played together with Patriots LB Nick Koutouvides for the Seattle First game against the Patriots Seahawks. Redskins CB DeAngelo Hall played together with DT Gerard JLB Perry Riley: Warren for the Oakland Raiders (2008). First game against the Patriots Redskins LB Keyaron Fox and Patriots OL Brian Waters played MLB London Fletcher (13 games): together for the (2004-07). 122 tackles (81 solo), one sack, 2 INTs, 1 FF, 1 FR, six passes defensed College Connections: Redskins DE Stephen Bowen played with Patriots CB Kyle Ar- OLB Brian Orakpo: rington (Hofstra). First game against the Patriots Redskins LB Rocky McIntosh played with Patriots DL (Miami). CB DeAngelo Hall (one game): Redskins G played with Patriots LB Jermain Cun- 10 tackles (10 solo) ningham, TE and LB (Florida). CB Josh Wilson (one game): Redskins LB Perry Riley played with Patriots RB Stevan Ridley Six tackles (six solo), 1 FF, one pass defensed (LSU). Redskins LS Nick Sundberg played together with Patriots RB S (one game): Shane Vereen (California). Seven tackles (six solo), 1 INT, one pass defensed Redskins QB Rex Grossman played together with Patriots DT S LaRon Landry (one game): Gerard Warren (Florida). 14 tackles (10 solo)

10 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS SERIES HISTORY SERIES SUPERLATIVES

Sunday’s matchup at FedExField between the Redskins and the New England Patriots will mark the ninth regular REDSKINS season meeting between the two teams. This will be the first time the Redskins have faced the PASSING Patriots since 2007. The Redskins own a 6-2 all-time series Completions: 21 , 10/28/07 advantage. All meetings have come in the regular season. Attempts: 36 Jason Campbell, 10/28/07 Though the teams have played at New England six times, Yards: 280 Gus Frerotte, 10/13/96 the Redskins have only hosted the Patriots twice. The Red- TDs: 3 Billy Kilmer, 10/01/72 skins are 2-0 in home against against New England, 1-0 at RFK Sta- dium and 1-0 at FedExField. RUSHING Attempts: 39 , 12/15/90 Yards: 149 Earnest Byner, 12/15/90 Year Winner Score Location TDs: 1 Six Players, Most Recent: 1972 Patriots 24-23 New England Rock Cartwright, 09/28/03 , 09/28/03 1978 Redskins 16-14 New England 1981 Redskins 24-22 Washington RECEIVING Receptions: 9 Joe Washington, 10/25/81 1984 Redskins 26-10 New England Yards: 152 Henry Ellard, 10/13/96 TDs: 2 Charley Taylor, 10/01/72 1990 Redskins 25-10 New England DEFENSE 1996 Redskins 27-22 New England Sacks: 2 Eric Williams, 12/15/90 2003 Redskins 20-17 Washington Interceptions: 1 10 Players, Most Recent: Champ Bailey, 09/28/03 2007 Patriots 52-7 New England Rashad Bauman, 09/28/03 Ifeanyi Ohalete, 09/28/03

Home games bolded. PATRIOTS

ON THIS DATE PASSING Completions: 29 Tom Brady, 10/28/07 This week’s game between the Redskins and Patriots is sched- Attempts: 48 Drew Bledsoe, 10/13/96 uled for Dec. 11. In the Redskins’ 79-season history, the team Yards: 306 Tom Brady, 10/28/07 has played nine games on Dec. 11. The Redskins have a 4-5 re- Steve Grogan, 10/25/81 cord in those games. TDs: 3 Tom Brady, 10/28/07 The Redskins’ first Dec. 11 game came in 1949, when the Redskins fell to the , 53-27, at Los Angeles RUSHING Memorial Coliseum. The Redskins’ first win on Dec. 11 came Rushes: 23 Josh Ashton, 10/01/72 in 1955, when Eddie LeBaron passed for two touchdowns in a Yards: 164 Curtis Martin, 10/13/96 28-17 win vs. Pittsburgh at Griffith Stadium. TDs: 2 Tom Brady, 10/28/07 Curtis Martin, 10/13/96

YEAR OPPONENT RESULT RECEIVING 1949 at LA 53-27 L Receptions: 9 Wes Welker, 10/28/07 Yards: 124 Harold Jackson, 09/03/78 1955 vs. PIT 28-17 W TDs: 1 10 Players, Most Recent: 1960 vs. NYG 17-3 L Randy Moss, 10/28/07 1966 at DAL 34-31 W Mike Vrabel, 10/28/07 1983 at DAL 31-10 W Wes Welker, 10/28/07 1988 vs. DAL 24-17 L DEFENSE 1993 vs. NYJ 3-0 L Sacks: 3 Mike Vrabel, 10/28/07 1994 at ARI 17-15 L Interceptions: 1 Larry Carwell, 10/01/72 Steve Nelson, 09/03/78 2005 at ARI 17-13 W Fred Marion, 12/15/90 Asante Samuel, 10/28/07

11 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS NEXT WEEK 2011 SCORING CHANGES The Washington Redskins will travel to the New York Week 1: Redskins vs. Giants 0:37 remaining in third quarter: Giants in Week 15 on Sunday, Dec. 18 at MetLife Stadium. Sack split between and London Fletcher. On the play, a forced The game will be broadcast live on FOX at 1 p.m. ET. fumble was credited to Fletcher. This will be the second time the NFC East rivals have played each other this season. Washington won the teams’ Week 2: Redskins vs. Cardinals first meeting this season, 28-14. The Giants lead the overall 0:10 remaining in fourth quarter: was credited with a fumble and an own recovery. Arizona series 90-62-4. now shows three fumbles in the game (one for Peterson). Head Coach Mike Shanahan’s overall record against the Giants is 2-4, with a 2-1 record at home. Shanahan is 1-2 against Week 3: Redskins at Cowboys the Giants as Head Coach of the Washington Redskins. 15:00 remaining in third quarter: Redskins nose tackle Barry Cofield will be facing his former Sack originally credited to Ryan Kerrigan now credited to Adam Carriker. team for the second time. Week 6: Redskins vs. Eagles 1:31 remaining in third quarter: Sack split by Oshiomogho Atogwe and . Each player was NEXT GAME credited with half a sack for the game. Washington Redskins at New York Giants Week 7: Redskins at Panthers 1:02 remaining in second quarter: MetLife Stadium — East Rutherford, N.J. Sack credit has been changed from DeAngelo Hall to Barry Cofield. Sunday, Dec. 18 Week 8: Redskins at Bills 1 p.m. ET 10:11 remaining in first quarter: Stats failed to account for a five-yard penalty on a punt that was fair caught by Buf- falo. Sav Rocca has been credited with another punt downed inside the 20. 3:14 remaining in first quarter: Rush by John Beck changed to a sack, split by Nick Barnett and Danny Batten. 14:07 remaining in fourth quarter: Sack previously split by Stephen Bowen and London Fletcher given to Stephen Bowen.

Week 11: Redskins vs. Cowboys Starting lineup changes from original game records: received the start at right tackle and started at left guard. 8:50 remaining in first quarter: Rex Grossman to Fred Davis completion should be credited for 3 yards (not 0 yards).

Week 12: Redskins at Seahawks 2:13 remaining in fourth quarter: Split sack originally credited to LB Brian Orakpo and DE Stephen Bowen changed to a split sack by Orakpo and LB Ryan Kerrigan. REGULAR SEASON WINS Founded in 1932, the Washington Redskins have been one of the NFL’s most successful franchises. The Redskins are one of nine current franchises with at least 500 regular season wins. The team’s 551 regular season wins rank fourth among active NFL franchises.

TEAM REGULAR SEASON WINS 711 676 New York Giants 642 WASHINGTON REDSKINS 551 550 San Francisco 49ers 519 St. Louis Rams 513 Philadelphia Eagles 513 Redskins receiver Anthony Armstrong caught a touchdown pass from quarterback Rex Grossman in the team’s 28-14 win against the New York Giants in Week 1. 503

12 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS By the time he was replaced by Matt Cassel midway through Last MeEting the fourth quarter, the Patriots had outgained the Redskins 451 Week 8: Patriots 52, Redskins 7 yards to 157. Even that change didn’t slow down the Patriots. Cas- sel scored on a 15-yard run for a 52-0 lead with 5:53 remaining. ESPN.com News Services “We had a lot of guys step up,” Belichick said. “We played hard from the first series for 60 minutes and that was a lot better than Oct. 28, 2007 we did last week” The Patriots beat Miami then, 49-28, but faltered after leading FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots rolled up 42-7. their highest point total in 28 years. Tom Brady threw The Redskins sustained their worst loss since 1961 when the his career-high 30th touchdown pass. New York Giants beat them 53-0. Pretty impressive, and there’s still half a season to go. “I still don’t believe it happened,” Redskins linebacker London New England’s amazing year kept getting better Sunday with Fletcher said. a 52-7 rout of Washington. The Redskins entered with the fifth- Brady scored on a 3-yard run on his first series, then threw ranked defense in the NFL and left with the franchise’s worst loss a 2-yard pass to Vrabel, his 10th career catch all for touchdowns. since 1961. Three plays later, Vrabel forced Campbell’s fumble and Warren re- “I don’t know of a weakness that they have,” Washington covered. That led to Stephen Gostkowski’s 36-yard field goal. coach Joe Gibbs said. “I didn’t see those coming,” Campbell said. “They’re very dy- Brady threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more. namic in everything that they do.” Linebacker Mike Vrabel caught a touchdown pass and forced Just after the 2-minute warning before the half, Vrabel and three fumbles by quarterback Jason Campbell that led to 17 Warren repeated that, giving the Patriots the ball at their 27. They points. made it to the Redskins 6 where Brady faked spiking the ball, which The Patriots (8-0) have scored at least 34 points in each game would have stopped the clock. and have won each by 17 points or more. They’ve outscored op- Instead, he lofted a pass to the left side of the end zone where ponents by an average of 41.3 to 15.9. 6-foot-4 Randy Moss outjumped 5-11 Leigh Torrence for a 6-yard At this rate, they’ll score 662 points, shattering the NFL sin- touchdown. It was his 11th of the season and left Moss one short of gle-season record of 556 set by Minnesota in 1998. The 52 points Stanley Morgan’s team record of 12. were their most since they scored 56 against the New York Jets “If you just throw it up to Randy, he usually catches it,” Brady in 1979. said. Still, they followed the line of coach Bill Belichick: dwell on In the third quarter, Brady ran for a 2-yard touchdown, giving the mistakes so they’re not repeated. him two for the game and five in his career. Then Vrabel knocked “It’s a long season,” Brady said. “It’s not even November yet the ball away from Campbell for the third time and Rosevelt Colvin and we’ve got a lot of room for improvement left.” ran it in for an 11-yard score and a 38-0 lead with just under six Now the first half of the season is over. Bring on the Super minutes left in the third quarter. Bowl champs, the Colts (7-0), whose winning margin is a mere Then, with a fourth-and-1 at the Redskins 7, the Patriots 32 to 14.6. went for it rather than try for a field goal and Brady ran 2 yards. The Patriots play next Sunday at Indianapolis, where they Two plays later, he threw his third touchdown pass of the game, a had their last loss, more than nine months ago in the AFC Cham- 2-yarder to Wes Welker with 9:06 left that drew the ire of Redskins pionship Game. linebacker Randall Godfrey. Let the hype begin. “I said something to [Belichick] after the game,” Godfrey told “You’ve got to block out the noise,” Patriots defensive end NBCSports.com. “I told him, ‘You need to show some respect for Ty Warren said. “If you start reading too much into what’s going the game.’ You just don’t do that. I don’t care how bad it is. You’re up on out there outside this locker room, I think the battle’s already 35 points and you’re still throwing deep? That’s no respect.” lost.” Was Belichick trying to run up the score? Washington (4-3) avoided a shutout when Campbell threw a “What do you want us to do, kick a field goal?” he said. 15-yard touchdown pass to Chris Cooley with three minutes left. Redskins safety Pierson Prioleau didn’t want to discuss it. By then, most of the fans had left, many of them likely rush- “If they want to get 100 points, that’s up to them,” he said. ing home to watch the Boston Red Sox try to win the World Se- “We’re just trying to stop them.” ries at the Colorado Rockies. Gibbs took no offense to the play-calling of Belichick. The Patriots are playing more like champions every week. “You can’t be perfect but you want to shoot for that,” wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth said. Brady completed 29 of 38 passes for 306 yards and no inter- ceptions. He’s been picked off just twice all season, although he did lose a fumble Sunday. He extended his NFL record to eight games at the start of a season with at least three touchdown pass- es.

13 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS TALE OF THE TAPE

OFFENSE DEFENSE

REDSKINS PATRIOTS REDSKINS PATRIOTS 202 Points 362 256 Points 247 30 Points in 1st Quarter 61 55 Points in 1st Quarter 40 69 Points in 2nd Quarter 108 67 Points in 2nd Quarter 56 33 Points in 3rd Quarter 89 43 Points in 3rd Quarter 43 70 Points in 4th Quarter 104 88 Points in 4th Quarter 108 20 Offensive Touchdowns 43 25 Offensive Touchdowns 28 7 Rushing TDs 11 11 Rushing TDs 9 12 Passing TDs 30 14 Passing TDs 18 1 Returns 2 0 Returns 1 21 Field Goals 20 27 Field Goals 16 3850 Yards From Scrimmage 5086 3903 Yards From Scrimmage 4945 320.8 Yards Per Game 423.8 325.3 Yards Per Game 412.1 759 Total Plays 802 751 Total Plays 804 5.1 Avg. Per Play 6.3 5.2 Avg. Per Play 6.2 20/9 Fumbles/Lost 9/5 22/7 Fumbles/Lost 10/6 19 Had Intercepted 10 8 Had Intercepted 17 57/164 Third-down Conversions 65/142 60/164 Third-down Conversions 70/158 34.8 Third-down Percentage 45.8 36.6 Third-down Percentage 44.3 3/9 Fourth-down Conversions 5/8 4/9 Fourth-down Conversions 6/14 33.3 Fourth-down Percentages 62.5 44.4 Fourth-down Percentages 42.9 67.641 Penalties/Yards 70/611 99/769 Penalties/Yards 89/711 29:11 Time of Possession Avg. 28:33 30:49 Time of Possession Avg. 31:27

PASSING PASSING 448 Pass Attempts 459 375 Pass Attempts 485 263 Pass Completions 306 227 Pass Completions 310 58.7 Completion Percentage 66.7 60.5 Completion Percentage 63.9 2800 Passing Yards 3799 2505 Passing Yards 3720 233.3 Avg. Yards/Game 316.6 208.8 Avg. Yards/Game 310.0 12 Passing Touchdowns 30 14 Passing Touchdowns 18 19 Interceptions 10 8 Interceptions 17 70.5 Rating 105.9 86.1 Rating 86.6 33 Times Sacked 21 33 Times Sacked 27 17 Completions of 25+ yards 26 21 Completions of 25+ yards 36

RUSHING RUSHING 278 Rush Attempts 322 343 Rush Attempts 292 1050 Rush Yards 1287 1398 Rush Yards 1225 3.8 Yards Per Carry 4.0 4.1 Yards Per Carry 4.2 87.5 Yards Per Game 107.3 116.5 Yards Per Game 102.1 7 Touchdowns 11 11 Touchdowns 9 48 First Downs 74 67 First Downs 67 27 Rushes of 10+ yards 26 31 Rushes of 10+ yards 30

RECEIVING RECEIVING 263 Receptions 306 227 Receptions 310 3032 Receiving yards 3916 2703 Receiving yards 3894 11.5 Yards Per Catch 12.8 11.9 Yards Per Catch 12.6 252.7 Yards Per Game 326.3 225.3 Yards Per Game 324.5 12 Touchdowns 30 14 Touchdowns 18 154 First Downs 200 126 First Downs 194 17 Receptions of 25+ yards 26 21 Receptions of 25+ yards 36

14 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS SKINFORMATIOn PRONUNCIATION GUIDE WEEK 14 SCHEDULE Oshiomogho Atogwe Oh-SHIM-uh-go Uh-TOG-way Thursday, Dec. 8 Time (ET) Location CLE @ PIT 8:20 PM Heinz Field Kentwan Balmer ken-TWAHN Sunday, Dec. 11 Time (ET) Location DOW-tee TB @ JAC 1:00 PM EverBank Field KC @ NYJ 1:00 PM MetLife Stadium Keyaron Fox Key-AIR-un HOU @ CIN 1:00 PM Paul Brown Stadium Graham Gano Guh-NO NE @ WAS 1:00 PM FedExField ATL @ CAR 1:00 PM Bank of America Stadium Kedric Golston KEH-drick PHI @ MIA 1:00 PM Sun Life Stadium DeJon Gomes Dijon Gomes (rhymes with Homes) NO @ TEN 1:00 PM LP Field IND @ BAL 1:00 PM M&T Bank Stadium Roy Helu Hell-ooh MIN @ DET 1:00 PM Ford Field LICK-ten-STY-grr CHI @ DEN 4:05 PM Sports Authority Field at Mile High SF @ ARI 4:05 PM University of Phoenix Stadium Chris Neild KNEELed BUF @ SD 4:15 PM Qualcomm Stadium Brian Orakpo uh-RACK-po OAK @ GB 4:15 PM Lambeau Field NYG @ DAL 8:20 PM Cowboys Stadium Sav Rocca ROCK-uh Monday, Dec. 12 Time (ET) Location Darrel Young DUH-rell STL @ SEA 8:30 PM CenturyLink Field REDSKINS TEAM RANKINGS NFC STANDINGS OFFENSE No. NFL Rank (NFC Rank) NFC East W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak Yards / Game 320.8 20 (12) DAL 7 5 .583 283 244 39 5-1 2-4 2-1 .667 1L NYG 6 6 .500 287 315 -28 3-3 3-3 1-2 .333 4L Yards / Play 5.07 25 (14) PHI 4 8 .333 271 282 -11 1-5 3-3 3-1 .750 2L Rushing Yards / Game 87.5 31 (15) WAS 4 8 .333 202 256 -54 2-4 2-4 1-3 .250 1L Rushing Yards / Play 3.78 28 (14) Passing Yards / Game 233.3 13 (10) NFC North W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak Passing Yards / Play 6.25 23 (13) GB 12 0 1.000 420 262 158 5-0 7-0 4-0 1.000 12W CHI 7 5 .583 291 242 49 5-2 2-3 2-2 .500 2L Interception Rate 4.24% 30 (15) DET 7 5 .583 333 277 56 3-3 4-2 2-2 .500 2L Sacks / Pass Attempt 7.37% 21 (10) MIN 2 10 .167 246 330 -84 1-5 1-5 0-4 .000 4L First Downs / Game 18.7 17 (9) 3rd Down Pct 34.76% 23 (10) NFC South W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak NO 9 3 .750 393 269 124 6-0 3-3 3-1 .750 4W 4th Down Pct 33.33% 24 (13) ATL 7 5 .583 269 244 25 4-2 3-3 1-2 .333 1L Red Zone Pct 44.44% 25t (12) CAR 4 8 .333 290 324 -34 2-4 2-4 1-2 .333 2W Goal to Go% 60.00% 21t (12) TB 4 8 .333 218 329 -111 3-4 1-4 2-2 .500 6L Avg Time of Possession 29:11:00 23 (12) NFC West W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak Points / Game 16.8 27 (15) SF 10 2 .833 288 161 127 6-1 4-1 3-0 1.000 1W SEA 5 7 .417 216 246 -30 3-3 2-4 2-1 .667 1W DEFENSE No. NFL Rank (NFC Rank) ARI 5 7 .417 232 269 -37 3-2 2-5 2-2 .500 2W Yards / Game 325.3 9 (2) STL 2 10 .167 140 296 -156 1-5 1-5 0-4 .000 3L Yards / Play 5.2 10 (3) Rushing Yards / Game 116.5 18 (10) Rushing Yards / Play 4.08 12 (6) AFC STANDINGS Passing Yards / Game 208.8 9 (2) AFC East W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak Passing Yards / Play 6.68 13 (4) NE 9 3 .750 362 247 115 5-1 4-2 3-1 .750 4W Interception Rate 2.13% 23 (13) NYJ 7 5 .583 290 260 30 5-1 2-4 3-2 .600 2W Sacks / Pass Attempt 8.80% 3t (2t) BUF 5 7 .417 278 304 -26 4-2 1-5 1-3 .250 5L MIA 4 8 .333 246 220 26 3-3 1-5 1-2 .333 1W First Downs / Game 17.3 6 (2) 3rd Down Pct 36.59% 13 (6) AFC North W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak 4th Down Pct 44.44% 15 (6) BAL 9 3 .750 296 192 104 6-0 3-3 4-0 1.000 3W Red Zone Pct 42.11% 7 (4) PIT 9 3 .750 268 195 73 5-1 4-2 2-2 .500 3W Goal to Go% 61.11% 10 (5) CIN 7 5 .583 266 250 16 3-2 4-3 2-3 .400 1L Points / Game 21.3 15 (6) CLE 4 8 .333 175 240 -65 3-4 1-4 0-3 .000 2L Point Differential / Game -4.5 25 (13) AFC South W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak Yard Differential / Game -4.4 15 (9) HOU 9 3 .750 310 189 121 5-1 4-2 4-0 1.000 6W TEN 7 5 .583 249 229 20 4-2 3-3 1-2 .333 2W JAX 3 9 .250 152 238 -86 2-4 1-5 2-2 .500 3L SPECIAL TEAMS No. NFL Rank (NFC Rank) IND 0 12 .000 174 358 -184 0-6 0-6 0-3 .000 12L Field Goals Made 70.00% 32 (16) Punt Return Avg 10.2 14 (6) AFC West W L Pct PF PA Net Pts Home Road Div Pct Streak Kickoff Return Avg 22.4 27 (15) DEN 7 5 .583 256 292 -36 2-3 5-2 3-2 .600 5W OAK 7 5 .583 274 308 -34 3-3 4-2 2-2 .500 1L Punt Coverage Avg 7.3 6 (5) KC 5 7 .417 163 268 -105 2-4 3-3 2-2 .500 1W Kickoff Coverage Avg 19.9 2 (1) SD 5 7 .417 287 289 -2 3-3 2-4 2-3 .400 1W

15 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS FEDEXFIELD GOES GREEN DIRECTIONS & Parking

The Washington Redskins and NRG Energy, one of the Parking adjacent to the Redskins Park facility is avail- largest energy companies in the United States, are bringing able to media. renewable energy to FedExField as part of the first profes- sional sports sponsorship to carry the NRG name. New solar For television stations planning to bring satellite trucks power installations integrated into the stadium and in the for live transmission, please contact Redskins PR to coordi- parking lot were unveiled in September. The solar power nate access and parking. system at FedExField will provide a portion of the stadium’s electricity needs on game days and can generate enough power to serve all of its electrical needs on non-game days. To Redskins Park: As part of the nine-year agreement, NRG will install three dif- ferent types of solar panels that together will generate two megawatts From Washington, D.C.: (MW) of electricity. NRG will cover 850 spaces in the Platinum A1 Take 66 West towards Virginia – Take 495 North towards 267 Parking Lot with 8,000 solar panels. These panels will generate pow- West (Dulles Toll Road exit) – Follow 267 West for 13 miles to the er for the stadium and provide covered parking to protect fans from Dulles Greenway – Continue approximately 2 miles to Exit 7 (Lou- inclement weather and enhance their tailgating experience on game doun County Parkway/Route 607) – Turn right, headed north, on days. An NRG-branded entry plaza at Gate A will inform fans about Loudoun County Parkway – Proceed approximately 2 miles and renewable energy and showcase clean energy technologies. The instal- cross over Waxpool Road – Go approximately 1.2 miles more until lation will include translucent solar panels, sculptures featuring thin the two lanes merge into one – Look for Redskins parking staff to find parking at Redskins Park. film solar technology and 10 electric vehicle charging stations from NRG’s eVgosm charging network. From Points North of Washington, D.C.: “Our partnership with NRG will add to the fans’ game day ex- Take 95 South towards Washington D.C. – Take 495 West to 267 perience at FedExField and offers a unique example of how solar en- West (Dulles Toll Road exit) – Follow 267 West for 13 miles to the ergy installations can do more than generate power,” said Dan Snyder, Dulles Greenway – Continue approximately 2 miles to Exit 7 (Lou- owner of the Washington Redskins. “NRG’s expertise and vision are a doun County Parkway/Route 607) – Turn right, headed north, on great match for us and we are excited to be part of this effort that will Loudoun County Parkway – Proceed approximately 2 miles and reduce our environmental impact and offer our fans another unique cross over Waxpool Road – Go approximately 1.2 miles more until experience.” the two lanes merge into one – Look for Redskins parking staff to “It will take 8,000 solar panels and a lot of expertise to deliver this find parking at Redskins Park. win to the Redskins – we’re getting it done,” said David Crane, NRG’s President and CEO. “The Redskins understand the importance of in- From Points South of Washington, D.C.: creasing our national energy security by making full use of our own Take 95 North towards Washington D.C. – Take 495 West to inexhaustible natural energy resource. NRG is helping to make that 267 West (Dulles Toll Road exit) – Follow 267 West for 13 miles to change at FedExField and across the country.” the Dulles Greenway – Continue approximately 2 miles to Exit 7 “There is nothing like homegrown, in this case stadiumgrown, (Loudoun County Parkway/Route 607) – Turn right, headed north, energy,” said Fred Smith, chairman, president and chief executive offi- on Loudoun County Parkway – Proceed approximately 2 miles and cer of FedEx Corporation and part owner of the Washington Redskins. cross over Waxpool Road – Go approximately 1.2 miles more until “Solar can be a very smart investment. I am pleased to see FedExField the two lanes merge into one – Look for Redskins parking staff to moving in this direction and increasing its own energy independence.” find parking at Redskins Park. “We were very excited when the Redskins came to us for pro- cess support for the solar panel project at FedExField,” Prince George’s To FedExField: County Executive Rushern L. Baker III added. “It is the type of green initiative that we are encouraging all businesses in the county to un- From Northern Virginia: dertake.” 495/I-95 North to exit 15A (Central Ave. East) – To Harry S. NRG is involved in some of the most ambitious clean energy Truman North – Turn right on Lottsford Road – Follow to Arena projects in the country, including utility-scale solar generation in Drive California; eVgosm, the nation’s first privately funded electric vehicle charging network; and smaller-scale efforts that bring the benefits of From Montgomery and Howard Counties: renewable energy directly to consumers. 495/I-95 South to I-95 exit 17A (Landover Road East) – Turn NRG’s subsidiary Reliant Energy will be the official provider for right on Lottsford Road – Follow to Arena Drive all the electricity to power the Redskins in their home stadium. Reliant is one of the largest retail electricity providers in the competitive Texas From Washington, D.C.: market, and is expanding both its commercial and residential busi- East Capitol St. (Central Ave) to Harry S. Truman North – Turn nesses to several states in the Northeast, including Maryland. right on Lottsford Road – Follow to Arena Drive

16 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS 2012 PRO BOWL - HONOLULU BOUND?

Voting season is always a topic de jour in the na- INSIDE LINEBACKER tion’s capital, and with Pro Bowl voting in full swing, the Redskins are no exception. LONDON FLETCHER The Redskins’ active roster features six players with Pro Bowl appearances to their names: Jammal Brown, Tackles 124 DeAngelo Hall, Mike Sellers, London Fletcher, Santana Passes Defensed 6 Moss and Brian Orakpo. Between them, they have to- Interceptions 2 taled 11 Pro Bowl selections. Tight end Chris Cooley, Forced Fumbles 2 who was placed on the Reserve/Injured list in October, also has two career Pro Bowl appearances. NFC tackles (according to nfl gsis) The Redskins lay claim to the reigning Pro Bowl Most Valu- able Player, Hall, a three-time Pro Bowler who intercepted a pass and forced a fumble in last year’s exhibition. He returned the fumble 34 1. LONDON FLETCHER 124* yards for a touchdown. Balloting will conclude on Dec. 19 following the conclusion of 2. Curtis Lofton 111 . The teams will be announced at 7 p.m. ET on Dec. 27 on a special NFL Total Access 2012 Pro Bowl Selection Show on 3. Chad Greenway 110 NFL Network. The 2012 Pro Bowl will be played on Jan. 29, 2012 and televised live on NBC at 7 p.m. ET from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. *leads NFL PUNTER OUTSIDE LINEBACKER SAV ROCCA RYAN KERRIGAN Punts 54 Sacks 6.5 Punts Inside 20 25 Forced Fumbles 4 Touchbacks 1 Interceptions 1 Net Average 40.5 Touchdowns 1

NFC PUNTS INSIDE THE 20 NFC FUMBLES FORCED BY LINEBACKERS

1t. SAV ROCCA 25* 1t. RYAN KERRIGAN 4 1t. Jon Ryan 25* 1t. Patrick Willis 4 3. 22 3. Two tied 3 *leads NFL DEFENSIVE LINE SPECIAL TEAMS Stephen Bowen LORENZO ALEXANDER 4.5 sacks Barry Cofield Special Teams Tackles* 14 8 passes defensed Kick Return Yds. Allowed 19.9 Adam Carriker Punt Return Yds. Allowed 7.3 5.0 sacks *according to coaches stats

NFC DEFENSIVE LINEMEN NFC kick return average allowed Sacks* Passes Defensed** 1. WASHINGTON REDSKINS 19.9 1. Calais Campbell.... 6.0 1. BARRY COFIELD ���8 2. ADAM CARRIKER... 5.0 2. Sedrick Ellis...... 4 2. Philadelphia Eagles 21.3 3t. STEPHEN BOWEN ��4.5 3t. Three tied...... 3 3t. Justin Smith...... 4.5 6t. Six tied...... 2 *3-4 Defensive Ends **Defensive Tackles 3. San Francisco 49ers 22.4

17 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS YOUTH IS SERVED

Redskins Head Coach Mike Shanahan stresses com- petition at every position, and in 2011, he’s looked to younger players to provide it. Last April, the Redskins set a franchise record for picks in a seven-round draft with 12, surpassing the previ- ous high of 10, which they set in 2002 and 2008. Addition- ally, the Redskins drafted at least one player in all seven rounds in 2011 for the first time since 1995. The 12 draft picks were the most for the Redskins since also making 12 picks in the 1985 NFL Draft, which lasted 12 rounds. As of Week 12, 10 of the Redskins’ 12 picks in the 2011 NFL Draft had received playing time, the highest total in the NFL. The fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft provided the Redskins’ breakout star of the second half of the 2011 season, as rookie running back Roy Helu has commanded national attention since becoming the team’s feature back in Week 12. For more on Helu, see “Hello, Helu” on page 19. The class is led defensively by standout linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, Since earning his first career start at Miami in Week 10, second-year linebacker Perry Riley a former 4-3 defensive end in college whose quick transition to outside has made an instant impact for the Redskins’ defense. He now has 50 tackles (five for loss). linebacker has allowed him to play every defensive snap for the Red- skins this season. For more on Kerrigan, see “K.O. Combo” on page 23. REDSKINS 2011 DRAFT PICKS Even those that historical precedent would classify as “longshots“ OLB Ryan Kerrigan - Round 1 (16) — Has played every snap, in the draft have contributed this season. The Redskins selected nose compiling 61 tackles (35 solo, seven for loss), 6.5 sacks, one INT tackle Chris Neild out of West Virginia with the second-to-last pick in (for TD), five passes defensed and four forced fumbles, which are a the 2011 NFL Draft. In Week 1, Neild made a memorable NFL debut Redskins rookie record. by registering 1.5 sacks of quarterback in the Redskins’ 28-14 victory against the the New York Giants. DE - Round 2 (41) — Placed on Reserve/Injured In addition to the depth provided by the strong rookie class, the list in preseason; was considered by many to be the unit’s best player Redskins are receiving increased contributions from the team’s sec- throughout training camp. ond-year players. Second-year inside linebacker Perry Riley received WR Leonard Hankerson - Round 3 (79) — Appeared in four his first career start in Week 10 at Miami and has since become one of games with two starts, posting eight recceptions for 106 yards at the defense’s most prolific performers. Riley, a fourth-round pick out Miami Dolphins before being placed on the Reserve/Injured list. of LSU in the 2010 NFL Draft, has 50 tackles (28 solo) and recorded RB Roy Helu - Round 4 (105) — Has appeared in 12 games with the first fumble recovery of his career in Week 13 vs. the New York Jets. four starts, catching a franchise-record 14 passes for 105 yards vs. In his first start at Miami three weeks earlier, Riley debuted with four San Francisco. Has rushed for 100 yards in his last two games. tackles for loss, the most by a Redskins player since 2001, according to records kept by STATS, INC. S Dejon Gomes - Round 5 (146) — Has appeared in 11 games The second-year players have been ubiquitous on special teams. with one start. Recorded 13 tackles (six solo) in his start vs. Dallas. Second-year return specialist Brandon Banks leads the NFL in kickoff WR - Round 5 (155) — Has appeared in nine games returns (39) and is first in the NFC in kickoff return yardage (904). with one start; helped seal a block on running back Roy Helu’s Two of the team’s three specialists — kicker Graham Gano and long touchdown run against the New York Jets in Week 13. snapper Nick Sundberg — are also in their second NFL seasons. Offensively, second-year tight end Logan Paulsen has seven RB Evan Royster - Round 6 (177) — Played his first game in Week catches for 95 yards. His 13.6 yards per catch average is third on the 12 at Seattle and saw action a week later vs. the New York Jets. team amongst players with at least five receptions. WR - Round 6 (178) — Has spent the entire The Redskins currently hold seven picks for the 2012 NFL Draft 2011 season on the team’s practice squad. and could receive an eighth pending a conditional selection from a trade made this past offseason. CB - Round 7 (213) — Has appeared in two games, recording two tackles (two solo). 2010 vs. 2011 OG Maurice Hurt - Round 7 (217) — Has started four games, 53-Man Roster Comparison: including both games in which running back Roy Helu has rushed for 100 yards or more. 2010 - Week 1 2011 - Current Average Age 27.72 26.81 LB - Round 7 (224) — Appeared in one game Players 25 or younger 18 23 against the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 13 and saw action on special Players 30 or younger 41 46 teams. Rookies 5 9 DT Chris Neild - Round 7 (253) — One pick away from being “Mr. First-year non-rookies 4 1 Irrelevant,” Neild made the 53-man roster out of training camp and Second year 5 9 had 1.5 sacks in the season opener on Sept. 11.

18 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS Hello, Helu During his sessions with local media, Redskins BIG RED IN BURGUNDY Head Coach Mike Shanahan frequently mentions the importance of young players seizing oppontunities. Per- DID YOU KNOW? With the safety De- haps no player on the roster has seized an opportunity Jon Gomes receiving his first NFL start in in 2011 like rookie running back Roy Helu. Week 11 vs. Dallas, all three of the Redskins’ Helu has surpassed 140 all-purpose yards in each rookie draft picks from the University of Ne- of his three starts this season and has steadily worked braska have started a game this season. In ad- himself into the top five in both rushing yards and re- dition to Gomes’ start vs. Dallas and Helu’s start vs. San Fran- ceptions among all NFL rookies. In his last start in Week cisco, receiver Niles Paul started in Week 7 against Carolina. 13, Helu carried the ball 23 times (matching his career high from a week earlier) for 100 yards and a touchdown. This season marks the first time since the 1970 NFL-AFL His Week 13 performance against the New York Jets marked his merger that the Redskins have had three rookies from the second straight 100-yard rushing game, as he became the first Red- same school record a start in a single season. skins rookie running back to post consecutive 100-yard rushing games since Reggie Brooks did so in 1993 (Weeks 10-11). He also caught four passes for 42 yards (10.5 avg.). REDSKINS Receptions A week earlier, in only the second start of his professional ca- Double-digit single-game receptions by Redskins running backs: reer, Helu rushed 23 times for a career-high 108 rushing yards and a touchdown at Seattle. Helu – who entered the game leading the NFL Player Season Opponent Rec. in receptions by a rookie running back – also had 54 receiving yards ROY HELU 2011 SF 14 on a team-high seven receptions. He is now third in receptions among Kelvin Bryant 1986 NYG 13 NFL rookies at any position. Clarence Harmon 1980 SD 12 Helu scored the first touchdown of his career in spectacular 1992 KC 10 fashion on a 28-yard run in the fourth quarter against the Seahawks. Joe Washington 1981 DAL 10 On third-and-3, Helu took a quick pitch out of the shotgun, sprinted into an opening, hurdled over Seattle defensive back Roy Lewis and through the tackle attempt of safety Kam Chancellor on his way to the 14 recEptions (Since 2000) end zone. On the play, he established the longest run of his career and 14 receptions in a single game by NFL backs since 2000: pushed past his previous single-game career high in rushing yardage Player Season Opponent Rec. (74 vs. Arizona in Week 2). Helu’s touchdown was the first rushing ROY HELU 2011 SF 14 touchdown scored on the Seahawks since the second quarter of their 2002 DEN 14 Week 4 game against Atlanta, a span of more than 29 quarters. 2007 DAL 14 Helu now has two of the Redskins three 100-yard rushing perfor- mances this season ( – 135 yards at St. Louis in Week 4). The Redskins are 2-1 this season when producing a 100-yard rusher. NFL LEADERBOARD Helu made his first NFL start in Week 9 against the visiting San Most receptions in a single game during 2011 season: Francisco 49ers, a team that held the top-ranked rushing defense in the league. By the end of regulation, the fourth round pick (105th Player Team Opponent Rec. overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft found himself in the company of Hall Wes Welker NE BUF 16 of Fame wide receiver Art Monk in the Redskins’ record book. ROY HELU WAS SF 14 Helu ran the ball well early in the game against the 49ers’ run PHI ATL 13 defense, finishing with 41 yards on 10 carries. The story of the day, Julio Jones ATL SEA 11 however, was Helu catching 14 passes, breaking the franchise’s recep- Brandon Pettigrew DET MIN 11 tions record of 13, set twice by Monk and later tied by running back Kelvin Bryant. Monk caught 13 passes for 230 yards against the Cincinnati ROOKIE 100-YARD RUSHERS Ben¬gals on Dec. 15, 1985. Five years later, he had 168 yards on 13 100-yard rushing games by Redskins rookies (since 1990): catches against the Detroit Lions on Nov. 4, 1990. Bryant recorded a 13-catch, 130-yard performance against the New York Giants on Dec. Player Date Game Yards YPC 7, 1986. Helu finished with 105 receiving yards and 146 total yards ROY HELU 12/4/2011 vs. NYJ 100 4.3 against San Francisco on Nov. 6. ROY HELU 11/27/2011 at SEA 108 4.7 Helu has now been targeted 50 times on the season and has Ladell Betts 12/22/2002 vs. HOU 116 5.8 caught 42 passes for 309 yards, leading all rookie running backs in Reggie Brooks 12/5/1993 at TB 128 6.4 both categories. He has also registered 97 carries for 456 yards (4.7 Reggie Brooks 11/7/1993 vs. IND 105 5.0 avg.), and has reached the end zone twice through the first 12 games Reggie Brooks 11/1/1993 at BUF 117 4.9 of his professional career. Reggie Brooks 9/19/1993 vs. PHI 154 7.0 In Week 14, Helu can become the first Redskins rookie running Ricky Ervins 10/13/1991 vs. CLE 133 10.2 back to rush for at least 100 yards in three consecutive games.

19 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS SANTANA MOSS

Facing free agency in the 2011 offseason, Santana Moss made it clear he wanted to stay in the company of REDSKINS ALL-TIME RECEPTIONS his teammates in the Redskins’ locker room. In his six- PLAYER TOTAL YEARS plus seasons with the Redskins, Moss’ performance has Art Monk 888 1980-93 put him in elite company in Redskins’ history. Charley Taylor 649 1964-77 Moss ranks fourth in team annals in receptions and Gary Clark 549 1985-92 eighth in touchdowns (35). In Week 13 vs. the New York Jets, Moss surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby SANTANA MOSS 476 2005-11 Mitchell (1962-68) for fourth-most receiving yards in Chris Cooley 422 2004-10 Redskins history. Moss is also one touchdown shy of tying Ricky Sand- Jerry Smith 421 2005-10 ers (1986-93) for seventh-most receiving touchdowns as a member of Ricky Sanders 313 1986-93 the Redskins. Bobby Mitchell 393 1962-68 Moss’ 70-catch average during his first five seasons with the Red- skins was a record for a franchise that has employed Hall of Fame receiv- ers Mitchell, Wayne Millner, Charley Taylor and Art Monk. In addition, REDSKINS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS Moss set the club record for single-season receiving yards in 2005 with 1,483 yards on his way to the Pro Bowl. PLAYER TOTAL YEARS The 2010 season marked Moss’ fourth career 1,000-yard receiving Art Monk 12,026 1980-93 season and third with the Redskins. That ties Henry Ellard for the third- Charley Taylor 9,110 1964-77 most in franchise history behind Gary Clark (5) and Art Monk (5). Moss Gary Clark 8,732 1985-92 also accomplished the feat in 2003 as a member of the New York Jets and SANTANA MOSS 6,514 2005-11 in 2005 and 2008 as a Redskin. Bobby Mitchell 6,492 1962-68 Moss’ 93 receptions in 2010 set a career high and he led the Red- Ricky Sanders 5,854 1986-93 skins in receiving yards for the sixth time, which tied him with Art Monk Jerry Smith 5,496 2005-10 (1980, 82, 84-85, 89, 91) and Hugh Taylor (1949-54) for the second-most Hugh Taylor 5,233 1947-54 in club history. Chris Cooley 4,638 2004-10 With a clutch touchdown reception on fourth down of the Red- skins’ come-from-behind win against Arizona in Week 2 of the 2011 season, Moss now stands alone in eighth place in team history in touch- downs, one ahead of teammate Chris Cooley. REDSKINS 1,000-YARD SEASONS Moss led the Redskins in receptions through five games in 2011 PLAYER TOTAL YEARS before a hand injury in Week 7 temporarily derailed another promising Gary Clark 5 1986-87, 89-91 campaign. He missed four games before ultimately returning in Week 12 Art Monk 5 1984-86, 89, 91 at Seattle, where he finished with four receptions for 49 yards. Henry Ellard 3 1994-96 For his career, which includes four seasons with the New York Jets, SANTANA MOSS 3 2005, 08, 10 Moss owns 627 receptions for 8,930 receiving yards (14.2 avg.) and 54 touchdowns. Moss is one of 15 active players to reach the 600-reception Bobby Mitchell 2 1962-63 milestone. Ricky Sanders 2 1988-89

REDSKINS SINGLE SEASON RECEIVING PLAYER YARDS YEAR SANTANA MOSS 1,483 2005 Bobby Mitchell 1,436 1963 Henry Ellard 1,397 1994 Bobby Mitchell 1,384 1962 Art Monk 1,372 1984

REDSKINS TEAM LEADER Most seasons leading the Redskins in receiving yards:

PLAYER TOTAL YEARS Charley Taylor 8 1966-69, 72-75 Art Monk 6 1980, 81, 84-85, 89, 91 SANTANA MOSS 6* 2005-10 Hugh Taylor 6* 1949-54 One of the most prolific receivers in Redskins history, Santana Moss returned last week *consecutive from a hand injury that sidelined him for four weeks.

20 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS PUTTING THE ‘D’ in ‘D.C.’

One season removed from allowing an NFC-worst 2011 vs. 2010 389.3 yards per game, the Redskins rank second in the NFC in total defense (325.3 yards per game) and sixth 2011 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS AND RANKINGS in the NFC in points per game (21.3). A season ago, the Redskins ranked 25th in the league in sacks with 29. With TOTAL NFL RANK NFC RANK four regular season games remaining in 2011, the team Yards/Game 325.3 9 2 has already surpassed that total, amassing 33 sacks, tied Yards/Play 5.2 10 3 for second-most in the NFC and for fifth-most in the NFL. Passing Yards/Game 208.8 9 2 Passing Yards/Play 6.68 13 4 NFL LEADERBOARD Third Down Eff. 36.59% 14 6 Sacks/Passing Att. 8.80% T-3 T-2 TEAM SACKS YARDS Points/Game 21.3 15 6 1. Baltimore Ravens 41 262 T2. 35 231 T2. Dallas Cowboys 35 200 2010 FINAL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS AND RANKINGS T2. Minnesota Vikings 35 245 TOTAL NFL RANK NFC RANK T5. WASHINGTON REDSKINS 33 198 Yards/Game 389.3 31 16 T5. Five Others Tied 33 -- Yards/Play 5.93 30 16 Passing Yards/Game 261.7 31 16 Passing Yards/Play 7.24 29 16 The Redskins are on pace for 44 sacks in the regular season, which Third Down Eff. 35.05% 8 5 would be the eighth-highest single-season total in franchise history since Sacks/Passing Att. 5.02% 29 15 sacks became official in 1982. With an improved pace, the 2011 Redskins Points/Game 23.6 T-21 T-11 could become the first Washington team to reach the 45-sack mark since 2000. The pass rush has also played a key role in the Redskins’ presence amongst the league’s top third down defenses for most of the season. The REDSKINS HISTORY defense has kept opponents off-schedule, as 104-of-164 (63.4 percent) of Since sacks became official in 1982: third downs faced by Redskins opponents during the 2011 season have been third-and-6 or longer. One season ago, the Redskins forced third- SEASON SACKS YARDS and-6 or longer on only 55.1 percent of third downs. In 2011, opponents have convered only 25 percent of opportunities from six yards or more. 1984 66 529 1986 55 424 THIRD DOWN BREAKDOWN 1987 53 424 Distance to Go Conv. Att. Pct. 1985 52 378 1-5 Yards 34 60 56.67% 1983 51 402 6+ Yards 26 104 25.00% 1991 50 375 TOTAL 60 164 36.59% 2000 45 286 2011 44* 264.0* The defensive leverage has helped the Redskins maintain lofty NFC rankings in both passing yardage allowed and first downs allowed per *Current pace for 16-game season game. PASS DEFENSE (NFC) TOTAL DEFENSE (NFC) Team YPG NFC Rank Team YPG NFC Rank St. Louis Rams 208.4 1 San Francisco 49ers 303.4 1 WASHINGTON REDSKINS 208.8 2 WASHINGTON REDSKINS 325.3 2 Detroit Lions 213.5 3 329.8 3 Philadelphia Eagles 229.3 4 Dallas Cowboys 330.7 4 FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED (NFC) DEFENSIVE YARDS PER PLAY (NFC) Team First Downs/Game NFC Rank Team Yards NFC Rank San Francisco 49ers 16.9 1 San Francisco 49ers 4.96 1 WASHINGTON REDSKINS 17.3 2 Seattle Seahawks 5.19 2 Atlanta Falcons 18.1 3 WASHINGTON REDSKINS 5.20 3 Chicago Bears 18.2 4 Dallas Cowboys 5.47 4

21 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

Now in year two under Defensive Coordinator Jim The Redskins are also one of only three NFL teams with four dif- Haslett, the Redskins are getting to opposing quarter- ferent players having reached 4.5 sacks for the season. The Redskins backs at a rate not in Washington since 2000. The Red- are the only NFC team to accomplish the feat. skins have amassed 33 sacks through the three-quarters of the season and have sacked opposing quarterbacks, MOST PLAYERS WITH 4.5+ SACKS on average, just shy of once per every nine passing at- Houston (five): Connor Barwin (8.5), Brooks Reed (6.0), tempts. The Redskins’ rank tied for second in the NFC Mario Williams (5.0), Antonio Smith (4.5) and J.J. Watt (4.5). and tied for third in the NFL in sacks per pass attempt and are only one of three NFC teams with a percentage WASHINGTON (four): Ryan Kerrigan (6.5), Brian Orakpo of at least 8.8 percent. (6.0), Adam Carriker (5.0), and Stephen Bowen (4.5) REDSKINS SACKS PER PASS ATT. Baltimore (four): (10.0), Pernell McPhee (6.0), Season Sacks Att. Sacks/Att. % Haloti Ngata (5.0), and Paul Kruger (4.5) 2011 33 375 8.80% Seven teams tied with three: Arizona, Detroit, New England, 2010 29 578 5.02% Oakland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and St. Louis 2009 40 511 7.83% 2008 24 511 4.70% 2007 33 602 5.48% The Redskins have allowed 25 touchdowns through Week 13, 2006 19 486 3.91% third-lowest in the NFC. 2005 35 535 6.54% 2004 40 515 7.77% TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED 2003 27 483 5.59% NFC Leaderboard: 2002 40 531 2.64% 2001 25 473 4.86% Team TD TD/G Pts/G 2000 45 462 9.74% San Francisco 49ers 15 1.25 13.4 Chicago Bears 24 2.00 20.2 Though outside linebackers Ryan Kerrigan and Brian Orakpo WASHINGTON REDSKINS 25 2.08 21.3 have garnered much of the spotlight, the Redskins’ starting defensive Atlanta Falcons 26 2.17 20.3 linemen — Adam Carriker, Barry Cofield and Stephen Bowen — have Dallas Cowboys 26 2.17 20.3 already posted career numbers. DEFENSIVE LINE CAREER HIGHS DE Stephen Bowen — Sacks Season Team No. of Sacks 2011 WAS 4.5 2009 DAL 3.0

DE Adam Carriker — Sacks Season Team No. of Sacks 2011 WAS 5.0 2007 STL 2.5

NT Barry Cofield — Passes Defensed Season Team Passes Defensed 2011 WAS 8 2010 NYG 4

By Week 7, the Redskins’ defensive line had already surpassed the unit’s full-season output from 2010. The defensive line has now accounted for 45 percent of the team’s sacks this season. DEFENSIVE LINE SACKS Season Games Sacks 2010 16 8.5 2011 11 15.0 Defensive end Stephen Bowen (top), nose tackle Barry Cofield (middle) and defensive end Adam Carriker (bottom) are all having career years.

22 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS K.O. COMBO

Few teams can boast a 1-2 knockout punch like So far this season, he has recorded 61 tackles, seven tackles for loss, Redskins outside linebackers Brian Orakpo and Ryan team-highs in sacks (6.5) and forced fumbles (four) and 26 quarter- Kerrigan. Both were unanimous All-American defen- back pressures. He has also been named the NFL’s Defensive Rookie sive ends in college, first-team all-conference selec- of the Month for September, has been nominated for the Pepsi NFL tions and their respective conference Defensive Player Rookie of the Week three times and is the only rookie to have an of the Year as seniors (Orakpo: Big 12, 2009; Kerrigan: interception return-touchdown. Big Ten, 2010). Despite less than four years of NFL ex- Kerrigan has displayed a knack for creating turnovers as his perience between them, the duo is turning into one of four forced fumbles is tied for third in the NFL. During his collegiate the league’s top pass rushing tandems. career at Purdue, he forced 14 fumbles, tying the NCAA Football Orakpo has already established himself as a force off the edge, Bowl Subdivision (FBS) record. earning Pro Bowl berths in his first two seasons in the league. In do- He caused a turnover in three of his first four career NFL games ing so, Orakpo became the first Redskins player ever selected to Pro (one interception vs. NYG and a forced fumble in games at DAL and Bowls following each of his first two NFL seasons. This season, -Or at STL). During the Redskins’ Week 2 matchup against the Arizona akpo has 6.0 sacks, including 2.5 sacks in Week 4 against the St. Louis Cardinals, Kerrigan recorded the first sack of his career and tipped a Rams. He was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Week for his pass thrown by Kevin Kolb that was intercepted by London Fletcher performance in the Redskins’ 17-10 victory against the Rams. Or- in the third quarter of the 22-21 victory against the Cardinals. Two akpo registered five tackles (four solo), two tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, of his six passes defensed this season have resulted in interceptions, one forced fumble and three quarterback hits in the game. He previ- with his first pass deflection occurring prior to his own intercep- ously won the weekly honor following his Week 14 performance of tion off of Giants quarterback Eli Manning in Week 1. He was the the 2009 season, in which he registered four sacks, six tackles, three first rookie linebacker since 2002 (James Allen, Sept. 8) to score a tackles for loss and a forced fumble. touchdown on Kickoff Weekend. During Weeks 9-12, Kerrigan had In 2010, Orakpo led the Redskins in sacks for the second con- at least .5 a sack in each game, becoming the first Redskin player to secutive year as a focal point in the Redskins’ new 3-4 defensive do so since Orakpo accomplished the feat during Weeks 3-6 of the scheme. Coupled with his franchise rookie-record 11 in 2009, his 2009 season. 8.5 sacks in 2010 made Orakpo the first Redskins player since Ken The last time the Redskins had two players with double-digit Harvey in 1996 and 1997 to record at least eight sacks in consecutive sacks in the same season was in 2009 when Orakpo had 11 and An- seasons. His 11 sacks led all NFL rookies and is tied for the most for dre Carter had 11. Orakpo and Carter formed the league’s fourth- a rookie over the last five seasons (Kamerion Wimbley, 2006). highest producing sack tandem in 2009 (22 sacks combined). They Kerrigan, the team’s first-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft (No. were one of only two pairs of teammates to reach double-digit sack 16 overall), has his eye on breaking his counterpart’s rookie record. totals in 2009.

Kerrigan Orakpo (6-4, 263) (6-4, 260) Purdue Texas

23 Age 25 61 Tackles 51 7 Tackles For Loss 5 6.5 Sacks 6.0 41.5 Sack Yardage 38.5 4 Forced Fumbles 2 0 Fumbles Recovered 1 26 QB Hits/Pressures 21 5 Passes Defensed 4 1 Interceptions 0 1 Touchdowns 0

23 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS LONDON CALLING

Redskins linebacker London Fletcher earned the nickname “Bam Bam” as a child because of his fondness for the Flintstones cartoon and his propensity to ran- sack his home. In like manner, Fletcher has terrorized opponents for the last 14 seasons as one of the NFL’s most consistent and productive defensive players. He was named to Peter King’s All-Decade Team after leading the 2000s in tackles. He continued that level of play in 2010 earning his second consecutive Pro Bowl berth after registering 188 tackles (according to coaches totals), including four for loss, 2.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 12 passes defensed and one interception. 2011 marks the 13th straight season in which Fletcher has record- ed at least 100 stops, dating back to 1999 when he was in his second season with the Rams. That is the longest current streak among all NFL players. He currently leads the NFL in tackles with 124 according to STATS, INC. Coaches have credited him with 2,204 tackles for his career, the second-most among active players, behind only Baltimore’s . He also leads all tacklers since 2000. NFL LEADERBOARD - 2011 SEASON PLAYER TEAM TACKLES* LONDON FLETCHER WASHINGTON 124 D’Qwell Jackson Cleveland 112 Curtis Lofton Atlanta 111 Pat Angerer Indianapolis 111 Chad Greenway Minnesota 110

*according to NFL GSIS

Since joining the Redskins in 2007, Fletcher has won the Red- skins Defensive MVP Award three times and led the team in tackles in each of his five seasons with the club, while assuming a leadership and defensive captaincy role. Fletcher has also proven to be one of the league’s most durable players. He has not missed a game since entering the league as a col- lege free agent with St. Louis in 1998. His 220 consecutive games played are tied for first in the league with Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Ronde Barber and are tied for the fourth-most by an NFL defensive player since 1970. His consecutive starts streak of 175 currently sits 99 games ahead of Baltimore’s Jarret Johnson, who holds the second- longest streak by an active linebacker. NFL IRONMEN

Most consecutive regular season games played (excluding specialists) In addition to his on-field production, London Fletcher has become one of the team’s most PLAYER TEAM NO. OF GAMES valuable players in the community. Fletcher earned the Washington Redskins Man of the Year LONDON FLETCHER WASHINGTON 220 Award in 2008 and 2009 and was one of three finalists for the NFL Man of the Ronde Barber Tampa Bay 220 Year in 2009. Above, he is seen at FedExField at a “London’s Bridge” foundation event. CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED Most consecutive regular season starts among active players NFL defensive players since 1970: PLAYER TEAM NO. OF STARTS Ronde Barber Tampa Bay 195 PLAYER SEASONS GAMES LONDON FLETCHER Washington 175 LB Bill Romanowski 1988-2003 243 LB Derrick Brooks 1995-2008 224 Most consecutive regular season starts among active linebackers DE Kevin Carter 1995-2008 224 PLAYER TEAM NO. OF GAMES LB LONDON FLETCHER 1998-2011 220 LONDON FLETCHER Washington 175 CB Ronde Barber 1997-2011 220 Jarrett Johnson Baltimore 76 DE Clyde Simmons 1987-2000 218

24 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

The Redskins’ defensive backfield of Oshiomogho Atogwe, Kevin Barnes, Reed Doughty, DeAngelo Hall, LaRon Landry and Josh Wilson — aka “Air Traffic Con- trol” — is patrolling the skies in 2011 and anchoring a pass defense that is the second-stingiest in the NFC (208.8 yards per game). They have also helped the defense allow only 14 passing touchdowns, which is second in the NFC and tied for seventh in the NFL. The unit is allowing only DOUGHTY is the ultimate utility specialist for the secondary, playing 18.9 completions per game, the fourth-lowest total in on all special teams as well as filling in at both safety positions when the NFC. called upon. This season alone, he has started at both the free (4) and strong (3) safety positions. Doughty has amassed double-digit tackle to- tals in three of his seven starts in 2011, according to coaches’ stats.

ATOGWE, signed by the Redskins in the offseason, brings a playmaking element to the defense, as his 39 combined forced fumbles and intercep- HALL earned his third Pro Bowl selection following the 2010 season after tions are the fifth most in the NFL since entering the league in 2005. making history at Chicago when he became the first player in NFL history to intercept four passes in a half. This season, he was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week in Week 11 for his performance in a road victory against the Seahawks. In the game he had a career-high seven passes defensed and a game-clinching interception.

BARNES, a third-year defensive back out of Maryland, is the team’s nickel back and is tied for the team high in interceptions (two). Last year he filled in at both safety positions. His first career interception in 2010 helped setup kicker Graham Gano’s game-winning field goal in overtime LANDRY is the enforcer of the unit at strong safety, now in his fifth against the . season, all with the Redskins. Despite missing four games this season, he is sixth on the team in tackles with 56 and has one forced fumble, one INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS fumble recovery and 1.5 sacks. Totals since 2004 among active players:

PLAYER CURRENT TEAM YARDS Baltimore 1,164 DEANGELO HALL Washington 689 Green Bay 592 Asante Samuel Philadelphia 543 Rashean Mathis Jacksonville 512 WILSON, a cornerback who signed with the Redskins following the 2011 offseason, brings speed and man-to-man cover ability. In his four- year career before signing with Washington, he compiled 161 tackles, INTERCEPTIONS SINCE 2006 two sacks, nine interceptions, three forced fumbles, five fumble recover- PLAYER CURRENT TEAM INTs ies and 36 passes defensed. Asante Samuel Philadelphia 38 Charles Woodson Green Bay 36 Strategic AIR DEFENSE Ed Reed Baltimore 35 Redskins’ pass defense rankings in 2011: DEANGELO HALL Washington 26 OSHIOMOGHO ATOGWE Washington 22 TOTAL NFC RANK Champ Bailey Denver 21 Passing Yards/Game 208.8 2 Antonio Cromartie New York Jets 21 Completions/Game 18.9 4 Dallas 21 Passing TDs Allowed 14 2

25 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS SAV ROCCA The abbreviated offseason created by the NFL lock- PUNTS INSIDE THE 20 out resulted in a number of marquee additions in a short window of time. But somewhat lost among the media NFL Leaderboard: shuffle of the Redskins’ offseason free agent signings by Player Team Inside 20 comparison was punter Sav Rocca, a 37-yard-old Aus- SAV ROCCA WAS 25 tralian who had spent the previous four seasons with the Jon Ryan SEA 25 Philadelphia Eagles. Brandon Fields MIA 25 Rocca has pinned opponents deep at a torrid pace Britton Colquitt DEN 23 in 2011, as his 25 punts downed inside the 20 are tied for the league lead. Punts inside the 20 Rocca’s control has been a weapon for the Redskins, as his 25 punts inside the 20 have been supplemented by only one touchback, Percentage of punts inside the 20 (min. 30 punts): coming on his 45th punt of the season. Only Cleveland’s Brad May- Team Team Punts Inside 20 Pct. nard had more punts this year without a touchback. SAV ROCCA WAS 54 25 46.30% Rocca ranks fourth in the NFC with a 40.5-yard net punting aver- age, which, if maintained, would be the highest average in team his- Brandon Fields MIA 56 25 44.64% tory. Matt Turk currently holds the single-season record for net punt- Tim Masthay GB 41 16 39.02% ing, having averaged 39.2 net yards per punt in both 1996 and 1997. Michael Koenen TB 54 21 38.89% A former Australian Football League star with the North Mel- bourne Kangaroos and Collingwood Magpies, Rocca has even made NET PUNTING AVERAGE his presence felt in punt coverage. Punting on the final play of Wash- Best single-season net punting averages in Redskins history: ington’s Week 2 game against Arizona, Rocca ran downfield and plant- ed Arizona returner Patrick Peterson to preserve the Redskins’ 22-21 Player Season Net Punting Average victory. He added another tackle in Week 11 vs. Dallas. 1. SAV ROCCA 2011 40.5 T2. Matt Turk 1996 39.2 T2. Matt Turk 1997 39.2 PUNTS INSIDE 20 PER TOUCHBACK Sav Rocca’s ratio of 25 punts inside the 20 to one touchback is sec- ond in the NFL only to Cleveland’s Brad Maynard, whose ratio can not be calculated, among players with at least 30 punts: Player Team Inside 20 TB Ratio Brad Maynard CLE 20 0 (No Touchbacks) SAV ROCCA WAS 25 1 25:1 Michael Koenen TB 21 2 10.5:1 MIN 16 2 8:1 THEY SAID IT “He’s as good as I’ve ever been around.” - Redskins Executive Vice President/Head Coach Mike Shanahan

“What a pickup he’s been... He’s a terrific weapon in terms of changing field po- sition or just pinning other teams deep. This guy has become a regular on this list and is the defense’s best friend.” - John Keim of The Washington Examiner, listing Rocca as a “stud” in his “Studs and Duds” feature following the team’s Week 8 game against Buffalo.

“Through seven games, is there any doubt the Redskins’ best player is punter Sav Rocca? Rocca enters the San Francisco game with a 41.4-yard net average. That is a Pro Bowl-like number – in the NFL, anything 40 or above is consid- ered elite.” - Ryan O’Halloran of CSNWashington.com prior to the Redskins’ Week 9 game against San Francisco.

26 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS SPECIAL TEAMS

Under eighth-year Special Teams Coordinator Danny Smith, the Redskins have established themselves as one of the league’s premier coverage units. LORENZO The Redskins rank first in the NFC and second in the NFL in kickoff coverage with an average of 19.2 yards ALEXANDER allowed per return. The unit has once again been led by special teams stalwart Lorenzo Alexander. Alexander, the Redskins’ two-time reigning Special Teams Player of Special Teams Tackles: the Year, has a team-high 14 special teams tackles (nine 2009: 12 solo). “He’s a matchup nightmare for a lot of people because of his size, 2010: 20 speed, attention to detail and technique,” Smith said of Alexander in 2011: 14 a September interview with Rich Campbell of the Washington Times. The group has been aided by kicker Graham Gano, who has 26 Special Teams Player touchbacks on 48 kickoffs this season. His 54.2 percent touchback percentage is third in the NFC, according to STATS, INC. Thanks in of the Year: part to a rule change that moved kickoffs to the 35-yard line in 2011, 2009 Gano is on pace to shatter the team’s previous totals for touchback 2010 percentage. Captain: TOUCHBACK PERCENTAGE 2010-11 Redskins since 1990, according to STATS, INC.: Player Season Kickoffs TB Pct. 1. GRAHAM GANO 2011 48 26 54.2 The Redskins’ kick coverage unit is on pace to allow only 557.3 to- 2. 1993 55 20 36.4 tal kickoff return yards in the 16-game regular season. This total would 3. Chip Lohmiller 1991 102 33 32.4 represent the lowest kickoff return yardage allowed in team history. 4. Chip Lohmiller 1992 73 21 28.8 The current record since World War II is 625 yards, set in the midst of 5. John Hall 2003 70 11 15.7 a 12-game season in 1959. The Redskins’ five lowest totals have come in either 12-game sea- sons or strike-shortened seasons. The lowest kickoff return yardage -al When Gano has kept kickoffs in play, the 418 total kick return lowed in a 16-game season came in 1978, when the Redskins allowed yards allowed by the Redskins are the lowest of any NFC team and a total of 965 yards. third-lowest in the NFL, and the 21 returns allowed are the second- fewest in the NFC. In the return game, the new kickoff rules have not hampered the KICKOFF COVERAGE aggressiveness of Redskins return specialist Brandon Banks, whose 39 Redskins History (since 1950): kick returns this season are the most in the NFL. Season Games Yards Allowed Yds/G KICKOFF RETURNS 2011 -- 557.3* 34.8 1959 12 625 52.1 NFL Leaderboard: 1982 9 726 80.6 Player Team Returns 1958 12 792 66.0 1. BRANDON BANKS WAS 39 1957 12 938 78.1 2. Leon Washington SEA 33 1978 16 965 60.3 3. LaRod Stephens-Howling ARI 32 4. Brandon Tate CIN 31 *current 16-game pace

Banks also ranks first in the NFC and second in the NFL in kick- The Redskins have also been strong in punt coverage, ranking off return yardage. fourth in the NFC and sixth in the NFL in net yards per punt. KICKOFF RETURN YARDAGE NET PUNTING AVERAGE NFL Leaderboard: NFC Leaderboard: Player Team Returns Yards Team Punts Net Yards Net Avg. Joe McKnight NYJ 29 940 San Francisco 49ers 58 2511 43.3 BRANDON BANKS WAS 39 904 38 1612 41.3 Leon Washington SEA 33 797 Chicago Bears 63 2568 40.8 Randall Cobb GB 28 772 WASHINGTON REDSKINS 54 2186 40.5

27 2011 GAME RELEASE REDSKINS VS. PATRIOTS ROSTER/DEPTH/ TRANSACTIONS 2011 UNOFFICIAL WASHINGTON REDSKINS DEPTH CHART (as of 12/6/11)

OFFENSE

WR 89 Santana Moss 13 Anthony Armstrong 88 David Anderson 19 Donté Stallworth 16 Brandon Banks

LT 71 75 Sean Locklear 69 Willie Smith

LG 79 Maurice Hurt 58

C 63 Will Montgomery 58 Erik Cook

RG 66 Chris Chester 58 Erik Cook

RT 77 Jammal Brown 74 Tyler Polumbus

TE 83 Fred Davis 82 Logan Paulsen

WR 10 Jabar Gaffney 18 84 Niles Paul

QB 8 Rex Grossman 12 John Beck

FB 36 Darrel Young 45 Mike Sellers

RB 29 Roy Helu 46 Ryan Torain 35 Evan Royster

DEFENSE

LDE 94 Adam Carriker 93 Kentwan Balmer

NT 96 Barry Cofield 95 Chris Neild

RDE 72 Stephen Bowen 76 Darrion Scott

LOLB 91 Ryan Kerrigan 97 Lorenzo Alexander 55 Markus White

MLB 59 London Fletcher 51 Keyaron Fox

JLB 56 Perry Riley 52 Rocky McIntosh

ROLB 98 Brian Orakpo 50 Rob Jackson

LCB 23 DeAngelo Hall 22 Kevin Barnes

RCB 26 Josh Wilson 34 Byron Westbrook 32 Brandyn Thompson

SS 30 LaRon Landry 37 Reed Doughty

FS 20 Oshiomogho Atogwe 24 DeJon Gomes

SPECIAL TEAMS

K 4 Graham Gano

P 6 Sav Rocca

LS 57 Nick Sundberg

H 6 Sav Rocca

KR 16 Brandon Banks 18 Terrence Austin 13 Anthony Armstrong 84 Niles Paul 34 Byron Westbrook

PR 16 Brandon Banks 18 Terrence Austin 84 Niles Paul 13 Anthony Armstrong

Rookies Bolded and Underlined (Injured Players in Parentheses) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS ROSTER (HOW BUILT) YEAR DRAFT/CFA FREE AGENT TRADE WAIVERS 2004 TE Chris Cooley (3)** FB Mike Sellers 2005 WR Santana Moss 2006 LB Rocky McIntosh (2) S Reed Doughty (6a) DL Kedric Golston (6b)** 2007 S LaRon Landry (1) LB Lorenzo Alexander CB Byron Westbrook (CFA) LB London Fletcher (UFA - BUF) 2008 TE Fred Davis (2b) CB DeAngelo Hall LB Rob Jackson (7b) OL Will Montgomery 2009 LB Brian Orakpo (1) WR Anthony Armstrong CB Kevin Barnes (3) K Graham Gano FB Darrel Young 2010 T Trent Williams (1) CB ** QB John Beck LB Perry Riley (4) QB Rex Grossman (UFA - HOU) T Jammal Brown WR Terrence Austin (7a) G/C Kory Lichtensteiger** DL Adam Carriker OL Erik Cook (7b) LS Nick Sundberg WR Brandon Banks (CFA) RB Ryan Torain TE Logan Paulsen (CFA) 2011 LB Ryan Kerrigan (1) WR David Anderson WR Jabar Gaffney DE Jarvis Jenkins (2)** S Oshiomogho Atogwe (UFA - STL) RB ** WR Leonard Hankerson (3)** DE Kentwan Balmer RB Roy Helu (4) DL Stephen Bowen FS DeJon Gomes (5a) OL Chris Chester WR Niles Paul (5b) DL Barry Cofield RB Evan Royster (6a) LB Keyaron Fox CB Brandyn Thompson (7a) OL Sean Locklear OL Maurice Hurt (7b) T Tyler Polumbus LB Markus White (7c) P Sav Rocca NT Chris Neild (7d) DL Darrion Scott OL Willie Smith (CFA) WR Donté Stallworth CB Josh Wilson

**Reserve/Injured

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS ROSTER (POSITIONAL) NO. NAME POS HT WT D.O.B. EXP. COLLEGE HS HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. QUARTERBACKS (2) 12 Beck, John QB 6-2 215 8/21/81 5 Brigham Young Mesa, Ariz. T (BAL)-'10 8 Grossman, Rex QB 6-1 225 8/23/80 9 Florida Bloomington, Ind. FA-'11 RUNNING BACKS/FULLBACKS (5) 29 Helu, Roy RB 5-11 216 12/7/88 R Nebraska Danville, Calif. D4-'11 46 Torain, Ryan RB 6-1 218 8/10/86 3 Arizona State Topeka, Kan. FA-'10 35 Royster, Evan RB 6-1 213 11/26/87 R Penn State Chantilly, Va. D6a-'11 45 Sellers, Mike TE 6-3 272 7/21/75 12 Walla Walla CC Lacey, Wash. FA-'04 36 Young, Darrel FB 5-11 246 4/8/87 2 Villanova Amityville, N.Y. FA-'10 WIDE RECEIVERS (8) 88 Anderson, David WR 5-10 193 7/28/83 6 Colorado State Thousand Oaks, Calif. FA-'11 13 Armstrong, Anthony WR 5-11 185 3/29/83 2 West Texas A&M Carrollton, Texas FA-'09 18 Austin, Terrence WR 5-11 175 8/25/88 2 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. D7a-'10 16 Banks, Brandon WR 5-7 155 12/21/87 2 Kansas State Garner, N.C. CFA-'10 10 Gaffney, Jabar WR 6-2 200 12/1/80 10 Florida Jacksonville, Fla. T (DEN)-'11 89 Moss, Santana WR 5-10 205 6/1/79 11 Miami (Fla.) Carol City, Fla. T (NYJ)-'05 84 Paul, Niles WR 6-1 224 8/9/89 R Nebraska Omaha, Neb. D5b-'11 19 Stallworth, Donté WR 6-0 220 11/10/80 9 Tennessee Sacramento, Calif. FA-'11 TIGHT ENDS (2) 83 Davis, Fred TE 6-4 258 1/15/86 4 Southern California Toledo, Ohio D2b-'08 82 Paulsen, Logan TE 6-5 268 2/26/87 2 UCLA West Hilla, Calif. CFA-'10 OFFENSIVE LINE (9) 77 Brown, Jammal T 6-6 313 3/30/81 7 Oklahoma Waxahachie, Texas T (NO)-'10 66 Chester, Chris OL 6-3 315 1/12/83 6 Oklahoma Tustin, Calif. FA-'11 58 Cook, Erik OL 6-6 320 7/5/87 1 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. D7b-'10 79 Hurt, Maurice G 6-3 320 11/08/87 R Florida Milledgeville, Ga. D7b-'11 75 Locklear, Sean T 6-4 310 5/29/81 8 N.C. State Lumberton, N.C. FA-'11 63 Montgomery, Will OL 6-3 310 2/13/83 6 Clifton, Va. FA-'08 74 Polumbus, Tyler T 6-8 300 4/10/85 3 Colorado Englewood, Colo. FA-'11 69 Smith, Willie OL 6-6 290 11/13/86 R East Carolina Smithfield, N.C. CFA-11 71 Williams, Trent T 6-5 318 7/19/88 2 Oklahoma Longview, Texas D1-'10 DEFENSIVE LINE (6) 93 Balmer, Kentwan DE 6-5 315 10/15/86 4 North Carolina Ashoskie, N.C. FA-'11 72 Bowen, Stephen DL 6-5 306 3/28/84 6 Hofstra Dix, N.Y. FA-'11 94 Carriker, Adam DL 6-6 315 5/6/84 5 Nebraska Kennewick, Wash. T (STL)-'10 96 Cofield, Barry DL 6-4 306 3/19/84 6 Northwestern Cleveland Heights, Ohio FA-'11 95 Neild, Chris NT 6-2 313 12/1/87 R West Virginia Stroudsburg, Pa. D7d-'11 76 Scott, Darrion DL 6-3 310 10/25/81 5 Ohio State Charleston, W.Va. FA-'10 LINEBACKERS (9) 97 Alexander, Lorenzo LB 6-1 275 5/31/83 5 California Berkeley, Calif. FA-'07 59 Fletcher, London LB 5-10 245 5/19/75 14 John Carroll Cleveland, Ohio UFA (BUF)-'07 51 Fox, Keyaron LB 6-3 235 1/24/82 8 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. FA-'11 50 Jackson, Rob LB 6-4 255 11/3/85 3 Kansas State West Haven, Conn. D7b-'08 91 Kerrigan, Ryan LB 6-4 263 8/16/88 R Purdue Muncie, Ind. D1-'11 52 McIntosh, Rocky LB 6-2 242 11/15/82 6 Miami (Fla.) Gaffney, S.C. D2-'06 98 Orakpo, Brian LB 6-4 260 7/31/86 3 Texas Houston, Texas D1-'09 56 Riley, Perry LB 6-0 242 5/3/88 2 Louisiana State Stone Mountain, Ga. D4-'10 32 Thompson, Brandyn CB 5-10 177 10/30/89 R Boise State Elk Grove, Calif. D7a-'11 55 White, Markus LB 6-4 262 11/25/87 R Florida State West Palm Beach, Fla. D7c-'11 SECONDARY (9) 20 Atogwe, Oshiomogho S 5-11 205 6/23/81 7 Stanford Windsor, Ontario (Canada) FA-'11 22 Barnes, Kevin CB 6-1 190 9/15/86 3 Maryland Glen Burnie, Md. D3-'09 37 Doughty, Reed S 6-1 210 11/04/82 6 Northern Colorado Johnstown, Colo. D6-'06 24 Gomes, DeJon FS 6-0 208 11/17/89 R Nebraska Union City, Calif. D5a-'11 23 Hall, DeAngelo CB 5-10 195 11/19/83 8 Virginia Tech Chesapeake, Va. FA-'08 30 Landry, LaRon S 6-0 227 10/14/84 5 Louisiana State Ama, La. D1-'07 34 Westbrook, Byron CB 5-10 201 12/26/84 3 Salisbury Hyattsville, Md. CFA-'07 26 Wilson, Josh CB 5-9 192 3/11/85 5 Maryland Upper Marlboro, Md. FA-'11 SPECIALISTS (3) 4 Gano, Graham K 6-2 200 4/9/87 2 Florida State Cantonment, Fla. FA-'09 6 Rocca, Sav P 6-5 265 11/20/73 5 Lakeside Reservoir, FA-'11 57 Sundberg, Nick LS 6-0 250 7/29/87 2 California Phoenix, Ariz. FA-'10

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS ROSTER (NUMERICAL) NO. NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP. COLLEGE HS HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. 4 Graham Gano K 6-2 200 24 2 Florida State Cantonment, Fla. FA-'09 6 Sav Rocca P 6-5 265 38 5 Lakeside Reservoir, Australia FA-'11 8 Rex Grossman QB 6-1 225 31 9 Florida Bloomington, Ind. FA-'11 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 6-2 200 31 10 Florida Jacksonville, Fla. T (DEN)-'11 12 John Beck QB 6-2 215 30 5 Brigham Young Mesa, Ariz. T (BAL)-'10 13 Anthony Armstrong WR 5-11 185 28 2 West Texas A&M Carrollton, Texas FA-'09 16 Brandon Banks WR 5-7 155 23 2 Kansas State Garner, N.C. CFA-'10 18 Terrence Austin WR 5-11 175 23 2 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. D7a-'10 19 Donté Stallworth WR 6-0 220 31 9 Tennessee Sacramento, Calif. FA-'11 20 Oshiomogho Atogwe S 5-11 205 30 7 Stanford Windsor, Ontario (Canada) FA-'11 22 Kevin Barnes CB 6-1 190 25 3 Maryland Glen Burnie, Md. D3-'09 23 DeAngelo Hall CB 5-10 195 28 8 Virginia Tech Chesapeake, Va. FA-'08 24 DeJon Gomes FS 6-0 208 22 R Nebraska Union City, Calif. D5a-'11 26 Josh Wilson CB 5-9 192 26 5 Maryland Upper Marlboro, Md. FA-'11 29 Roy Helu RB 5-11 216 22 R Nebraska Danville, Calif. D4-'11 30 LaRon Landry S 6-0 227 27 5 Louisiana State Ama, La. D1-'07 32 Brandyn Thompson CB 5-10 177 28 R Boise State Elk Grove, Calif. D7a-'11 34 Byron Westbrook CB 5-10 201 26 3 Salisbury Hyattsville, Md. CFA-'07 35 Evan Royster RB 6-1 213 24 R Penn State Chantilly, Va. D6a-'11 36 Darrel Young FB 5-11 246 24 2 Villanova Amityville, N.Y. FA-'10 37 Reed Doughty S 6-1 210 29 6 Northern Colorado Johnstown, Colo. D6-'06 45 Mike Sellers FB 6-3 272 36 12 Walla Walla CC Lacey, Wash. FA-'04 46 Ryan Torain RB 6-1 218 25 3 Arizona State Topeka, Kan. FA-'10 50 Rob Jackson LB 6-4 255 26 3 Kansas State West Haven, Conn. D7b-'08 51 Keyaron Fox LB 6-3 235 29 8 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. FA-'11 52 Rocky McIntosh LB 6-2 242 29 6 Miami (Fla.) Gaffney, S.C. D2-'06 55 Markus White LB 6-4 262 24 R Florida State West Palm Beach, Fla. D7c-'11 56 Perry Riley LB 6-0 242 23 2 Louisiana State Stone Mountain, Ga. D4-'10 57 Nick Sundberg LS 6-0 250 24 2 California Phoenix, Ariz. FA-'10 58 Erik Cook OL 6-6 320 24 1 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. D7b-'10 59 London Fletcher LB 5-10 245 36 14 John Carroll Cleveland, Ohio UFA (BUF)-'07 63 Will Montgomery OL 6-3 310 28 6 Virginia Tech Clifton, Va. FA-'08 66 Chris Chester OL 6-3 315 28 6 Oklahoma Tustin, Calif. FA-'11 69 Willie Smith OL 6-6 290 25 R East Carolina Smithfield, N.C. CFA-11 71 Trent Williams T 6-5 318 23 2 Oklahoma Longview, Texas D1-'10 72 Stephen Bowen DL 6-5 306 27 6 Hofstra Dix, N.Y. FA-'11 74 Tyler Polumbus T 6-8 300 26 3 Colorado Englewood, Colo. FA-'11 75 Sean Locklear T 6-4 310 30 8 N.C. State Lumberton, N.C. FA-'11 76 Darrion Scott DL 6-3 310 30 5 Ohio State Charleston, W.Va. FA-'10 77 Jammal Brown T 6-6 313 30 7 Oklahoma Waxahachie, Texas T (NO)-'10 79 Maurice Hurt G 6-3 320 24 R Florida Milledgeville, Ga. D7b-'11 82 Logan Paulsen TE 6-5 268 24 2 UCLA West Hilla, Calif. CFA-'10 83 Fred Davis TE 6-4 258 25 4 Southern California Toledo, Ohio D2b-'08 84 Niles Paul WR 6-1 224 22 R Nebraska Omaha, Neb. D5b-'11 88 David Anderson WR 5-10 193 28 6 Colorado State Thousand Oaks, Calif. FA-'11 89 Santana Moss WR 5-10 205 32 11 Miami (Fla.) Carol City, Fla. T (NYJ)-'05 91 Ryan Kerrigan LB 6-4 263 23 R Purdue Muncie, Ind. D1-'11 93 Kentwan Balmer DE 6-5 315 25 4 North Carolina Ashoskie, N.C. FA-'11 94 Adam Carriker DL 6-6 315 27 5 Nebraska Kennewick, Wash. T (STL)-'10 95 Chris Neild NT 6-2 313 24 R West Virginia Stroudsburg, Pa. D7d-'11 96 Barry Cofield DL 6-4 306 27 6 Northwestern Cleveland Heights, Ohio FA-'11 97 Lorenzo Alexander LB 6-1 275 28 5 California Berkeley, Calif. FA-'07 98 Brian Orakpo LB 6-4 260 25 3 Texas Houston, Texas D1-'09

PRACTICE SQUAD 3 Jonathan Crompton QB 6-3 222 24 1 Tennessee Waynesville, N.C. FA-'11 11 Aldrick Robinson WR 5-10 178 23 R SMU Waxahachie, Texas D6b-'11 38 Tristan Davis RB 5-10 212 25 1 Auburn East Point, Ga. FA-'11 40 Bellamy, Travon DB 5-11 205 23 R Illinois Greenbelt, Md. FA-'11 73 Eric Olsen G 6-3 305 23 1 Notre Dame Brooklyn, N.Y. FA-'11 87 Rob Myers TE 6-4 239 25 1 Utah State Houston, Texas FA-'11 90 Doug Worthington DE 6-5 292 24 1 Ohio State Athol Springs, N.Y. W-'11 92 Chris Baker DL 6-2 329 24 1 Hampton Windsor, Conn. FA-'11

RESERVE/INJURED 25 Tim Hightower RB 6-0 222 25 4 Richmond Alexandria, Va. T (ARI)-'11 31 Phillip Buchanon CB 5-11 190 31 10 Miami (Fla.) Ft. Myers, Fla. FA-'11 47 Chris Cooley TE 6-3 255 29 8 Utah State Logan, Utah D3-'04 64 Kedric Golston DL 6-4 310 28 6 Georgia Tyrone, Ga. D6-'06 78 Kory Lichtensteiger G/C 6-2 292 26 3 Bowling Green Convoy, Ohio FA-'10 85 Leonard Hankerson WR 6-2 205 22 R Miami (Fla.) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. D3-'11 99 Jarvis Jenkins DE 6-4 309 23 R Clemson Central, S.C. D2-'11

Key: UFA - unrestricted free agent | FA - free agent | RFA - restricted free agent | CFA - college free agent | T - trade | W - waivers | D - draft | SD - supplemental draft

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS ROSTER (ALPHABETICAL) NO. NAME POS HT WT D.O.B. EXP. COLLEGE HS HOMETOWN HOW ACQ. 97 Alexander, Lorenzo LB 6-1 275 5/31/83 5 California Berkeley, Calif. FA-'07 88 Anderson, David WR 5-10 193 7/28/83 6 Colorado State Thousand Oaks, Calif. FA-'11 13 Armstrong, Anthony WR 5-11 185 3/29/83 2 West Texas A&M Carrollton, Texas FA-'09 20 Atogwe, Oshiomogho S 5-11 205 6/23/81 7 Stanford Windsor, Ontario (Canada) FA-'11 18 Austin, Terrence WR 5-11 175 8/25/88 2 UCLA Long Beach, Calif. D7a-'10 93 Balmer, Kentwan DE 6-5 315 10/15/86 4 North Carolina Ashoskie, N.C. FA-'11 16 Banks, Brandon WR 5-7 155 12/21/87 2 Kansas State Garner, N.C. CFA-'10 22 Barnes, Kevin CB 6-1 190 9/15/86 3 Maryland Glen Burnie, Md. D3-'09 12 Beck, John QB 6-2 215 8/21/81 5 Brigham Young Mesa, Ariz. T (BAL)-'10 72 Bowen, Stephen DL 6-5 306 3/28/84 6 Hofstra Dix, N.Y. FA-'11 77 Brown, Jammal T 6-6 313 3/30/81 7 Oklahoma Waxahachie, Texas T (NO)-'10 94 Carriker, Adam DL 6-6 315 5/6/84 5 Nebraska Kennewick, Wash. T (STL)-'10 66 Chester, Chris OL 6-3 315 1/12/83 6 Oklahoma Tustin, Calif. FA-'11 96 Cofield, Barry DL 6-4 306 3/19/84 6 Northwestern Cleveland Heights, Ohio FA-'11 58 Cook, Erik OL 6-6 320 7/5/87 1 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. D7b-'10 83 Davis, Fred TE 6-4 258 1/15/86 4 Southern California Toledo, Ohio D2b-'08 37 Doughty, Reed S 6-1 210 11/4/82 6 Northern Colorado Johnstown, Colo. D6-'06 59 Fletcher, London LB 5-10 245 5/19/75 14 John Carroll Cleveland, Ohio UFA (BUF)-'07 51 Fox, Keyaron LB 6-3 235 1/24/82 8 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. FA-'11 10 Gaffney, Jabar WR 6-2 200 12/1/80 10 Florida Jacksonville, Fla. T (DEN)-'11 4 Gano, Graham K 6-2 200 4/9/87 2 Florida State Cantonment, Fla. FA-'09 24 Gomes, DeJon FS 6-0 208 11/17/89 R Nebraska Union City, Calif. D5a-'11 8 Grossman, Rex QB 6-1 225 8/23/80 9 Florida Bloomington, Ind. FA-'11 23 Hall, DeAngelo CB 5-10 195 11/19/83 8 Virginia Tech Chesapeake, Va. FA-'08 29 Helu, Roy RB 5-11 216 12/7/88 R Nebraska Danville, Calif. D4-'11 79 Hurt, Maurice G 6-3 320 11/8/87 R Florida Milledgeville, Ga. D7b-'11 50 Jackson, Rob LB 6-4 255 11/3/85 3 Kansas State West Haven, Conn. D7b-'08 91 Kerrigan, Ryan LB 6-4 263 8/16/88 R Purdue Muncie, Ind. D1-'11 30 Landry, LaRon S 6-0 227 10/14/84 5 Louisiana State Ama, La. D1-'07 75 Locklear, Sean T 6-4 310 5/29/81 8 N.C. State Lumberton, N.C. FA-'11 52 McIntosh, Rocky LB 6-2 242 11/15/82 6 Miami (Fla.) Gaffney, S.C. D2-'06 63 Montgomery, Will OL 6-3 310 2/13/83 6 Virginia Tech Clifton, Va. FA-'08 89 Moss, Santana WR 5-10 205 6/1/79 11 Miami (Fla.) Carol City, Fla. T (NYJ)-'05 95 Neild, Chris NT 6-2 313 12/1/87 R West Virginia Stroudsburg, Pa. D7d-'11 98 Orakpo, Brian LB 6-4 260 7/31/86 3 Texas Houston, Texas D1-'09 84 Paul, Niles WR 6-1 224 8/9/89 R Nebraska Omaha, Neb. D5b-'11 82 Paulsen, Logan TE 6-5 268 2/26/87 2 UCLA West Hilla, Calif. CFA-'10 74 Polumbus, Tyler T 6-8 300 4/10/85 3 Colorado Englewood, Colo. FA-'11 56 Riley, Perry LB 6-0 242 5/3/88 2 Louisiana State Stone Mountain, Ga. D4-'10 6 Rocca, Sav P 6-5 265 11/20/73 5 Lakeside Reservoir, Australia FA-'11 35 Royster, Evan RB 6-1 213 11/26/87 R Penn State Chantilly, Va. D6a-'11 76 Scott, Darrion DL 6-3 310 10/25/81 5 Ohio State Charleston, W.Va. FA-'10 45 Sellers, Mike FB 6-3 272 7/21/75 12 Walla Walla CC Lacey, Wash. FA-'04 69 Smith, Willie OL 6-6 290 11/13/86 R East Carolina Smithfield, N.C. CFA-11 19 Stallworth, Donté WR 6-0 220 11/10/80 9 Tennessee Sacramento, Calif. FA-'11 57 Sundberg, Nick LS 6-0 250 7/29/87 2 California Phoenix, Ariz. FA-'10 32 Thompson, Brandyn CB 5-10 177 10/30/89 R Boise State Elk Grove, Calif. D7a-'11 46 Torain, Ryan RB 6-1 218 8/10/86 3 Arizona State Topeka, Kan. FA-'10 34 Westbrook, Byron CB 5-10 201 12/26/84 3 Salisbury Hyattsville, Md. CFA-'07 55 White, Markus LB 6-4 262 11/25/87 R Florida State West Palm Beach, Fla. D7c-'11 71 Williams, Trent T 6-5 318 7/19/88 2 Oklahoma Longview, Texas D1-'10 26 Wilson, Josh CB 5-9 192 3/11/85 5 Maryland Upper Marlboro, Md. FA-'11 36 Young, Darrel FB 5-11 246 4/8/87 2 Villanova Amityville, N.Y. FA-'10

PRACTICE SQUAD 92 Baker, Chris DL 6-2 329 10/8/87 1 Hampton Windsor, Conn. FA-'11 40 Bellamy, Travon DB 5-11 205 1/11/88 R Illinois Greenbelt, Md. FA-'11 3 Crompton, Jonathan QB 6-3 222 7/25/87 1 Tennessee Waynesville, N.C. FA-'11 38 Davis, Tristan RB 5-10 212 5/5/86 1 Auburn East Point, Ga. FA-'11 87 Myers, Rob TE 6-4 239 4/9/86 1 Utah State Houston, Texas FA-'11 73 Olsen, Eric G 6-3 305 6/16/88 1 Notre Dame Brooklyn, N.Y. FA-'11 11 Robinson, Aldrick WR 5-10 178 11/24/88 R SMU Waxahachie, Texas D6b-'11 90 Worthington, Doug DE 6-5 292 8/10/87 1 Ohio State Athol Springs, N.Y. W-'11

RESERVE/INJURED 31 Buchanon, Phillip CB 5-11 190 9/19/80 10 Miami (Fla.) Ft. Myers, Fla. FA-'11 47 Cooley, Chris TE 6-3 255 7/11/82 8 Utah State Logan, Utah D3-'04 64 Golston, Kedric DL 6-4 310 5/30/83 6 Georgia Tyrone, Ga. D6-'06 85 Hankerson, Leonard WR 6-2 205 1/30/89 R Miami (Fla.) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. D3-'11 25 Hightower, Tim RB 6-0 222 5/23/86 4 Richmond Alexandria, Va. T (ARI)-'11 99 Jenkins, Jarvis DE 6-4 309 4/24/88 R Clemson Central, S.C. D2-'11 78 Lichtensteiger, Kory G/C 6-2 292 3/22/85 3 Bowling Green Convoy, Ohio FA-'10

Key: UFA - unrestricted free agent | FA - free agent | RFA - restricted free agent | CFA - college free agent | T - trade | W - waivers | D - draft | SD - supplemental draft

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY DATE) DATE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION January 3 T Signed Reserve/Future Contract DL Rashaad Duncan Signed Reserve/Future Contract T Xavier Fulton Signed Reserve/Future Contract WR Taurus Johnson Signed Reserve/Future Contract RB Shawnbrey McNeal Signed Reserve/Future Contract WR Maurice Price Signed Reserve/Future Contract

January 6 LB Edgar Jones Signed Reserve/Future Contract

January 10 DL Jeff Stehle Signed Reserve/Future Contract

February 8 Chris Morgan Named Offensive Line Assistant

February 16 Sean McVay Named Tight Ends Coach

February 28 RB Released

March 1 LB Andre Carter Released G Derrick Dockery Released Mike McDaniel Named Coaching Assistant

March 3 S Oshiomogho Atogwe Signed as Free Agent

April 28 LB Ryan Kerrigan Draft Choice (1st Round, 16th Overall)

April 29 DE Jarvis Jenkins Draft Choice (2nd Round, 41st Overall) WR Leonard Hankerson Draft Choice (3rd Round, 79th Overall)

April 30 RB Roy Helu Draft Choice (4th Round, 105th Overall) FS DeJon Gomes Draft Choice (5th Round, 146th Overall) WR Niles Paul Draft Choice (5th Round, 155th Overall) RB Evan Royster Draft Choice (6th Round, 177th Overall) WR Aldrick Robinson Draft Choice (6th Round, 178th Overall) CB Brandyn Thompson Draft Choice (7th Round, 213th Overall) G Maurice Hurt Draft Choice (7th Round, 217th Overall) LB Markus White Draft Choice (7th Round, 224th Overall) NT Chris Neild Draft Choice (7th Round, 253rd Overall) July 27 WR Jabar Gaffney Traded from Denver DE Jeremy Jarmon Traded to Denver

July 28 QB Ben Chappell Signed as College Free Agent RB Shaun Draughn Signed as College Free Agent OL Willie Smith Signed as College Free Agent

July 29 OLB Ryan Kerrigan Signed Contract DL Jarvis Jenkins Signed Contract WR Leonard Hankerson Signed Contract RB Roy Helu Signed Contract DB DeJon Gomes Signed Contract WR Niles Paul Signed Contract RB Evan Royster Signed Contract WR Aldrick Robinson Signed Contract DB Brandyn Thompson Signed Contract OL Maurice Hurt Signed Contract OLB Markus White Signed Contract NT Chris Nield Signed Contract

July 30 DL Stephen Bowen Signed as Free Agent OL Chris Chester Signed as Free Agent QB Kellen Clemens Signed as Free Agent DL Barry Cofield Signed as Free Agent WR Donté Stallworth Signed as Free Agent CB Josh Wilson Signed as Free Agent DB Dante Barnes Signed as College Free Agent FB Kevin Gidrey Signed as College Free Agent DB Tyrone Grant Signed as College Free Agent G Corey O'Daniel Signed as College Free Agent LB Kyle O'Donnell Signed as College Free Agent QB Donovan McNabb Traded to Minnesota DT Albert Haynesworth Traded to New England P Released RB Andre Brown Released DL Phillip Daniels Released (As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY DATE) DATE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DT Rashaad Duncan Released S Macho Harris Released NT Ma'ake Kemoeatu Released WR Taurus Johnson Released RB Shawnbrey McNeal Released P Released WR Maurice Price Released RB Chad Simpson Released C Released S Sha'reff Rashad Released OL Mike Williams Released WR Roydell Williams Released

August 1 DE Vonnie Holliday Traded to Arizona RB Tim Hightower Traded from Arizona WR Isaac Anderson Signed as College Free Agent LB Obi Ezeh Signed as College Free Agent LB Eric McBride Signed as College Free Agent DB Davonte Shannon Signed as College Free Agent TE Joe Torchia Signed as College Free Agent QB Marc Verica Signed as College Free Agent DT Thomas Weaver Signed as College Free Agent

August 2 CB Phillip Buchanon Signed as Free Agent K Shayne Graham Signed as Free Agent QB Rex Grossman Signed as Free Agent

August 4 S Reed Doughty Signed as Free Agent DL Kedric Golston Signed as Free Agent LB Rocky McIntosh Signed as Free Agent

August 6 T Sean Locklear Signed as Free Agent C Donovan Raiola Signed as Free Agent P Sav Rocca Signed as Free Agent LB Robert Henson Released DT Joe Joseph Released LB Kyle O'Donnell Released

August 8 LB Keyaron Fox Signed as Free Agent DE Doug Worthington Claimed off of Waivers

August 10 QB Matt Gutierrez Signed as Free Agent TE Derek Schouman Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent FB Kevin Gidrey Released QB Marc Verica Released

August 13 K Shayne Graham Released

August 16 TE Tony Curtis Signed as Free Agent RB James Davis Placed on Reserve/Left Squad List

August 19 LB Claimed off of Waivers K Clint Stitser Signed as Free Agent LB Obi Ezeh Released

August 21 RB James Davis Released

August 25 DT Thomas Weaver Waived

August 29 DL Jarvis Jenkins Placed on Reserve/Injured List

August 30 DB Dante Barnes Waived QB Ben Chappell Waived OL Xavier Fulton Waived DB Tyrone Grant Waived WR Waived LB Eric McBride Waived OL Corey O'Daniel Waived K Clint Stitser Waived TE Joe Torchia Waived

September 2 CB Phillip Buchanon Placed on Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner List

September 3 WR Isaac Anderson Waived (As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY DATE) DATE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION T Selvish Capers Waived RB Shaun Draughn Waived LB Thaddeus Gibson Waived QB Matt Gutierrez Waived S Waived G Maurice Hurt Waived CB Reggie Jones Waived T Clint Oldenburg Waived C Donovan Raiola Waived WR Aldrick Robinson Waived RB Evan Royster Waived S Anderson Russell Waived S Davonte Shannon Waived DE Jeff Stehle Waived DE Doug Worthington Waived RB Waived LB Horatio Blades Released NT Anthony Bryant Released QB Kellen Clemens Released TE Tony Curtis Released G/T Artis Hicks Released LB Edgar Jones Released TE Derek Schouman Released S Kareem Moore Placed on Physically Unable to Perform List

September 5 DL Chris Baker Signed to Practice Squad QB Jonathan Crompton Signed to Practice Squad G Maurice Hurt Signed to Practice Squad CB Nate Ness Signed to Practice Squad G Eric Olsen Signed to Practice Squad WR Aldrick Robinson Signed to Practice Squad RB Evan Royster Signed to Practice Squad DE Doug Worthington Signed to Practice Squad

October 4 CB Brandyn Thompson Waived CB Nate Ness Released CB Phillip Buchanon Returned to practice on a Roster Exemption

October 5 CB Brandyn Thompson Signed to Practice Squad

October 10 CB Phillip Buchanon Roster Exemption Expired

October 17 G/C Kory Lichtensteiger Placed on Reserve/Injured List

October 18 G Maurice Hurt Signed to Active Roster G John Malecki Signed to Practice Squad

October 25 TE Chris Cooley Placed on Reserve/Injured List RB Tim Hightower Placed on Reserve/Injured List RB Tristan Davis Signed to Practice Squad G John Malecki Released

October 26 TE Dominique Byrd Signed as Free Agent OL Jonathan Compas Signed as Free Agent

October 28 OL Jonathan Compas Released CB Brandyn Thompson Signed to Active Roster

October 31 RB Tashard Choice Claimed off of Waivers CB Brandyn Thompson Waived

November 2 CB Brandyn Thompson Signed to Practice Squad

November 5 CB Phillip Buchanon Placed on Reserve/Injured List CB Brandyn Thompson Signed to Active Roster

November 8 WR David Anderson Signed as Free Agent DL Kentwan Balmer Signed as Free Agent CB Domonique Johnson Signed to Active Roster DE Darrion Scott Waived WR Donte Stallworth Waived CB Brandyn Thompson Waived TE Dominique Byrd Waived (As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY DATE) DATE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION RB Tristan Davis Released

November 9 T Tyler Polumbus Signed as Free Agent TE Fendi Onobun Signed to Practice Squad CB Brandyn Thompson Signed to Practice Squad

November 15 WR Leonard Hankerson Placed on Reserve/Injured List DE Kedric Golston Placed on Reserve/Injured List WR Donté Stallworth Signed as Free Agent DE Darrion Scott Signed as Free Agent S Kareem Moore Waived TE Rob Myers Signed to Practice Squad

November 22 RB Tashard Choice Waived RB Evan Royster Signed to Active Roster RB Tristan Davis Signed to Practice Squad

November 29 CB Domonique Johnson Waived CB Brandyn Thompson Signed to Active Roster CB Travon Bellamy Signed to Practice Squad

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY NAME) INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DATE Anderson, David, WR Signed as Free Agent November 8

Anderson, Issac, WR Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived September 3

Atogwe, Oshiomogho, S Signed as Free Agent March 3

Baker, Chris, DL Signed to Practice Squad September 5

Balmer, Kentwan, DL Signed as Free Agent November 8

Barnes, Dante, DB Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Waived August 30

Bellamy, Travon, CB Signed to Practice Squad November 29

Bidwell, Josh, P Released July 30

Blades, Horatio, LB Released September 3

Bowen, Stephen, DL Signed as Free Agent July 30

Brown, Andre, RB Released July 30

Bryant, Anthony, NT Released September 3

Buchanon, Phillip, CB Signed as Free Agent August 2 Placed on Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner List September 3 Returned to practice on a Roster Exemption October 4 Roster Exemption Expired October 10 Placed on Reserve/Injured List November 5

Byrd, Dominique, TE Signed as Free Agent October 26 Waived November 8

Capers, Selvish, T Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Waived September 3

Carter, Andre, LB Released March 1

Chappell, Ben, QB Signed as College Free Agent July 28 Waived August 30

Chester, Chris, OL Signed as Free Agent July 30

Choice, Tashard, RB Claimed off of Waivers October 31 Waived November 22

Clemens, Kellen, QB Signed as Free Agent July 30 Released September 3

Cofield, Barry, DL Signed as Free Agent July 30

Compas, Jonathan, OL Signed as Free Agent October 26 Released October 28

Cooley, Chris, TE Placed on Reserve/Injured List October 25

Crompton, Jonathan, QB Signed to Practice Squad September 5

Curtis, Tony, TE Signed as Free Agent August 16 Released September 3

Daniels, Phillip, DL Released July 30

Davis, James, RB Placed on Reserve/Left Squad List August 16 Released August 21

Davis, Tristan, RB Signed to Practice Squad October 25 Released November 8 Signed to Practice Squad November 22

Dockery, Derrick, G Released March 1

Doughty, Reed, S Signed as Free Agent August 4

Draughn, Shaun, RB Signed as College Free Agent July 28 Waived September 3

Duncan, Rashaad, DL Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY NAME) INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DATE Ezeh, Obi, LB Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Released August 19

Fox, Keyaron, LB Signed as Free Agent August 8

Fulton, Xavier, T Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Waived August 30

Gaffney, Jabar, WR Traded from Denver July 29

Gibson, Thaddeus, LB Signed as Free Agent August 19 Waived September 3

Gidrey, Kevin, FB Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Released August 10

Golston, Kedric, DE Signed as Free Agent August 4 Placed on Reserve/Injured List November 15

Gomes, DeJon, FS Draft Choice (5th Round, 146th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29

Graham, Shayne, K Signed as Free Agent August 2 Released August 13

Grant, Tyrone, DB Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Waived August 30

Grossman, Rex, QB Signed as Free Agent August 2

Gutierrez, Matt, QB Signed as Free Agent August 10 Waived September 3

Hankerson, Leonard, WR Draft Choice (3rd Round, 79th Overall) April 29 Signed Contract July 29 Placed on Reserve/Injured List November 15

Harris, Macho, S Released July 30

Haynesworth, Albert, DT Traded to New England July 30

Helu, Roy, RB Draft Choice (4th Round, 105th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29

Henson, Robert, LB Released August 6

Hicks, Artis, OL Released September 3

Hightower, Tim, RB Traded from Arizona August 1 Placed on Reserve/Injured List October 25

Holliday, Vonnie, DE Traded to Arizona August 1

Horton, Chris, S Waived September 3

Hurt, Maurice, G Draft Choice (7th Round, 217th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5 Signed to Active Roster October 18

Jarmon, Jeremy, DE Traded to Denver (for Jabar Gaffney) July 29

Jenkins, Jarvis, DE Draft Choice (2nd Round, 41st Overall) April 29 Signed Contract July 29 Placed on Reserve/Injured List August 29

Joseph, Joe, DT Released August 6

Johnson, Domonique, CB Signed to Active Roster November 8 Waived November 29

Johnson, Taurus, WR Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30

Jones, Edgar, LB Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 6 Released September 3

Jones, Reggie, DB Waived September 3

Kelly, Malcolm, WR Waived August 30 (As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY NAME) INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DATE

Kemoeatu, Ma'ake, NT Released July 29

Kerrigan, Ryan, LB Draft Choice (1st Round, 16th Overall) April 28 Signed Contract July 29

Lichtensteiger, Kory, G/C Placed on Reserve/Injured List October 17

Locklear, Sean, T Signed as Free Agent August 6

Malecki, John, G Signed to Practice Squad October 18 Released October 25

McBride, Eric, LB Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived August 30

McDaniel, Mike Named Coaching Assistant March 1

McIntosh, Rocky, LB Signed as Free Agent August 4

McNabb, Donovan, QB Traded to Minnesota July 30

McNeal, Shawnbrey, RB Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30

McVay, Sean Named Tight Ends Coach February 16

Moore, Kareem, S Placed on Physically Unable to Perform List September 3 Waived November 15

Morgan, Chris Named Offensive Line Assistant February 8

Myers, Rob, TE Signed to Practice Squad November 15

Neild, Chris, NT Draft Choice (7th Round, 253rd Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29

Ness, Nate, CB Signed to Practice Squad September 5 Released from Practice Squad October 4

O'Daniel, Corey, G Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Waived August 30 O'Donnell, Kyle, LB Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Released August 6

Oldenburg, Clint, OL Waived September 3

Olsen, Eric, G Signed to Practice Squad September 5

Onobun, Fendi, TE Signed to Practice Squad November 9

Paul, Niles, WR Draft Choice (5th Round, 155th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29

Paulescu, Sam, P Released July 30

Polumbus, Tyler, T Signed as Free Agent November 9

Portis, Clinton, RB Released February 28

Price, Maurice, WR Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30

Rabach, Casey, C Released July 30

Raiola, Donovan, C Signed as Free Agent August 6 Waived September 3

Rashad, Sha'reff, S Released July 30

Robinson, Aldrick, WR Draft Choice (6th Round, 178th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5

Rocca, Sav, P Signed as Free Agent August 6

Royster, Evan, RB Draft Choice (6th Round, 177th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5 Signed to Active Roster November 22 (As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY NAME) INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DATE

Russell, Anderson, S Waived September 3

Schouman, Derek, TE Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent August 10 Released September 3

Scott, Darrion, DE Waived November 8 Signed as Free Agent November 15

Shannon, Davonte, DB Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived September 3

Simpson, Chad, RB Released July 30

Stallworth, Donté, WR Signed as Free Agent July 30 Waived November 8 Signed as Free Agent November 15

Stehle, Jeff, DL Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 10 Waived September 3

Smith, Willie, OL Signed as College Free Agent July 28

Stitser, Clint, K Signed as Free Agent August 19 Waived August 30

Thompson, Brandyn, CB Draft Choice (7th Round, 213th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived October 4 Signed to Practice Squad October 5 Signed to Active Roster October 28 Waived October 31 Signed to Practice Squad November 2 Signed to Active Roster November 5 Waived November 8 Signed to Practice Squad November 9 Signed to Active Roster November 29

Torchia, Joe, TE Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived August 30

Verica, Marc, QB Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Released August 10

Weaver, Thomas, DT Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived August 25

White, Markus, LB Draft Choice (7th Round, 224th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29

Williams, Mike, OL Released July 30

Williams, Roydell, WR Released July 30

Wilson, Josh, CB Signed as Free Agent July 30

Worthington, Doug, DE Claimed off of Waivers August 8 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5

Williams, Keiland, RB Waived September 3

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY POSITION) INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION DATE QUARTERBACKS QB Ben Chappell Signed as College Free Agent July 28 Waived August 30 QB Kellen Clemens Signed as Free Agent July 30 Released September 3 QB Rex Grossman Signed as Free Agent August 2 QB Matt Gutierrez Signed as Free Agent August 10 Waived September 3 QB Donovan McNabb Traded to Minnesota July 30 QB Marc Verica Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Released August 10

RUNNING BACKS RB Andre Brown Released July 30 RB Tasharch Choice Claimed off of Waivers October 31 Waived November 22 RB James Davis Placed on Reserve/Left Squad List August 16 Released August 21 RB Tristan Davis Signed to Practice Squad October 25 Released November 8 Signed to Practice Squad November 22 RB Shaun Draughn Signed as College Free Agent July 28 Waived September 3 FB Kevin Gidrey Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Released August 10 RB Roy Helu Draft Choice (4th Round, 105th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 RB Tim Hightower Traded from Arizona August 1 Placed on Reserve/Injured List October 25 RB Shawnbrey McNeal Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30 RB Clinton Portis Released February 28 RB Evan Royster Draft Choice (6th Round, 177th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5 Signed to Active Roster November 22 RB Chad Simpson Released July 30 RB Keiland Williams Waived September 3

WIDE RECEIVERS WR David Anderson Signed as Free Agent November 8 WR Isaac Anderson Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived September 3 WR Jabar Gaffney Traded from Denver July 27 WR Leonard Hankerson Draft Choice (3rd Round, 79th Overall) April 29 Signed Contract July 29 Placed on Reserve/Injured List November 15 WR Taurus Johnson Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30 WR Malcolm Kelly Waived August 30 WR Niles Paul Draft Choice (5th Round, 155th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 WR Maurice Price Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30 WR Aldrick Robinson Draft Choice (6th Round, 178th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5 WR Donté Stallworth Signed as Free Agent July 30 Waived November 8 Signed as Free Agent November 15 WR Roydell Williams Released July 30

TIGHT ENDS TE Dominique Byrd Signed as Free Agent October 26 Waived November 8 TE Chris Cooley Placed on Reserve/Injured List October 25

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY POSITION) TE Tony Curtis Signed as Free Agent August 16 Released September 3 TE Rob Myers Signed to Practice Squad November 15 TE Fendi Onobun Signed to Practice Squad November 9 TE Derek Schouman Signed as Unrestricted Free Agent August 10 Released September 3 TE Joe Torchia Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived September 3

OFFENSIVE LINE T Selvish Capers Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Waived September 3 OL Chris Chester Signed as Free Agent July 30 OL Jonathan Compas Signed as Free Agent October 26 Released October 28 G Derrick Dockery Released March 1 T Xavier Fulton Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Waived August 30 OL Artis Hicks Released September 3 G Maurice Hurt Draft Choice (7th Round, 217th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5 Signed to Active Roster October 18 G Kory Lichtensteiger Placed on Reserve/Injured List October 17 T Sean Locklear Signed as Free Agent August 6 G John Malecki Signed to Practice Squad October 18 Released October 25 G Corey O'Daniel Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Waived August 30 OL Clint Oldenburg Waived September 3 T Tyler Polumbus Signed as Free Agent November 9 C Casey Rabach Released July 30 C Donovan Raiola Signed as Free Agent August 6 Waived September 3 OL Willie Smith Signed as College Free Agent July 28 T Mike Williams Released July 30

DEFENSIVE LINE DL Kentwan Balmer Signed as Free Agent November 8 DL Chris Baker Signed to Practice Squad September 5 DL Stephen Bowen Signed as Free Agent July 30 NT Anthony Bryant Released September 3 DL Barry Cofield Signed as Free Agent July 30 DE Phillip Daniels Released July 30 DL Rashaad Duncan Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 3 Released July 30 DE Kedric Golston Signed as Free Agent August 4 Placed on Reserve/Injured List November 15 DE Vonnie Holliday Traded to Arizona August 1 DE Jeremy Jarmon Traded to Denver July 27 DE Jarvis Jenkins Draft Choice (2nd Round, 41st Overall) April 29 Signed Contract July 29 Placed on Reserve/Injured List August 29 DT Joe Joseph Released August 6 NT Ma'ake Kemoeatu Released July 30 NT Chris Neild Draft Choice (7th Round, 253rd Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 DE Darrion Scott Waived November 8 Signed as Free Agent November 15 DL Jeff Stehle Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 10 Waived September 3 DT Thomas Weaver Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived August 25 DE Doug Worthington Claimed off of Waivers August 8 Waived September 3 Signed to Practice Squad September 5

LINEBACKERS

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY POSITION) LB Horatio Blades Released September 3 LB Andre Carter Released March 1 LB Obi Ezeh Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Released August 19 LB Keyaron Fox Signed as Free Agent August 8 LB Thaddeus Gibson Signed as Free Agent August 19 Waived September 3 LB Robert Henson Released August 6 LB Edgar Jones Signed Reserve/Future Contract January 6 Released September 3 LB Ryan Kerrigan Draft Choice (1st Round, 16th Overall) April 28 Signed Contract July 29 LB Eric McBride Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived August 30 LB Rocky McIntosh Signed as Free Agent August 4 LB Kyle O'Donnell Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Released August 6 LB Markus White Draft Choice (7th Round, 224th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29

SECONDARY S Oshiomogho Atogwe Signed as Free Agent March 3 DB Dante Barnes Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Waived August 30 CB Travon Bellamy Signed to Practice Squad November 29 CB Phillip Buchanon Signed as Free Agent August 2 Placed on Reserve/Suspended by Commissioner List September 2 Returned to practice on a Roster Exemption October 4 Roster Exemption Expired October 10 Placed on Reserve/Injured List November 5 S Reed Doughty Signed as Free Agent August 4 FS DeJon Gomes Draft Choice (5th Round, 146th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 DB Tyrone Grant Signed as College Free Agent July 30 Waived August 30 S Macho Harris Released July 30 S Chris Horton Waived September 3 CB Domonique Johnson Signed to Active Roster November 8 Waived November 29 DB Reggie Jones Waived September 3 S Kareem Moore Placed on Physically Unable to Perform List September 3 Waived November 15 CB Nate Ness Signed to Practice Squad September 5 Released from Practice Squad October 4 S Sha'reff Rashad Released July 30 S Anderson Russell Waived September 3 S Davonte Shannon Signed as College Free Agent August 1 Waived September 3 CB Brandyn Thompson Draft Choice (7th Round, 213th Overall) April 30 Signed Contract July 29 Waived October 4 Signed to Practice Squad October 5 Signed to Active Roster October 28 Waived October 31 Signed to Practice Squad November 2 Signed to Active Roster November 5 Waived November 8 Signed to Practice Squad November 9 Signed to Active Roster November 29 CB Josh Wilson Signed as Free Agent July 30

SPECIALISTS P Josh Bidwell Released July 30 K Shayne Graham Signed as Free Agent August 2 Released August 13 P Sam Paulescu Released July 30 P Sav Rocca Signed as Free Agent August 6 K Clint Stitser Signed as Free Agent August 19 Waived August 30 (As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRANSACTIONS (BY POSITION)

COACHES Chris Morgan Named Offensive Line Assistant February 8 Sean McVay Named Tight Ends Coach February 16 Mike McDaniel Named Coaching Assistant March 1

(As of Dec. 6, 2011) 2011 STATISTICS 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS

WON 4, LOST 8 * - Indicates Sellout * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/11 W 28-14 New York Giants *80,121 Helu 97 456 4.7 28t 2 09/18 W 22-21 Arizona *76,330 Hightower 84 321 3.8 22 1 09/26 L 16-18 at Dallas *91,017 Torain 55 192 3.5 39 1 10/02 W 17-10 at St. Louis *56,113 Beck 11 43 3.9 12 2 10/16 L 13-20 Philadelphia *80,447 Grossman 18 12 0.7 6 1 10/23 L 20-33 at Carolina *73,245 Choice TM 6 7 1.2 9 0 10/30 L 0-23 at Buffalo *51,579 Young 1 7 7.0 7 0 11/06 L 11-19 San Francisco *78,032 Armstrong 1 5 5.0 5 0 11/13 L 9-20 at Miami *57,007 Cooley 2 3 1.5 3 0 11/20 L 24-27 OT Dallas *80,122 Royster 1 3 3.0 3 0 11/27 W 23-17 at Seattle *66,007 Stallworth 2 1 0.5 2 0 12/04 L 19-34 New York Jets *74,121 TEAM 278 1050 3.8 39 7 12/11 New England OPPONENTS 343 1398 4.1 43 11 12/18 at New York Giants * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 12/24 Minnesota F. Davis 59 796 13.5 42 3 01/01 at Philadelphia Gaffney 46 665 14.5 45 3 Washington Opponents Helu 42 309 7.4 33 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 224 207 Moss 34 372 10.9 36 2 Rushing 48 67 Hankerson 13 163 12.5 23 0 Passing 154 126 Stallworth 10 111 11.1 20 1 Penalty 22 14 Hightower 10 78 7.8 19 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 57/164 60/164 Austin 8 94 11.8 32 0 3rd Down Pct. 34.8 36.6 Cooley 8 65 8.1 17 0 4th Down: Made/Att 3/9 4/9 Paulsen 7 95 13.6 24 0 4th Down Pct. 33.3 44.4 Young 7 65 9.3 27 0 POSSESSION AVERAGE 29:11 30:49 Armstrong 6 97 16.2 50t 2 TOTAL NET YARDS 3850 3903 Anderson LG 5 67 13.4 23 0 Avg. Per Game 320.8 325.3 Anderson TM 4 58 14.5 23 0 Total Plays 759 751 Torain 4 19 4.8 7 0 Avg. Per Play 5.1 5.2 Paul 2 25 12.5 14 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 1050 1398 Sellers 1 15 15.0 15 0 Avg. Per Game 87.5 116.5 Royster 1 3 3.0 3 0 Total Rushes 278 343 Choice TM 1 2 2.0 2 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2800 2505 TEAM 263 3032 11.5 50t 12 Avg. Per Game 233.3 208.8 OPPONENTS 227 2703 11.9 73t 14 Sacked/Yards Lost 33/232 33/198 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Gross Yards 3032 2703 Barnes 2 30 15.0 30 0 Att./Completions 448/263 375/227 Hall 2 8 4.0 5 0 Completion Pct. 58.7 60.5 Fletcher 2 0 0.0 0 0 Had Intercepted 19 8 Kerrigan 1 9 9.0 9t 1 PUNTS/AVERAGE 54/44.5 56/44.8 Atogwe 1 0 0.0 0 0 NET PUNTING AVERAGE 54/40.5 56/36.6 TEAM 8 47 5.9 30 1 PENALTIES/YARDS 67/641 99/769 OPPONENTS 19 289 15.2 51 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 20/9 22/7 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B TOUCHDOWNS 20 25 Rocca 54 2402 44.5 40.5 1 25 63 0 Rushing 7 11 TEAM 54 2402 44.5 40.5 1 25 63 0 Passing 12 14 OPPONENTS 56 2507 44.8 36.6 7 16 67 0 Returns 1 0 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Banks 30 7 317 10.6 55 0 TEAM 30 69 33 70 0 202 Paul 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 OPPONENTS 55 67 43 88 3 256 TEAM 31 7 317 10.2 55 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS OPPONENTS 27 18 196 7.3 29 0 Gano 0 0 0 0 17/18 21/30 0 80 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD F. Davis 3 0 3 0 0 18 Banks 39 904 23.2 47 0 Gaffney 3 0 3 0 0 18 Armstrong 1 28 28.0 28 0 Armstrong 2 0 2 0 0 12 Byrd LG 1 10 10.0 10 0 Beck 2 2 0 0 0 12 Paul 1 15 15.0 15 0 Helu 2 2 0 0 0 12 Paulsen 1 0 0.0 0 0 Hightower 2 1 1 0 0 12 Sellers 1 15 15.0 15 0 Moss 2 0 2 0 0 12 TEAM 43 962 22.4 47 0 Grossman 1 1 0 0 0 6 OPPONENTS 21 418 19.9 51 0 Kerrigan 1 0 0 1a 0 6 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Stallworth 1 0 1 0 0 6 Gano 0/ 0 8/ 9 4/ 7 6/ 9 3/5 Torain 1 1 0 0 0 6 TEAM 0/ 0 8/ 9 4/ 7 6/ 9 3/5 Hankerson 0 0 0 0 0 2 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 8/ 8 7/ 8 10/13 2/3 TEAM 20 7 12 1 17/18 21/30 0 202 Gano: (39N)(26G,30B,23G,34G)(46G,27G,36B,50G) OPPONENTS 25 11 14 0 25/25 27/32 0 256 (38G)(50G,26G)(31G,49G)(49B)(59G)(50N,26G,47G, OPP: (38B)()(41G,27G,32G,41G,23G,40G)(32G)(28G, 24G)(20G,45G,45G,40G)(37G,44G,44N,41G)(52G,34G) a – 9-yd. INT RET vs. NYG (9/11)

2-Pt Conversions: Hankerson, TM 1-2, OPP 0-0 FUMBLES/LOST: Banks 5/0, Grossman 5/3, Beck 3/1, Helu 2/2, Austin 1/1, F. Davis 1/1, Gaffney 1/1, Montgomery 1/0, Torain 1/0

* PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Grossman 316 183 2174 57.9 6.88 10 3.2 15 4.7 50t 18/ 148 69.8 Beck 132 80 858 60.6 6.50 2 1.5 4 3.0 32 15/ 84 72.1 TEAM 448 263 3032 58.7 6.77 12 2.7 19 4.2 50t 33/ 232 70.5 OPPONENTS 375 227 2703 60.5 7.21 14 3.7 8 2.1 73t 33/ 198 86.1 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Player Total Solo Asst. TFL Sacks/Yds QBP Ints/Yds PD FF FR Safety TDs London Fletcher 155 91 64 3 1.5/15.5 11 2/0 8 2 0 0 0 DeAngelo Hall 90 60 30 2 0 1 2/8 15 1 0 0 0 Rocky McIntosh 72 47 25 2 1/8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ryan Kerrigan 61 35 26 7 6.5/41.5 26 1/9 6 4 0 0 1 Reed Doughty 59 35 24 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 LaRon Landry 56 40 16 1 1.5/12 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 Brian Orakpo 51 35 16 5 6/38.5 21 0 4 2 1 0 0 Barry Cofield 50 18 32 5 2/4 15 0 8 0 1 0 0 Perry Riley 50 28 22 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oshiomogho Atogwe 50 32 18 0 .5/3 0 1/0 4 0 0 0 0 Josh Wilson 47 32 15 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 0 Stephen Bowen 43 27 16 6 4.5/26 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 Adam Carriker 38 16 22 6 5/28 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kedric Golston 29 15 14 2 1.5/9 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Kevin Barnes 23 16 7 1 0 6 2/30 3 0 0 0 0 DeJon Gomes 13 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Neild 8 5 3 3 2/12.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keyaron Fox 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Jackson 6 4 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Darrion Scott 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byron Westbrook 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Team 0 0 0 0 1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 917 552 365 50 33/198 120 8/47 70 12 6 0 1

REGULAR SEASON SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS Down Inside Player Total Solo Asst. FF FR PATs Blk FG Blk Punts Blk 20 Safety TDs Lorenzo Alexander 14 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perry Riley 7 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Reed Doughty 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Keyaron Fox 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Terrence Austin 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DeJon Gomes 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byron Westbrook 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niles Paul 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Sellers 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rocky McIntosh 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Darrel Young 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anthony Armstrong 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rob Jackson 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sav Rocca 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Graham Gano 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donté Stallworth 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Sundberg 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Orakpo 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 84 57 27 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0

2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS RECORD WHEN... W-L W-L W-L Redskins Overall 4-8 Redskins score first 2-2 Redskins win time of possession 4-0 Redskins at FedExField 2-4 Opponent scores first 2-6 Redskins lose time of possession 0-8 Redskins on the road 2-4 Redskins score on first possession 1-2 Time of possession is even 0-0 Redskins on Sunday Night 0-0 Redskins lead after 1st quarter 2-1 Redskins win turnover battle 0-0 Redskins on Monday Night 0-1 Redskins trail after 1st quarter 2-6 Redskins lose turnover battle 2-5 Redskins on grass 2-6 Score tied after 1st quarter 0-1 Turnover battle is even 2-3 Redskins on artificial turf 2-2 Redskins lead at halftime 2-2 Redskins wear Burgundy pants 2-1 Redskins in a dome 1-2 Redskins trail at halftime 0-5 Redskins wear Gold pants 2-4 Redskins in September 2-1 Score tied at halftime 2-1 Redskins wear White pants 0-3 Redskins in October 1-3 Redskins lead after 3rd quarter 2-2 Redskins wear Burgundy jerseys 2-6 Redskins in November 1-3 Redskins trail after 3rd quarter 2-5 Redskins wear White jerseys 2-2 Redskins in December 0-1 Score tied after 3rd quarter 0-1 Redskins score 17 points or less 1-5 Redskins in January 0-0 Redskins score under two-minute warning 2-3 Opponent scores 17 points or less 3-0 Redskins win coin toss 3-2 Opponent scores under two-minute warning 0-3 Redskins score 18 points or more 3-3 Redskins lose coin toss 1-6 Game goes to overtime 0-1 Opponent scores 18 points or more 1-8

Redskins total 0-199 net yards 0-1 vs. NFC East 1-3 Redskins total 200-299 net yards 0-3 vs. NFC East at home 1-2 Redskins total 300-399 net yards 2-4 vs. NFC East on road 0-1 Redskins total 400+ net yards 2-0 vs. NFC West 3-1 Redskins total 0-99 rushing yards 1-7 vs. NFC North 0-0 Redskins total 100-149 rushing yards 1-1 vs. NFC South 0-1 Redskins total 150+ rushing yards 2-0 vs. NFC 4-5 Redskins have (a) 100-yard rusher(s) 2-1 Redskins total 0-149 passing yards 1-0 vs. AFC East 0-3 Redskins total 150-199 passing yards 0-2 vs. AFC West 0-0 Redskins total 200-299 passing yards 2-6 vs. AFC North 0-0 Redskins total 300+ passing yards 1-0 vs. AFC South 0-0 Redskins have a 300-yard passer 2-0 vs. AFC 0-3 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS PARTICIPATION Player NYG ARI @DAL @STL PHI @CAR @BUF SF @MIA DAL @SEA NYJ NE @NYG MIN @PHI GP-GS-DNP-INA Alexander, Lorenzo SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Anderson, David NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT SUB SUB INA SUB 3-0-0-1 Armstrong, Anthony SUB SUB SUB INA INA SUB WR SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 10-2-0-2 Atogwe, Oshiomogho FS FS FS FS FS INA FS INA DNP FS SUB FS 9-8-1-2 Austin, Terrence SUB INA SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB INA 10-0-0-2 Baker, Chris PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0 Balmer, Kentwan NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT SUB SUB INA INA 2-0-0-2 Banks, Brandon SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Barnes, Kevin SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Beck, John DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB QB QB QB DNP DNP DNP DNP 4-3-8-0 Bellamy, Travon NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS 0-0-0-0 Bowen, Stephen RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE RDE 12-12-0-0 Brown, Jammal RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT INA RT RT RT 11-11-0-1 Buchanon, Phillip SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP INA SUB INA IR IR IR IR IR 1-0-0-2 Byrd, Dominique NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT INA DNP NWT NWT NWT NWT 0-0-1-1 Carriker, Adam LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE LDE 12-12-0-0 Chester, Chris RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 12-12-0-0 Choice, Tashard NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT INA INA SUB NWT NWT 1-0-0-2 Cofield, Barry NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT 12-12-0-0 Compas, Jonathan NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT 0-0-0-0 Cook, Erik DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB C C DNP SUB DNP SUB SUB 6-2-6-0 Cooley, Chris TE TE TE TE TE INA IR IR IR IR IR IR 5-5-0-1 Crompton, Jonathan PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0 Davis, Fred TE2 TE2 TE2 FB TE2 TE TE TE TE TE TE TE 12-12-0-0 Davis, Tristan NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS NWT NWT PS PS 0-0-0-0 Doughty, Reed SS SS SUB SUB SUB FS SUB FS FS SUB FS SS 12-7-0-0 Fletcher, London MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB 12-12-0-0 Fox, Keyaron SUB INA SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB INA INA SUB SUB 9-0-0-3 Gaffney, Jabar WR WR SUB WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 12-11-0-0 Gano, Graham SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Golston, Kedric SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB IR IR IR 9-0-0-0 Gomes, DeJon SUB SUB INA SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SS SUB SUB 11-1-0-1 Grossman, Rex QB QB QB QB QB DNP DNP DNP QB QB QB QB 9-9-3-0 Hall, DeAngelo LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB LCB 12-12-0-0 Hankerson, Leonard INA INA INA INA INA SUB SUB WR WR IR IR IR 4-2-0-5 Helu, Roy SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB RB SUB SUB RB RB 12-3-0-0 Hightower, Tim RB RB RB RB DNP RB IR IR IR IR IR IR 5-5-1-0 Hurt, Maurice PS PS PS PS PS DNP DNP LG LG INA LG LG 4-4-2-1 Jackson, Rob SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Jenkins, Jarvis IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 0-0-0-0 Johnson, Domonique NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT INA INA INA NWT 0-0-0-3 Kerrigan, Ryan LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB LOLB 12-12-0-0 Landry, LaRon INA INA SS SS SS SS SS SS SS INA SS INA 8-8-0-4 Lichtensteiger, Kory LG LG LG LG LG IR IR IR IR IR IR IR 5-5-0-0 Locklear, Sean DNP DNP DNP DNP SUB LT LT SUB RT DNP SUB SUB 6-3-6-0 Malecki, John NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT 0-0-0-0 McIntosh, Rocky JLB JLB JLB JLB JLB JLB JLB JLB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-8-0-0 Montgomery, Will C C C C C LG LG C C C C C 12-12-0-0 Moore, Kareem PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP PUP NWT NWT NWT 0-0-0-0 Moss, Santana WR WR WR WR WR WR INA INA INA INA WR WR 8-8-0-4 Myers, Rob NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS PS PS 0-0-0-0 Neild, Chris SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Ness, Nate PS PS PS PS NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT 0-0-0-0 Olsen, Eric PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0 Onobun, Fendi NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT PS NWT NWT NWT 0-0-0-0 Orakpo, Brian ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB ROLB 12-12-0-0 Paul, Niles SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB WR SUB SUB INA INA INA SUB 9-1-0-3 Paulsen, Logan SUB SUB TE3 SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB TE2 SUB SUB TE2 12-3-0-0 Polumbus, Tyler NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT NWT DNP LG INA INA 1-1-2-1 Riley, Perry SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB JLB JLB JLB JLB 12-4-0-0 Robinson, Aldrick PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0 Rocca, Sav SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Royster, Evan PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS SUB SUB 2-0-0-0 Scott, Darrion INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA NWT SUB SUB SUB 3-0-0-8 Sellers, Mike INA SUB SUB SUB INA SUB INA SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 9-0-0-3 Smith, Willie INA INA INA INA INA DNP DNP INA INA DNP INA INA 0-0-3-9 Stallworth, Donté INA SUB INA SUB SUB INA SUB INA NWT SUB SUB SUB 7-0-0-4 Sundberg, Nick SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 12-0-0-0 Thompson, Brandyn DNP SUB SUB INA PS PS DNP DNP PS PS PS INA 2-0-3-2 Torain, Ryan DNP DNP DNP SUB RB SUB RB SUB RB RB DNP DNP 7-4-5-0 Westbrook, Byron SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB INA SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB 11-0-0-1 White, Markus INA INA INA INA INA INA INA INA SUB INA INA INA 1-0-0-11 Williams, Trent LT LT LT LT LT INA INA LT LT LT LT LT 10-10-0-2 Wilson, Josh RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB RCB 12-12-0-0 Worthington, Doug PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS 0-0-0-0 Young, Darrel SUB SUB INA INA SUB SUB FB FB SUB FB FB INA 9-4-0-3 Key: POS - starter | SUB - played | DNP - did not play | INA - inactive | 3Q - third quarterback | IR - reserve/injured | PS - practice squad | NWT - not with team | SUSP - suspended 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB 9/11 NYG S. Moss T. Williams K. Lichtensteiger W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown C. Cooley J. Gaffney R. Grossman T. Hightower F. Davis (TE2) 9/18 ARZ S. Moss T. Williams K. Lichtensteiger W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown C. Cooley J. Gaffney R. Grossman T. Hightower F. Davis (TE2) 9/26 @DAL S. Moss T. Williams K. Lichtensteiger W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown C. Cooley Fred Davis (TE2) R. Grossman T. Hightower L. Paulsen (TE 3) 10/2 @STL S. Moss T. Williams K. Lichtensteiger W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown C. Cooley J. Gaffney R. Grossman T. Hightower F. Davis 10/16 PHI S. Moss T. Williams K. Lichtensteiger W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown C. Cooley J. Gaffney R. Grossman R. Torain F. Davis (TE2) 10/23 @CAR S. Moss S. Locklear W. Montgomery E. Cook C. Chester J. Brown F. Davis J. Gaffney J. Beck T. Hightower N. Paul (WR3) 10/30 @BUF A. Armstrong S. Locklear W. Montgomery E. Cook C. Chester J. Brown F. Davis J. Gaffney J. Beck R. Torain D. Young 11/6 SF L. Hankerson T. Williams M. Hurt W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown F. Davis J. Gaffney J. Beck R. Helu D. Young 11/13 @MIA L. Hankerson T. Williams M. Hurt W. Montgomery C. Chester S. Locklear F. Davis J. Gaffney R. Grossman R. Torain L. Paulsen (TE2) 11/20 DAL A. Armstrong T. Williams T. Polumbus W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown F. Davis J. Gaffney R. Grossman R. Torain D. Young 11/27 @SEA S. Moss T. Williams M. Hurt W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown F. Davis J. Gaffney R. Grossman R. Helu D. Young 12/4 NYJ S. Moss T. Williams M. Hurt W. Montgomery C. Chester J. Brown F. Davis J. Gaffney R. Grossman R. Helu L. Paulsen (TE2) 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI

DEFENSE LDE NT RDE LOLB ILB ILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS 9/11 NYG A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson R. Doughty O. Atogwe 9/18 ARZ A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson R. Doughty O. Atogwe 9/26 @DAL A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry O. Atogwe 10/2 @STL A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry O. Atogwe 10/16 PHI A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry O. Atogwe 10/23 @CAR A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry R. Doughty 10/30 @BUF A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry O. Atogwe 11/6 SF A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher R. McIntosh B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry R. Doughty 11/13 @MIA A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher P. Riley B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry R. Doughty 11/20 DAL A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher P. Riley B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson D. Gomes O. Atogwe 11/27 @SEA A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher P. Riley B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson L. Landry R. Doughty 12/4 NYJ A. Carriker B. Cofield S. Bowen R. Kerrigan L. Fletcher P. Riley B. Orakpo D. Hall J. Wilson R. Doughty O. Atogwe 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS

REDSKINS/OPPONENTS TOTALS REDSKINS FIRST DOWNS TOTAL OFFENSE INT BY REDSKINS PUNTS PUNT RETURNS KO RETURNS PEN. FUM SCORING Tot. Rush Pass Pen. Yds. Plays Rush Att. Avg. Pass Att. Comp. Int. Sk. (Yds.) No. Yds. Long TD No.-Avg. No. Yds. Avg. TD No. Yds. Avg. TD No. (Yds.) No. (L) TD Rush Pass Ret. PAT 2-pt. FG Poss. 9/11 NYG 21 3 17 1 332 64 74 26 2.8 258 34 21 0 4 (47) 1 9 9 1 6-43.0 5 53 10.6 0 2 48 24.0 0 3 (25) 1 (1) 4 1 2 1 4 0 0 32:36 9/18 ARZ 28 10 13 5 455 79 172 35 4.9 283 43 25 2 1 (8) 1 0 0 0 3-39.3 4 73 18.25 0 4 105 26.3 0 3 (15) 0 (0) 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 38:30 9/26 @DAL 20 3 16 1 298 62 65 22 3.0 233 37 22 1 3 (17) 1 0 0 0 5-46.4 2 16 8.0 0 5 100 20.0 0 4 (35) 1 (1) 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 28:24 10/2 @STL 16 8 8 0 339 69 196 40 4.9 143 29 15 2 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 7-45.9 4 3 0.8 0 2 35 17.5 0 10 (96) 3 (0) 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 35:10 10/16 PHI 17 2 12 3 287 53 42 14 3.0 245 37 17 4 2 (15) 2 5 5 0 4-42.5 2 4 2.0 0 5 149 29.8 0 9 (75) 2 (0) 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 21:52 10/23 @CAR 22 6 14 2 353 63 92 23 4.0 261 37 22 1 3 (18) 0 0 0 0 1-37.0 1 -4 -4.0 0 2 25 12.5 0 3 (26) 2 (2) 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 24:30 10/30 @BUF 10 0 10 0 178 54 26 11 2.4 152 33 20 2 10 (56) 1 0 0 0 6-47.3 2 32 16.0 0 3 63 21.0 0 4 (59) 1 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:09 11/6 SF 17 2 14 1 303 63 52 15 3.5 251 47 30 1 1 (3) 0 0 0 0 5-48.8 2 0 0.0 0 5 108 21.6 0 3 (35) 4 (2) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 27:41 11/13 @MIA 16 3 11 2 246 51 61 16 3.8 185 32 21 2 3 (30) 1 30 30 0 2-46.5 1 22 22.0 0 2 38 19.0 0 6 (51) 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 26:27 11/20 DAL 18 2 13 3 339 65 60 24 2.5 279 38 25 1 3 (13) 0 0 0 0 5-48.6 3 97 32.33 0 4 93 23.25 0 6 (59) 2 (1) 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 33:20 11/27 @SEA 22 4 15 3 416 65 110 29 3.8 306 35 26 2 1 (8) 1 3 3 0 4-44.5 3 7 2.3 0 2 34 17.0 0 10 (115) 1 (0) 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 33:20 12/4 NYJ 17 5 11 1 304 71 100 23 4.3 204 46 19 1 2 (17) 0 0 0 0 6-37.3 2 14 7.0 0 7 164 23.43 0 6 (50) 3 (2) 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 27:48 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 224 48 154 22 3850 759 1050 278 3.8 2800 448 263 19 33 (232) 8 47 30 1 54-44.5 31 317 10.2 0 43 962 22.4 0 67 (641) 20 (9) 20 7 12 1 17 1 21 29:11

OPPONENTS FIRST DOWNS TOTAL OFFENSE INT BY OPPONENTS PUNTS PUNT RETURNS KO RETURNS PEN. FUM SCORING Tot. Rush Pass Pen. Yds. Plays Rush Att. Avg. Pass Att. Comp. Int. Sk. (Yds.) No. Yds. Long TD No.-Avg. No. Yds. Avg. TD No. Yds. Avg. TD No. (Yds.) No. (L) TD Rush Pass Ret. PAT 2-pt. FG Poss. 9/11 NYG 15 5 10 0 315 56 75 20 3.8 240 32 18 1 4 (28) 0 0 0 0 6-45.2 2 27 13.5 0 2 21 10.5 0 8 (63) 1 (0) 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 27:24 9/18 ARZ 16 6 10 0 324 48 93 15 6.2 231 30 17 1 3 (20) 2 50 33 0 6-49.0 2 30 15.0 0 2 62 31.0 0 10 (97) 3 (1) 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 21:30 9/26 @DAL 17 2 12 3 375 63 125 26 4.8 250 36 22 1 1 (5) 1 14 14 0 3-50.7 2 10 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 (55) 6 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 31:36 10/2 @STL 14 1 11 2 172 67 45 17 2.6 127 43 20 0 7 (37) 2 66 51 0 8-45.0 4 1 0.3 0 2 32 16.0 0 9 (65) 4 (1) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 24:50 10/16 PHI 22 11 9 2 422 72 192 38 5.1 230 32 18 2 2 (7) 4 38 24 0 3-43.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 (60) 0 (0) 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 38:08 10/23 @CAR 20 10 10 0 407 64 175 37 4.7 232 23 18 0 4 (24) 1 19 19 0 3-38.7 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 13 (105) 1 (0) 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 35:30 10/30 @BUF 17 5 11 1 390 62 138 33 4.2 252 27 21 1 2 (10) 2 34 22 0 3-45.0 3 22 7.3 0 0 0 0 0 6 (35) 1 (1) 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 34:51 11/6 SF 15 5 10 0 326 58 138 32 4.3 188 24 17 0 2 (12) 1 0 0 0 5-44.6 5 47 9.4 0 1 20 20.0 0 9 (55) 1 (1) 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 32:19 11/13 @MIA 20 4 13 3 303 64 103 33 3.1 200 29 20 1 2 (9) 2 42 28 0 1-49.0 2 22 11.0 0 2 42 21.0 0 6 (55) 3 (1) 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 33:33 11/20 DAL 20 6 13 1 353 73 89 32 2.8 264 37 23 0 4 (28) 1 0 0 0 7-40.9 3 22 7.3 0 3 56 18.7 0 9 (48) 1 (0) 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 36:01 11/27 @SEA 15 6 8 1 250 62 124 30 4.1 126 30 14 1 2 (18) 2 23 16 0 6-44.5 2 1 0.5 0 2 86 43.0 0 9 (91) 0 (0) 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 26:40 12/4 NYJ 16 6 9 1 266 62 101 30 3.4 165 32 19 0 0 (0) 1 3 3 0 5-44.6 2 14 7.0 0 6 84 14.0 0 6 (40) 1 (1) 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 32:12 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 207 67 126 14 3903 751 1398 343 4.1 2505 375 227 8 33 (198) 19 289 51 0 56-44.8 27 196 7.3 0 21 418 19.9 0 99 (769) 22 (7) 25 11 14 0 25 0 27 30:49 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS PASSING John Beck ATT COM YDS PERC YDS/ATT TD INT LG SK (YDS) RATE 9/11 NYG Did Not Play 9/18 ARZ Did Not Play 9/26 @DAL Did Not Play 10/2 @STL Did Not Play 10/16 PHI 15 8 117 53.3% 7.8 0 0 32 1 (7) 79.0 10/23 @CAR 37 22 279 59.5% 7.5 1 1 32 3 (18) 80.8 10/30 @BUF 33 20 208 60.6% 6.3 0 2 24 10 (56) 53.6 11/6 SF 47 30 254 63.8% 5.4 1 1 17 1 (3) 76.0 11/13 @MIA Did Not Play 11/20 DAL Did Not Play 11/27 @SEA Did Not Play 12/4 NYJ Did Not Play 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 132 80 858 60.6% 6.5 2 4 32 15 (84) 72.1

Rex Grossman ATT COM YDS PERC YDS/ATT TD INT LG SK (YDS) RATE 9/11 NYG 34 21 305 61.8% 9.0 2 0 39 4 (47) 110.5 9/18 ARZ 43 25 291 58.1% 6.8 2 2 40 1 (8) 74.9 9/26 @DAL 37 22 250 59.5% 6.8 1 1 36 3 (17) 77.5 10/2 @STL 29 15 143 51.7% 4.9 1 2 20 0 (0) 48.5 10/16 PHI 22 9 143 40.9% 6.5 0 4 45 1 (8) 23.7 10/23 @CAR Did Not Play 10/30 @BUF Did Not Play 11/6 SF Did Not Play 11/13 @MIA 32 21 215 65.6% 6.7 0 2 22 3 (30) 58.7 11/20 DAL 38 25 292 65.8% 7.7 2 1 28 3 (13) 95.5 11/27 @SEA 35 26 314 74.3% 9.0 2 2 50 1 (8) 96.6 12/4 NYJ 46 19 221 41.3% 4.8 0 1 42 2 (17) 47.5 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 316 183 2174 57.9% 6.9 10 15 50 18 (148) 69.8 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS RUSHING Anthony Armstrong John Beck ATT YDS AVG. LG TD ATT YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/11 NYG Did Not Play 9/18 ARZ - - - - - 9/18 ARZ Did Not Play 9/26 @DAL - - - - - 9/26 @DAL Did Not Play 10/2 @STL Inactive 10/2 @STL Did Not Play 10/16 PHI Inactive 10/16 PHI 2 14 7.0 12 1 10/23 @CAR - - - - - 10/23 @CAR 3 10 3.3 7 1 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 10/30 @BUF 2 10 5.0 7 0 11/6 SF - - - - - 11/6 SF 4 9 2.3 4 0 11/13 @MIA - - - - - 11/13 @MIA Did Not Play 11/20 DAL 1 5 5.0 5 0 11/20 DAL Did Not Play 11/27 @SEA - - - - - 11/27 @SEA Did Not Play 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/4 NYJ Did Not Play 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 1 5 5.0 5 0 TOTALS 11 43 3.9 12 2

Tashard Choice Chris Cooley ATT YDS AVG. LG TD ATT YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG Not With Team 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/18 ARZ Not With Team 9/18 ARZ - - - - - 9/26 @DAL Not With Team 9/26 @DAL 2 3 1.5 3 0 10/2 @STL Not With Team 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/16 PHI Not With Team 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/23 @CAR Not With Team 10/23 @CAR Inactive 10/30 @BUF Not With Team 10/30 @BUF Injured Reserve 11/6 SF Inactive 11/6 SF Injured Reserve 11/13 @MIA Inactive 11/13 @MIA Injured Reserve 11/20 DAL 6 7 1.2 9 0 11/20 DAL Injured Reserve 11/27 @SEA Not With Team 11/27 @SEA Injured Reserve 12/4 NYJ Not With Team 12/4 NYJ Injured Reserve 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 6 7 1.2 9 0 TOTALS 2 3 1.5 3 0

Rex Grossman Roy Helu ATT YDS AVG. LG TD ATT YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/11 NYG 1 2 2.0 2 0 9/18 ARZ 4 -5 -1.3 -1 0 9/18 ARZ 10 74 7.4 18 0 9/26 @DAL 1 6 6.0 6 0 9/26 @DAL 5 15 3.0 7 0 10/2 @STL 5 2 0.4 2 0 10/2 @STL 8 35 4.4 9 0 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/16 PHI 2 6 3.0 4 0 10/23 @CAR Did Not Play 10/23 @CAR 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 10/30 @BUF Did Not Play 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 11/6 SF Did Not Play 11/6 SF 10 41 4.1 16 0 11/13 @MIA - - - - - 11/13 @MIA 6 41 6.8 21 0 11/20 DAL 3 10 3.3 6 1 11/20 DAL 8 35 4.4 13 0 11/27 @SEA 5 -1 -0.2 2 0 11/27 @SEA 23 108 4.7 28 1 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/4 NYJ 23 100 4.3 22 1 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 18 12 0.7 6 1 TOTALS 97 456 4.7 28 2 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS RUSHING Tim Hightower Evan Royster ATT YDS AVG. LG TD ATT YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG 25 72 2.9 22 1 9/11 NYG Practice Squad 9/18 ARZ 20 96 4.8 20 0 9/18 ARZ Practice Squad 9/26 @DAL 14 41 2.9 9 0 9/26 @DAL Practice Squad 10/2 @STL 8 24 3.0 9 0 10/2 @STL Practice Squad 10/16 PHI Did Not Play 10/16 PHI Practice Squad 10/23 @CAR 17 88 5.2 17 0 10/23 @CAR Practice Squad 10/30 @BUF Injured Reserve 10/30 @BUF Practice Squad 11/6 SF Injured Reserve 11/6 SF Practice Squad 11/13 @MIA Injured Reserve 11/13 @MIA Practice Squad 11/20 DAL Injured Reserve 11/20 DAL Practice Squad 11/27 @SEA Injured Reserve 11/27 @SEA 1 3 3.0 3 0 12/4 NYJ Injured Reserve 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 84 321 3.8 22 1 TOTALS 1 3 3.0 3 0

Donté Stallworth Ryan Torain ATT YDS AVG. LG TD ATT YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG Inactive 9/11 NYG Did Not Play 9/18 ARZ - - - - - 9/18 ARZ Did Not Play 9/26 @DAL Inactive 9/26 @DAL Did Not Play 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/2 @STL 19 135 7.1 39 1 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/16 PHI 10 22 2.2 6 0 10/23 @CAR Inactive 10/23 @CAR 2 -5 -2.5 2 0 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 10/30 @BUF 8 14 1.8 6 0 11/6 SF Inactive 11/6 SF 1 2 2.0 2 0 11/13 @MIA Not With Team 11/13 @MIA 10 20 2.0 5 0 11/20 DAL 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 11/20 DAL 5 4 0.8 5 0 11/27 @SEA - - - - - 11/27 @SEA Did Not Play 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/4 NYJ Did Not Play 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 TOTALS 55 192 3.5 39 1

Darrel Young ATT YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/18 ARZ 1 7 7.0 7 0 9/26 @DAL Inactive 10/2 @STL Inactive 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/23 @CAR - - - - - 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 11/6 SF - - - - - 11/13 @MIA - - - - - 11/20 DAL - - - - - 11/27 @SEA - - - - - 12/4 NYJ Inactive 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 1 7 7.0 7 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS RECEIVING David Anderson Anthony Armstrong REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG Not With Team 9/11 NYG 2 24 12.0 15 1 9/18 ARZ Not With Team 9/18 ARZ 2 14 7.0 8 0 9/26 @DAL Not With Team 9/26 @DAL - - - - - 10/2 @STL Not With Team 10/2 @STL Inactive 10/16 PHI Not With Team 10/16 PHI Inactive 10/23 @CAR Not With Team 10/23 @CAR 1 9 9.0 9 0 10/30 @BUF Not With Team 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 11/6 SF Not With Team 11/6 SF - - - - - 11/13 @MIA 1 14 14.0 14 0 11/13 @MIA - - - - - 11/20 DAL 1 23 23.0 23 0 11/20 DAL - - - - - 11/27 @SEA Inactive 11/27 @SEA 1 50 50.0 50 1 12/4 NYJ 2 21 10.5 13 0 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 4 58 14.5 23 0 TOTALS 6 97 16.2 50 2

Terrence Austin Tashard Choice REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/11 NYG Not With Team 9/18 ARZ Inactive 9/18 ARZ Not With Team 9/26 @DAL - - - - - 9/26 @DAL Not With Team 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/2 @STL Not With Team 10/16 PHI 1 32 32.0 32 0 10/16 PHI Not With Team 10/23 @CAR 3 26 8.7 12 0 10/23 @CAR Not With Team 10/30 @BUF 2 22 11.0 17 0 10/30 @BUF Not With Team 11/6 SF 2 14 7.0 10 0 11/6 SF Inactive 11/13 @MIA - - - - - 11/13 @MIA Inactive 11/20 DAL - - - - - 11/20 DAL 1 2 2.0 2 0 11/27 @SEA - - - - - 11/27 @SEA Not With Team 12/4 NYJ Inactive 12/4 NYJ Not With Team 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 8 94 11.8 32 0 TOTALS 1 2 2.0 2 0

Chris Cooley Fred Davis REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG 2 21 10.5 15 0 9/11 NYG 5 105 21.0 28 0 9/18 ARZ - - - - - 9/18 ARZ 6 86 14.3 40 1 9/26 @DAL 4 41 10.3 17 0 9/26 @DAL 1 23 23.0 23 0 10/2 @STL 1 4 4.0 4 0 10/2 @STL 4 34 8.5 13 0 10/16 PHI 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 10/16 PHI 6 95 15.8 31 0 10/23 @CAR Inactive 10/23 @CAR 6 80 13.3 22 1 10/30 @BUF Injured Reserve 10/30 @BUF 8 94 11.8 24 0 11/6 SF Injured Reserve 11/6 SF 4 42 10.5 16 0 11/13 @MIA Injured Reserve 11/13 @MIA 3 28 9.3 18 0 11/20 DAL Injured Reserve 11/20 DAL 6 52 8.7 24 0 11/27 @SEA Injured Reserve 11/27 @SEA 4 58 14.5 31 1 12/4 NYJ Injured Reserve 12/4 NYJ 6 99 16.5 42 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 8 65 8.1 17 0 TOTALS 59 796 13.5 42 3 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS RECEIVING Jabar Gaffney Leonard Hankerson REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG 3 54 18.0 39 1 9/11 NYG Inactive 9/18 ARZ 5 62 12.4 22 0 9/18 ARZ Inactive 9/26 @DAL 5 60 12.0 17 0 9/26 @DAL Inactive 10/2 @STL 4 62 15.5 20 0 10/2 @STL Inactive 10/16 PHI 2 55 27.5 45 0 10/16 PHI Inactive 10/23 @CAR 4 68 17.0 32 0 10/23 @CAR - - - - - 10/30 @BUF 4 40 10.0 15 0 10/30 @BUF 1 23 23.0 23 0 11/6 SF 4 40 10.0 13 1 11/6 SF 4 34 8.5 12 0 11/13 @MIA 3 37 12.3 20 0 11/13 @MIA 8 106 13.3 22 0 11/20 DAL 7 115 16.4 28 1 11/20 DAL Injured Reserve 11/27 @SEA 5 72 14.4 18 0 11/27 @SEA Injured Reserve 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/4 NYJ Injured Reserve 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 46 665 14.5 45 3 TOTALS 13 163 12.5 23 0

Roy Helu Tim Hightower REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/11 NYG 3 25 8.3 10 0 9/18 ARZ 3 38 12.7 33 0 9/18 ARZ 1 10 10.0 10 0 9/26 @DAL 2 17 8.5 14 0 9/26 @DAL 5 39 7.8 19 1 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/2 @STL 1 4 4.0 4 0 10/16 PHI 2 11 5.5 8 0 10/16 PHI Did Not Play 10/23 @CAR 2 6 3.0 4 0 10/23 @CAR - - - - - 10/30 @BUF 3 20 6.7 8 0 10/30 @BUF Injured Reserve 11/6 SF 14 105 7.5 17 0 11/6 SF Injured Reserve 11/13 @MIA 3 13 4.3 6 0 11/13 @MIA Injured Reserve 11/20 DAL 2 3 1.5 5 0 11/20 DAL Injured Reserve 11/27 @SEA 7 54 7.7 14 0 11/27 @SEA Injured Reserve 12/4 NYJ 4 42 10.5 26 0 12/4 NYJ Injured Reserve 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 42 309 7.4 33 0 TOTALS 10 78 7.8 19 1

Santana Moss Niles Paul REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG 6 76 12.7 22 0 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/18 ARZ 5 61 12.2 19 1 9/18 ARZ - - - - - 9/26 @DAL 5 70 14.0 36 0 9/26 @DAL - - - - - 10/2 @STL 5 39 7.8 13 1 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/16 PHI 2 38 19.0 23 0 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/23 @CAR 2 17 8.5 16 0 10/23 @CAR 2 25 12.5 14 0 10/30 @BUF Inactive 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 11/6 SF Inactive 11/6 SF - - - - - 11/13 @MIA Inactive 11/13 @MIA Inactive 11/20 DAL Inactive 11/20 DAL Inactive 11/27 @SEA 4 29 7.3 13 0 11/27 @SEA Inactive 12/4 NYJ 5 42 8.4 21 0 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 34 372 10.9 36 2 TOTALS 2 25 12.5 14 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS RECEIVING Logan Paulsen Evan Royster REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/11 NYG Practice Squad 9/18 ARZ - - - - - 9/18 ARZ Practice Squad 9/26 @DAL - - - - - 9/26 @DAL Practice Squad 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/2 @STL Practice Squad 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/16 PHI Practice Squad 10/23 @CAR 2 48 24.0 24 0 10/23 @CAR Practice Squad 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 10/30 @BUF Practice Squad 11/6 SF - - - - - 11/6 SF Practice Squad 11/13 @MIA 1 16 16.0 16 0 11/13 @MIA Practice Squad 11/20 DAL 2 17 8.5 13 0 11/20 DAL Practice Squad 11/27 @SEA 2 14 7.0 11 0 11/27 @SEA - - - - - 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/4 NYJ 1 3 3.0 3 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 7 95 13.6 24 0 TOTALS 1 3 3.0 3 0

Mike Sellers Donté Stallworth REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG Inactive 9/11 NYG Inactive 9/18 ARZ - - - - - 9/18 ARZ 2 16 8.0 9 0 9/26 @DAL - - - - - 9/26 @DAL Inactive 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/16 PHI Inactive 10/16 PHI 3 30 10.0 15 0 10/23 @CAR - - - - - 10/23 @CAR Inactive 10/30 @BUF Inactive 10/30 @BUF - - - - - 11/6 SF - - - - - 11/6 SF Inactive 11/13 @MIA - - - - - 11/13 @MIA Not With Team 11/20 DAL - - - - - 11/20 DAL 4 51 12.8 20 1 11/27 @SEA 1 15 15.0 15 0 11/27 @SEA - - - - - 12/4 NYJ - - - - - 12/4 NYJ 1 14 14.0 14 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 1 15 15.0 15 0 TOTALS 10 111 11.1 20 1

Ryan Torain Darrel Young REC YDS AVG. LG TD REC YDS AVG. LG TD 9/11 NYG Did Not Play 9/11 NYG - - - - - 9/18 ARZ Did Not Play 9/18 ARZ 1 4 4.0 4 0 9/26 @DAL Did Not Play 9/26 @DAL Inactive 10/2 @STL - - - - - 10/2 @STL Inactive 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/16 PHI - - - - - 10/23 @CAR - - - - - 10/23 @CAR - - - - - 10/30 @BUF 1 6 6.0 6 0 10/30 @BUF 1 3 3.0 3 0 11/6 SF 1 7 7.0 7 0 11/6 SF 1 12 12.0 12 0 11/13 @MIA 1 4 4.0 4 0 11/13 @MIA 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0 11/20 DAL 1 2 2.0 2 0 11/20 DAL 1 27 27.0 27 0 11/27 @SEA Did Not Play 11/27 @SEA 2 22 11.0 21 0 12/4 NYJ Did Not Play 12/4 NYJ Inactive 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 4 19 4.8 6 0 TOTALS 7 65 9.3 27 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS DEFENSIVE LINE Stephen Bowen Adam Carriker TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 2 2 0 1/7 0 0 0 0 9/11 NYG 2 1 1 1/7 0 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL 3 1 2 1/5 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 4 4 0 1.5/11 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 2 2 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 3 1 2 1.5/11 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 5 4 1 1/4 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 11/13 @MIA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 3 2 1 1/4 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 3 2 1 .5/2 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 43 27 16 4.5/26 0 0 1 0 TOTALS 38 16 22 5/28 1 0 0 0

Barry Cofield Kedric Golston TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 9/11 NYG 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ ------9/26 @DAL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 10/2 @STL 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 10/2 @STL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 2 2 0 1/1 1 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 4 1 3 .5/3 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 6 3 3 1/3 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 8 4 4 1/6 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL Injured Reserve 11/27 @SEA 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA Injured Reserve 12/4 NYJ 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ Injured Reserve 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 50 23 27 2/4 8 0 1 0 TOTALS 29 15 14 1.5/9 0 0 0 1

Chris Neild Darrion Scott TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 2 1 1 1.5/10.5 0 0 0 0 9/11 NYG Inactive 9/18 ARZ ------9/18 ARZ Inactive 9/26 @DAL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL Inactive 10/2 @STL ------10/2 @STL Inactive 10/16 PHI ------10/16 PHI Inactive 10/23 @CAR ------10/23 @CAR Inactive 10/30 @BUF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF Inactive 11/6 SF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF Inactive 11/13 @MIA ------11/13 @MIA Not With Team 11/20 DAL 1 1 0 .5/2 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ ------12/4 NYJ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 8 5 3 2/12.5 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS LINEBACKERS London Fletcher Keyaron Fox TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 9 4 5 .5/3.5 1 0 0 1 9/11 NYG ------9/18 ARZ 7 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 9/18 ARZ Inactive 9/26 @DAL 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL ------10/2 @STL 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL ------10/16 PHI 12 7 5 0 3 0 0 0 10/16 PHI ------10/23 @CAR 15 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 20 13 7 0 1 1 0 0 10/30 @BUF 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF 14 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 11/6 SF ------11/13 @MIA 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA Inactive 11/20 DAL 17 11 6 1/12 0 0 0 1 11/20 DAL Inactive 11/27 @SEA 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA ------12/4 NYJ 19 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ ------12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 155 91 64 1.5/15.5 9 2 0 2 TOTALS 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0

Rob Jackson Ryan Kerrigan TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9/11 NYG 6 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 9/18 ARZ ------9/18 ARZ 3 2 1 1/4 2 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL ------9/26 @DAL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 10/2 @STL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 6 5 1 1/10 0 0 0 1 10/16 PHI 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 6 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF ------10/30 @BUF 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF ------11/6 SF 6 4 2 1/6 0 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA ------11/13 @MIA 6 5 1 2/9 0 0 0 2 11/20 DAL ------11/20 DAL 4 1 3 1/8 1 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 5 2 3 .5/4.5 0 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 7 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 61 35 26 6.5/41.5 6 1 0 4

Rocky McIntosh Brian Orakpo TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 9/11 NYG 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 8 3 5 1/8 1 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 1 1 0 1/8 1 0 0 1 9/26 @DAL 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 5 4 1 2.5/13 0 0 0 1 10/16 PHI 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 7 3 4 1/7 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 11/6 SF 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF 5 4 1 1/6 0 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA ------11/13 @MIA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA ------11/27 @SEA 4 3 1 .5/4.5 1 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ ------12/4 NYJ 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 72 47 25 1/8 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 51 35 16 6/38.5 4 0 1 2 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS LINEBACKERS Perry Riley TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG ------9/18 ARZ ------9/26 @DAL ------10/2 @STL ------10/16 PHI ------10/23 @CAR ------10/30 @BUF ------11/6 SF ------11/13 @MIA 14 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 17 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 50 28 22 0 0 0 0 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS DEFENSIVE BACKS Oshiomogho Atogwe Kevin Barnes TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/11 NYG 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL 9 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 10/2 @STL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 6 5 1 .5/3 1 1 0 0 10/16 PHI 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR Inactive 10/23 @CAR 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF Inactive 11/6 SF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA Did Not Play 11/13 @MIA 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11/20 DAL 7 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 9 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ ------12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 50 32 18 .5/3 4 1 0 0 TOTALS 23 16 7 0 3 2 0 0

Reed Doughty DeJon Gomes TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/11 NYG ------9/18 ARZ 6 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 9/18 ARZ ------9/26 @DAL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL Inactive 10/2 @STL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL ------10/16 PHI ------10/16 PHI ------10/23 @CAR 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR ------10/30 @BUF ------10/30 @BUF ------11/6 SF 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF ------11/13 @MIA 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA ------11/20 DAL ------11/20 DAL 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA ------12/4 NYJ 6 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 59 35 24 0 2 0 1 0 TOTALS 13 8 5 0 0 0 0 0

DeAngelo Hall LaRon Landry TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 9/11 NYG Inactive 9/18 ARZ 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ Inactive 9/26 @DAL 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 10/2 @STL 6 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 10/16 PHI 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 10/16 PHI 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR 5 3 2 .5/3 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF 13 8 5 0 0 0 0 1 11/6 SF 8 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 11/13 @MIA 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 DAL Inactive 11/27 @SEA 7 2 5 0 7 1 0 0 11/27 @SEA 4 2 2 1/9 1 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ Inactive 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 90 60 30 0 15 2 0 1 TOTALS 56 40 16 1.5/12 3 0 1 1 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS DEFENSIVE BACKS Byron Westbrook Josh Wilson TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF TOT SOLO ASST. SACKS/YDS PD INT. FR FF 9/11 NYG ------9/11 NYG 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9/18 ARZ 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9/26 @DAL ------9/26 @DAL 4 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 10/2 @STL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 @STL 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10/16 PHI ------10/16 PHI 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 10/23 @CAR Inactive 10/23 @CAR 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF ------10/30 @BUF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 SF ------11/6 SF 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 11/13 @MIA ------11/13 @MIA 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11/20 DAL 6 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 11/27 @SEA ------11/27 @SEA 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12/4 NYJ ------12/4 NYJ 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 TOTALS 47 32 15 0 14 0 1 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS KICKOFF RETURNS Anthony Armstrong Brandon Banks NO. YDS AVG. FC LG TD NO. YDS AVG. FC LG TD 9/11 NYG ------9/11 NYG 2 48 24.0 0 24 0 9/18 ARZ ------9/18 ARZ 4 105 26.3 0 31 0 9/26 @DAL ------9/26 @DAL 5 100 20.0 0 23 0 10/2 @STL Inactive 10/2 @STL 2 35 17.5 0 20 0 10/16 PHI Inactive 10/16 PHI 5 149 29.8 0 47 0 10/23 @CAR ------10/23 @CAR 1 25 25.0 0 25 0 10/30 @BUF ------10/30 @BUF 3 63 21.0 0 26 0 11/6 SF ------11/6 SF 4 93 23.3 0 34 0 11/13 @MIA ------11/13 @MIA 2 38 19.0 0 20 0 11/20 DAL ------11/20 DAL 4 93 23.3 0 27 0 11/27 @SEA ------11/27 @SEA 1 19 19.0 0 19 0 12/4 NYJ 1 28 28.0 0 28 0 12/4 NYJ 6 136 22.7 0 41 0 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 1 28 28.0 0 28 0 TOTALS 39 904 23.2 0 47 0

Niles Paul Logan Paulsen NO. YDS AVG. FC LG TD NO. YDS AVG. FC LG TD 9/11 NYG ------9/11 NYG ------9/18 ARZ ------9/18 ARZ ------9/26 @DAL ------9/26 @DAL ------10/2 @STL ------10/2 @STL ------10/16 PHI ------10/16 PHI ------10/23 @CAR ------10/23 @CAR 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/30 @BUF ------10/30 @BUF ------11/6 SF 1 15 15.0 0 15 0 11/6 SF ------11/13 @MIA Inactive 11/13 @MIA ------11/20 DAL Inactive 11/20 DAL ------11/27 @SEA Inactive 11/27 @SEA ------12/4 NYJ ------12/4 NYJ ------12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 1 15 15.0 0 15 0 TOTALS 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Mike Sellers NO. YDS AVG. FC LG TD 9/11 NYG Inactive 9/18 ARZ ------9/26 @DAL ------10/2 @STL ------10/16 PHI Inactive 10/23 @CAR ------10/30 @BUF Inactive 11/6 SF ------11/13 @MIA ------11/20 DAL ------11/27 @SEA 1 15 15.0 0 15 0 12/4 NYJ ------12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 1 15 15.0 0 15 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS PUNT RETURNS Brandon Banks Niles Paul NO. YDS AVG. FC LG TD NO. YDS AVG. FC LG TD 9/11 NYG 4 53 13.3 0 25 0 9/11 NYG 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 9/18 ARZ 4 73 18.3 0 35 0 9/18 ARZ ------9/26 @DAL 2 16 8.0 1 10 0 9/26 @DAL ------10/2 @STL 4 3 0.8 1 5 0 10/2 @STL ------10/16 PHI 2 4 2.0 0 2 0 10/16 PHI ------10/23 @CAR 1 -4 -4.0 2 -4 0 10/23 @CAR ------10/30 @BUF 2 32 16.0 0 21 0 10/30 @BUF ------11/6 SF 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 11/6 SF ------11/13 @MIA 1 22 22.0 0 22 0 11/13 @MIA Inactive 11/20 DAL 3 97 32.3 1 55 0 11/20 DAL Inactive 11/27 @SEA 3 7 2.3 0 5 0 11/27 @SEA Inactive 12/4 NYJ 2 14 7.0 2 20 0 12/4 NYJ ------12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 30 317 10.6 7 55 0 TOTALS 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS KICKING Graham Gano Under 20 20-29 Yds 30-39 Yds 40-49 Yds 50+ Yds Total OPPONENTS KICKOFF RETURNS XP - XPA FG - FGA FG - FGA FG - FGA FG - FGA FG - FGA FG - FGA NO. YDS AVG. TB TD 9/11 NYG 4 - 4 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 2 21 10.5 3 0 9/18 ARZ 1 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 2 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 3 - 4 2 62 31.0 3 0 9/26 @DAL 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 3 - 4 0 0 0.0 4 0 10/2 @STL 2 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 2 32 16.0 2 0 10/16 PHI 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 2 0 0 0 4 0 10/23 @CAR 2 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 2 1 15 15.0 3 0 10/30 @BUF 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 2 0 0 0 1 0 11/6 SF 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 20 20.0 0 0 11/13 @MIA 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 1 3 - 5 2 42 21.0 2 0 11/20 DAL 3 - 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 3 3 56 18.7 2 0 11/27 @SEA 2 - 3 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 2 2 86 43.0 2 0 12/4 NYJ 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 2 0 - 0 4 - 4 6 84 14.0 0 0 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 17 - 18 0 - 0 8 - 9 4 - 7 6 - 9 3 - 5 21 - 30 21 418 19.9 26 0 94% 0.0% 88.9% 57.1% 66.7% 60.0% 70.0% 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS PUNTING Sav Rocca GROSS NET INSIDE OPPONENTS PUNT RETURNS NO. YDS LG AVG. AVG. TB 20 BLK NO. YDS AVG. FC TD 9/11 NYG 6 258 56 43.0 38.5 0 4 0 2 27 13.5 2 0 9/18 ARZ 3 118 43 39.3 29.3 0 2 0 2 30 15.0 1 0 9/26 @DAL 5 232 58 46.4 44.4 0 3 0 2 10 5.0 3 0 10/2 @STL 7 321 63 45.9 45.7 0 3 0 4 1 0.3 1 0 10/16 PHI 4 170 53 42.5 42.5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 10/23 @CAR 1 37 37 37.0 37.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10/30 @BUF 6 284 57 47.3 43.7 0 3 0 3 22 7.3 2 0 11/6 SF 5 244 54 48.8 39.4 0 1 0 5 47 9.4 0 0 11/13 @MIA 2 93 49 46.5 35.5 0 0 0 2 22 11.0 0 0 11/20 DAL 5 243 63 48.6 44.2 0 2 0 3 22 7.3 1 0 11/27 @SEA 4 178 51 44.5 39.3 1 1 0 2 1 0.5 1 0 12/4 NYJ 6 224 43 37.3 35.0 0 4 0 2 14 7.0 4 0 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 54 2402 63 44.5 40.5 1 25 0 27 196 7.3 18 0 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS TAKEAWAYS REDSKINS TAKEAWAY FORCED BY REC'D BY/INTERCEPTOR DOWN-DIST-YD LINE-QT RT YDS PTS OFF 9/11 NYG Interception Ryan Kerrigan 3-10-NYG 18-3rd 9t 7 9/18 ARZ Interception London Fletcher 2-18-WAS 24-3rd 0 0 9/18 ARZ Fumble Byron Westbrook Reed Doughty 1-10-ARZ 20-4th 0 0 9/26 @DAL Fumble LaRon Landry Josh Wilson 2-14-DAL 22-1st 4 3 9/26 @DAL Interception Kevin Barnes 3-18-DAL 45-3rd 0 7 10/2 @STL Fumble Ryan Kerrigan Barry Cofield 3-22-WAS 43-2nd 3 7 10/16 PHI Interception Oshiomogho Atogwe 3-5-WAS 16-3rd 0 0 10/16 PHI Interception DeAngelo Hall 3-11-PHI 11-3rd 5 0 10/23 @CAR None 10/30 @BUF Fumble Aborted Brian Orakpo 2-2-BUF 31-2nd 0 0 10/30 @BUF Interception London Fletcher 3-8-WAS 8-2nd 0 0 11/6 SF Fumble DeAngelo Hall LaRon Landry 2-19-WAS 45-4th 3 0 11/13 @MIA Interception Kevin Barnes 3-31-MIA 19-1st 30 3 11/13 @MIA Fumble Ryan Kerrigan Stephen Bowen 2-7-MIA 28-3rd -1 3 11/20 DAL None 11/27 @SEA Interception DeAngelo Hall 3-9-SEA 21-4th 3 0 12/4 NYJ Fumble Muffed Perry Riley 4-21-WAS 39-2nd 0 3 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI

OPPONENTS TAKEAWAY FORCED BY (REDSKIN) REC'D BY/INTERCEPTOR DOWN-DIST-YD LINE-QT RT YDS PTS OFF 9/11 NYG Fumble Jason Pierre-Paul (Rex Grossman) 3-9-NYG 41-4th 13 0 9/18 ARZ Interception (Rex Grossman) Adrian Wilson 3-6-ARZ 6-1st 17 0 9/18 ARZ Interception (Rex Grossman) Richard Marshall 3-6-ARZ 39-1st 33 7 9/26 @DAL Interception (Rex Grossman) Sean Lee 1-10-WAS 17-2nd 14 3 9/26 @DAL Fumble Anthony Spencer (Rex Grossman) Sean Lee 2-10-WAS 40-4th 0 0 10/2 @STL Interception (Rex Grossman) Justin King 3-11-STL 26-4th 51 3 10/2 @STL Interception (Rex Grossman) 1-10-WAS 20-4th 15 0 10/16 PHI Interception (Rex Grossman) Kurt Coleman 3-16-PHI 38-1st 0 7 10/16 PHI Interception (Rex Grossman) 1-10-WAS 15-2nd 13 3 10/16 PHI Interception (Rex Grossman) Kurt Coleman 2-12-PHI 20-3rd 24 0 10/16 PHI Interception (Rex Grossman) Kurt Coleman 3-9-WAS 39-3rd 1 0 10/23 @CAR Fumble Antwan Applewhite (John Beck) Terrell McCalin 3-15-CAR 45-1st 0 0 10/23 @CAR Fumble Captain Munnerlyn (Jabar Gafney) James Anderson 2-10-WAS 31-2nd 0 3 10/23 @CAR Interception (John Beck) 2-15-WAS 19-4th 19 3 10/30 @BUF Interception (John Beck) George Wilson 3-4-50-4th 12 0 10/30 @BUF Interception (John Beck) Jairus Byrd 1-10-BUF 39-4th 22 3 11/6 SF Interception (John Beck) Dashon Goldson 2-10-WAS 38-1st 0 3 11/6 SF Fumble Patrick Wilson (Roy Helu) Donte Whitner 2-12-WAS 17-2nd 3 7 11/6 SF Fumble Patrick Wilson (Terrence Austin) NaVorro Bowman 1-10-WAS 24-4th 0 0 11/13 @MIA Interception (Rex Grossman) 3-6-MIA 41-2nd 28 0 11/13 @MIA Interception (Rex Grossman) Karlos Dansby 1-10-MIA 10-4th 14 7 11/20 DAL Fumble Gerald Sensabaugh (Fred Davis) Gerald Sensabaugh 3-6-WAS 24-1st 0 7 11/20 DAL Interception (Rex Grossman) Orlando Scandrick 1-10-WAS 20-4th 0 0 11/27 @SEA Interception (Rex Grossman) Brandon Browner 2-9-WAS 23-2nd 16 7 11/27 @SEA Interception (Rex Grossman) Richard Sherman 1-10-WAS 41-3rd 7 0 12/4 NYJ Fumble Marcus Dixon (Roy Helu) Eric Smith 2-10-WAS 24-3rd 0 0 12/4 NYJ Fumble Aaron Maybin (Rex Grossman) Calvin Pace 3-10-WAS 20-4th 0 7 12/4 NYJ Interception (Rex Grossman) Kyle Wilson 1-10-NYJ 40-4th 3 0 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS SCORING DRIVES REDSKINS OBTAINED SCORING PLAY PLAYS YDS DRIVE TIME WAS-OPP QT REMAINING 9/11 NYG Punt Tim Hightower 1-yard run 11 76 5:32 7-14 2 7:32 9/11 NYG Kickoff Rex Grossman 6-yard pass to Anthony Armstrong 5 80 2:11 14-14 2 0:37 9/11 NYG Blocked FG Rex Grossman 4-yard pass to Jabar Gaffney 10 60 5:53 28-14 4 3:14 9/18 ARZ Kickoff Graham Gano 26-yard field goal 14 77 8:29 3-7 2 10:25 9/18 ARZ Punt Rex Grossman 1-yard pass to Fred Davis 6 80 2:57 10-7 2 3:04 9/18 ARZ Punt Graham Gano 23-yard field goal 7 39 3:42 13-14 4 11:18 9/18 ARZ Kickoff Rex Grossman 18-yard pass to Santana Moss 13 73 5:41 19-21 4 5:17 9/18 ARZ Punt Graham Gano 34-yard field goal 8 48 2:35 22-21 4 1:45 9/26 @DAL Kickoff Graham Gano 46-yard field goal 10 42 4:54 3-0 1 10:06 9/26 @DAL Fumble Graham Gano 41-yard field goal 4 1 1:36 6-3 1 0:21 9/26 @DAL Kickoff Graham Gano 50-yard field goal 10 48 2:25 9-9 2 0:00 9/26 @DAL Interception Rex Grossman 1-yard pass to Tim Hightower 9 76 5:31 16-9 3 4:00 10/2 @STL Punt Rex Grossman 6-yard pass to Santana Moss 11 69 5:34 7-0 1 3:06 10/2 @STL Fumble Ryan Torain 20-yard run 3 44 1:25 14-0 2 5:42 10/2 @STL Kickoff Graham Gano 38-yard field goal 8 62 3:52 17-0 3 11:08 10/16 PHI Kickoff Graham Gano 50-yard field goal 9 38 1:57 3-20 2 0:30 10/16 PHI Kickoff Graham Gano 26-yard field goal 5 52 2:20 6-20 3 12:40 10/16 PHI Punt John Beck 2-yard run 10 80 3:40 13-20 4 2:44 10/23 @CAR Punt Graham Gano 31-yard field goal 12 74 6:04 3-3 2 12:24 10/23 @CAR Kickoff Graham Gano 49-yard field goal 10 49 4:00 6-6 2 1:02 10/23 @CAR Kickoff John Beck 4-yard run 7 82 4:03 13-16 3 8:14 10/23 @CAR Kickoff John Beck 7-yard pass to Fred Davis 10 80 3:08 20-30 4 5:05 10/30 @BUF None 11/6 SF Kickoff Graham Gano 59-yard field goal 7 32 1:03 3-13 2 0:00 11/6 SF Punt John Beck 9-yard pass to Jabar Gaffney 11 72 2:56 11-19 4 1:10 11/13 @MIA Interception Graham Gano 26-yard field goal 4 -3 2:09 3-7 1 0:49 11/13 @MIA Missed FG Graham Gano 47-yard field goal 6 32 2:18 6-10 2 1:07 11/13 @MIA Fumble Graham Gano 23-yard field goal 7 19 3:35 9-10 3 10:38 11/20 DAL Punt Rex Grossman 4-yard run 6 32 3:24 7-10 2 3:59 11/20 DAL Punt Rex Grossman 16-yard pass to Jabar Gaffney 5 43 1:27 14-10 2 0:14 11/20 DAL Kickoff Graham Gano 40-yard field goal 8 55 3:20 17-10 3 11:40 11/20 DAL Punt Rex Grossman 4-yard pass to Donté Stallworth 12 89 5:21 24-24 4 0:14 11/27 @SEA Kickoff Rex Grossman 2-yard pass to Fred Davis 14 80 7:49 7-0 1 7:11 11/27 @SEA Kickoff Roy Helu 28-yard run 6 70 2:54 14-17 4 9:51 11/27 @SEA Punt Rex Grossman 50-yard pass to Anthony Armstrong 4 56 1:37 20-17 4 6:18 11/27 @SEA Downs Graham Gano 25-yard field goal 4 7 1:01 23-7 4 1:06 12/4 NYJ Kickoff Roy Helu 2-yard run 8 82 4:39 7-0 1 10:21 12/4 NYJ Kickoff Graham Gano 33-yard field goal 9 51 4:43 10-7 2 11:32 12/4 NYJ Muffed Punt Graham Gano 23-yard field goal 6 13 0:40 13-10 2 0:19 12/4 NYJ Punt Graham Gano 46-yard field goal 4 3 1:34 16-13 4 7:52 12/4 NYJ Kickoff Graham Gano 43-yard field goal 10 30 1:43 19-27 4 1:59 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS SCORING DRIVES OPPONENTS OBTAINED SCORING PLAY PLAYS YDS DRIVE TIME WAS-OPP QT REMAINING 9/11 NYG Punt Eli Manning 2-yard run 4 70 0:35 0-7 1 10:28 9/11 NYG Punt 6-yard run 8 85 4:44 7-14 2 7:32 9/18 ARZ Interception Kevin Kolb 21-yard pass to Jeff King 2 37 0:38 0-7 1 3:54 9/18 ARZ Punt Beanie Wells 2-yard run 9 90 4:31 10-14 3 3:04 9/18 ARZ Kickoff Kevin Kolb 73-yard pass to Larry Fitzgerald 1 68 0:20 13-21 4 10:58 9/26 @DAL Kickoff Dan Bailey 41-yard field goal 9 57 4:32 3-3 1 10:06 9/26 @DAL Interception Dan Bailey 27-yard field goal 4 9 1:52 6-6 2 12:20 9/26 @DAL Blocked FG Dan Bailey 32-yard field goal 8 54 3:57 6-9 2 2:25 9/26 @DAL Kickoff Dan Bailey 41-yard field goal 7 57 3:41 16-12 3 0:19 9/26 @DAL Punt Dan Bailey 23-yard field goal 9 76 4:28 16-15 4 6:58 9/26 @DAL Punt Dan Bailey 40-yard field goal 9 64 1:57 16-18 4 1:47 10/2 @STL Interception Josh Brown 32-yard field goal 7 17 2:25 17-3 4 10:09 10/2 @STL Punt 15-yard pass to Steven Jackson 10 60 2:47 17-10 4 5:45 10/16 PHI Interception Michael Vick 7-yard pass to Brent Celek 11 82 5:12 0-7 1 6:50 10/16 PHI Punt LeSean McCoy 1-yard run 10 72 5:40 0-14 2 14:15 10/16 PHI Punt Alex Henery 28-yard field goal 10 69 4:58 0-17 2 6:58 10/16 PHI Interception Alex Henery 24-yard field goal 8 41 4:13 0-20 2 2:27 10/23 @CAR Kickoff Olindo Mare 20-yard field goal 13 78 7:29 0-3 1 7:31 10/23 @CAR Kickoff Olindo Mare 45-yard field goal 12 67 7:22 3-6 2 5:02 10/23 @CAR Fumble Olindo Mare 45-yard field goal 4 7 0:19 6-9 2 0:02 10/23 @CAR Downs 16-yard run 2 53 0:35 6-16 3 12:17 10/23 @CAR Kickoff Jonathan Stewart 2-yard run 10 80 5:57 13-23 3 2:17 10/23 @CAR Punt Cam Newton 2-yard pass to Brandon LaFell 12 65 8:26 13-30 4 8:13 10/23 @CAR Interception Olindo Mare 40-yard field goal 4 3 1:17 20-33 4 1:56 10/30 @BUF Punt Ryan Fitzpatrick 20-yard pass to Scott Chandler 8 80 4:53 0-7 1 5:11 10/30 @BUF Blocked FG Rian Lindell 37-yard field goal 5 42 2:19 0-10 2 8:45 10/30 @BUF Punt Rian Lindell 44-yard field goal 7 54 1:05 0-13 2 0:00 10/30 @BUF Kickoff Ryan Fitzpatrick 15-yard pass to Scott Chandler 7 80 4:04 0-20 3 10:56 10/30 @BUF Interception Rian Lindell 41-yard field goal 9 40 4:22 0-23 4 3:26 11/6 SF Interception 52-yard field goal 6 22 2:42 0-3 2 12:43 11/6 SF Punt David Akers 34-yard field goal 6 39 2:23 0-6 2 1:50 11/6 SF Punt Alex Smith 30-yard pass to Bruce Miller 1 30 0:06 0-13 2 1:03 11/6 SF Fumble David Akers 45-yard field goal 9 35 4:48 3-16 3 4:23 11/6 SF Downs David Akers 20-yard field goal 10 64 6:30 3-19 4 7:41 11/13 @MIA Punt 1-yard run 8 45 4:48 0-7 1 8:20 11/13 @MIA Kickoff Dan Carpenter 21-yard field goal 13 82 5:22 3-10 2 10:27 11/13 @MIA Kickoff Dan Carpenter 28-yard field goal 11 70 5:39 9-13 3 4:59 11/13 @MIA Interception Reggie Bush 18-yard run 10 81 5:50 9-20 4 6:07 11/20 DAL Fumble 22-yard pass to Dez Bryant 3 24 0:55 0-7 1 7:44 11/20 DAL Punt Dan Bailey 37-yard field goal 8 33 4:14 0-10 2 10:23 11/20 DAL Missed FG Tony Romo 7-yard pass to Laurent Robinson 14 61 6:24 17-17 4 14:43 11/20 DAL Punt Tony Romo 59-yard pass to Jason Witten 7 88 2:22 17-24 4 8:48 11/20 DAL Missed FG Dan Bailey 39-yard field goal 7 37 3:41 24-27 OT 5:39 11/27 @SEA Interception Tarvaris Jackson 20-yard pass to Marshawn Lynch 1 20 0:07 7-7 2 11:01 11/27 @SEA Punt Steven Hauschka 36-yard field goal 4 47 1:37 7-10 3 5:58 11/27 @SEA Punt Tarvaris Jackson 15-yard pass to Golden Tate 12 88 5:43 7-17 4 12:45 12/4 NYJ Kickoff Shonn Greene 1-yard run 17 74 9:06 7-7 1 1:15 12/4 NYJ Punt Nick Folk 45-yard field goal 10 57 5:06 10-10 2 3:06 12/4 NYJ Punt Nick Folk 51-yard field goal 7 14 2:59 13-13 3 6:36 12/4 NYJ Kickoff Mark Sanchez 30-yard pass to 5 51 3:03 16-20 4 4:49 12/4 NYJ Fumble Shonn Greene 9-yard run 2 9 0:44 16-27 4 3:42 12/4 NYJ Kickoff Shonn Green 25-yard run 1 25 0:12 19-34 4 1:47 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS DRIVE RESULTS REDSKINS FIELD GOAL PUNTS LOST DRIVE DRIVE ENDS Total TD FG Missed Blk No. Blk Downs Fumble Int. Safety Half/Game Pts. Scoring % 1st Drive 9/11 NYG 11 3 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0/0 21 27.3% Punt 9/18 ARZ 12 2 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1/0 22 41.7% Interception 9/26 @DAL 12 1 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0/0 16 33.3% Field Goal 10/2 @STL 13 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0/1 17 23.1% Punt 10/16 PHI 11 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0/0 13 27.3% Interception 10/23 @CAR 11 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1/0 20 36.4% Fumble 10/30 @BUF 11 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 0/0 0 0.0% Punt 11/6 SF 12 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 0/0 11 16.7% Punt 11/13 @MIA 10 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0/1 9 30.0% Punt 11/20 DAL 13 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0/0 24 30.8% Fumble 11/27 @SEA 13 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1/1 23 30.8% Touchdown 12/4 NYJ 14 1 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 1 0 0/0 19 35.7% Touchdown 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 143 19 21 5 4 54 0 5 9 19 0 3/3 195 28.0%

OPPONENTS FIELD GOAL PUNTS LOST DRIVE DRIVE ENDS Total TD FG Missed Blk No. Blk Downs Fumble Int. Safety Half/Game Pts. Scoring % 1st Drive 9/11 NYG 13 2 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 1/1 14 15.4% Punt 9/18 ARZ 11 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0/0 21 27.3% Punt 9/26 @DAL 12 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0/1 18 50.0% Field Goal 10/2 @STL 13 1 1 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 1/0 10 15.4% Punt 10/16 PHI 12 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1/1 20 33.3% Punt 10/23 @CAR 11 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 33 63.6% Field Goal 10/30 @BUF 12 2 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0/1 23 41.7% Punt 11/6 SF 12 1 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0/1 19 41.7% Punt 11/13 @MIA 10 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1/0 20 40.0% Touchdown 11/20 DAL 14 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 27 35.7% Punt 11/27 @SEA 12 2 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0/0 17 25.0% Punt 12/4 NYJ 14 4 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 34 42.9% Touchdown 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 146 25 27 4 1 56 0 5 6 8 0 6/8 256 35.6% 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS OPENING DRIVES REDSKINS OPPONENTS PLAYS YDS TIME RESULTS PLAYS YDS TIME RESULTS 9/11 NYG 3 4 1:32 Punt 9/11 NYG 5 14 2:27 Punt 9/18 ARZ 12 70 4:56 Interception 9/18 ARZ 4 16 1:28 Punt 9/26 @DAL 10 42 4:54 Field Goal 9/26 @DAL 9 57 4:32 Field Goal 10/2 @STL 4 14 2:13 Punt 10/2 @STL 5 6 3:11 Punt 10/16 PHI 4 6 1:53 Interception 10/16 PHI 3 -5 1:05 Punt 10/23 CAR 8 28 2:50 Fumble 10/23 CAR 13 78 7:29 Field Goal 10/30 @BUF 3 7 1:24 Punt 10/30 @BUF 3 8 1:28 Punt 11/6 SF 4 20 2:44 Punt 11/6 SF 6 21 4:02 Punt 11/13 @MIA 3 -5 1:52 Punt 11/13 @MIA 8 45 4:48 Touchdown 11/20 DAL 3 4 1:28 Fumble 11/20 DAL 9 45 4:53 Punt 11/27 @SEA 14 80 7:49 Touchdown 11/27 @SEA 5 18 1:58 Punt 12/4 NYJ 8 82 4:39 Touchdown 12/4 NYJ 17 74 9:06 Touchdown 12/11 NE 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 1/1 @PHI

IN THE RED ZONE REDSKINS POSS TD FG MISS/BLK FG INT FUM DOWNS HALF/GAME AVG. POINTS 9/11 NYG 4 3 0 1/0 0 0 0 0/0 4.5 9/18 ARZ 7 2 3 0/1 1 0 0 0/0 3.0 9/26 @DAL 3 1 1 0/1 0 0 0 0/0 3.0 10/2 @STL 1 1 0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 6.0 10/16 PHI 3 1 1 0/0 1 0 0 0/0 3.0 10/23 @CAR 3 2 1 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 5.0 10/30 @BUF 2 0 0 0/1 0 0 1 0/0 0.0 11/6 SF 1 1 0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 6.0 11/13 @MIA 3 0 2 0/0 1 0 0 0/0 2.0 11/20 DAL 3 3 0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 6.0 11/27 @SEA 3 1 1 0/1 0 0 0 0/0 3.0 12/4 NYJ 3 1 2 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 4.0 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 36 16 11 1/4 3 0 1 0/0 3.6

OPPONENTS POSS TD FG MISS/BLK FG INT FUM DOWNS HALF/GAME AVG. POINTS 9/11 NYG 3 2 0 0/1 0 0 0 0/0 4.0 9/18 ARZ 2 1 0 0/0 1 0 0 0/0 3.0 9/26 @DAL 3 0 3 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 3.0 10/2 @STL 3 1 1 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 3.0 10/16 PHI 5 2 2 0/0 1 0 0 0/0 3.6 10/23 @CAR 5 3 2 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 4.8 10/30 @BUF 4 1 1 1/0 1 0 0 0/0 2.3 11/6 SF 2 0 2 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 3.0 11/13 @MIA 5 2 2 0/0 0 0 1 0/0 3.6 11/20 DAL 2 1 1 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 4.5 11/27 @SEA 2 1 1 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 4.5 12/4 NYJ 2 2 0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 6.0 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 38 16 15 1/1 3 0 1 0/0 3.7 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY REDSKINS 3 & 1 3 & 2 3 & 3 3 & 4 3 & 5 3 & 6 3 & 7 3 & 8 3 & 9 3 & 10+ CONV/ATT % 9/11 NYG 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 4 0 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 4 5 - 15 33.3% 9/18 ARZ 2 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 3 0 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 3 0 - 1 1 - 2 6 - 17 35.3% 9/26 @DAL 1 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 4 3 - 12 25.0% 10/2 @STL 2 - 3 0 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 3 - 5 0 - 2 0 - 1 9 - 18 50.0% 10/16 PHI 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 4 1 - 10 10.0% 10/23 @CAR 0 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 4 5 - 12 41.7% 10/30 @BUF 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 4 4 - 14 28.6% 11/6 SF 1 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 3 5 - 12 41.7% 11/13 @MIA 0 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 3 5 - 13 38.5% 11/20 DAL 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 0 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 3 6 - 15 40.0% 11/27 @SEA 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 3 3 - 10 30.0% 12/4 NYJ 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 3 2 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 1 2 - 7 5 - 16 31.3% 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 6 - 11 3 - 9 8 - 14 6 - 15 2 - 14 8 - 19 6 - 13 7 - 15 2 - 12 9 - 42 57 - 164 34.8% 54.5% 33.3% 57.1% 40.0% 14.3% 42.1% 46.2% 46.7% 16.7% 21.4% 3RD & 1-3 3RD & 4-6 3RD & 7+ 17 - 34 50.0% 16 - 48 33.3% 24 - 82 29.3%

OPPONENTS 3 & 1 3 & 2 3 & 3 3 & 4 3 & 5 3 & 6 3 & 7 3 & 8 3 & 9 3 & 10+ CONV/ATT % 9/11 NYG 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 6 1 - 10 10.0% 9/18 ARZ 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 4 3 - 9 33.3% 9/26 @DAL 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 1 1 - 4 3 - 13 23.1% 10/2 @STL 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 3 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 9 6 - 18 33.3% 10/16 PHI 2 - 3 2 - 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 6 6 - 16 37.5% 10/23 @CAR 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 4 5 - 12 41.7% 10/30 @BUF 0 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 2 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 5 7 - 14 50.0% 11/6 SF 0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 3 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 3 - 12 25.0% 11/13 @MIA 0 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 1 2 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 3 8 - 14 57.1% 11/20 DAL 1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 2 3 - 3 0 - 0 2 - 5 8 - 17 47.1% 11/27 @SEA 1 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 4 0 - 0 0 - 2 0 - 2 6 - 16 37.5% 12/4 NYJ 1 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 3 2 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 3 4 - 13 30.8% 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI TOTALS 7 - 14 8 - 14 5 - 11 11 - 14 3 - 7 4 - 14 5 - 16 6 - 13 2 - 9 9 - 52 60 - 164 36.6% 50.0% 57.1% 45.5% 78.6% 42.9% 28.6% 31.3% 46.2% 22.2% 17.3% 3RD & 1-3 3RD & 4-6 3RD & 7+ 20 - 39 51.3% 18 - 35 51.4% 22 - 90 24.4% 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON HIGHS / LOWS REDSKINS OPPONENTS HIGH LOW HIGH LOW Points 28 vs. NYG 0 at BUF 34 vs. NYJ 10 at STL First Downs 28 vs. ARZ 10 at BUF 22 vs. PHI 14 at STL Total Offense 455 vs. ARZ 178 at BUF 422 vs. PHI 172 at STL Net Yards Rushing 196 at STL 26 at BUF 192 vs. PHI 45 at STL Net Yards Passing 306 at SEA 143 at STL 264 vs. DAL 126 at SEA Offensive Plays 79 vs. ARZ 51 at MIA 73 vs. DAL 48 vs. ARZ Rushing Attempts 40 at STL 11 at BUF 38 vs. PHI 15 vs. ARZ Pass Attempts 47 vs. SF 29 at STL 43 at STL 24 vs. SF Pass Completions 30 vs. SF 15 at STL 23 vs. DAL 14 at SEA Passes Had Intercepted 4 vs. PHI 0 vs. NYG 2 vs. PHI 0 multiple, last vs. NYJ Sacks Allowed 10 at BUF 0 at STL 7 at STL 0 vs. NYJ Fumbles 4 vs. SF 0 twice, last at MIA 6 at DAL 0 twice, last at SEA Fumbles Lost 2 three times, last vs. NYJ 0 multiple, last at SEA 1 multiple, last vs. NYJ 0 multiple, last at SEA Total Turnovers 4 vs. PHI 1 vs. NYG 2 multiple, last at MIA 0 twice, last vs. DAL Penalties 10 twice, last at SEA 3 multiple, last vs. SF 13 at CAR 6 multiple, last vs. NYJ Yards Penalized 115 at SEA 15 vs. ARZ 105 at CAR 35 at BUF Time of Possession 38:30 vs. ARZ 21:52 vs. PHI 38:08 vs. PHI 21:30 vs. ARZ Defensive Interceptions 2 vs. PHI 0 multiple, last vs. NYJ 4 vs. PHI 0 vs. NYG Total Takeaways 2 multiple, last at MIA 0 twice, last vs. DAL 4 vs. PHI 1 vs. NYG Drive (plays) 14 at SEA 1 multiple, last at SEA 17 vs. NYJ 1 multiple, last vs. NYJ Drive (yards) 89 vs. DAL -18 vs. NYG 90 vs. ARZ -21 at MIA Third Down Conversions 9/18 at STL (50%) 1/10 vs. PHI (10%) 8/17 vs. DAL (47%) 1/10 vs. NYG (10%)

REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL HIGHS REDSKINS OPPONENTS Yards Rushing 135 by Ryan Torain at STL 126 by LeSean McCoy vs. PHI Rushing Attempts 25 by Tim Hightower vs. NYG 28 by LeSean McCoy vs. PHI Rushing TDs 1, 5 players, last by Roy Helu (2) vs. NYJ 3 by Shonn Greene vs. NYJ Receptions 14 by Roy Helu vs. SF 7 multiple, last by Brandon Marshall at MIA Yards Receiving 115 by Jabar Gaffney vs. DAL 143 by Steve Smith at CAR Receiving TDs 1, 6 players, last by Anthony Armstrong (2) at SEA 1, 12 players, last by Santonio Holmes vs. NYJ Combined Yards (rush/rec) 162 by Roy Helu at SEA 194 by Fred Jackson at BUF All-Purpose Yards (rush/rec/ret) 190 by Brandon Banks vs. DAL 194 by Fred Jackson at BUF Yards Passing 314 by Rex Grossman at SEA 292 by Tony Romo vs. DAL Pass Attempts 47 by John Beck vs. SF 43 by Sam Bradford at STL Pass Completions 30 by John Beck vs. SF 23 by Tony Romo vs. DAL TD Passes 2 four times by Rex Grossman, last at SEA 3 by Tony Romo vs. DAL Interceptions Thrown 4 by Rex Grossman vs. PHI 1, 8 players, last by Tarvaris Jackson at SEA Longest Run 39 by Ryan Torain at STL 43 by Fred Jackson at BUF Longest Pass Completion 50t by Rex Grossman to Anthony Armstrong at SEA 73t by Kevin Kolb to Larry Fitzgerald vs. ARZ Longest Kickoff Return 47 by Brandon Banks vs. PHI 51 by Leon Washington at SEA Longest Punt Return 55 by Brandon Banks vs. DAL 29 by Patrick Peterson vs. ARZ Longest Interception Return 30 by Kevin Barnes at MIA 51 by Justin King at STL Longest Punt 63 by Sav Rocca at STL 67 by Jon Ryan at SEA Longest Field Goal 59 by Graham Gano vs. SF 52 by David Akers vs. SF Touchdowns Scored 1, 11 players, last by Roy Helu (2) vs. NYJ 3 by Shonn Greene vs. NYJ Points Scored 13 by Graham Gano vs. NYJ 18 by Dan Bailey at DAL 18 by Shonne Greene vs. NYJ 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS 20-YARD PLAYS FROM SCRIMMAGE REDSKINS OPPONENTS YDS PLAY YDS PLAY 9/11 NYG 39 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney 9/11 NYG 68 Eli Manning pass to 9/11 NYG 28 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 9/11 NYG 41 Eli Manning pass to 9/11 NYG 25 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 9/11 NYG 24 Eli Manning pass to 9/11 NYG 23 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 9/18 ARZ 73 Kevin Kolb pass to Larry Fitzgerald 9/11 NYG 22 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis (7) + penalty (15) 9/18 ARZ 25 Beanie Wells run 9/11 NYG 22 Rex Grossman pass to Santana Moss 9/18 ARZ 24 Kevin Kolb pass to Larry Fitzgerald 9/11 NYG 22 Tim Hightower run 9/18 ARZ 21 Kevin Kolb pass to Jeff King 9/11 NYG 22 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 9/26 @DAL 45 Tony Romo pass to Dez Bryant (30) + penalty (15) 9/18 ARZ 40 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 9/26 @DAL 40 Felix Jones run 9/18 ARZ 33 Rex Grossman pass to Roy Helu 9/26 @DAL 29 Felix Jones run 9/18 ARZ 23 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 9/26 @DAL 27 Tony Romo pass to Felix Jones 9/18 ARZ 22 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney 9/26 @DAL 25 Tony Romo pass to Laurent Robinson 9/18 ARZ 20 Tim Hightower run 9/26 @DAL 23 Tony Romo pass to Jason Witten 9/18 ARZ 20 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney 9/26 @DAL 22 Tony Romo pass to Laurent Robinson 9/26 @DAL 36 Rex Grossman pass to Santana Moss 9/26 @DAL 20 Tony Romo pass to Dez Bryant 9/26 @DAL 23 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 9/26 @DAL 20 Tony Romo pass to Kevin Ogletree 9/26 @DAL 21 Rex Grossman pass to Santana Moss (6) + penalty (15) 10/2 @STL 25 Sam Bradford pass to Danario Alexander 10/2 @STL 39 Ryan Torain run 10/2 @STL 20 Sam Bradford pass to Danario Alexander (15) + penalty (5) 10/2 @STL 20 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney 10/16 PHI 59 Michael Vick pass to Jeremy Maclin 10/2 @STL 20 Ryan Torain run 10/16 PHI 31 Michael Vick run 10/16 PHI 45 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney (flea flicker by Roy Helu) 10/16 PHI 26 Michael Vick pass to Jeremy Maclin 10/16 PHI 32 John Beck pass to Terrence Austin 10/16 PHI 25 Michael Vick run 10/16 PHI 31 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 10/16 PHI 23 Michael Vick pass to DeSean Jackson 10/16 PHI 23 John Beck pass to Santana Moss 10/16 PHI 21 LeSean Jackson run 10/23 @CAR 32 John Beck pass to Jabar Gaffney 10/16 PHI 21 Michael Vick pass to Brent Celek 10/23 @CAR 24 John Beck pass to Anthony Armstrong (9) + penalty (15) 10/23 @CAR 37 Cam Newton pass to Brandon LaFell 10/23 @CAR 24 John Beck pass to Logan Paulsen 10/23 @CAR 36 Cam Newton pass to Steve Smith 10/23 @CAR 24 John Beck pass to Logan Paulsen 10/23 @CAR 33 Cam Newton pass to Steve Smith 10/23 @CAR 22 John Beck pass to Fred Davis 10/23 @CAR 29 Jonathan Stewart run 10/30 @BUF 24 John Beck pass to Fred Davis 10/23 @CAR 25 Cam Newton run 10/30 @BUF 23 John Beck pass to Leonard Hankerson 10/23 @CAR 21 Cam Newton pass to Steve Smith 11/6 SF None 10/30 @BUF 46 Ryan Fitzpatrick pass to Fred Jackson 11/13 @MIA 32 Rex Grossman pass to Leonard Hankerson (17) + penalty (15) 10/30 @BUF 43 Fred Jackson run 11/13 @MIA 22 Rex Grossman pass to Leonard Hankerson 10/30 @BUF 26 Ryan Fitzpatrick pass to David Nelson 11/13 @MIA 21 Roy Helu run 10/30 @BUF 24 Ryan Fitzpatrick pass to Fred Jackson 11/13 @MIA 20 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney 10/30 @BUF 22 Ryan Fitzpatrick pass to Naaman Roosevelt 11/13 @MIA 20 Rex Grossman pass to Roy Helu (5) + penalty (15) 10/30 @BUF 20 Ryan Fitzpatrick pass to Scott Chandler 11/20 DAL 28 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney 11/6 SF 30 Alex Smith pass to Bruce Miller 11/20 DAL 27 Rex Grossman pass to Darrel Young 11/6 SF 27 run 11/20 DAL 24 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 11/6 SF 24 Alex Smith pass to Braylon Edwards 11/20 DAL 23 Rex Grossman pass to David Anderson 11/6 SF 21 Alex Smith pass to Michael Crabtree 11/20 DAL 22 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney 11/6 SF 21 Alex Smith pass to Vernon Davis 11/20 DAL 20 Rex Grossman pass to Donté Stallworth 11/13 @MIA 28 Matt Moore pass to Anthony Fasano 11/27 @SEA 50 Rex Grossman pass to Anthony Armstrong 11/13 @MIA 26 Matt Moore pass to Brandon Marshall 11/27 @SEA 31 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 11/13 @MIA 26 Matt Moore pass to Brandon Marshall 11/27 @SEA 28 Roy Helu run 11/13 @MIA 23 Matt Moore pass to Davone Bess 11/27 @SEA 21 Rex Grossman pass to Darrel Young 11/13 @MIA 21 Matt Moore pass to Anthony Fasano 11/27 @SEA 20 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 11/20 DAL 59 Tony Romo pass to Jason Witten 12/4 NYJ 42 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 11/20 DAL 26 Tony Romo pass to Dez Bryant 12/4 NYJ 30 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis 11/20 DAL 22 Tony Romo pass to Dez Bryant 12/4 NYJ 26 Rex Grossman pass to Roy Helu 11/20 DAL 20 Tony Romo pass to Dez Bryant 12/4 NYJ 22 Roy Helu run 11/27 @SEA 24 Tarvaris Jackson pass to Doug Baldwin 12/4 NYJ 21 Rex Grossman pass to Santana Moss 11/27 @SEA 20 Tarvaris Jackson pass to Marshawn Lynch 12/11 NE 12/4 NYJ 30 Mark Sanchez pass to Santonio Holmes 12/18 @NYG 12/4 NYJ 25 Shonn Greene run 12/24 MIN 12/11 NE 1/1 @PHI 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS INSTANT REPLAYS CHALLENGE BY REDSKINS QT TIME DOWN YDS PLAY RULING ON THE FIELD REVIEW RESULT 9/11 NYG None 9/18 ARZ None 9/26 @DAL 1 2:07 2 14 Fumble by (DAL) Kevin Ogletree Ball knocked out of bounds Reversed 10/2 @STL None 10/16 PHI None 10/23 @CAR None 10/30 @BUF None 11/6 SF None 11/13 @MIA None 11/20 DAL 1 8:50 3 6 Fumble by Fred Davis Fumble Upheld 11/20 DAL 2 8:44 3 1 Fumble by Rex Grossman Fumble Reversed 11/27 @SEA None 12/4 NYJ None 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI

CHALLENGE BY OPPONENTS QT TIME DOWN YDS PLAY RULING ON THE FIELD REVIEW RESULT 9/11 NYG 3 4:29 2 11 Rex Grossman pass to Jabar Gaffney for 12 yards Completion Reversed 9/18 ARZ 3 9:34 2 18 Interception by London Fletcher for 13 yards 13-yard interception return Reversed 9/26 @DAL None 10/2 @STL None 10/16 PHI 4 2:26 2 3 LeSean McCoy 2-yard run Stopped short of first down Upheld 10/23 @CAR 4 9:15 2 1 Jonathan Stewart run for no gain Runner down by contact Upheld 10/23 @CAR 4 5:58 3 10 John Beck pass to Niles Paul for 11 yards Completion Upheld 10/30 @BUF None 11/6 SF None 11/13 @MIA None 11/20 DAL None 11/27 @SEA None 12/4 NYJ 2 9:32 1 10 Rex Grossman pass to Fred Davis for 27 yards Completion Reversed 12/4 NYJ 3 6:25 2 10 Roy Helu run for 4 yards Down before fumble Reversed 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI

CHALLENGE BY REVIEW ASSISTANT QT TIME DOWN YDS PLAY RULING ON THE FIELD REVIEW RESULT 9/11 NYG None 9/18 ARZ 4 1:45 1 10 Kevin Kolb pass to Chansi Stuckey for 12 yards Down before fumble Reversed 9/26 @DAL None 10/2 @STL 2 1:54 4 16 Donnie Jones punts 65 yards to end zone Touchback Upheld 10/16 PHI 1 0:16 1 8 Dion Lewis 8-yard touchdown run Touchdown Reversed 10/23 @CAR 4 5:12 2 7 John Beck 7-yard touchdown pass to Fred Davis Completion Upheld 10/30 @BUF None 11/6 SF None 11/13 @MIA None 11/20 DAL 1 7:51 3 8 Tony Romo 22-yard touchdown pass to Dez Bryant Broke the plane Upheld 11/20 DAL 4 0:22 3 4 Rex Grossman 4-yard touchdown pass to Donte Stallworth Touchdown Upheld 11/27 @SEA None 12/4 NYJ None 12/11 NE 12/18 @NYG 12/24 MIN 1/1 @PHI 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS (THE LAST TIME) TEAM TOTALS Won in Overtime By Redskins: 12/26/10 at Jacksonville Jaguars, 20-17 OT (last score at 12:13 by G. Gano 31 yd. FG) By Opponent: 11/20/11 vs. Dallas Cowboys, 27-24 OT (last score at 5:47 by D. Bailey 39 yd. FG)

Won by Scoring in the Last Two Minutes of Regulation By Redskins: 9/18/11 vs. Arizona Cardinals, 22-21 (last score at 1:45 by G. Gano 34 yd. FG) By Opponent: 9/26/11 at Dallas Cowboys, 18-16 (last score at 1:47 by D. Bailey 40 yd. FG)

Tied Game by Scoring in the Last Two Minutes of Regulation By Redskins: 11/20/11 loss vs. Dallas Cowboys, 27-24 OT (tied game at 24 with 0:14 by D. Stallworth 4 yd. pass from R. Grossman) By Opponent: 12/6/09 loss vs. New Orleans Saints, 33-30 OT (tied game at 30 with 1:19 by R. Meachem 53 yd. pass from D. Brees)

Shutout By Redskins: 9/30/91 vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 23-0 By Opponent: 10/30/11 at Buffalo Bills, 23-0

Held Opponent without a Touchdown By Redskins: 9/26/11 loss at Dallas Cowboys, 18-16 By Opponent: 11/13/11 loss at Miami Dolphins, 20-9

Game Finished in a Tie Redskins Home: 11/23/97 vs. New York Giants, 7-7 Redskins Away: 10/5/69 at San Francisco 49ers, 17-17

Scoreless First Half Redskins Home: 10/19/08 win vs. , 14-11 Redskins Away: None since 1970

Won by 20 or More Points By Redskins: 12/13/09 at Oakland Raiders, 34-13 By Opponent: 10/30/11 at Buffalo Bills, 23-0

Won After Trailing by 20 or More Points By Redskins: 10/2/99 vs. Carolina Panthers, 38-36 (trailed 0-21 in 2nd quarter) By Opponent: 9/12/99 vs. Dallas Cowboys, 41-35 OT (trailed 14-35 in 4th quarter)

Held a 28 or More Point Lead By Redskins: 10/7/07 win vs. Detroit Lions, 34-3 (33) By Opponent: 12/5/10 loss at New York Giants, 31-7 (28)

Held a 21 or More Point Lead By Redskins: 12/13/09 win at Oakland Raiders, 34-13 (21) By Opponent: 10/30/11 loss at Buffalo Bills, 23-0

Scored 20 or More Points in a Quarter By Redskins: 12/18/05 win vs. Dallas Cowboys, 35-7 (21 points in 2nd quarter) By Opponent: 11/15/10 loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 59-28 (28 points in 1st quarter)

Scored 20 or More Points in a Half By Redskins: 12/19/10 loss at Dallas Cowboys, 33-30 (23 points in 2nd half) By Opponent: 10/16/11 loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 20-13 (20 points in 1st half)

Touchdowns Scored by Offense and Defense By Redskins: 9/11/11 win vs. New York Giants, 28-14 (3 offense, 1 defense) By Opponent: 11/15/10 loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 59-28 (7 offense, 1 defense)

Touchdowns Scored by Offense, Defense and Special Teams By Redskins: 12/7/97 win vs. Arizona Cardinals, 38-28 (3 offense, 1 defense, 1 special teams) By Opponent: 9/5/88 loss at New York Giants, 27-20 (1 offense, 1 defense, 1 special teams)

Safety Scored By Redskins: 12/23/07 Kedric Golston vs. Minnesota Vikings (Stopped RB Tony Richardson in end zone) By Opponent: 10/18/09 Tamba Hali vs. Kansas City Chiefs (Sacked QB Todd Collins in end zone)

Two-Point Conversion By Redskins: 11/6/11 John Beck pass to Leonard Hankerson vs. San Francisco 49ers By Opponent: 12/12/10 Run by vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS (THE LAST TIME) TEAM TOTALS No Penalties in Game By Redskins: 11/16/03 loss at Carolina Panthers, 20-17 By Opponent: 11/5/89 loss vs. Dallas Cowboys, 13-3

50 or More Points Scored in a Game By Redskins: 9/19/99 win at New York Giants, 50-21 By Opponent: 11/15/10 loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 59-28

40 or More Points Scored in a Game By Redskins: 12/30/01 win at New Orleans Saints, 40-10 By Opponent: 11/15/10 loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 59-28

OFFENSIVE TOTALS 500 or More Total Net Yards of Offense By Redskins: 12/26/99 win at San Francisco 49ers, 26-20 OT (511; 57 rushing, 454 passing) By Opponent: 11/15/10 loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 59-28 (592; 260 rushing, 332 passing)

400 or More Total Net Yards of Offense By Redskins: 11/27/11 win Seattle Seahawks, 23-17 (416; 110 rushing, 306 passing) By Opponent: 10/23/11 loss at Carolina Panthers, 33-20 (407; 175 rushing, 232 passing)

300 or More Net Yards Rushing by Team By Redskins: 11/3/85 win at Atlanta Falcons, 44-10 (307) By Opponent: 11/29/59 loss at New York Giants, 45-14 (351)

200 or More Net Yards Rushing by Team By Redskins: 10/5/08 win at Philadelphia Eagles, 23-17 (203) By Opponent: 11/15/10 loss vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 59-28 (260)

Individual 200-Yard Rushing Game By Redskins: 9/17/89 (29-221-2 TDs) vs. Philadelphia Eagles By Opponent: 12/30/06 Tiki Barber (23-234-3 TDs) vs. New York Giants

Individual 150-Yard Rushing Game By Redskins: 12/12/10 Ryan Torain (24-172) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers By Opponent: 11/8/09 Michael Turner (18-166-2 TDs) at Atlanta Falcons

Individual 100-Yard Rushing Game By Redskins: 12/4/11 Roy Helu (23-100-1 TD) vs. New York Jets By Opponent: 11/27/11 Marshawn Lynch (24-111) at Seattle Seahawks

Two 100-Yard Rushers in the Same Game By Redskins: 12/4/05 Clinton Portis (27-136-2 TDs) and Rock Cartwright (9-118) at St. Louis Rams By Opponent: 11/3/96 Darick Holmes (22-122-3 TDs) and Thurman Thomas (23-107-1 TD) at Buffalo Bills

Consecutive 100-Yard Rushing Games 11/27/11 - By Redskins: Roy Helu (23-108-1 TD) at Seattle Seahawks; Roy Helu (23-100-1 TD) vs. New York Jets 12/4/11 10/30/11 - By Opponent: Fred Jackson (26-120) at Buffalo Bills; Frank Gore (19-107) vs. San Francisco 49ers 11/6/11

Combined 200-Yard Rushing by Two Players By Redskins: 11/4/07 260 by Clinton Portis (36-196-1 TD) and Ladell Betts (9-64) at New York Jets By Opponent: 12/5/10 200 by (8-103-2 TDs) and Ahmad Bradshaw (25-97-2 TDs) at New York Giants

Individual with 30 or More Carries By Redskins: 11/11/07 Clinton Portis (30-137) vs. Philadelphia Eagles By Opponent: 12/24/06 Steven Jackson (33-150-1 TD) at St.Louis Rams

Individual with 25 or More Carries By Redskins: 9/11/11 Tim Hightower (25-72-1 TD) vs. New York Giants By Opponent: 11/20/11 DeMarco Murray (25-73) vs. Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Play of 60 or More Yards By Redskins: 10/18/09 78 by Clinton Portis vs. Kansas City Chiefs By Opponent: 10/10/10 71 by Brandon Jackson vs. Green Bay Packers 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS (THE LAST TIME) OFFENSIVE TOTALS Rushing Play of 40 or More Yards By Redskins: 12/12/10 54 by Ryan Torain vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers By Opponent: 10/30/11 43 by Fred Jackson at Buffalo Bills

Individual with Two or More Rushing Touchdowns By Redskins: 11/15/10 Keiland Williams (16-89-2 TDs) vs. Philadelphia Eagles By Opponent: 11/13/11 Reggie Bush (14-47-2 TDs) at Miami Dolphins

400 Net Yards Passing by Team By Redskins: 9/19/10 loss vs. Houston Texans, 30-27 OT (403) By Opponent: 9/19/10 loss vs. Houston Texans, 30-27 OT (468)

300 Net Yards Passing by Team By Redskins: 11/27/11 win at Seattle Seahawks, 23-17 (306) By Opponent: 12/19/10 loss at Dallas Cowboys, 33-30 (300)

Individual with 50 or More Pass Attempts By Redskins: 11/21/10 Donovan McNabb (50-30-376-1 INT-1 TD) at By Opponent: 9/19/10 Matt Schaub (52-38-497-1 INT-3 TDs) vs. Houston Texans

Individual with 40 or More Pass Attempts By Redskins: 12/4/11 Rex Grossman (46-19-221-1 INT) vs. New York Jets By Opponent: 10/2/11 Sam Bradford (43-20-164-1 TD) at St. Louis Rams

Individual with 30 or More Pass Completions By Redskins: 11/6/11 John Beck (47-30-254-1 INT-1 TD) vs. San Francisco 49ers By Opponent: 9/19/10 Matt Schaub (52-38-497-1 INT-3 TDs) vs. Houston Texans

Individual with 25 or More Pass Completions By Redskins: 11/27/11 Rex Grossman (35-26-314-2 INTs-2 TDs) at Seattle Seahawks By Opponent: 12/19/10 Jon Kitna (37-25-305-0 INTs-2 TDs) at Dallas Cowboys

No Sacks Allowed By Redskins: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (29 attempts by Rex Grossman) By Opponent: 12/4/11 loss vs. New York Jets, 34-19 (32 attempts by Mark Sanchez)

Individual 400-Yard Passing Game By Redskins: 9/19/10 Donovan McNabb (38-28-426-0 INTs-1 TD) vs. Houston Texans By Opponent: 9/19/10 Matt Schaub (52-38-497-1 INT-3 TDs) vs. Houston Texans

Individual 300-Yard Passing Game By Redskins: 11/27/11 Rex Grossman (35-26-314-2 INTs-2 TDs) at Seattle Seahawks By Opponent: 12/19/10 Jon Kitna (37-25-305-0 INTs-2 TDs) at Dallas Cowboys

Consecutive 300-Yard Passing Games 1/02/11 - By Redskins: Rex Grossman (44-26-336-1 INT-2 TDs) vs. New York Giants; Rex Grossman (34-21-305-0 INT-2 TDs) vs. New York Giants 09/11/11 12/10/89 - By Opponent: Billy Joe Tolliver (39-24-350-0 INT-2 TDs) vs. San Diego Chargers; Chris Miller (35-17-310-2 INTs-2 TDs) at Atlanta Falcons 12/17/89

Individual Four or More Touchdown Passes By Redskins: 12/19/10 Rex Grossman (43-25-322-2 INTs-4 TDs) at Dallas Cowboys By Opponent: 11/15/10 Michael Vick (28-20-333-0 INTs-4 TDs) vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Individual Five or More Touchdown Passes By Redskins: 11/10/91 (31-16-442-0 INTs-6 TDs) vs. Atlanta Falcons By Opponent: 9/12/99 Troy Aikman (49-28-362-3 INTs-5 TDs) vs. Dallas Cowboys

Individual with 10 or More Receptions By Redskins: 11/6/11 Roy Helu (14-105) vs. San Francisco 49ers By Opponent: 12/19/10 Jason Witten (10-140-1 TD) at Dallas Cowboys

Individual 200-Yard Receiving Game By Redskins: 10/21/01 Rod Gardner (6-208-1 TD) vs. Carolina Panthers By Opponent: 11/7/93 Reggie Langhorne (12-203-1 TD) vs. Indianapolis Colts 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS (THE LAST TIME) OFFENSIVE TOTALS Individual 150-Yard Receiving Game By Redskins: 9/27/09 Santana Moss (10-178-1 TD) vs. Detroit Lions By Opponent: 9/19/10 (12-158-1 TD) vs. Houston Texans

Individual 100-Yard Receiving Game By Redskins: 11/13/11 Leonard Hankerson (8-106) at Miami Dolphins By Opponent: 10/23/11 Steve Smith (7-143) at Carolina Panthers

Two 100-Yard Receivers in the Same Game By Redskins: 9/14/03 Laveranues Coles (11-180-1 TD) and Rod Gardner (9-118-1 TD) at Atlanta Falcons By Opponent: 9/19/10 Andre Johnson (12-158-1 TD) and Kevin Walter (11-144-1 TD) vs. Houston Texans

Consecutive 100-Yard Receiving Games 11/6/11 - Roy Helu (14-105) vs. San Francisco 49ers; Leonard Hankerson (8-106) at Miami Dolphins; Jabar Gaffney (7-115-1 TD) vs. Dallas By Redskins: 11/13/11 - Cowboys 11/20/11 10/16/11 - By Opponent: Jeremy Maclin (5-101) vs. Philadelphia Eagles; Steve Smith (7-143) at Carolina Panthers 10/23/11

Pass Play of 80 or More Yards By Redskins: 1/3/10 84 by Jason Campbell to Malcolm Kelly at San Diego Chargers By Opponent: 1/2/11 92t by Eli Manning to Mario Manningham vs. New York Giants

Pass Play of 60 or More Yards By Redskins: 1/2/11 64t by Rex Grossman to Anthony Armstrong vs. New York Giants By Opponent: 9/18/11 73t by Kevin Kolb to Larry Fitzgerald vs. Arizona Cardinals

Pass Play of 40 or More Yards By Redskins: 12/4/11 42 by Rex Grossman to Fred Davis vs. New York Jets By Opponent: 11/20/11 59t by Tony Romo to Jason Witten vs. Dallas Cowboys

Individual with Four or More Touchdown Receptions By Redskins: Never By Opponent: 11/18/07 Terrell Owens (8-173-4 TDs) at Dallas Cowboys

Individual with Three or More Touchdown Receptions By Redskins: 10/1/06 Santana Moss (4-138-3 TDs) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars By Opponent: 10/31/10 Calvin Johnson (9-101-3 TDs) at Detroit Lions

Led Team in Both Rushing and Receiving Yards in the Same Game By Redskins: 11/6/11 Roy Helu (10-41 rushing, 14-105 receiving) vs. San Francisco 49ers By Opponent: 10/30/11 Fred Jackson (26-120 rushing, 3-74 receiving) at Buffalo Bills

100-Yard Rusher & Receiver in the Same Game By Redskins: 10/26/08 Clinton Portis (24-126) & Santana Moss (9-140-1 TD) at Detroit Lions By Opponent: 11/21/10 Chris Johnson (21-130) & Nate Washington (5-117) at Tennessee Titans

100-Yard Rusher, 100-Yard Receiver & 300-Yard Passer in the Same Game By Redskins: 10/26/08 Clinton Portis (24-126), Santana Moss (9-140-1 TD) & Jason Campbell (28-23-328-0 INTs-1 TD) at Detroit Lions By Opponent: 10/17/10 Joseph Addai (17-128-1 TD), Pierre Garcon (4-103-1 TD) & (38-25-307-0 INTs-2 TDs) vs. Indianapolis Colts

Individual with at Least One Rushing Touchdown and One Receiving Touchdown in the Same Game By Redskins: 11/15/10 Keiland Williams (16-89-2 TDs rushing, 4-50-1 TD receiving) vs. Philadelphia Eagles By Opponent: 10/26/09 DeSean Jackson (1-67-1 TD rushing, 2-69-1 TD receiving) vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Individual with at Least One Rushing Touchdown and One Touchdown Pass in the Same Game By Redskins: 11/20/11 Rex Grossman (38-25-292-2 TDs passing, 3-10-1 TD rushing) vs. Dallas Cowboys By Opponent: 10/23/11 Cam Newton (23-18-256-1 TD passing, 10-59-1 TD rushing) at Carolina Panthers

No Turnovers By Redskins: 9/19/10 loss vs. Houston Texans, 30-27 OT By Opponent: 11/20/11 loss vs. Dallas Cowboys, 27-24 OT

Touchdown Scored on First Drive By Redskins: 12/4/11 loss vs. New York Jets, 34-15 By Opponent: 12/4/11 loss vs. New York Jets, 34-15 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS (THE LAST TIME) DEFENSIVE TOTALS Held Opponent Under 200 Net Yards of Total Offense By Redskins: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (172; 45 rushing, 127 passing) By Opponent: 10/30/11 loss at Buffalo Bills, 23-0 (178; 26 rushing, 152 passing)

Held Opponent Under 300 Net Yards of Total Offense By Redskins: 12/4/11 loss vs. New York Jets, 34-19 (266; 101 rushing, 165 passing) By Opponent: 11/13/11 loss at Miami Dolphins, 20-9 (246; 61 rushing, 185 passing)

Held Opponent Under 50 Yards Rushing By Redskins: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (45) By Opponent: 10/30/11 loss at Buffalo Bills, 23-0 (26)

Held Opponent Under 75 Yards Rushing By Redskins: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (45) By Opponent: 11/20/11 loss vs. Dallas Cowboys, 27-24 OT (60)

Held Opponent Under 100 Yards Rushing By Redskins: 11/20/11 loss vs. Dallas Cowboys, 27-24 OT (89) By Opponent: 11/20/11 loss vs. Dallas Cowboys, 27-24 OT (60)

Held Opponent Under 100 Net Yards Passing By Redskins: 11/23/08 win at Seattle Seahawks, 20-17 (89) By Opponent: 10/21/07 win at Arizona Cardinals 21-19 (87)

Held Opponent Under 150 Net Yards Passing By Redskins: 11/27/11 win at Seattle Seahawks, 23-17 (126) By Opponent: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (143)

Interception Return for a Touchdown By Redskins: 9/11/11 Ryan Kerrigan vs. New York Giants (9 yards) By Opponent: 11/15/10 Dimitri Patterson vs. Philadelphia Eagles (40 yards)

Individual with Three or More Interceptions By Redskins: 10/24/10 DeAngelo Hall at Chicago Bears (4) By Opponent: 10/16/11 Kurt Coleman vs. Philadelphia Eagles (3)

Individual with Two or More Interceptions By Redskins: 10/24/10 DeAngelo Hall at Chicago Bears (4) By Opponent: 10/16/11 Kurt Coleman vs. Philadelphia Eagles (3)

Seven or More Sacks by Team By Redskins: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (7) By Opponent: 10/30/11 loss at Buffalo Bills, 23-0 (10)

Six or More Sacks by Team By Redskins: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (7) By Opponent: 10/30/11 loss at Buffalo Bills, 23-0 (10)

Five or More Sacks by Team By Redskins: 10/2/11 win at St. Louis Rams, 17-10 (7) By Opponent: 10/30/11 loss at Buffalo Bills, 23-0 (10)

Individual with Four or More Sacks By Redskins: 12/13/09 Brian Orakpo at Oakland Raiders (4) By Opponent: 10/12/03 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4)

Individual with Three or More Sacks By Redskins: 12/13/09 Brian Orakpo at Oakland Raiders (4) By Opponent: 9/19/10 Mario Williams vs. Houston Texans (3)

Individual with Two or More Sacks By Redskins: 11/13/11 Ryan Kerrigan at Miami Dolphins (2) By Opponent: 10/30/11 Marcell Dareus at Buffalo Bills (2.5)

Fumble Returned for Touchdown By Redskins: 9/12/10 DeAngelo Hall vs. Dallas Cowboys (32 yards) By Opponent: 10/31/10 Ndamukong Suh at Detroit Lions (17 yards) 2011 WASHINGTON REDSKINS STATISTICS (THE LAST TIME) SPECIAL TEAMS TOTALS Kickoff Return for a Touchdown By Redskins: 10/31/10 Brandon Banks at Detroit Lions (96 yards) By Opponent: 11/4/07 Leon Washington at New York Jets (86 yards)

Punt Return for a Touchdown By Redskins: 10/26/08 Santana Moss at Detroit Lions (80 yards) By Opponent: 11/21/10 Marc Mariani at Tennessee Titans (87 yards)

Blocked Punt By Redskins: 12/24/06 Vernon Fox at St. Louis Rams By Opponent: 9/26/10 Dominique Curry at St. Louis Rams

Missed Extra Point Attempt By Redskins: 11/27/11 Graham Gano at Seattle Seahawks (blocked) By Opponent: 11/3/08 Jeff Reed vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Blocked Field Goal Attempt By Redskins: 9/11/11 Brian Orakpo vs. New York Giants By Opponent: 11/27/11 Red Bryant at Seattle Seahawks

Blocked Field Goal returned for a TD By Redskins: 9/24/72 Mike Bass vs. St. Louis Cardinals (32 yards) By Opponent: 1/8/00 Ron Rice vs. Detroit Lions (94 yards)

Individual with Five or More Field Goals By Redskins: 11/4/07 Shaun Suisham at New York Jets (5) By Opponent: 9/26/11 Dan Bailey at Dallas Cowboys (6)

Individual with Four or More Field Goals By Redskins: 12/4/11 Graham Gano vs. New York Jets (4) By Opponent: 11/6/11 David Akers vs. San Francisco 49ers (4)

Individual with Three or More Field Goals By Redskins: 12/4/11 Graham Gano vs. New York Jets (4) By Opponent: 11/6/11 David Akers vs. San Francisco 49ers (4)

Individual with 70-yard or More Punt By Redskins: 12/15/02 Craig Jarrett at Philadelphia Eagles (74 yards) By Opponent: 11/26/06 Jason Baker vs. Carolina Panthers (70 yards)

Individual with 60-yard or More Punt By Redskins: 11/20/11 Sav Rocca vs. Dallas Cowboys (63 yards) By Opponent: 11/27/11 Jon Ryan at Seattle Seahawks (67 yards)

Individual with 50-yard or More Field Goal By Redskins: 11/6/11 Graham Gano vs. San Francisco 49ers (59 yards) By Opponent: 12/4/11 Nick Folk vs. New York Jets (51)

Back to Back Kickoff Returns for Touchdowns By Redskins: 9/23/73 Herb Mul-Key at St. Louis Cardinals (97 yards) By Opponent: 9/23/73 Don Shy at St. Louis Cardinals (97 yards)

Blocked Punt, Returned for Touchdown By Redskins: 11/7/04 at Detroit Lions (13 yards) By Opponent: 12/22/02 Kevin Williams vs. Houston Texans (recovered in end zone)

No Punts By Redskins: 11/5/00 loss at Arizona Cardinals, 16-15 By Opponent: 9/30/62 win vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 24-14 2011 GAME SUMMARIES AND INFORMATION September 11, 2011 WEEK 1 FedExField (Landover, Md.)

REDSKINS 28, GIANTS 14

LANDOVER, Md. – The Washington Redskins opened the 2011 season with a 28-14 victory against division-rival New York Giants at FedExField on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy in front of 80,121. The win snapped a six-game losing streak against the Giants.

The Giants opened the scoring in the contest on a two-yard scramble by quarterback Eli Manning with 10:28 left in the first quarter. The drive went four plays for 70 yards in 0:35. The Redskins knotted the game, 7-7, on their first possession of the second quarter. The drive went for 11 plays and 66 yards in 5:32 and was capped off on a two-yard touchdown run by running back Tim Hightower.

The Giants re-took the lead, 14-7, with 2:54 remaining in the half, but the Redskins responded on their next possession with a six-yard catch by wide receiver Anthony Armstrong right before the end of the half to deadlock the score, 14-14. Quarterback Rex Grossman led the five-play 80-yard drive, which lasted 2:11. The highlight of the drive came on a 39-yard pass to wide receiver Jabar Gaffney.

On the opening possession of the third quarter, rookie linebacker Ryan Kerrigan tipped and intercepted a pass by Manning and returned it nine yards for the score to take a 21-14 lead. His touchdown was the first by a rookie since cornerback Champ Bailey on Oct. 17, 1999. The Redskins scored the final touchdown of the game on a four-yard pass to Gaffney with 5:04 left in the fourth quarter to make the final score 28-14.

On offense, the Redskins totaled 332 yards and controlled the ball 32:36. Tight end Fred Davis set a career-high in yards with 105 on five catches. Grossman completed 21-of-34 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns.

After allowing 14 points in the first half, the Redskins defense was able to hold the Giants scoreless in the second half. In the effort, the defense totaled four sacks, two by defensive tackle Chris Neild, one by defensive end Stephen Bowen and one by defensive end Adam Carriker. Additionally, the Redskins held the Giants offense to one-of-10 on third downs and just 75 yards rushing.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE NYG WAS

NYG 1 9:53 E. Manning 2 yd. run (L. Tynes kick) (4-70, 0:35) 7 0 WAS 2 11:25 T. Hightower 1 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (11-66, 5:32) 7 7 NYG 2 2:48 A. Bradshaw 6 yd. run (L. Tynes) (8-85, 4:44) 14 7 WAS 2 0:37 A. Armstrong 6 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano kick) (5-80, 2:11) 14 14 WAS 3 13:03 R. Kerrigan 9 yd. interception return (G. Gano kick) 14 21 WAS 4 5:04 J. Gaffney 4 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano Kick) (10-70, 5:53) 14 28

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 21-34, 305, 2 TDs NYG: E. Manning 18-32, 268, INT

RUSHING WAS: T. Hightower 25-72, TD; R. Helu 1-2 NYG: A. Bradshaw 13-44, TD; B. Jacobs 6-29; E. Manning 1-2, TD

RECEIVING WAS: S. Moss 6-76; F. Davis 5-105; 3-54, TD; T. Hightower 3-25; A. Armstrong 2-24, TD; C. Cooley 2-21 NYG: H. Nicks 7-122; M. Manningham 4-49; J. Ballard 2-59; D. Hixon 2-21; A. Bradshaw 1-10; H. Hynoski 1-4; D. Ware 1-3

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-53; N. Paul 1-0 NYG: D. Hixon 2-27

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-48 NYG: D. Thomas 1-21

SACKS WAS: C. Neild 2-14; S. Bowen 1-7; A. Carriker 1-7 NYG: J. Pierre-Paul 2-26; C. Canty 1-5; D. Tollefson 1-16 September 18, 2011 WEEK 2 FedExField (Landover, Md.)

REDSKINS 22, CARDINALS 21

LANDOVER, Md. – After a season opening victory against the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins followed it up with a 22-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals in front of 76,330 at FedExField.

The Cardinals opened up the scoring in the contest on a 27-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kevin Kolb to tight end Jeff King with 4:02 left in the first quarter. The drive went two plays for 37 yards in 0:38. The Redskins’ first scoring possession came on their opening drive in the second quarter when kicker Graham Gano converted a 26-yard field goal. The drive went 14 plays for 77 yards in 8:29.

The Redskins took the lead for the first time, 10-7, on a one-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Rex Grossman to tight end Fred Davis with 3:10 remaining in the half. The drive went six plays for 80 yards in 2:57. On the drive, rookie running back Roy Helu had a 33-yard reception. Running back Tim Hightower was another bright spot in the first half as he carried the ball 15 times for 83 yards (5.5 avg.), which was the second highest rushing total in the first half of a game in his career.

The game swung back in the Cardinals favor, 14-10, on a two-yard touchdown run by running back Beanie Wells with 2:51 left in the third quarter. The Redskins cut the deficit to one on a 23-yard field goal by Gano with 11:18 left in the fourth quarter. However, the Cardinals increased their lead to 21-13 on a 68-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald with 10:58 left.

The Redskins answered with an 18-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Santana Moss in the corner of the end zone on a fourth-and-three play at the Cardinals 18-yard line with 5:17 remaining in the contest. The Redskins failed on the two-point attempt, making the score 19-21. The Redskins defense was able to force the Cardinals to punt on their next drive and the offense received the ball at its own 36-yard line with 4:20 left in the game. Grossman led a 48-yard drive on eight plays to set up a 34-yard game-winning field goal by Gano who converted the attempt with 1:50 remaining. The Cardinals had one last chance, but cornerback Byron Westbrook forced a fumble, which was recovered by safety Reed Doughty to seal the victory.

In the effort, the Redskins offense amassed 455 yards, including 172 on the ground. Grossman completed 25-of-43 passes for 291 yards, two touch- downs and two interceptions. Hightower finished with 96 yards on 20 carries and one reception for 10 yards. On defense, the team had three sacks, including one by each of linebacker Rocky McIntosh, linebacker Ryan Kerrian (the first of his career) and linebacker Brian Orakpo.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE ARI WAS ARI 1 3:54 J. King 21 yd. pass from K. Kolb (J. Feely kick) (2-37, 0:38) 7 0 WAS 2 10:25 G. Gano 26 yd. Field Goal (14-77, 8:29) 7 3 WAS 2 3:04 F. Davis 1 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano kick) (6-80, 2:57) 7 10 ARI 3 2:47 C. Wells 2 yd. run ( J. Feely kick) (9-90, 4:31) 14 10 WAS 4 11:18 G. Gano 26 yd. Field Goal (7-39, 3:42) 14 13 ARI 4 10:58 L. Fitzgerald 73 yd. pass from K. Kolb (J. Feely kick) (1-68, 0:20) 21 13 WAS 4 5:17 S. Moss 18 yd. pass from R. Grossman (13-73, 5:41) 21 19 WAS 4 1:45 G. Gano 34 yd. Field Goal (8-48, 2:35) 21 22

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 25-43, 291, TD, 2 INTs ARI: K. Kolb 17-30, 251, 2 TDs, INT

RUSHING WAS: T. Hightower 20-96; R. Helu 10-74; D. Young 1-7; R. Grossman 4--5 ARI: C. Wells 14-93, TD; C. Taylor 1-0

RECEIVING WAS: F. Davis 6-86, TD; J. Gaffney 5-62; S. Moss 5-61, TD; R. Helu 3-38; D. Stallworth 2-16; A. Armstrong 2-14; T. Hightower 1-10; D. Young 1-4 ARI: L. Fitzgerald 7-133, TD; A. Roberts 3-30; J. King 2-36; C. Stuckey 2-24; E. Doucet 2-20; T. Heap 1-8

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 4-73 ARI: P. Peterson 2-30

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-48 ARI: A. Jefferson 2-62

SACKS WAS: R. McIntosh 1-8; R. Kerrigan 1-4; B. Orakpo 1-8 ARI: K. Rhodes 1-8 September 26, 2011 WEEK 3 Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Texas)

COWBOYS 18, REDSKINS 16

ARLINGTON, Texas – After a 2-0 start to the season, the Washington Redskins fell to the Dallas Cowboys, 18-16, in front of 91, 017 at Cowboys Stadium.

For the first time this season, the Redskins jumped out to the lead with a 46-yard field goal by kicker Graham Gano. The Redskins won the toss and received the ball en route to a 10-play drive for 42 yards in 4:54. The Cowboys responded with a nine-play drive for 57 yards, ending in a 41-yard field goal to knot the game at 3 with 5:37 left.

The Redskins re-took the lead, 6-3, with 25 seconds left in the first quarter after safety LaRon Landry, who saw his first action of the season in the game, forced a fumble, which was recovered by cornerback Josh Wilson. Gano went on to convert a 27-yard field goal. The Cowboys scored the next six points of the contest on two field goals to give them a 9-6 lead with 2:30 left. For the second consecutive game, the Redskins drove down and converted a field goal right before the half ended. The drive went 10 plays for 48 yards and ended with a 50-yard field goal by Gano. The conversion was Gano’s longest of his career and was also the first time he made three field goals in a half.

On the Redskins’ first possession of the second half, the offense drove 76 yards on nine plays in 5:31, capped off by a one-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Rex Grossman to running back Tim Hightower to make the score 16-9. It was Hightower’s first touchdown reception of his career. One highlight on the drive came on a 36-yard pass to wide receiver Santana Moss, which was his longest reception this season. The Cowboys con- verted a field goal on the following possession to narrow the lead to 16-12 with 23 seconds remaining in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Cowboys added two field goals, while shutting out the Redskins offense to defeat the Redskins 18-16.

In the contest, Grossman completed 22-of-37 passes for 250 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Moss caught five passes for a game-high 70 yards, while Hightower led the team in rushing with 14 carries for 41 yards. On defense, the team held the Cowboys to 0-of-5 on third downs in the first half and 3-of-13 in the game. Rookie linebacker gathered his second sack on the season and cornerback Kevin Barnes grabbed his first interception of the season and the second of his career.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE WAS DAL

WAS 1 10:06 G. Gano 46 yd. Field Goal (10-42, 4:54) 3 0 DAL 1 5:34 D. Bailey 41 yd. Field Goal (9-57, 4:32) 3 3 WAS 1 0:21 G. Gano 27 yd. Field Goal (4-1, 1:36) 6 3 DAL 2 12:20 D. Bailey 27 yd. Field Goal (4-9, 1:52) 6 6 DAL 2 2:25 D. Bailey 32 yd. Field Goal (8-54, 3:57) 6 9 WAS 2 0:00 G. Gano 50 yd. Field Goal (10-48, 2:25) 9 9 WAS 3 4:00 T. Hightower 1 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano kick) (9-76, 5:31) 16 9 DAL 3 0:19 D. Bailey 41 yd. Field Goal (7-57, 3:41) 16 12 DAL 4 6:58 D. Bailey 23 yd. Field Goal (9-76, 4:28) 16 15 DAL 4 1:47 D. Bailey 40 yd. Field Goal (9-64, 1:57) 16 18

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 22-37, 250, TD, INT DAL: T. Romo 22-36, 255, INT

RUSHING WAS: T. Hightower 14-41; R. Helu 5-15; R. Grossman 1-6; C. Cooley 2-3 DAL: C. Wells 14-93, TD; C. Taylor 1-0

RECEIVING WAS: S. Moss 5-70; J. Gaffney 5-60; T. Hightower 5-39, TD; C. Cooley 4-41; R. Helu 2-17; F. Davis 1-23 DAL. J. Witten 6-60; D. Bryant 4-63; L. Robinson 3-49; F. Jones 3-40; K. Ogletree 3-19; T. Fiammette 1-15; M. Bennett 1-6; T. Choice 1-3

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-16 DAL: D. Harris 2-10

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 5-100 DAL: None

SACKS WAS: R. Kerrigan 1-5 DAL: A. Spencer 1-3; D. Ware 1-8; V. Butler 1-6

October 2, 2011 WEEK 4 Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis, Mo.)

REDSKINS 17, RAMS 10

ST. LOUIS – After falling to the Dallas Cowboys last week, the Washington Redskins redeemed themselves by defeating the St. Louis Rams, 17-10, to improve their record to 3-1.

For the second consecutive week, the Redskins jumped out to an early lead. On the team’s second possession of the game, quarterback Rex Gross- man found wide receiver Santana Moss on third-down in the back left corner of the end zone for a touchdown. The drive lasted 11 plays and went 69 yards in 5:34. The Redskins added to their lead following a sack and forced fumble by lrookie inebacker Ryan Kerrigan, which was recovered by nose tackle Bary Cofield. After the turnover, running back Ryan Torain ran 20 yards for the score to make the score 14-0 with 5:54 left in the first half.

The Redskins tacked on a field goal by kicker Graham Gano on their opening possession of the third quarter. The drive went eight plays for 62 yards in 3:52. The highlight of the possession came on a 39-yard run by Torain, which was the second longest run of his career. The Rams narrowed the scoring gap in the fourth quarter with a field goal and a touchdown to cut the Redskins lead to 17-10 with 5:50 remaining in the game, but the Red- skins were able to hold on for the victory.

The Redskins offense totaled 339 yards, with 196 coming on the ground. In the effort, Torain had 19 carries for 135 yards (7.1 avg.) and a touch- down. His 135 yards marked the fourth 100-yard rushing performance of his career. Additionally, the offensive line allowed no sacks and the team controlled the ball for 35:10. On the defensive side, they held the Rams to 172 yards of offense and amassed seven sacks, giving the team 15 total for the season, which is tied for the most in the NFL. Linebacker Brian Orakpo tallied 2.5 sacks, defensive end Stephen Bowen had a career-high 1.5 sacks, Kerrigan had one sack, defensive end Adam Carriker had one sack and the team was also credited for another sack.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE WAS STL WAS 1 3:06 S. Moss 6 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano kick) (11-69, 5:34) 7 0 WAS 2 5:42 R. Torain 20 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (3-44, 1:25) 14 0 WAS 3 11:08 G. Gano 38 yd. Field Goal (8-62, 3:52) 17 0 STL 4 10:09 Josh Brown 32 yd. Field Goal (7-17, 2:25) 17 3 STL 4 5:45 S. Jackson 15 yd. pass from S. Bradford (Josh Brown kick) (10-60, 2:47) 17 10

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 15-29, 143, TD, 2 INT STL: S. Bradford 20-43, 164, TD

RUSHING WAS: R. Torain 19-135, TD; R. Helu 8-35; T. Hightower 8-24; R. Grossman 5-2 STL: S. Jackson 17-45

RECEIVING WAS: S. Moss 5-39, TD; J. Gaffney 4-62; F. Davis 4-34; T. Hightower 1-4; C. Cooley 1-4 STL. L. Kendricks 4-33; A. Pettis 4-32; S. Jackson 4-19, TD; D. Alexander 3-46; B. Bajema 2-11; B. Gibson 1-14; M. Sims-Walker 1-6; B. Miller 1-3

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 4-3 STL: A. Pettis 3-0; Q. Porter 1-1

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-35 STL: A. Pettis 1-19; Q. Porter 1-13

SACKS WAS: B. Orakpo 2.5-13; S. Bowen 1.5-11; R. Kerrigan 1-10; A. Carriker 1-3; Team 1-0 STL: None

October 16, 2011 WEEK 6 FedExField (Landover, Md.)

EAGLES 20, REDSKINS 13

LANDOVER, Md. – Following a 3-1 start to the season, the Washington Redskins fell to the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-13, in front of 80,447 at FedEx- Field on Sunday.

After the Eagles jumped out to a 20-0 lead with 2:27 left in the first half, the Redskins battled back to narrow the deficit to seven in the fourth- quar ter, but ultimately fell short. The Redskins’ first two scores came on two Graham Gano field goals, including a 50-yard conversion with 30 seconds remaining in the first half. The offense’s one touchdown drive came in the fourth quarter with John Beck at quarterback. The drive went 10 plays for 80 yards in 3:40 and finished with a two-yard run by Beck. The highlight of the drive came on a 32-yard pass to wide receiver Terrence Austin.

Beck, who relieved quarterback Rex Grossman, in the third quarter completed eight-of-15 passes for 117 yards and rushed the ball two times for 14 yards and a touchdown. Another standout on offense was tight end Fred Davis who caught six passes for 95 yards (15.8 avg.), which was the second highest receiving yards total of his career. Wide receiver Jabar Gaffney grabbed two passes for 55 yards, including one reception that went for 45 yards on a flea-flicker.

On the defensive side of the ball, the team held the Eagles scoreless in the second half. The team had two sacks, one by each of safety Oshiomogho Atogwe and defensive tackle Barry Cofield. Both were firsts for them as members of the Redskins. Atogwe also added and interception, while -cor nerback DeAngelo Hall grabbed his first interception of the season. Linebacker London Fletcher led the team with 12 tackles and linebacker Rocky McIntosh added 11 tackles.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE PHI WAS PHI 1 6:50 B. Celek 7 yd. pass from M. Vick (A. Henery kick) (11-82, 5:12) 7 0 PHI 2 14:15 L. McCoy 1 yd. run (A. Henery kick) (10-72, 5:40) 14 0 PHI 2 6:58 A. Henery 28 yd. Field Goal (10-69, 4:58) 17 0 PHI 2 2:27 A. Henery 24 yd. Field Goal (8-41, 4:13) 20 0 WAS 2 0:30 G. Gano 50 yd. Field Goal (9-38, 1:57) 20 3 WAS 3 12:40 G. Gano 26 yd. Field Goal (5-52, 2:20) 20 6 WAS 4 2:44 J. Beck 2 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (10-80, 3:40) 20 13

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 9-22, 143, 4 INTs; J. Beck 8-15, 117 PHI: M. Vick 18-31, 237, TD, INT

RUSHING WAS: R. Torain 10-22; J. Beck 2-14, TD; R. Helu 2-6 PHI: L. McCoy 28-126, TD; M. Vick 7-54; D. Lewis 2-10; V. Young 1-2

RECEIVING WAS: F. Davis 6-95; D. Stallworth 3-30; J. Gaffney 2-55; S. Moss 2-38; R. Helu 2-11; T. Austin 1-32; C. Cooley 1- -1 PHI: J. Maclin 5-101; B. Celek 4-42, TD; D. Jackson 3-46; J. Avant 3-28; L. McCoy 2-13; S. Smith 1-7

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-4 PHI: None

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 5-149 PHI: None

SACKS WAS: O. Atogwe 1-6; B. Cofield 1-1 PHI: M. Patterson 1-8; D. Tapp 1-7

October 23, 2011 WEEK 7 Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, N.C.)

PANTHERS 33, REDSKINS 20

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After a 3-1 start to the season, the Redskins have now fallen two games in a row following the loss on the road to the Carolina Panthers, 33-20.

In the first half, the two teams alternated converting field goals, with the Panthers making three, while Redskins kicker Graham Gano connected on two. On both of the Redskins’ scoring drives, the team drove the ball 10 plays or more. One of the bright spots in the first half was running back Tim Hightower, who carried the ball 15 times for 78 yards (5.2 avg.), 67 of those yards came in the first quarter, which was a career high.

In the second half, the Panthers scored on their first possession on a 16-yard run by quarterback Cam Newton to make the score 16-6. The Redskins responded on the following drive with a touchdown of their own on a four-yard run by quarterback John Beck. The drive went seven plays for 82 yards in 4:03. The Panthers went on to score two more touchdowns and a field goal, while the Redskins went on to add just one more touchdown, a seven-yard catch by tight end Fred Davis. The drive went 10 plays for 80 yards and lasted 3:08.

Beck, who made his first start at quarterback since he was with the Miami Dolphins in 2007, completed 22-of-37 passes for 279 yards, one touch- down and one interception. His passer rating of 80.8 was the second-highest of his career. Additionally, he rushed three times for 10 yards and a touchdown. In total, the offense amassed 353 yards.

On defense, the team had four sacks, including a career-high 1.5 by defensive end Adam Carriker, one by outside linebacker Brian Orakpo, one by cornerback DeAngelo Hall and .5 by safety LaRon Landry. Linebacker London Fletcher led the team in tackles with nine (seven solo) and safety Reed Doughty was second on the team with eight (seven solo).

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE WAS CAR CAR 1 7:31 O. Mare 20 yd. Field Goal (13-78, 7:29) 0 3 WAS 2 12:19 G. Gano 31 yd. Field Goal (12-74, 6:09) 3 3 CAR 2 5:02 O. Mare 45 yd. Field Goal (12-67, 7:17) 3 6 WAS 2 1:02 G. Gano 49 yd. Field Goal (10-49, 4:00) 6 6 CAR 2 0:02 O. Mare 45 yd. Field Goal (4-7, 0:19) 6 9 CAR 3 12:17 C. Newton 16 yd. run (O. Mare kick) (2-53, 0:35) 6 16 WAS 3 8:14 J. Beck 4 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (7-82, 4:03) 13 16 CAR 3 2:17 J. Stewart 2 yd. run (O. Mare kick) (10-80, 5:57) 13 23 CAR 4 8:13 B. LaFell 2 yd. pass from C. Newton (O. Mare kick) (12-65, 8:26) 13 30 WAS 4 5:05 F. Davis 7 yd. pass from J. Beck (G. Gano kick) (10-80, 3:08) 20 30 CAR 4 1:56 O. Mare 40 yd. Field Goal (4-3, 1:17) 20 33

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 9-22, 143, 4 INTs; J. Beck 8-15, 117 PHI: M. Vick 18-31, 237, TD, INT

RUSHING WAS: R. Torain 10-22; J. Beck 2-14, TD; R. Helu 2-6 PHI: L. McCoy 28-126, TD; M. Vick 7-54; D. Lewis 2-10; V. Young 1-2

RECEIVING WAS: F. Davis 6-95; D. Stallworth 3-30; J. Gaffney 2-55; S. Moss 2-38; R. Helu 2-11; T. Austin 1-32; C. Cooley 1- -1 PHI: J. Maclin 5-101; B. Celek 4-42, TD; D. Jackson 3-46; J. Avant 3-28; L. McCoy 2-13; S. Smith 1-7

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-4 PHI: None

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 5-149 PHI: None

SACKS WAS: O. Atogwe 1-6; B. Cofield 1-1 PHI: M. Patterson 1-8; D. Tapp 1-7

October 30, 2011 WEEK 8 Rogers Centre (Toronto)

BILLS 23, REDSKINS 0

TORONTO – The Washington Redskins have now suffered defeat in three straight games after falling to the Buffalo Bills, 23-0, in Toronto. The team’s record is 3-4.

The Bills started off the game strong and finished strong as the Redskins offense was unable to score in the game. However, there were a few bright spots on offense. Tight end Fred Davis tied a career-high with his eight receptions for 94 yards (11.8 avg.). Also, quarterback John Beck threw for more than 200 yards in consecutive games and rookie wide receiver Leonard Hankerson caught the first pass of his career with a 23-yard reception.

On the defensive side of the ball, there also were a few standouts. Linebacker London Fletcher and defensive end Stephen Bowen combined for a sack, while defensive end Kedric Golston added in another. Bowen’s half sack tied his career-high for sacks in a single season with three. Fletcher led the team in tackles with 20 (12 solo) and added the 18th interception of his career. On special teams, punter Sav Rocca added two more punts inside the 20-yard line, giving him 16 for the season, which surprised the previous league leader heading into Week 8.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE WAS BUF BUF 1 5:11 S. Chandler 20 yd. pass from R. Fitzpatrick (R. Lindell kick) (8-80, 4:53) 0 7 BUF 2 8:45 R. Lindell 37 yd. Field Goal (5-42, 2:19) 0 10 BUF 2 0:00 R. Lindell 44 yd. Field Goal (7-54, 1:05) 0 13 BUF 3 11:01 S. Chandler 15 yd. pass from R. Fitzpatrick (R. Lindell kick) (7-80, 4:04) 0 20 BUF 4 3:26 R. Lindell 41 yd. Field Goal (9-40, 4:22) 0 23

PASSING WAS: J. Beck 20-33, 208, 2 INTs BUF: R. Fitzpatrick 21-27, 262, 2 TDs, INT

RUSHING WAS: R. Torain 8-14; J. Beck 3-10; D. Stallworth 1-2 BUF: F. Jackson 26-120; B. Smith 4-14; R. Fitzpatrick 3-4

RECEIVING WAS: F. Davis 8-94; J. Gaffney 4-40; R. Helu 3-20; T. Austin 2-22; L. Hankerson 1-23; R. Torain 1-6; D. Young 1-3 BUF: St. Johnson 6-57; D. Nelson 4-47; F. Jackson 3-74; B. Smith 3-18; S. Chandler 2-35; C. Spiller 2-9; N. Roosevelt 1-22

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-32 BUF: C. Spiller 3-22

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 3-63 BUF: None

SACKS WAS: K. Golston 1-6; L. Fletcher .5-2; S. Bowen .5-2 BUF: M. Dareus 2.5-10; D. Edwards 1.5-7; Sp. Johnson 1-9; J. Byrd 1-9; K. Morrison 1-10; C. Kelsay 1-5; N. Barnett .5-3; A. Moats .5-3

November 6, 2011 WEEK 9 FedExField (Landover, Md.)

49ERS 19, REDSKINS 11

LANDOVER, Md. – The Washington Redskins dropped their fourth game in a row after falling to the San Francisco 49ers, 19-11, at FedExField in front of 78,032. The team’s record is now 3-5.

Neither team was able to score in the first quarter, but the 49ers broke the scoring drought in the second quarter after scoring two field goals and a touchdown to take a 13-0 lead. The Redskins cracked the scoreboard with a franchise-long 59-yard field goal by kicker Graham Gano just as the first half concluded. The drive went seven plays for 32 yards and lasted 1:03.

In the second half, the 49ers extended their lead with two field goals, while the Redskins added a touchdown and a two-point conversion, making the final score 19-11. Wide receiver Jabar Gaffney caught the nine-yard touchdown pass from quarterback John Beck. The Redskins’ drive went 11 plays for 72 yards and lasted 2:56.

On offense, rookie running back Roy Helu caught a franchise-high 14 passes for 105 yards (7.5 avg.). The previous record was 13 receptions held by wide receiver Art Monk and running back Kelvin Bryant. Helu also had 10 rushes for 41 yards (4.1 avg.). Beck finished the day by completing 30-of- 47 passes for 254 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

On the defensive side of the ball, the team held the 49ers to three-of-12 on third downs, including zero-for-five in the first half. The team had two sacks, one by each of linebacker’s Ryan Kerrigan and Brian Orakpo. Cornerback DeAngelo Hall led the team in tackles with 12 (six solo), which ties the second-highest total of his career. Linebacker London Fletcher and safety Reed Doughty finished second on the team with 10 tackles apiece.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE SF WAS SF 2 12:43 D. Akers 52 yd. Field Goal (6-22, 2:42) 3 0 SF 2 1:50 D. Akers 34 yd. Field Goal (6-39, 2:23) 6 0 SF 2 1:03 B. Miller 30 yd. pass from Alex Smith (D. Akers kick) (1-30, 0:06) 13 0 WAS 2 0:00 G. Gano 59 yd. Field Goal (7-32, 1:03) 13 3 SF 3 4:23 D. Akers 45 yd. Field Goal (9-35, 4:48) 16 3 SF 4 7:41 D. Akers 20 yd. Field Goal (10-64, 6:30) 19 3 WAS 4 1:10 J. Gaffney 9 yd. pass from J. Beck (J. Beck-L. Hankerson pass) (11-72, 2:56) 19 11

PASSING WAS: J. Beck 30-47, 254, TD, INT SF: Alex Smith 17-24, 200, TD

RUSHING WAS: R. Helu 10-41; J. Beck 4-9; R. Torain 1-2 SF: F. Gore 19-107; K. Hunter 8-25; Alex Smith 4-9; D. Walker 1--3

RECEIVING WAS: R. Helu 14-105; F. Davis 4-42; J. Gaffney 4-40; L. Hankerson 4-34; T. Austin 2-14; D. Young 1-12; R. Torain 1-7 SF: M. Crabtree 5-51; V. Davis 4-41; B. Edwards 2-30; D. Walker 2-15; B. Miller 1-30, TD; T. Ginn 1-14; K. Williams 1-12; F. Gore 1-7

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-0 SF: T. Ginn 5-47

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 4-93; N. Paul 1-15 SF: T. Ginn 1-20

SACKS WAS: R. Kerrigan 1-7; B. Orakpo 1-5 SF: A. Brooks 1-3

November 13, 2011 WEEK 10 Sun Life Stadium (Miami Gardens, Fla.)

DOLPHINS 20, REDSKINS 9

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Washington Redskins dropped their fifth game in a row after falling to the Miami Dolphins, 20-9, at Sun Life Stadium in front of 57, 007. The team’s record now is now 3-6.

The Dolphins scored on their opening possession of the game on a one-yard touchdown run by running back Reggie Bush. The drive went eight plays for 45 yards in 4:48. The Redskins got on the scoreboard with 49 seconds left in the first quarter on a 26-yard field goal by kicker Graham Gano. The drive was set up by an interception by cornerback Kevin Barnes. In the second quarter, the two teams traded field goals, making the score 10-6 at the half. The Redskins scoring drive went six plays for 32 yards in 2:18 and was capped by a 47-yard field goal by Gano.

The Redskins scored on their opening possession of the second half on a 23-yard field goal by Gano. The drive began after a sack and forced fumble by rookie linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, which was recovered by defensive end Stephen Bowen. The Dolphins went on to score the final 10 points of the game, ending in a 20-9 final.

On offense, rookie wide receiver Leonard Hankerson caught eight passes for 106 yards (13.3 avg.). He became the first Redskins’ rookie wide re- ceiver to post 100 receiving yards in a game since Rod Gardner on Oct. 21, 2001. Additionally, with Hankerson’s 106-yard effort Sunday and rookie running back Roy Helu’s 105-yard receiving effort versus San Francisco last week, the Redskins have now had 100-yard receiving performances by different rookies in back-to-back weeks for the first time in team history.

On the defensive side of the ball, Kerrigan had two sacks and two forced fumbles. This was the first multiple-sack effort of his career. Linebacker Perry Riley made the first start of his career and tied safety Reed Doughty for the team lead in tackles (nine). In addition, Riley recorded four tackles for a loss.

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE WAS MIA MIA 1 8:20 R. Bush 1 yd. run (D. Carpenter kick) (8-45, 4:48) 0 7 WAS 1 0:49 G. Gano 26 yd. Field Goal (5—3, 2:09) 3 7 MIA 2 10:27 D. Carpenter 21 yd. Field Goal (13-82, 5:20) 3 10 WAS 2 1:07 G. Gano 47 yd. Field Goal (6-32, 2:18) 6 10 WAS 3 10:38 G. Gano 23 yd. Field Goal (7-19, 3:35) 9 10 MIA 3 4:59 D. Carpenter 28 yd. Field Goal (11-70, 5:39) 9 13 MIA 4 6:07 R. Bush 18 yd. run (D. Carpenter kick) (10-81, 5:50) 9 20

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 21-32, 215, 2 INTs MIA: M. Moore 20-29, 209, INT

RUSHING WAS: R. Helu 6-41; R. Torain 11-20 MIA: R. Bush 14-47, 2 TDs; D. Thomas 17-42; M. Moore 2-14

RECEIVING WAS: L. Hankerson 8-106; J. Gaffney 3-37; F. Davis 3-28; R. Helu 3-13; L. Paulsen 1-16; D. Anderson 1-14; R. Torain 1-4; D. Young 1--3 MIA: B.Marshall 7-98; D. Bess 4-37; R. Bush 4-4; A. Fasano 3-60; B. Hartline 1-6; C. Clay 1-4

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 1-22 MIA: D. Bess 2-22

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-38 MIA: E. Gates 2-42

SACKS WAS: R. Kerrigan 2-9 MIA: K. Dansby 1-11; J. Taylor 1-7; J. Odrick 1-12

November 20, 2011 WEEK 11 FedExField (Landover, Md.)

COWBOYS 27, REDSKINS 24

LANDOVER, Md. – The Washington Redskins dropped their sixth game in a row after falling to the Dallas Cowboys in overtime, 27-24, at FedExField in front of 80, 122. The team’s record is now 3-7.

The Cowboys scored the first 10 points of the contest, but the Redskins fought back and scored the next 14 of the game in the second quarter to give the team a 14-10 halftime lead. The first scoring drive went six plays for 32 yards in 3:24 and was capped by a four-yard quarterback draw by Rex Grossman. The rushing touchdown was his first since Nov. 9, 2008 as a member of the Chicago Bears. The second touchdown drive went five plays for 43 yards in 1:27 and ended on a 16-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Jabar Gaffney.

The Redskins added a 40-yard field goal by kicker Graham Gano on their opening possession of the second half to increase the lead to 17-10. The Cowboys went on to even the score at 17-17 on a seven-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Laurent Robinson with 14:43 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Cowboys then took the lead, 24-17, on a 59-yard touchdown reception by tight end Jason Witten with 9:01 left in the game. However, Grossman led the Redskins offense on a 12-play drive for 89 yards in 5:21 to tie the game with 22 seconds remaining in the contest. Wide receiver Donté Stallworth was on the receiving end of the four-yard touchdown pass from Grossman. The score was his first as a member of the Redskins.

In overtime, the Redskins won the toss and immediately drove down the field, but Gano was unable to convert on a 52-yard field goal attempt to win the game. On the Cowboys ensuing drive, they received good field position and were able to drive down and convert on a 39-yard field goal to win the game, 27-24.

On offense, Grossman completed 25-of-38 passes for 289 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for a quarterback rating of 95.2. He also added three rushing attempts for 10 yards and a score. Wide receiver Jabar Gaffney led the team in receiving with seven catches for 115 yards (16.4 avg.) and a touchdown. In addition, on special teams, returner Brandon Banks returned a punt for a career-long 55 yards.

On defense, the team was able to hold the Cowboys to 89 yards rushing. Also, the Redskins recorded four sacks, one by linebacker London Fletcher, one by linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, one by defensive end Stephen Bowen and defensive end Adam Carriker and nose tackle Chris Neild split a sack. Linebacker London Fletcher led the team in tackles with 16 (nine solo) and rookie safety DeJon Gomes, who made the first start of his career, was second on the team in tackles with 13 (eight solo).

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE DAL WAS DAL 1 7:44 D. Bryant 22 yd. pass from T. Romo (D. Bailey kick) (3-24, 0:55) 7 0 DAL 2 10:23 D. Bailey 37 yd. Field Goal (8-33, 4:14) 10 0 WAS 2 3:59 R. Grossman 4 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (6-32, 3:24) 10 7 WAS 2 0:14 J. Gaffney 16 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano kick) (5-43, 1:27) 10 14 WAS 3 11:40 G. Gano 40 yd. Field Goal (8-55, 3:20) 10 17 DAL 4 14:43 L. Robinson 7 yd. pass from T. Romo (D. Bailey kick) (14-61, 6:24) 17 17 DAL 4 8:48 J. Witten 59 yd.pass from T. Romo (D. Bailey kick) (7-88, 2:22) 24 17 WAS 4 0:14 D. Stallworth 4 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano kick) (12-89, 5:21) 24 24 DAL 5 5:39 D. Bailey 39 yd. Field Goal (7-37, 3:41) 27 24

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 25-38, 289, 2 TDs, INT DAL: T. Romo 23-37, 292, 3 TDs

RUSHING WAS: R. Helu 8-35; R. Grossman 3-10; T. Choice 6-7; A. Armstrong 1-5; R. Torain 5-4; D. Stallworth 1--1 DAL: D. Murray 25-73; F. Jones 5-18; T. Romo 2--2

RECEIVING WAS: J. Gaffney 7-115, TD; F. Davis 6-49; D. Stallworth 4-51, TD; L. Paulsen 2-17; R. Helu 2-3; D. Young 1-27; D. Anderson 1-23; R. Torain 1-2; T. Choice 1-2 DAL: D. Murray 6-32; L. Robinson 4-34, TD; J. Witten 3-85, TD; D. Bryant 3-68, TD; M. Bennett 3-31; J. Holley 1-17; K. Ogletree 1-12; J. Phillips 1-9; F. Jones 1-4

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 3-97 DAL: A. Owusu-Ansah 3-22

KICKOFF RETURNS SACKS WAS: B. Banks 4-93 WAS: L. Fletcher 1-12; R. Kerrigan 1-8; S. Bowen 1-4; A. Carriker .5-2; C. Neild .5-2 DAL: A. Owusu-Ansah 3-56 DAL: V. Butler 1-1; J. Hatcher 1-7; D. Ware 1-5

November 27, 2011 WEEK 12 CenturyLink Field (Seattle)

REDSKINS 23, SEAHAWKS 17

SEATTLE – The Washington Redskins snapped their six-game losing streak after defeating the Seattle Seahawks, 23-17, on the road in front of 66, 007. The team’s record is now 4-7.

The Redskins opened the scoring in the game for the first time since playing the St. Louis Rams on Oct. 2. The drive went 14 plays, which tied a season-high on a scoring drive and went for 80 yards in 7:49. Tight end Fred Davis was on the receiving end of quarterback Rex Grossman’s pass for a two-yard score. The Seahawks evened the score in the second quarter on a 20-yard touchdown reception by running back Marshawn Lynch.

Following the Seahawks’ score, the Redskins drove 71 yards to the Seattle five-yard line, but the drive stalled and kicker Graham Gano’s 23-yard field goal attempt was blocked. Seattle went on to score the next 10 points of the game, including a 36-yard field goal by kicker Steven Hauschka and a 15-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Golden Tate.

In the fourth quarter, the Redskins responded with a touchdown drive of their own on a six-play drive for 70 yards in 2:54. The drive was capped by a 28-yard run by rookie running back Roy Helu. The touchdown was the first of his career and the run was a career-long. The Redskins scored on their following possession on a 50-yard touchdown reception by wide receiver Anthony Armstrong with 6:18 remaining in the contest. After the extra point was blocked, the score was 20-17. Gano added a 25-yard field goal with 1:06 remaining in the contest to seal the 23-17 victory.

On offense, the team compiled 416 total yards, the second highest output of the season. Grossman completed 26-of-35 passes for 314 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for a quarterback rating of 96.6. In the first half, Grossman completed 16-of-19 passes for an 84.2 completion percentage, which was the highest first-half total of his career. Helu was another standout on the offensive side of the ball as he rushed 23 times for 108 yards (4.7 avg.) and a touchdown, while also catching a team-high seven passes for 54 yards. His 162 combined yards were a career high.

On the defensive side of the ball, the team held the Seahawks to 250 total yards and six-of-16 on third down. Safety LaRon Landry had a sack, while defensive end Stephen Bowen and linebacker Brian Orakpo combined for another. Cornerback DeAngelo Hall had an interception and linebacker Perry Riley led the team in tackles with 14 (eight solo).

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE WAS SEA WAS 1 7:11 F. Davis 2 yd. pass from R. Grossman (G. Gano kick) (14-80, 7:49) 7 0 SEA 2 11:01 M. Lynch pass from T. Jackson (S. Hauschka kick) (1-20, 0:07) 7 7 SEA 3 5:58 S. Hauschka 36 yd. Field Goal (4-47, 1:37) 7 10 SEA 4 12:45 G. Tate pass from T. Jackson (S. Hauschka kick) (12-88, 5:43) 7 17 WAS 4 9:51 R. Helu 28 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (6-70, 2:54) 14 17 WAS 4 6:18 A. Armstrong 50 yd. pass from R. Grossman (extra point blocked) (4-68, 1:37) 20 17 WAS 4 1:06 G. Gano 25 yd. Field Goal (4-7, 1:01) 23 17

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 26-35, 2 TDs, 2 INTs SEA: T. Jackson 14-30, 144, 2 TDs, INT

RUSHING WAS: R. Helu 23-108, TD; E. Royster 1-3; R. Grossman 5--1 SEA: M. Lynch 24-111; L. Washington 4-9; S. Rice 1-3; J. Forsett 1-1

RECEIVING WAS: R. Helu 7-54; J. Gaffney 5-72; F. Davis 4-58, TD; S. Moss 4-29; D. Young 2-22; L. Paulsen 2-14; A. Armstrong 1-50, TD; M. Sellers 1-15 SEA: D. Baldwin 5-60; B. Obomanu 3-26; M. Lynch 1-20, TD; G. Tate 1-15, TD; A. McCoy 1-13; M. Robinson 1-7; Z. Miller 1-2; J. Forsett 1-1

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 3-7 SEA: L. Washington 2-1

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 1-19; M. Sellers 1-15 SEA: L. Washington 2-86

SACKS WAS: L. Landry 1-9; S. Bowen .5-4.5; B. Orakpo .5-4.5 SEA: T. Hargrove 1-8

December 4, 2011 WEEK 13 FedExField (Landover, Md.)

JETS 34, REDSKINS 19

LANDOVER, Md. – Following a victory against the Seattle Seahawks, the Washington Redskins fell to the New York Jets, 34-19, at FedExField in front of 74,121. The team’s record is now 4-8.

In back-to-back weeks, the Redskins scored on their opening possession of the game. The drive went eight plays for 82 yards in 4:39 and ended on a two-yard touchdown run by running back Roy Helu. One of the highlights on the drive was a 42-yard catch by tight end Fred Davis. The Jets answered on their following drive with a one-yard touchdown run by running back Shonn Greene. The drive went 17 plays for 74 yards in 5:06.

On the Redskins’ second possession of the game, the offense drove 51 yards in nine plays and kicker Graham Gano converted on a 33-yard field goal to make the score 10-7 with 11:32 left in the first half. The Jets then evened the score on a 45-yard field goal by kicker Nick Folk to knot the score at 10-10 with 3:06 remaining in the first half. Gano went on to convert a 23-yard field goal following a fumble recovery by linebacker Perry Riley on a muffed punt return by the Jets. The score was 13-10 at half.

The Jets tied the game again at 13-13 on a 51-yard field goal by Folk with 6:36 left in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Gano converted on a 46-yard field goal with 7:52 left to re-take the lead at 16-13. On the ensuing possession, Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes caught a 30-yard touchdown pass to take the lead, 20-16, for the first time in the game with 4:49 remaining. The Jets added another touchdown to increase the lead to 27-16 with 3:42 left in the contest. The Redskins cut the lead to 27-19 on Gano’s fourth field of the day, which went for 43 yards. The Jets tacked on another touchdown following a failed onsides kick attempt by the Redskins to make the score 36-19, which was the final.

On offense, Helu was one of the standouts as he rushed 23 times for 100 yards (4.3 avg.) and a touchdown. His consecutive 100-yard rushing efforts make him the first Redskin rookie running back to accomplish the feat since Reggie Brooks in weeks 10-11 in 1993. Helu also had four catches for 42 yards (10.5 avg.). Davis led the team in receiving and had a game-high 99 yards on six receptions (16.5 avg.).

On defense, the team was able to hold the Jets to 266 total yards, including just 165 yards passing and four-of-13 on third down. Linebacker London Fletcher led the team in tackles with 17 (nine solo), while Riley was second on the team with eight tackles (three solo).

TEAM QTR TIME SCORING PLAY DRIVE NYJ WAS WAS 1 10:21 R. Helu 2 yd. run (G. Gano kick) (8-82, 4:39) 0 7 NYJ 1 1:15 S. Greene 1 yd. (N. Folk kick) (17-74, 5:06) 7 7 WAS 2 11:32 G. Gano 33 yd. Field Goal (9-51, 4:43) 7 10 NYJ 2 3:06 N. Folk 45 yd. Field Goal (10-57, 5:06) 10 10 WAS 2 0:19 G. Gano 23 yd. Field Goal (6-13, 0:40) 10 13 NYJ 3 6:36 N. Folk 51 yd. Field Goal (7-14, 2:59) 13 13 WAS 4 7:52 G. Gano 46 yd. Field Goal (4-3, 1:34) 16 13 NYJ 4 4:49 S. Holmes 30 yd. pass from M. Sanchez (N. Folk kick) (5-51, 3:03) 16 20 NYJ 4 3:42 S. Greene 9 yd. run (N. Folk kick) (2-9, 0:46) 16 27 WAS 4 1:59 G. Gano 43 yd. Field Goal (10-30, 1:43) 19 27 NYJ 4 1:47 S. Greene 25 yd. run (N. Folk kick) (1-25, 0:12) 19 34

PASSING WAS: R. Grossman 19-46, 221, INT NYJ: M. Sanchez 19-32, 165, TD

RUSHING WAS: R. Helu 23-100, TD NYJ: S. Greene 22-88, 3 TDs; J. Kerley 1-6; L. Tomlinson 1-5; J. Conner 2-2; M. Sanchez 3-1; J. McKnight 1--1

RECEIVING WAS: F. Davis 6-99; S. Moss 5-42; R. Helu 4-42; D. Anderson 2-21; D. Stallworth 1-14; E. Royster 1-3 NYJ: S. Holmes 4-58, TD; P. Burress 3-33; S. Greene 3-26; D. Keller 3-12; L. Tomlinson 1-16; J. Kerley 1-7; P. Turner 1-6; M. Mulligan 1-5; J. McKnight 1-2

PUNT RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 2-14 NYJ: J. Leonhard 1-14; J. Kerley 1-0

KICKOFF RETURNS WAS: B. Banks 6-136; A. Armstrong 1-28 NYJ: J. McKnight 3-39; J. Baker 1-29; A. Cromartie 1-17; P. Turner 1--1

SACKS WAS: None NYJ: J. Westerman 1-6; A. Maybin 1-11 WASHINGTON NEW YORK NO. NAME POS vs. NO. NAME POS 4 Graham Gano...... K 2 Nick Folk...... K 6 Sav Rocca...... P Week 13 — Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 — — 1 p.m. ET 4 T.J. Conley...... P 8 Rex Grossman...... QB 6 Mark Sanchez...... QB 10 Jabar Gaffney...... WR 7 Kevin O’Connell...... QB 12 John Beck...... QB REDSKINS OFFENSE JETS OFFENSE 8 Mark Brunell...... QB WR 17 11 Jeremy Kerley 19 Eron Riley 13 Anthony Armstrong... WR WR 89 Santana Moss 13 Anthony Armstrong 88 David Anderson 10 Santonio Holmes.....WR 16 Brandon Banks...... WR 19 Donté Stallworth 16 Brandon Banks LT 60 D’Brickashaw Ferguson 77 Austin Howard 11 Jeremy Kerley...... WR 18 Terrence Austin...... WR LT 71 Trent Williams 75 Sean Locklear 69 Willie Smith LG 68 Matt Slauson 72 Caleb Schlauderaff 17 Plaxico Burress...... WR 19 Donté Stallworth..... WR LG 79 Maurice Hurt 58 Erik Cook 19 Eron Riley...... WR 20 Oshiomogho Atogwe... S C 74 20 Kyle Wilson...... CB C 63 Will Montgomery 58 Erik Cook 22 Kevin Barnes...... CB RG 65 Brandon Moore 21 LaDainian Tomlinson... RB 23 DeAngelo Hall...... CB RG 66 Chris Chester 58 Erik Cook 22 Brodney Pool...... S RT 78 Wayne Hunter 62 Vladimir Ducasse 24 DeJon Gomes...... FS RT 77 Jammal Brown 74 Tyler Polumbus 23 Shonn Greene...... RB 26 Josh Wilson...... CB TE 81 Dustin Keller 82 Matthew Mulligan 45 Josh Baker 24 ...... CB TE 83 Fred Davis 82 Logan Paulsen 29 Roy Helu...... RB WR 10 Santonio Holmes 88 Patrick Turner 25 Joe McKnight...... RB 30 LaRon Landry...... S WR 10 Jabar Gaffney 18 Terrence Austin 84 Niles Paul 26 Ellis Lankster...... CB 32 Brandyn Thompson...CB QB 8 Rex Grossman 12 John Beck QB 6 Mark Sanchez 8 Mark Brunell 7 Kevin O’Connell 29 Bilal Powell...... RB 34 Byron Westbrook.....CB FB 36 Darrel Young 45 Mike Sellers FB 38 John Conner 45 Josh Baker 30 Donald Strickland... CB 35 Evan Royster...... RB 31 Antonio Cromartie... CB 36 Darrel Young...... FB RB 29 Roy Helu 46 Ryan Torain 35 Evan Royster RB 23 Shonn Greene 21 LaDainian Tomlinson 25 Joe McKnight 33 Eric Smith...... S 37 Reed Doughty...... S 29 Bilal Powell 34 Marquice Cole...... CB 45 Mike Sellers...... FB 35 Isaiah Trufant...... CB 46 Ryan Torain...... RB 36 Jim Leonhard...... S 50 Rob Jackson...... LB JETS DEFENSE REDSKINS DEFENSE 37 Tracy Wilson...... S 51 Keyaron Fox...... LB END 96 Muhammad Wilkerson 79 Ropati Pitoitua LDE 94 Adam Carriker 93 Kentwan Balmer 38 John Conner...... FB 52 Rocky McIntosh...... LB NT 91 Sione Pouha 93 95 Martin Tevaseu NT 96 Barry Cofield 95 Chris Neild 45 Josh Baker...... FB/TE 55 Markus White...... LB 46 Tanner Purdum...... LS T 70 Mike DeVito 94 Marcus Dixon 56 Perry Riley...... LB RDE 72 Stephen Bowen 76 Darrion Scott 50 Garrett McIntyre...... LB 57 Nick Sundberg...... LS OLB 55 Jamaal Westerman 50 Garrett McIntyre LOLB 91 Ryan Kerrigan 97 Lorenzo Alexander 55 Markus White 51 Aaron Maybin...... LB 58 Erik Cook...... OL WILL 57 Bart Scott 53 Josh Mauga 52 David Harris...... LB 59 London Fletcher...... LB MLB 59 London Fletcher 51 Keyaron Fox 53 Josh Mauga...... LB 63 Will Montgomery...... OL MIKE 52 David Harris 54 Nick Bellore JLB 56 Perry Riley 52 Rocky McIntosh 54 Nick Bellore...... LB 66 Chris Chester...... OL OLB 97 Calvin Pace 51 Aaron Maybin 55 Jamaal Westerman..LB 69 Willie Smith...... OL ROLB 98 Brian Orakpo 50 Rob Jackson 57 Bart Scott...... LB CB 24 Darrelle Revis 20 Kyle Wilson 30 Donald Strickland 71 Trent Williams...... T LCB 23 DeAngelo Hall 22 Kevin Barnes 60 D’Brickashaw Ferguson.. T 72 Stephen Bowen...... DL CB 31 Antonio Cromartie 34 Marquice Cole 35 Isaiah Trufant 62 Vladimir Ducasse.....OL 74 Tyler Polumbus...... T 26 Ellis Lankster RCB 26 Josh Wilson 34 Byron Westbrook 32 Brandyn Thompson 65 Brandon Moore...... G 75 Sean Locklear...... T S 33 Eric Smith 22 Brodney Pool SS 30 LaRon Landry 37 Reed Doughty 68 Matt Slauson...... G 76 Darrion Scott...... DL 70 Mike DeVito...... DE FS 20 Oshiomogho Atogwe 24 DeJon Gomes 77 Jammal Brown...... T S 36 Jim Leonhard 37 Tracy Wilson 72 Caleb Schlauderaff... G 79 Maurice Hurt...... G 74 Nick Mangold...... C 82 Logan Paulsen...... TE 77 Austin Howard...... T 83 Fred Davis...... TE REDSKINS SPECIALISTS JETS SPECIALISTS 78 Wayne Hunter...... T 84 Niles Paul...... WR K 4 Graham Gano TODAY’S OFFICIALS K 2 Nick Folk 79 Ropati Pitoitua...... DE 88 David Anderson...... WR 81 Dustin Keller...... TE 89 Santana Moss...... WR P 6 Sav Rocca P 4 TJ Conley 82 Matthew Mulligan.....TE

91 Ryan Kerrigan...... LB Referee...... John Parry (132) 88 Patrick Turner...... WR LS 57 Nick Sundberg Umpire...... Dan Ferrell (64) LS 46 Tanner Purdum 82 Matthew Mulligan 93 Kentwan Balmer...... DE Head Linesman...... Derick Bowers (74) 91 Sione Pouha...... DT 94 Adam Carriker...... DL H 6 Sav Rocca Line Judge...... Rusty Baynes (59) H 8 Mark Brunell 4 TJ Conley 93 Kenrick Ellis...... DT 95 Chris Neild...... NT Field Judge...... Scott Edwards (3) 94 Marcus Dixon...... DT KR 16 Brandon Banks 18 Terrence Austin Side Judge...... Keith Washington (7) KR 25 Joe McKnight 31 Antonio Cromartie 96 Barry Cofield...... NT 13 Anthony Armstrong 84 Niles Paul Back Judge...... Perry Paganelli (46) 11 Jeremy Kerley 20 Kyle Wilson 95 Martin Tevaseu...... DT 97 Lorenzo Alexander... LB Instant Replay Assistant...... Bob McGrath 96 Muhammad Wilkerson..DL Instant Replay Video Assistant...... Russell Yurk PR 11 Jeremy Kerley 25 Joe McKnight 98 Brian Orakpo...... LB PR 16 Brandon Banks 18 Terrence Austin 36 Jim Leonhard 97 Calvin Pace...... LB 84 Niles Paul 13 Anthony Armstrong NOTE: Rookies are underlined. (Injured players in parentheses). WASHINGTON NUMERICAL NEW YORK NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP. COLLEGE NO NAME POS HT WT AGE EXP COLLEGE NO. NAME POS 4 Graham Gano K 6-2 200 24 2 Florida State 2 Nick Folk K 6-1 222 27 5 Arizona NO..NAME POS 97 Alexander, Lorenzo...... LB 6 Sav Rocca P 6-5 265 38 5 Lakeside 4 T.J. Conley P 6-3 220 26 1 Idaho 45 Baker, Josh...... FB/TE 88 Anderson, David...... WR 8 Rex Grossman QB 6-1 225 31 9 Florida 6 Mark Sanchez QB 6-2 225 25 3 Southern California 54 Bellore, Nick...... LB 13 Armstrong, Anthony.... WR 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 6-2 200 30 10 Florida 7 Kevin O’Connell QB 6-5 225 26 4 San Diego State 8 Brunell, Mark...... QB 12 John Beck QB 6-2 215 30 5 Brigham Young 8 Mark Brunell QB 6-1 215 41 19 Washington 20 Atogwe, Oshiomogho..... S 17 Burress, Plaxico...... WR 13 Anthony Armstrong WR 5-11 185 28 2 West Texas A&M 10 Santonio Holmes WR 5-11 192 27 6 Ohio State 18 Austin, Terrence...... WR 16 Brandon Banks WR 5-7 155 23 2 Kansas State 11 Jeremy Kerley WR 5-9 188 23 R TCU 34 Cole, Marquice...... CB 93 Balmer, Kentwan...... DE 18 Terrence Austin WR 5-11 175 23 2 UCLA 17 Plaxico Burress WR 6-5 232 34 10 State 4 Conley, T.J...... P 16 Banks, Brandon...... WR 19 Donté Stallworth WR 6-0 220 31 9 Tennessee 19 Eron Riley WR 6-3 207 24 1 Duke 38 Conner, John...... FB 22 Barnes, Kevin...... CB 20 Oshiomogho Atogwe S 5-11 205 30 7 Stanford 20 Kyle Wilson CB 5-10 190 24 2 Boise State 31 Cromartie, Antonio.... CB 12 Beck, John...... QB 22 Kevin Barnes CB 6-1 190 25 3 Maryland 21 LaDainian Tomlinson RB 5-10 215 32 11 TCU 70 DeVito, Mike...... DE 72 Bowen, Stephen...... DL 23 DeAngelo Hall CB 5-10 195 28 8 Virginia Tech 22 Brodney Pool S 6-2 214 27 7 Oklahoma 94 Dixon, Marcus...... DT 24 DeJon Gomes FS 6-0 208 22 R Nebraska 23 Shonn Greene RB 5-11 226 26 3 Iowa 77 Brown, Jammal...... T 62 Ducasse, Vladimir...... OL 26 Josh Wilson CB 5-9 192 26 5 Maryland 24 Darrelle Revis CB 5-11 198 26 5 Pittsburgh 94 Carriker, Adam...... DL 29 Roy Helu RB 5-11 216 22 R Nebraska 25 Joe McKnight RB 5-11 205 23 2 Southern California 93 Ellis, Kenrick...... DT 66 Chester, Chris...... OL 30 LaRon Landry S 6-0 227 27 5 Louisiana State 26 Ellis Lankster CB 5-9 190 24 2 West Virginia 60 Ferguson, D’Brickashaw..T 96 Cofield, Barry...... NT 32 Brandyn Thompson CB 5-10 177 28 R Boise State 29 Bilal Powell RB 5-10 204 23 R Louisville 2 Folk, Nick...... K 58 Cook, Erik...... OL 34 Byron Westbrook CB 5-10 201 26 3 Salisbury 30 Donald Strickland CB 5-10 185 30 8 Colorado 23 Greene, Shonn...... RB 83 Davis, Fred...... TE 35 Evan Royster RB 6-1 213 24 R Penn State 31 Antonio Cromartie CB 6-2 210 27 6 Florida State 52 Harris, David...... LB 37 Doughty, Reed...... S 36 Darrel Young FB 5-11 246 24 2 Villanova 33 Eric Smith S 6-1 207 28 6 Michigan State 10 Holmes, Santonio...... WR 37 Reed Doughty S 6-1 210 29 6 Northern Colorado 34 Marquice Cole CB 5-10 192 28 3 Northwestern 59 Fletcher, London...... LB 77 Howard, Austin...... T 45 Mike Sellers FB 6-3 272 36 12 Walla Walla CC 35 Isaiah Trufant CB 5-8 170 28 1 Eastern Washington 51 Fox, Keyaron...... LB 46 Ryan Torain RB 6-1 218 25 3 Arizona State 37 Tracy Wilson S 6-2 203 22 R Northern Illinois 78 Hunter, Wayne ...... T 10 Gaffney, Jabar...... WR 50 Rob Jackson LB 6-4 255 26 3 Kansas State 36 Jim Leonhard S 5-8 188 29 7 81 Keller, Dustin...... TE 4 Gano, Graham...... K 51 Keyaron Fox LB 6-3 235 29 8 Georgia Tech 38 John Conner FB 5-11 245 24 2 Kentucky 11 Kerley, Jeremy...... WR 24 Gomes, DeJon...... FS 52 Rocky McIntosh LB 6-2 242 29 6 Miami (Fla.) 45 Josh Baker FB/TE 6-3 244 24 R NW Missouri St. 26 Lankster, Ellis...... CB 8 Grossman, Rex...... QB 55 Markus White LB 6-4 262 24 R Florida State 46 Tanner Purdum LS 6-3 270 27 2 Baker 36 Leonhard, Jim...... S 23 Hall, DeAngelo...... CB 56 Perry Riley LB 6-0 242 23 2 Louisiana State 50 Garrett McIntyre LB 6-3 255 27 1 Fresno State 74 Mangold, Nick...... C 57 Nick Sundberg LS 6-0 250 24 2 California 51 Aaron Maybin LB 6-4 240 23 3 Penn State 29 Helu, Roy...... RB 53 Mauga, Josh...... LB 58 Erik Cook OL 6-6 320 24 1 New Mexico 52 David Harris LB 6-2 250 27 5 Michigan 79 Hurt, Maurice...... G 59 London Fletcher LB 5-10 245 36 14 John Carroll 53 Josh Mauga LB 6-1 245 24 2 Nevada 51 Maybin, Aaron...... LB 50 Jackson, Rob...... LB 63 Will Montgomery OL 6-3 310 28 6 Virginia Tech 54 Nick Bellore LB 6-1 250 22 R Central Michigan 50 McIntyre, Garrett...... LB 91 Kerrigan, Ryan...... LB 66 Chris Chester OL 6-3 315 28 6 Oklahoma 55 Jamaal Westerman LB 6-3 255 26 3 Rutgers 25 McKnight, Joe...... RB 30 Landry, LaRon...... S 69 Willie Smith OL 6-6 290 25 R East Carolina 57 Bart Scott LB 6-2 242 31 10 Southern Illinois 65 Moore, Brandon...... G 75 Locklear, Sean...... T 71 Trent Williams T 6-5 318 23 2 Oklahoma 60 D’Brickashaw Ferguson T 6-6 310 27 6 Virginia 82 Mulligan, Matthew...... TE 52 McIntosh, Rocky...... LB 72 Stephen Bowen DL 6-5 306 27 6 Hofstra 62 Vladimir Ducasse OL 6-5 325 24 2 Massachusetts 7 O’Connell, Kevin...... QB 74 Tyler Polumbus T 6-8 300 26 3 Colorado 65 Brandon Moore G 6-3 305 31 9 Illinois 63 Montgomery, Will...... OL 97 Pace, Calvin...... LB 75 Sean Locklear T 6-4 310 30 8 N.C. State 68 Matt Slauson G 6-5 315 25 3 Nebraska 89 Moss, Santana...... WR 76 Darrion Scott DL 6-3 310 30 5 Ohio State 70 Mike DeVito DE 6-3 305 27 5 Maine 79 Pitoitua, Ropati...... DE 95 Neild, Chris...... NT 77 Jammal Brown T 6-6 313 30 7 Oklahoma 72 Caleb Schlauderaff G 6-4 302 24 R Utah 22 Pool, Brodney...... S 98 Orakpo, Brian...... LB 79 Maurice Hurt G 6-3 320 24 R Florida 74 Nick Mangold C 6-4 307 27 6 Ohio State 91 Pouha, Sione...... DT 84 Paul, Niles...... WR 82 Logan Paulsen TE 6-5 268 24 2 UCLA 77 Austin Howard T 6-7 333 24 2 Northern Iowa 29 Powell, Bilal...... RB 82 Paulsen, Logan...... TE 83 Fred Davis TE 6-4 258 25 4 Southern California 78 Wayne Hunter T 6-5 318 30 8 Hawaii 46 Purdum, Tanner...... LS 74 Polumbus, Tyler...... T 84 Niles Paul WR 6-1 224 22 R Nebraska 79 Ropati Pitoitua DE 6-8 315 26 3 Washington State 24 Revis, Darrelle...... CB 88 David Anderson WR 5-10 193 28 6 Colorado State 81 Dustin Keller TE 6-2 250 27 4 Purdue 56 Riley, Perry...... LB 19 Riley, Eron...... WR 89 Santana Moss WR 5-10 205 32 11 Miami (Fla.) 82 Matthew Mulligan TE 6-4 265 26 3 Maine 6 Rocca, Sav...... P 91 Ryan Kerrigan LB 6-4 263 23 R Purdue 88 Patrick Turner WR 6-5 220 24 3 Southern California 6 Sanchez, Mark...... QB 35 Royster, Evan...... RB 93 Kentwan Balmer DE 6-5 315 25 4 North Carolina 91 Sione Pouha DT 6-3 325 32 7 Utah 72 Schlauderaff, Caleb..... G 76 Scott, Darrion...... DL 94 Adam Carriker DL 6-6 315 27 5 Nebraska 93 Kenrick Ellis DT 6-4 346 23 R Hampton 57 Scott, Bart...... LB 45 Sellers, Mike...... FB 95 Chris Neild NT 6-2 313 23 R West Virginia 94 Marcus Dixon DT 6-4 295 27 2 Hampton 68 Slauson, Matt...... G 69 Smith, Willie...... OL 96 Barry Cofield NT 6-4 306 27 6 Northwestern 95 Martin Tevaseu DT 6-2 325 24 1 UNLV 33 Smith, Eric ...... S 19 Stallworth, Donté...... WR 97 Lorenzo Alexander LB 6-1 275 28 5 California 96 Muhammad Wilkerson DL 6-4 315 22 R Temple 30 Strickland, Donald..... CB 98 Brian Orakpo LB 6-4 260 25 3 Texas 97 Calvin Pace LB 6-4 265 31 9 Wake Forest 57 Sundberg, Nick...... LS 95 Tevaseu, Martin...... DT 32 Thompson, Brandyn.....CB 21 Tomlinson, LaDainian... RB Head Coach: Mike Shanahan Head Coach: Rex Ryan 46 Torain, Ryan...... RB Coaching Staff: Bobby Turner (Assistant Head Coach/Running Backs), Jim Haslett (Defensive Co- Coaching Staff: Mike Pettine (defensive coordinator), Brian Schottenheimer (offensive coordina- 35 Trufant, Isaiah...... CB 34 Westbrook, Byron...... CB ordinator), Kyle Shanahan (Offensive Coordinator), Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator), Ja- tor), Mike Westhoff (special teams coordinator), Bill Callahan (assistant head coach/offensive 88 Turner, Patrick...... WR cob Burney (Defensive Line), Chad Englehart (Assistant Strength & Conditioning), Richmond Flow- line), (defensive line), Matt Cavanaugh (quarterbacks), Bryan Dermody (assistant 55 White, Markus...... LB ers (Coaching Assistant), Chris Foerster (Offensive Line), Richard Hightower (Assistant Special strength and conditioning), Mike Devlin (tight ends/assistant offensive line), Henry Ellard (wide 55 Westerman, Jamaal... LB 71 Williams, Trent...... T Teams), Steve Jackson (Safeties), Paul Kelly (Director of Football Operations), Matt LaFleur (Quar- receivers), Bill Hughan (head strength and conditioning), Ben Kotwica (assistant special teams), 96 Wilkerson, Muhammad.. DL 26 Wilson, Josh...... CB terbacks), Keenan McCardell (Wide Receivers), Mike McDaniel (Offensive Assistant), Sean McVay Anthony Lynn (running backs), Jim O’Neil (assistant defensive backs), Brian Smith (quality con- 20 Wilson, Kyle...... CB (Tight Ends), Chris Morgan (Assistant Offensive Line), Bob Slowik (Secondary), Bobby Slowik (De- trol/defense), Bob Sutton (senior defensive assistant/linebackers), Lance Taylor (quality control/ 36 Young, Darrel...... FB fensive Assistant), Lou Spanos (Linebackers), Ray Wright (Head Strength and Conditioning) offense), Dennis Thurman (defensive backs), Jeff Weeks (assistant defensive line) 37 Wilson, Tracy...... S Game Summary NFL Copyright © 2011 by The National Football League. All rights reserved. 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Date: Sunday, 12/4/2011 New York Jets at Washington Redskins Start Time: 1:03 PM EST at FedExField, Landover, MD

Game Day Weather Game Weather: Sunny Temp: 53° F (11.7° C) Humidity: 57%, Wind: SW 5 mph Played Outdoor on Turf: Grass Outdoor Weather: Sunny, Officials Referee: Parry, John (132) Umpire: Ferrell, Dan (64) Head Linesman: Bowers, Derick (74) Line Judge: Baynes, Rusty (59) Side Judge: Washington, Keith (7) Field Judge: Edwards, Scott (3) Back Judge: Paganelli, Perry (46) Replay Official: McGrath, Bob Lineups New York Jets Washington Redskins Offense Defense Offense Defense WR 17 P.Burress END 96 M.Wilkerson WR 89 S.Moss LDE 94 A.Carriker LT 60 D.Ferguson NT 91 S.Pouha LT 71 T.Williams NT 96 B.Cofield LG 68 M.Slauson T 93 K.Ellis LG 79 M.Hurt RDE 72 S.Bowen C 74 N.Mangold OLB 50 G.McIntyre C 63 W.Montgomery LOLB 91 R.Kerrigan RG 65 B.Moore WILL 57 B.Scott RG 66 C.Chester MLB 59 L.Fletcher RT 78 W.Hunter MIKE 52 D.Harris RT 77 J.Brown JLB 56 P.Riley TE 81 D.Keller OLB 97 C.Pace TE 83 F.Davis ROLB 98 B.Orakpo WR 10 S.Holmes CB 24 D.Revis WR 10 J.Gaffney LCB 23 D.Hall QB 6 M.Sanchez CB 31 A.Cromartie QB 8 R.Grossman RCB 26 J.Wilson TE 82 M.Mulligan S 33 E.Smith TE 82 L.Paulsen SS 37 R.Doughty RB 23 S.Greene S 36 J.Leonhard RB 29 R.Helu FS 20 O.Atogwe

Substitutions Substitutions K 2 N.Folk, P 4 T.Conley, QB 8 M.Brunell, WR 11 J.Kerley, CB 20 K 4 G.Gano, P 6 S.Rocca, WR 13 A.Armstrong, WR 16 B.Banks, WR 19 K.Wilson, RB 21 L.Tomlinson, S 22 B.Pool, RB 25 J.McKnight, CB 30 D.Stallworth, CB 22 K.Barnes, FS 24 D.Gomes, CB 34 B.Westbrook, D.Strickland, CB 34 M.Cole, DB 35 I.Trufant, S 37 T.Wilson, FB 38 RB 35 E.Royster, FB 45 M.Sellers, LB 50 R.Jackson, LB 51 K.Fox, LB J.Conner, FB-TE 45 J.Baker, LS 46 T.Purdum, LB 51 A.Maybin, LB 53 52 R.McIntosh, LS 57 N.Sundberg, OL 58 E.Cook, DL 76 D.Scott, WR J.Mauga, LB 54 N.Bellore, LB 55 J.Westerman, OL 62 V.Ducasse, DE 84 N.Paul, WR 88 D.Anderson, DE 93 K.Balmer, NT 95 C.Neild, LB 97 79 R.Pitoitua, WR 88 P.Turner, DT 94 M.Dixon L.Alexander Did Not Play Did Not Play G 72 C.Schlauderaff QB 12 J.Beck, RB 46 R.Torain, T 75 S.Locklear Not Active Not Active QB 7 K.O'Connell, WR 19 E.Riley, CB 26 E.Lankster, RB 29 B.Powell, WR 18 T.Austin, SS 30 L.Landry, CB 32 B.Thompson, FB 36 D.Young, DE 70 M.Devito, T 77 A.Howard, DT 95 M.Tevaseu LB 55 M.White, OL 69 W.Smith, T 74 T.Polumbus Field Goals (made ( ) & missed) N.Folk (45) (51) 40WR G.Gano (33) (23) (46) (43)

1 2 3 4 OT Total VISITOR: New York Jets 7 3 3 21 0 34 HOME: Washington Redskins 7 6 0 6 0 19 Scoring Plays Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home Redskins 1 10:21 R.Helu 2 yd. run (G.Gano kick) (8-82, 4:39) 0 7 Jets 1 1:15 S.Greene 1 yd. run (N.Folk kick) (17-74, 9:06) 7 7 Redskins 2 11:32 G.Gano 33 yd. Field Goal (9-51, 4:43) 7 10 Jets 2 3:06 N.Folk 45 yd. Field Goal (10-57, 5:06) 10 10 Redskins 2 0:19 G.Gano 23 yd. Field Goal (6-13, 0:40) 10 13 Jets 3 6:36 N.Folk 51 yd. Field Goal (7-14, 2:59) 13 13 Redskins 4 7:52 G.Gano 46 yd. Field Goal (4-3, 1:34) 13 16 Jets 4 4:49 S.Holmes 30 yd. pass from M.Sanchez (N.Folk kick) (5-51, 3:03) 20 16 Jets 4 3:42 S.Greene 9 yd. run (N.Folk kick) (2-9, 0:44) 27 16 Redskins 4 1:59 G.Gano 43 yd. Field Goal (10-30, 1:43) 27 19 Jets 4 1:47 S.Greene 25 yd. run (N.Folk kick) (1-25, 0:12) 34 19 Paid Attendance: 74,121 Time: 3:23 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins 12/4/2011 at FedExField Final Individual Statistics New York Jets Washington Redskins RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD S.Greene 22 88 4.0 25 3 R.Helu 23 100 4.3 22 1 J.Kerley 1 6 6.0 6 0 L.Tomlinson 1 5 5.0 5 0 J.Conner 2 2 1.0 1 0 M.Sanchez 3 1 0.3 3 0 J.McKnight 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Total 30 101 3.4 25 3 Total 23 100 4.3 22 1

PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT M.Sanchez 32 19 165 0/0 1 30 0 83.5 R.Grossman 46 19 221 2/17 0 42 1 47.5 Total 32 19 165 0/0 1 30 0 83.5 Total 46 19 221 2/17 0 42 1 47.5

PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD S.Holmes 8 4 58 14.5 30 1 F.Davis 13 6 99 16.5 42 0 P.Burress 6 3 33 11.0 18 0 S.Moss 12 5 42 8.4 21 0 S.Greene 4 3 26 8.7 10 0 R.Helu 6 4 42 10.5 26 0 D.Keller 6 3 12 4.0 7 0 D.Anderson 6 2 21 10.5 13 0 L.Tomlinson 1 1 16 16.0 16 0 D.Stallworth 2 1 14 14.0 14 0 J.Kerley 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 E.Royster 1 1 3 3.0 3 0 P.Turner 1 1 6 6.0 6 0 J.Gaffney 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 M.Mulligan 2 1 5 5.0 5 0 L.Paulsen 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 J.McKnight 2 1 2 2.0 2 0 N.Paul 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 J.Conner 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 32 19 165 8.7 30 1 Total 45 19 221 11.6 42 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD K.Wilson 1 3 3.0 3 0 Total 1 3 3.0 3 0 Total 0 0 0 0 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG NET TB IN20 LG T.Conley 5 223 44.6 41.8 0 1 52 S.Rocca 6 224 37.3 35.0 0 4 43 Total 5 223 44.6 41.8 0 1 52 Total 6 224 37.3 35.0 0 4 43

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD J.Leonhard 1 14 14.0 3 14 0 B.Banks 2 14 7.0 2 20 0 J.Kerley 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 [OUT OF BOUNDS] 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 Total 2 14 7.0 4 14 0 Total 2 14 7.0 2 20 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG FC LG TD J.McKnight 3 39 13.0 0 17 0 B.Banks 6 136 22.7 0 41 0 J.Baker 1 29 29.0 0 29 0 A.Armstrong 1 28 28.0 0 28 0 A.Cromartie 1 17 17.0 0 17 0 P.Turner 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0 Total 6 84 14.0 0 29 0 Total 7 164 23.4 0 41 0

New York Jets FUMBLES FUM LOST OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YD TD OUT-BDS J.Kerley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.Dixon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 A.Maybin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 G.McIntyre 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 C.Pace 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 E.Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Total 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 Washington Redskins FUMBLES FUM LOST OWN-REC YDS TD FORCED OPP-REC YD TD OUT-BDS B.Banks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 R.Grossman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Helu 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P.Riley 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Total 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins 12/4/2011 at FedExField Final Team Statistics Visitor Home Jets Redskins TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 16 17 By Rushing 6 5 By Passing 9 11 By Penalty 1 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-13-31% 5-16-31% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 266 304 Total Offensive Plays (inc. times thrown passing) 62 71 Average gain per offensive play 4.3 4.3 NET YARDS RUSHING 101 100 Total Rushing Plays 30 23 Average gain per rushing play 3.4 4.3 Tackles for a loss-number and yards 2-3 1-4 NET YARDS PASSING 165 204 Times thrown - yards lost attempting to pass 0-0 2-17 Gross yards passing 165 221 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-19-0 46-19-1 Avg gain per pass play (inc.# thrown passing) 5.2 4.3 KICKOFFS Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 7-3-0 6-2-0 PUNTS Number and Average 5-44.6 6-37.3 Had Blocked 0 0 FGs - PATs Had Blocked 0-0 0-0 Net Punting Average 41.8 35.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not Including Kickoffs) 17 14 No. and Yards Punt Returns 2-14 2-14 No. and Yards Kickoff Returns 6-84 7-164 No. and Yards Interception Returns 1-3 0-0 PENALTIES Number and Yards 6-40 6-50 FUMBLES Number and Lost 1-1 3-2 TOUCHDOWNS 4 1 Rushing 3 1 Passing 1 0 EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 Kicking Made-Attempts 4-4 1-1 FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts 2-3 4-4 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-3-33% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 FINAL SCORE 34 19 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:12 27:48 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins 12/4/2011 at FedExField Ball Possession And Drive Chart New York Jets # Time Time Time How Ball Drive # Yds Yds Net 1st Last How Recd Lost Poss Obtained Began Play Gain Pen Yds Down Scrm Given Up 1 10:21 1:15 9:06 Kickoff NYJ 26 17 69 5 74 7 * WAS 1 Touchdown

2 11:32 9:32 2:00 Kickoff NYJ 8 3 4 0 4 0 NYJ 12 Punt 3 8:12 3:06 5:06 Punt NYJ 16 10 57 0 57 3 WAS 27 Field Goal 4 0:19 0:00 0:19 Kickoff NYJ 21 1 -1 0 -1 0 NYJ 21 End of Half

5 15:00 14:06 0:54 Kickoff NYJ 15 3 6 -10 -4 0 NYJ 11 Punt 6 12:38 11:03 1:35 Punt NYJ 18 3 7 0 7 0 NYJ 25 Punt 7 9:35 6:36 2:59 Punt WAS 47 7 14 0 14 1 WAS 33 Field Goal 8 6:22 4:19 2:03 Fumble WAS 29 4 7 0 7 0 WAS 22 Missed FG 9 2:59 0:20 2:39 Punt NYJ 23 5 5 0 5 1 NYJ 28 Punt

10 10:30 9:26 1:04 Punt NYJ 11 3 9 0 9 0 NYJ 20 Punt 11 7:52 4:49 3:03 Kickoff NYJ 49 5 56 -5 51 2 WAS 30 Touchdown 12 4:26 3:42 0:44 Fumble WAS 9 2 9 0 9 1 * WAS 9 Touchdown 13 1:59 1:47 0:12 Kickoff WAS 25 1 25 0 25 1 WAS 25 Touchdown 14 0:28 0:00 0:28 Interception NYJ 16 1 -1 0 -1 0 NYJ 16 End of Game

(493) Average NYJ 35

Washington Redskins # Time Time Time How Ball Drive # Yds Yds Net 1st Last How Recd Lost Poss Obtained Began Play Gain Pen Yds Down Scrm Given Up 1 15:00 10:21 4:39 Kickoff WAS 18 8 82 0 82 5 * NYJ 2 Touchdown

2 1:15 11:32 4:43 Kickoff WAS 34 9 51 0 51 2 * NYJ 15 Field Goal 3 9:32 8:12 1:20 Punt WAS 39 5 3 5 8 1 WAS 47 Punt 4 3:06 0:59 2:07 Kickoff WAS 20 5 29 -10 19 1 WAS 39 Punt 5 0:59 0:19 0:40 Muffed Punt NYJ 18 6 18 -5 13 1 * NYJ 5 Field Goal

6 14:06 12:38 1:28 Punt WAS 43 3 1 0 1 0 WAS 44 Punt 7 11:03 9:35 1:28 Punt WAS 25 3 -3 0 -3 0 WAS 22 Punt 8 6:36 6:22 0:14 Kickoff WAS 24 2 4 0 4 0 WAS 24 Fumble 9 4:19 2:59 1:20 Missed FG WAS 30 3 9 0 9 0 WAS 39 Punt

10 0:20 10:30 4:50 Punt WAS 14 9 46 0 46 3 NYJ 40 Punt 11 9:26 7:52 1:34 Punt NYJ 31 4 3 0 3 0 NYJ 28 Field Goal 12 4:49 4:26 0:23 Kickoff WAS 20 3 -11 0 -11 0 WAS 20 Fumble 13 3:42 1:59 1:43 Kickoff WAS 45 10 30 0 30 2 NYJ 25 Field Goal 14 1:47 0:28 1:19 Kickoff WAS 18 5 42 0 42 2 NYJ 40 Interception

(481) Average WAS 34

* inside opponent's 20

Time of Possession by Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Visitor New York Jets 9:06 7:25 10:10 5:31 32:12

Home Washington Redskins 5:54 7:35 4:50 9:29 27:48

Kickoff Drive No.-Start Average Jets: 5 - NYJ 24 Redskins: 7 - WAS 26 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins 12/4/2011 at FedExField Final Defensive Statistics

New York Jets Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc

TKL AST COMB SK /YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR E.Smith 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C.Pace 3 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Harris 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Leonhard 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Scott 4 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Westerman 3 1 4 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S.Pouha 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Revis 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A.Cromartie 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Pool 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A.Maybin 2 0 2 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.Dixon 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 K.Wilson 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Mauga 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G.McIntyre 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.Wilkerson 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Pitoitua 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Strickland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Bellore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I.Trufant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T.Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 39 16 55 2 17 5 4 1 15 2 2 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

TKL /TK=Tackle AST /AS=Assist COMB=Combined TFL=Tackles for a Loss QH=Quarterback Hit IN=Interception PD=Pass Defense FF =Forced Fumble FR=Fumble Recovery Washington Redskins Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc

TKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR L.Fletcher 9 8 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P.Riley 3 5 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 O.Atogwe 4 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Kerrigan 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Doughty 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Hall 4 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A.Carriker 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Wilson 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Orakpo 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Gomes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S.Bowen 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Cofield 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Jackson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.McIntosh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.Sellers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Westbrook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G.Gano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Paul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T.Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 W.Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 S.Moss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Total 30 36 66 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins 12/4/2011 at FedExField First Half Summary PERIOD SCORES TIME OF POSSESSION Jets 7 3 = 10 Jets 16:31 Redskins 7 6 = 13 Redskins 13:29

Scoring Plays Team Qtr Time Play Description (Extra Point) (Drive Info) Visitor Home Redskins 1 10:21 R.Helu 2 yd. run (G.Gano kick) (8-82, 4:39) 0 7 Jets 1 1:15 S.Greene 1 yd. run (N.Folk kick) (17-74, 9:06) 7 7 Redskins 2 11:32 G.Gano 33 yd. Field Goal (9-51, 4:43) 7 10 Jets 2 3:06 N.Folk 45 yd. Field Goal (10-57, 5:06) 10 10 Redskins 2 0:19 G.Gano 23 yd. Field Goal (6-13, 0:40) 10 13

New York Jets Washington Redskins TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 10 10 First Downs Rushing-Passing-by Penalty 3 - 7 - 0 4 - 5 - 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 1-5-20% TOTAL NET YARDS 129 183 Total Offensive Plays 30 31 NET YARDS RUSHING 31 63 NET YARDS PASSING 98 120 Gross Yards Passing 98 120 Times thrown-yards lost attempting to pass 0-0 0-0 Pass Attempts-Completions-Had Intercepted 14 - 11 - 0 20 - 9 - 0 Punts-Number and Average 1 - 39 2 - 40 Penalties-Number and Yards 1 - 5 4 - 30 Fumbles-Number and Lost 1 - 1 0 - 0 Red Zone Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-3-33% Average Drive Start NYJ 18 WAS 39

New York Jets Washington Redskins

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD S.Greene 13 32 2.5 8 1 R.Helu 11 63 5.7 22 1 J.Conner 1 1 1.0 1 0 J.McKnight 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 M.Sanchez 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Total 16 31 1.9 8 1 Total 11 63 5.7 22 1

PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT PASSING ATT CMP YDS SK/YD TD LG IN RT M.Sanchez 14 11 98 0/0 0 18 0 95.8 R.Grossman 20 9 120 0/0 0 42 0 64.6 Total 14 11 98 0/0 0 18 0 95.8 Total 20 9 120 0/0 0 42 0 64.6

PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD PASS RECEIVING TAR REC YDS AVG LG TD P.Burress 3 3 33 11.0 18 0 F.Davis 7 4 82 20.5 42 0 S.Holmes 4 3 28 9.3 12 0 S.Moss 5 3 27 9.0 21 0 L.Tomlinson 1 1 16 16.0 16 0 R.Helu 3 1 8 8.0 8 0 S.Greene 1 1 8 8.0 8 0 E.Royster 1 1 3 3.0 3 0 J.Kerley 1 1 7 7.0 7 0 D.Anderson 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 M.Mulligan 1 1 5 5.0 5 0 N.Paul 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 D.Keller 2 1 1 1.0 1 0 J.McKnight 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 14 11 98 8.9 18 0 Total 19 9 120 13.3 42 0

New York Jets Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc TKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL Q IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR E.Smith 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Leonhard 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C.Pace 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S.Pouha 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals: 9 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Washington Redskins Regular Defensive Plays Special Teams Misc TKL AST COMB SK / YDS TFL QH IN PD FF FR TKL AST FF FR BL TKL AST FF FR L.Fletcher 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Hall 4 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P.Riley 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 J.Wilson 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals: 11 12 23 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins at FedExField

Play By Play First Quarter 12/4/2011 NYJ wins the coin toss and elects to defer. WAS elects to Receive, and NYJ elects to defend the east goal. N.Folk kicks 66 yards from NYJ 35 to WAS -1. B.Banks to WAS 18 for 19 yards (G.McIntyre; T.Wilson). Washington Redskins at 15:00, (1st play from scrimmage 14:55) 1-10-WAS 18 (14:55) R.Helu right end to WAS 33 for 15 yards (E.Smith). R1 1-10-WAS 33 (14:13) R.Helu left end to WAS 36 for 3 yards (G.McIntyre). 2-7-WAS 36 (13:30) R.Grossman pass short middle to R.Helu to WAS 44 for 8 yards (A.Maybin, J.Leonhard). P2 1-10-WAS 44 (12:46) R.Grossman pass deep left to F.Davis pushed ob at NYJ 14 for 42 yards (A.Cromartie). P3 1-10-NYJ 14 (11:58) R.Helu right end to NYJ 5 for 9 yards (E.Smith). 2-1-NYJ 5 (11:13) R.Helu right end to NYJ 2 for 3 yards (S.Pouha). R4 1-2-NYJ 2 (10:34) R.Grossman pass incomplete short right to N.Paul. 2-2-NYJ 2 (10:27) R.Helu left end for 2 yards, TOUCHDOWN. R5 G.Gano extra point is GOOD, Center-N.Sundberg, Holder-S.Rocca. NYJ 0 WAS 7, 8 plays, 82 yards, 4:39 drive, 4:39 elapsed G.Gano kicks 53 yards from WAS 35 to NYJ 12. J.McKnight to NYJ 26 for 14 yards (M.Sellers). New York Jets at 10:21, (1st play from scrimmage 10:15) 1-10-NYJ 26 (10:15) S.Greene right end to NYJ 29 for 3 yards (B.Orakpo; S.Bowen). 2-7-NYJ 29 (9:38) Direct snap to S.Greene. S.Greene right end to NYJ 32 for 3 yards (P.Riley; R.Doughty). 3-4-NYJ 32 (8:54) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short left to S.Holmes to NYJ 37 for 5 yards (J.Wilson). P1 Penalty on WAS-L.Fletcher, Defensive Holding, declined. 1-10-NYJ 37 (8:33) M.Sanchez pass short right to S.Holmes pushed ob at NYJ 48 for 11 yards (J.Wilson). P2 1-10-NYJ 48 (8:06) (Shotgun) Direct snap to J.Kerley. J.McKnight left end to NYJ 47 for -1 yards (P.Riley). Pitch to 25 - McKnight 2-11-NYJ 47 (7:24) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short left to L.Tomlinson pushed ob at WAS 37 for 16 yards (O.Atogwe). NYJ- P3 L.Tomlinson was injured during the play. His return is Questionable. Knee 1-10-WAS 37 (7:06) S.Greene right end to WAS 33 for 4 yards (L.Fletcher, R.Doughty). 2-6-WAS 33 (6:33) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short right to P.Burress to WAS 26 for 7 yards (D.Hall, R.Kerrigan). P4 1-10-WAS 26 (5:52) S.Greene right tackle to WAS 19 for 7 yards (L.Fletcher; R.Doughty). 2-3-WAS 19 (5:16) S.Greene left guard to WAS 18 for 1 yard (B.Orakpo; A.Carriker). 3-2-WAS 18 (5:16) Direct snap to S.Greene. S.Greene right tackle to WAS 17 for 1 yard (P.Riley). 4-1-WAS 17 (3:49) J.Conner left tackle to WAS 16 for 1 yard (J.Wilson; L.Fletcher). R5 1-10-WAS 16 (3:18) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass incomplete deep left to P.Burress. PENALTY on WAS-B.Orakpo, Defensive Offside, 5 yards, enforced at WAS 16 - No Play. 1-5-WAS 11 (3:13) S.Greene right tackle to WAS 9 for 2 yards (L.Fletcher; R.Doughty). 2-3-WAS 9 (2:29) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short middle to D.Keller (B.Cofield). 3-3-WAS 9 (2:24) M.Sanchez pass short right to P.Burress to WAS 1 for 8 yards (O.Atogwe). P6 1-1-WAS 1 (1:53) S.Greene right tackle to WAS 1 for no gain (L.Fletcher, P.Riley). 2-1-WAS 1 (1:19) S.Greene left tackle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN. R7 N.Folk extra point is GOOD, Center-T.Purdum, Holder-M.Brunell. NYJ 7 WAS 7, 17 plays, 74 yards, 1 penalty, 9:06 drive, 13:45 elapsed N.Folk kicks 67 yards from NYJ 35 to WAS -2. B.Banks to WAS 6 for 8 yards. Lateral to A.Armstrong pushed ob at WAS 34 for 28 yards (E.Smith). Washington Redskins at 1:15, (1st play from scrimmage 1:05) 1-10-WAS 34 (1:05) R.Helu up the middle to WAS 36 for 2 yards (S.Pouha; R.Pitoitua). 2-8-WAS 36 (:27) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to F.Davis. 3-8-WAS 36 (:19) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass deep middle to S.Moss to NYJ 43 for 21 yards (J.Leonhard, D.Revis). P6 END OF QUARTER Time First Downs Efficiencies Score Poss R P X T 3 Down 4 Down New York Jets 7 9:06 2 5 0 7 2/3 1/1 Washington Redskins 7 5:54 3 3 0 6 1/1 0/0 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins at FedExField

Play By Play Second Quarter 12/4/2011 Washington Redskins continued. 1-10-NYJ 43 (15:00) R.Helu left tackle to NYJ 39 for 4 yards (D.Harris). 2-6-NYJ 39 (14:22) R.Helu right end to NYJ 17 for 22 yards (D.Revis). R7 1-10-NYJ 17 (13:40) R.Helu left end to NYJ 17 for no gain (C.Pace; M.Wilkerson). 2-10-NYJ 17 (12:59) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to S.Moss to NYJ 18 for -1 yards (B.Scott, K.Wilson). 3-11-NYJ 18 (12:17) R.Grossman pass short middle to E.Royster to NYJ 15 for 3 yards (C.Pace). 4-8-NYJ 15 (11:37) G.Gano 33 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-N.Sundberg, Holder-S.Rocca. NYJ 7 WAS 10, 9 plays, 51 yards, 4:43 drive, 3:28 elapsed G.Gano kicks 65 yards from WAS 35 to NYJ 0. J.McKnight to NYJ 8 for 8 yards (B.Westbrook). New York Jets at 11:32, (1st play from scrimmage 11:28) 1-10-NYJ 8 (11:28) S.Greene right end to NYJ 6 for -2 yards (D.Hall). 2-12-NYJ 6 (10:48) S.Greene left guard to NYJ 7 for 1 yard (R.Kerrigan, L.Fletcher). 3-11-NYJ 7 (10:04) M.Sanchez pass short middle to M.Mulligan to NYJ 12 for 5 yards (D.Gomes, B.Cofield). WAS-D.Gomes was injured during the play. 4-6-NYJ 12 (9:41) T.Conley punts 39 yards to WAS 49, Center-T.Purdum, fair catch by B.Banks. PENALTY on WAS-R.Jackson, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at WAS 49. Washington Redskins at 9:32 1-10-WAS 39 (9:32) R.Grossman pass deep left to F.Davis pushed ob at NYJ 34 for 27 yards (E.Smith) [M.Wilkerson]. New York Jets challenged the incomplete pass ruling, and the play was REVERSED. R.Grossman pass incomplete deep left to F.Davis (E.Smith, J.Leonhard) [M.Wilkerson]. 2-10-WAS 39 (9:27) R.Helu right end to WAS 42 for 3 yards (S.Pouha). 3-7-WAS 42 (8:48) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass deep middle intended for F.Davis INTERCEPTED by B.Pool [A.Maybin] at NYJ 38. B.Pool pushed ob at WAS 41 for 21 yards (C.Chester). PENALTY on NYJ-D.Strickland, Illegal Contact, 5 yards, enforced at WAS 42 - No Play. X8 1-10-WAS 47 (8:38) R.Grossman pass incomplete short right to S.Moss (A.Cromartie). 2-10-WAS 47 (8:31) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to F.Davis. 3-10-WAS 47 (8:27) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete deep right to D.Anderson. 4-10-WAS 47 (8:20) S.Rocca punts 37 yards to NYJ 16, Center-N.Sundberg, fair catch by J.Kerley. WAS-S.Rocca was injured during the play. Penalty on NYJ-G.McIntyre, Running Into the Kicker, declined. New York Jets at 8:12 1-10-NYJ 16 (8:12) M.Sanchez pass short middle to S.Greene to NYJ 24 for 8 yards (P.Riley; J.Wilson). 2-2-NYJ 24 (7:28) M.Sanchez pass short right to S.Holmes pushed ob at NYJ 36 for 12 yards (L.Fletcher). P8 1-10-NYJ 36 (6:59) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short left to J.McKnight. 2-10-NYJ 36 (6:52) M.Sanchez pass short middle to P.Burress to WAS 46 for 18 yards (D.Hall). P9 1-10-WAS 46 (6:07) S.Greene left tackle to WAS 38 for 8 yards (D.Hall; L.Fletcher). 2-2-WAS 38 (5:22) S.Greene right guard to WAS 35 for 3 yards (R.Jackson; L.Fletcher). R10 Timeout #1 by NYJ at 04:43. 1-10-WAS 35 (4:43) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short left to S.Holmes. 2-10-WAS 35 (4:38) M.Sanchez pass short left to D.Keller to WAS 34 for 1 yard (B.Orakpo). 3-9-WAS 34 (3:56) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short right to J.Kerley to WAS 27 for 7 yards (D.Hall). 4-2-WAS 27 (3:12) N.Folk 45 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-T.Purdum, Holder-M.Brunell. NYJ 10 WAS 10, 10 plays, 57 yards, 5:06 drive, 11:54 elapsed N.Folk kicks 56 yards from NYJ 35 to WAS 9. B.Banks to WAS 20 for 11 yards (I.Trufant, G.McIntyre). Washington Redskins at 3:06, (1st play from scrimmage 3:00) 1-10-WAS 20 (3:00) R.Helu right tackle to WAS 20 for no gain (C.Pace). 2-10-WAS 20 (2:21) R.Grossman pass short middle to F.Davis pushed ob at 50 for 30 yards (E.Smith). P9 Two-Minute Warning 1-10-50 (2:00) R.Grossman pass short right to F.Davis to WAS 49 for -1 yards (D.Harris, A.Cromartie). 2-11-WAS 49 (1:22) R.Grossman pass incomplete short right. PENALTY on WAS-R.Grossman, Intentional Grounding, 10 yards, enforced at WAS 49. 3-21-WAS 39 (1:16) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short right to R.Helu. 4-21-WAS 39 (1:09) S.Rocca punts 43 yards to NYJ 18, Center-N.Sundberg. J.Kerley MUFFS catch, RECOVERED by WAS- P.Riley at NYJ 18. P.Riley to NYJ 18 for no gain (K.Wilson). Washington Redskins at 0:59 1-10-NYJ 18 (:59) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to D.Anderson (S.Pouha). 2-10-NYJ 18 (:55) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short right to F.Davis to NYJ 7 for 11 yards (J.Leonhard, B.Pool). P10 Timeout #1 by WAS at 00:45. 1-7-NYJ 7 (:45) (Shotgun) PENALTY on WAS-R.Grossman, Delay of Game, 5 yards, enforced at NYJ 7 - No Play. 8-Grossman attempted to call two consecutive timeouts 1-12-NYJ 12 (:45) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short right to S.Moss to NYJ 5 for 7 yards (J.Mauga, D.Revis). Timeout #2 by WAS at 00:34. 2-5-NYJ 5 (:34) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to S.Moss (D.Harris, B.Pool). 3-5-NYJ 5 (:28) R.Grossman pass incomplete short left to R.Helu (J.Leonhard). 4-5-NYJ 5 (:24) G.Gano 23 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-N.Sundberg, Holder-S.Rocca. NYJ 10 WAS 13, 6 plays, 13 yards, 0:40 drive, 14:41 elapsed G.Gano kicks 43 yards from WAS 35 to NYJ 22. P.Turner MUFFS catch, and recovers at NYJ 22. P.Turner to NYJ 21 for -1 yards (R.McIntosh). New York Jets vs Washington Redskins at FedExField New York Jets at 0:19, (1st play from scrimmage 0:12) 1-10-NYJ 21 (:12) M.Sanchez kneels to NYJ 20 for -1 yards. END OF QUARTER Time First Downs Efficiencies Score Poss R P X T 3 Down 4 Down New York Jets 10 7:25 1 2 0 3 0/2 0/0 Washington Redskins 13 7:35 1 2 1 4 0/4 0/0 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins at FedExField

Play By Play Third Quarter 12/4/2011 NYJ elects to Receive, and WAS elects to defend the East goal. G.Gano kicks 67 yards from WAS 35 to NYJ -2. J.McKnight to NYJ 15 for 17 yards (R.Doughty, N.Paul). New York Jets at 15:00, (1st play from scrimmage 14:55) 1-10-NYJ 15 (14:55) (Shotgun) PENALTY on NYJ-M.Mulligan, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at NYJ 15 - No Play. 1-15-NYJ 10 (14:55) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short left to P.Burress. 2-15-NYJ 10 (14:51) (Shotgun) PENALTY on NYJ-M.Sanchez, Delay of Game, 5 yards, enforced at NYJ 10 - No Play. 2-20-NYJ 5 (14:51) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass incomplete deep left to P.Burress (R.Kerrigan). 3-20-NYJ 5 (14:45) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass deep left to P.Turner pushed ob at NYJ 11 for 6 yards (O.Atogwe, L.Fletcher). 4-14-NYJ 11 (14:13) T.Conley punts 46 yards to WAS 43, Center-T.Purdum, out of bounds. Washington Redskins at 14:06 1-10-WAS 43 (14:06) R.Helu right end to WAS 48 for 5 yards (C.Pace). 2-5-WAS 48 (13:28) R.Helu left tackle to WAS 44 for -4 yards (J.Westerman). 3-9-WAS 44 (12:51) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short left to F.Davis. 4-9-WAS 44 (12:46) S.Rocca punts 38 yards to NYJ 18, Center-N.Sundberg, fair catch by J.Leonhard. New York Jets at 12:38 1-10-NYJ 18 (12:38) S.Greene right end to NYJ 18 for no gain (R.Kerrigan, A.Carriker). 2-10-NYJ 18 (11:59) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short middle to D.Keller to NYJ 25 for 7 yards (L.Fletcher). 3-3-NYJ 25 (11:18) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass incomplete deep right to S.Holmes. 4-3-NYJ 25 (11:12) T.Conley punts 50 yards to WAS 25, Center-T.Purdum, fair catch by B.Banks. Washington Redskins at 11:03 1-10-WAS 25 (11:03) R.Grossman sacked at WAS 19 for -6 yards (J.Westerman). 2-16-WAS 19 (10:33) R.Helu right end to WAS 22 for 3 yards (C.Pace; J.Mauga). 3-13-WAS 22 (9:53) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete deep middle to J.Gaffney. 4-13-WAS 22 (9:47) S.Rocca punts 39 yards to NYJ 39, Center-N.Sundberg. J.Leonhard to WAS 47 for 14 yards (R.Doughty, R.McIntosh). New York Jets at 9:35 1-10-WAS 47 (9:35) S.Greene right end to WAS 39 for 8 yards (L.Fletcher, R.Doughty). 2-2-WAS 39 (8:57) S.Greene right tackle to WAS 38 for 1 yard (L.Fletcher; B.Orakpo). 3-1-WAS 38 (8:20) J.Conner up the middle to WAS 37 for 1 yard (L.Fletcher, A.Carriker). R11 1-10-WAS 37 (7:36) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short left to S.Holmes (J.Wilson). 2-10-WAS 37 (7:28) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short right to D.Keller to WAS 33 for 4 yards (L.Fletcher, O.Atogwe). 3-6-WAS 33 (6:46) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short left to D.Keller [S.Bowen]. 4-6-WAS 33 (6:41) N.Folk 51 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-T.Purdum, Holder-M.Brunell. NYJ 13 WAS 13, 7 plays, 14 yards, 2:59 drive, 8:24 elapsed N.Folk kicks 65 yards from NYJ 35 to WAS 0. B.Banks to WAS 24 for 24 yards (J.Mauga). Washington Redskins at 6:36, (1st play from scrimmage 6:30) 1-10-WAS 24 (6:30) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to S.Moss (D.Harris). 2-10-WAS 24 (6:25) R.Helu left guard to WAS 28 for 4 yards (D.Harris; B.Scott). New York Jets challenged the fumble ruling, and the play was REVERSED. R.Helu left guard to WAS 28 for 4 yards (M.Dixon). FUMBLES (M.Dixon), RECOVERED by NYJ-E.Smith at WAS 29. E.Smith to WAS 29 for no gain (T.Williams). New York Jets at 6:22 1-10-WAS 29 (6:22) Direct snap to J.Kerley. J.Kerley right tackle to WAS 23 for 6 yards (A.Carriker). 2-4-WAS 23 (5:46) S.Greene left end to WAS 22 for 1 yard (A.Carriker). 3-3-WAS 22 (5:07) M.Sanchez pass short left to J.Conner pushed ob at WAS 22 for no gain (P.Riley). 4-3-WAS 22 (4:24) N.Folk 40 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Right, Center-T.Purdum, Holder-M.Brunell. Washington Redskins at 4:19 1-10-WAS 30 (4:19) R.Helu left end pushed ob at WAS 38 for 8 yards (A.Cromartie). 2-2-WAS 38 (3:54) R.Helu left tackle to WAS 39 for 1 yard (M.Dixon). 3-1-WAS 39 (3:13) R.Grossman pass incomplete short left to J.Gaffney (B.Scott) [C.Pace]. 4-1-WAS 39 (3:06) S.Rocca punts 38 yards to NYJ 23, Center-N.Sundberg, fair catch by J.Leonhard. New York Jets at 2:59 1-10-NYJ 23 (2:59) V.Ducasse reported in as eligible. M.Sanchez pass incomplete deep middle to P.Burress (D.Hall). 2-10-NYJ 23 (2:59) Direct snap to S.Greene. S.Greene left end to NYJ 26 for 3 yards (O.Atogwe). Penalty on NYJ-P.Turner, Illegal Formation, declined. Covered up 82 3-7-NYJ 26 (2:23) (Shotgun) PENALTY on WAS-K.Barnes, Unnecessary Roughness, 15 yards, enforced at NYJ 26 - No Play. X12 Penalty on NYJ-D.Keller, False Start, superseded. 1-10-NYJ 41 (2:06) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short left to S.Holmes (B.Orakpo). 2-10-NYJ 41 (2:02) S.Greene left end to NYJ 45 for 4 yards (D.Hall, L.Fletcher). PENALTY on NYJ-D.Keller, Illegal Crackback, 15 yards, enforced at NYJ 41 - No Play. 2-25-NYJ 26 (1:33) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short left to J.McKnight to NYJ 28 for 2 yards (O.Atogwe; R.Kerrigan). Timeout #1 by NYJ at 00:45. 3-23-NYJ 28 (:45) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short middle to S.Greene. 4-23-NYJ 28 (:36) T.Conley punts 52 yards to WAS 20, Center-T.Purdum. B.Banks to WAS 14 for -6 yards (G.McIntyre). FUMBLES (G.McIntyre), ball out of bounds at WAS 14. Washington Redskins at 0:20 1-10-WAS 14 (:20) R.Helu right end to WAS 14 for no gain (D.Harris). New York Jets vs Washington Redskins at FedExField END OF QUARTER Time First Downs Efficiencies Score Poss R P X T 3 Down 4 Down New York Jets 13 10:10 1 0 1 2 1/6 0/0 Washington Redskins 13 4:50 0 0 0 0 0/3 0/0 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins at FedExField

Play By Play Fourth Quarter 12/4/2011 Washington Redskins continued. 2-10-WAS 14 (15:00) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to D.Anderson to WAS 27 for 13 yards (D.Harris). NYJ-D.Harris was P11 injured during the play. 1-10-WAS 27 (14:41) R.Grossman pass short left to R.Helu pushed ob at WAS 39 for 12 yards (B.Scott). P12 1-10-WAS 39 (14:12) R.Grossman pass short left to R.Helu to WAS 35 for -4 yards (B.Scott). 2-14-WAS 35 (13:29) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short middle to D.Anderson to WAS 43 for 8 yards (J.Leonhard). 3-6-WAS 43 (12:49) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to F.Davis to NYJ 45 for 12 yards (B.Pool). P13 1-10-NYJ 45 (12:11) R.Helu right end to NYJ 40 for 5 yards (D.Harris, E.Smith). 2-5-NYJ 40 (11:34) R.Helu left tackle to NYJ 40 for no gain (S.Pouha, J.Westerman). 3-5-NYJ 40 (10:48) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to L.Paulsen [D.Harris]. NYJ-C.Pace was injured during the play. 4-5-NYJ 40 (10:40) S.Rocca punts 29 yards to NYJ 11, Center-N.Sundberg, fair catch by J.Leonhard. New York Jets at 10:30 1-10-NYJ 11 (10:30) S.Greene right tackle to NYJ 20 for 9 yards (O.Atogwe; P.Riley). 2-1-NYJ 20 (9:49) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short middle to D.Keller. 3-1-NYJ 20 (9:43) M.Sanchez pass incomplete short middle to M.Mulligan (B.Cofield). 4-1-NYJ 20 (9:38) T.Conley punts 36 yards to WAS 44, Center-T.Purdum. B.Banks pushed ob at NYJ 36 for 20 yards (E.Smith). PENALTY on NYJ-T.Wilson, Ineligible Downfield Kick, 5 yards, enforced at NYJ 36. Washington Redskins at 9:26 1-10-NYJ 31 (9:26) R.Helu right tackle to NYJ 29 for 2 yards (J.Westerman). 2-8-NYJ 29 (8:49) R.Helu right end to NYJ 28 for 1 yard (B.Scott). 3-7-NYJ 28 (8:03) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete deep left to D.Anderson (A.Cromartie). 4-7-NYJ 28 (7:56) G.Gano 46 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-N.Sundberg, Holder-S.Rocca. NYJ 13 WAS 16, 4 plays, 3 yards, 1:34 drive, 7:08 elapsed G.Gano kicks 45 yards from WAS 35 to NYJ 20. J.Baker to NYJ 49 for 29 yards (G.Gano). New York Jets at 7:52, (1st play from scrimmage 7:46) 1-10-NYJ 49 (7:46) M.Sanchez pass short middle to S.Greene to WAS 43 for 8 yards (R.Kerrigan; P.Riley). 2-2-WAS 43 (7:46) PENALTY on NYJ, Illegal Substitution, 5 yards, enforced at WAS 43 - No Play. 2-7-WAS 48 (6:55) M.Sanchez scrambles up the middle to WAS 45 for 3 yards (L.Fletcher). Timeout #2 by NYJ at 06:08. 3-4-WAS 45 (6:08) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short middle to S.Greene to WAS 35 for 10 yards (L.Fletcher). P13 1-10-WAS 35 (5:32) Direct snap to L.Tomlinson. L.Tomlinson right end to WAS 30 for 5 yards (R.Doughty). 2-5-WAS 30 (4:57) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass deep left to S.Holmes for 30 yards, TOUCHDOWN. P14 N.Folk extra point is GOOD, Center-T.Purdum, Holder-M.Brunell. NYJ 20 WAS 16, 5 plays, 51 yards, 3:03 drive, 10:11 elapsed N.Folk kicks 62 yards from NYJ 35 to WAS 3. B.Banks to WAS 20 for 17 yards (N.Bellore). Washington Redskins at 4:49, (1st play from scrimmage 4:43) 1-10-WAS 20 (4:43) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to S.Moss (M.Wilkerson). 2-10-WAS 20 (4:38) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to S.Moss. 3-10-WAS 20 (4:33) (Shotgun) R.Grossman sacked at WAS 11 for -9 yards (A.Maybin). FUMBLES (A.Maybin), RECOVERED by NYJ-C.Pace at WAS 9. C.Pace to WAS 9 for no gain (W.Montgomery). New York Jets at 4:26 1-9-WAS 9 (4:26) S.Greene right end to WAS 9 for no gain (R.Kerrigan). 2-9-WAS 9 (3:48) Direct snap to S.Greene. S.Greene right tackle for 9 yards, TOUCHDOWN. R15 N.Folk extra point is GOOD, Center-T.Purdum, Holder-M.Brunell. NYJ 27 WAS 16, 2 plays, 9 yards, 0:44 drive, 11:18 elapsed N.Folk kicks 61 yards from NYJ 35 to WAS 4. B.Banks to WAS 45 for 41 yards (J.Westerman). Washington Redskins at 3:42, (1st play from scrimmage 3:31) 1-10-WAS 45 (3:31) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short right to D.Anderson. 2-10-WAS 45 (3:24) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete deep right to J.Gaffney. 3-10-WAS 45 (3:18) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short middle to S.Moss to NYJ 44 for 11 yards (J.Leonhard). P14 1-10-NYJ 44 (2:47) (No Huddle, Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short right to F.Davis (D.Strickland). 2-10-NYJ 44 (2:40) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete deep middle to S.Moss. 3-10-NYJ 44 (2:34) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short right to D.Stallworth to NYJ 30 for 14 yards (D.Revis). P15 Timeout #1 by WAS at 02:24. 1-10-NYJ 30 (2:24) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short middle to F.Davis to NYJ 25 for 5 yards (C.Pace; E.Smith). Timeout #2 by WAS at 02:16. 2-5-NYJ 25 (2:16) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete deep middle to D.Stallworth. 3-5-NYJ 25 (2:09) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short middle to S.Moss (K.Wilson). 4-5-NYJ 25 (2:04) G.Gano 43 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-N.Sundberg, Holder-S.Rocca. Two-Minute Warning NYJ 27 WAS 19, 10 plays, 30 yards, 1:43 drive, 13:01 elapsed G.Gano kicks onside 12 yards from WAS 35 to WAS 47. A.Cromartie to WAS 30 for 17 yards (R.Jackson). PENALTY on WAS-L.Alexander, Illegal Formation, 5 yards, enforced at WAS 30. New York Jets at 1:59 1-10-WAS 25 (1:59) S.Greene right end for 25 yards, TOUCHDOWN. R16 New York Jets vs Washington Redskins at FedExField N.Folk extra point is GOOD, Center-T.Purdum, Holder-M.Brunell. NYJ 34 WAS 19, 1 plays, 25 yards, 0:12 drive, 13:13 elapsed N.Folk kicks 63 yards from NYJ 35 to WAS 2. B.Banks to WAS 18 for 16 yards (N.Bellore). Washington Redskins at 1:47, (1st play from scrimmage 1:41) 1-10-WAS 18 (1:41) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to S.Moss to WAS 22 for 4 yards (K.Wilson). 2-6-WAS 22 (1:15) (No Huddle, Shotgun) R.Grossman pass incomplete short left to F.Davis. 3-6-WAS 22 (1:09) (Shotgun) R.Helu left end to WAS 34 for 12 yards (E.Smith). R16 Timeout #3 by WAS at 01:05. 1-10-WAS 34 (1:05) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to R.Helu to NYJ 40 for 26 yards (B.Pool). P17 1-10-NYJ 40 (:36) (No Huddle, Shotgun) R.Grossman pass deep middle intended for F.Davis INTERCEPTED by K.Wilson (D.Strickland) at NYJ 13. K.Wilson to NYJ 16 for 3 yards (S.Moss). New York Jets at 0:28 1-10-NYJ 16 (:28) M.Sanchez kneels to NYJ 15 for -1 yards. END OF QUARTER Time First Downs Efficiencies Score Poss R P X T 3 Down 4 Down New York Jets 34 5:31 2 2 0 4 1/2 0/0 Washington Redskins 19 9:29 1 6 0 7 4/8 0/0 Miscellaneous Statistics Report New York Jets vs Washington Redskins 12/4/2011 at FedExField Ten Longest Plays for New York Jets Yards Qtr Play Start Play Description 30 4 2-5-WAS 30 (4:57) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass deep left to S.Holmes for 30 yards, TOUCHDOWN. 25 4 1-10-WAS 25 (1:59) S.Greene right end for 25 yards, TOUCHDOWN. 18 2 2-10-NYJ 36 (6:52) M.Sanchez pass short middle to P.Burress to WAS 46 for 18 yards (D.Hall). 16 1 2-11-NYJ 47 (7:24) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short left to L.Tomlinson pushed ob at WAS 37 for 16 yards (O.Atogwe). NYJ-L.Tomlinson was injured during the play. His return is Questionable. Knee 12 2 2-2-NYJ 24 (7:28) M.Sanchez pass short right to S.Holmes pushed ob at NYJ 36 for 12 yards (L.Fletcher). 11 1 1-10-NYJ 37 (8:33) M.Sanchez pass short right to S.Holmes pushed ob at NYJ 48 for 11 yards (J.Wilson). 10 4 3-4-WAS 45 (6:08) (Shotgun) M.Sanchez pass short middle to S.Greene to WAS 35 for 10 yards (L.Fletcher). 9 4 1-10-NYJ 11 (10:30) S.Greene right tackle to NYJ 20 for 9 yards (O.Atogwe; P.Riley). 9 4 2-9-WAS 9 (3:48) Direct snap to S.Greene. S.Greene right tackle for 9 yards, TOUCHDOWN. 8 1 3-3-WAS 9 (2:24) M.Sanchez pass short right to P.Burress to WAS 1 for 8 yards (O.Atogwe).

Ten Longest Plays for Washington Redskins Yards Qtr Play Start Play Description 42 1 1-10-WAS 44 (12:46) R.Grossman pass deep left to F.Davis pushed ob at NYJ 14 for 42 yards (A.Cromartie). 30 2 2-10-WAS 20 (2:21) R.Grossman pass short middle to F.Davis pushed ob at 50 for 30 yards (E.Smith). 26 4 1-10-WAS 34 (1:05) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to R.Helu to NYJ 40 for 26 yards (B.Pool). 22 2 2-6-NYJ 39 (14:22) R.Helu right end to NYJ 17 for 22 yards (D.Revis). 21 1 3-8-WAS 36 (:19) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass deep middle to S.Moss to NYJ 43 for 21 yards (J.Leonhard, D.Revis). 15 1 1-10-WAS 18 (14:55) R.Helu right end to WAS 33 for 15 yards (E.Smith). 14 4 3-10-NYJ 44 (2:34) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short right to D.Stallworth to NYJ 30 for 14 yards (D.Revis). 13 4 2-10-WAS 14 (15:00) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to D.Anderson to WAS 27 for 13 yards (D.Harris). NYJ-D.Harris was injured during the play. 12 4 1-10-WAS 27 (14:41) R.Grossman pass short left to R.Helu pushed ob at WAS 39 for 12 yards (B.Scott). 12 4 3-6-WAS 43 (12:49) (Shotgun) R.Grossman pass short left to F.Davis to NYJ 45 for 12 yards (B.Pool).

Touchdown Scoring Information Offense Defense Special Teams VISITOR: New York Jets 4 0 0 HOME: Washington Redskins 1 0 0 Player Scoring Information Club Player TD Rush Rec KO Punt Int Fum Misc FG XP 2Pt 2Pt Sfty Points TD TD TD TD TD TD TD Rush Rec NYJ S.Greene 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 NYJ N.Folk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 10 NYJ S.Holmes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 WAS G.Gano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 13 WAS R.Helu 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Possession Detail First Half Second Half Game Visitor Home Visitor Home Visitor Home Largest Lead 0 7 15 3 15 7 Drives Leading 0 1 3 2 3 3 Time of Possession Leading 0:00 1:20 1:24 2:56 1:24 4:16 Largest Deficit -7 0 -3 -15 -7 -15 Drives Trailing 4 0 4 3 8 3 Time of Possession Trailing 16:31 0:00 8:31 3:25 25:02 3:25 Times Score Tied Up 2 1 3 Lead Changes 3 2 5 FEATURE CLIPS Feature Clips 2011

Head Coach Mike Shanahan

Shanahan’s Redskins are building a more solid foundation in Year 2

Barry Svrluga The Washington Post September 5, 2011

Command central for the Washington Redskins is the swiveling, burgundy chair in the center of Mike Shanahan’s office. Over Shanahan’s right shoulder sits one flat screen, on which he can flip from one meeting to another, from offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan teaching a pass protection philosophy to defensive backs coach Bob Slowik reviewing a coverage, power points aplenty. Over his left shoulder sits another flat screen, on which he can watch each play from each practice session he oversaw this preseason. The images flickering on those two screens represent the Redskins’ present and future, the players and coaches who will make up Shanahan’s second team here, with real-time evaluations of how they’re performing.

But across Shanahan’s desk, on an opposite wall, hangs the Redskins’ immediate past, and in some ways it is just as instructive about the state of the franchise Shanahan inherited and the direction he intends to take it. Affixed to the wall is a board with the names of players who are no longer here. Some — center Casey Rabach and running back Clinton Portis among them — were mainstays from administrations past. Others — say, wide receiver Roydell Williams or nose tackle Ma’ake Kemoeatu — were signed by Shanahan as stopgaps in 2010, but have since been cast aside.

What remains is a roster most people outside the team’s Ashburn training facility figure will nestle into the bottom spot in the NFC East for the fourth year in a row. Yet what Shanahan sees on those two flat screens and that board across the room has him smiling, at ease.

“People say I look more relaxed,” Shanahan said. “Well, yeah.”

At this point last year, the foundation of the franchise Shanahan took over was in disarray, old and on the decline. Gone, now, are 26 players who started 280 games in 2009 and 2010. Of those released before Saturday’s final cuts, 10 were so close to the ends of their careers that they are not currently on NFL rosters. Shanahan has heard all the doubts about the roster he has assembled, and doesn’t much care. The difference between 2010, which yielded a 6-10 record that matched the worst of Shanahan’s 15 full seasons as a head coach and now is simple: These Redskins are Shanahan’s.

“When you go into that second year, and if for whatever reason these aren’t the players that you like or you want, it’s your fault,” Shanahan said last week. “. . . The majority of your football team better be based on the guys that you feel fit in your style – and they have what it takes to get to the next level.”

The stats about the Redskins’ level over the last dozen years are, by now, familiar: two winning seasons and two playoff appearances — and no division titles — since 1999. Only five other teams — Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Jacksonville and expansion Houston (which started play in 2002), the dregs of the league — have failed to win a division championship in that time. So Shanahan’s task was and is complex — change a culture of losing, rein in a reputation for disarray, and alter the fortunes of a franchise that was once a model in the NFL but hasn’t been a consistent force in two decades. Feature Clips 2011

“It takes a while to get everything the way you want it,” said Tony Dungy, the former coach in Tampa Bay and Indianapolis who now works as an analyst for NBC’s Sunday Night Football. “It’s probably going to be three or four years before everybody understands exactly what you want to do.”

Since Daniel M. Snyder bought the Redskins in 1999, only one coach — Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs, the winner of Washington’s three Super Bowl titles in the 1980s and ’90s — has lasted more than two seasons. When Shanahan, who won two Super Bowls and made seven playoff appearances in 14 years coaching the Denver Broncos, considered becoming Snyder’s seventh coach, he said he had to be concerned about that record of turnover, a major factor in the franchise’s instability.

“Of course you are,” he said. “But that’s why I asked Dan: ‘Hey, if you want me, this is what I believe in, and if you don’t, then you probably shouldn’t hire me. This is the way I’m going to do things if you do hire me.’ ”

Shanahan’s plan: have the franchise ready to win consistently — “not one year great, the next year bad,” he said — by the third season.

“Obviously, that’s the way he wanted it,” Shanahan said of Snyder. Thus, the scorched earth at Redskins Park. But there is much work ahead.

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The 2010 Redskins, should anyone choose to remember them, will be recalled for two characters: defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and quarterback Donovan McNabb, and the way Shanahan handled each. “More national news than you’d really want,” Shanahan said. Those story lines — Haynesworth repeatedly failed to pass a preseason conditioning test and was ultimately suspended for the final four games of the year, McNabb struggled in Shanahan’s system and was ultimately benched for the final three games — fit right in with the Redskins’ reputation as team turmoil.

When you look . . . back throughout the years, there was a lot of dysfunction, a lot of changing of coaches and things like that,” said new defensive lineman Barry Cofield, who signed as a free agent from the rival New York Giants. “There was a lot of off-the-field news waves being made, things like that. I think that’s something that’s changed.”

It is, at the very least, changing. The Redskins’ story lines from this preseason were of the conventional sort: Who will start at quarterback, John Beck or Rex Grossman? There are, of course, personnel and strategic elements to Shanahan’s overhaul of the Redskins. But getting the focus on football, and only football, was every bit as difficult. Shanahan said that during this preseason camp not a single Redskin violated curfew, and only one player was late for a meeting or practice.

“Last year,” he said, “I had 50.”

The holdovers from previous regimes – there are only nine players who remain from Gibbs’s last team, in 2007 believe that represents a change in attitudes and actions.

“A lot of things around here was lax,” said veteran wide receiver Santana Moss, who is entering his 11th NFL season, the last seven with the Redskins. “. . . I can truly say that over the years, once you was out here Feature Clips 2011

practicing, some of the guys probably felt like they was here, that they made it. But with this staff, it’s not, ‘I’m going to come to work today, and I’ve made it.’ This staff is: you got to come to work today and show me that you deserve to be here every day. Every day you’re getting graded. Every day you’re getting watched.”

Haynesworth and McNabb were traded just before training camp. Running back Clinton Portis, he of the interesting costumes and occasionally more interesting ponderings, was released. The most controversial words from a Redskin during the five weeks of preseason likely came from Grossman, the journeyman quarterback. His crime: saying the Redskins would win the NFC East.

“There’s definitely a different feel, a different vibe,” said linebacker London Fletcher, the team’s emotional compass. “There’s not all that extra stuff that you have to deal with on a week-to-week basis as far as distractions that keep you away from being mentally focused for the opponent. . . . When you have different distractions that are within your own locker room, that definitely hurts.”

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When Shanahan and his staff arrived in early 2010, their intention was to change the Redskins’ offense from a straight-ahead, power-blocking unit to one focused on a zone-blocking scheme, and to overhaul the defense from a 4-3 to a 3-4. That meant acquiring new players who fit the new philosophies and getting some versatile holdovers to adapt. But it also meant training the entire organization about what kind of players would be necessary.

“When we first got here, scouts were bringing up guys who didn’t really fit,” defensive coordinator Jim Haslett said. “ ‘How ’bout this guy?’ You’re like, ‘No, no.’ You need a certain guy at outside linebacker. You need a certain guy at end. You’re looking for a certain kind of nose tackle….

“I think the big thing now is everybody in the building understands what we’re looking for to fit the defense — and the offense. I think the scouts have a way better understanding. Last year, I don’t know who did.”

A year ago, with Haynesworth refusing to play nose tackle and players such as Andre Carter — a traditional 4-3 defensive end who moved to outside linebacker in the 3-4 — playing out of position, the Redskins ranked next- to-last in the league in yards allowed. Offensively, with Mike and Kyle Shanahan, the head coach’s son, unable to get McNabb to excel in their offense, they averaged fewer than 19 points per game, 25th in the league. Even though the defense held opponents to 17 points or fewer nine times — “You should go 9-0 in those games,” Mike Shanahan said — the fact that several players, on both sides of the ball, didn’t fit what the Redskins were trying to do led to just the fourth losing season in Shanahan’s 16 full campaigns as a head coach.

So part of Shanahan’s first season, and part of the team’s transformation, involved evaluating both the players on hand and those who might become available in the offseason. When the Redskins signed, for instance, Cofield and Stephen Bowen, two badly needed defensive linemen, Shanahan had watched every snap they played the previous season.

“When I bring a guy in here,” Shanahan said, “I know they’re going to fit.”

That might sound like bravado, and it may be. Still, there was a sense during training camp — among players and coaches, if not outside the building — that the players still here, and those brought in, fit quite nicely. The dire prognostications — ESPN The Magazine predicted they’ll go 3-13, The Sporting News 2-14, and one Las Feature Clips 2011

Vegas sports book had only Carolina and Buffalo with longer odds to win the Super Bowl — don’t matter in Ashburn.

Tight end Chris Cooley has spent all eight of his NFL seasons as a Redskin, but this is his fourth offensive system. “We’re at another level in terms of what kinds of improvements we’re trying to make as a team as opposed to the last few years of before,” Cooley said. “…It’s the first time that I’ve been part of an offense where I thought, ‘We’re not just learning this offense. We’re going to start to perfect this offense. We’re going to start to grow this offense. “

That, Cooley said, gives him an entirely different sense as the Redskins prepare to host the New York Giants on Sunday, the third time in four years they’ll open the season against the Giants. “This will be the first time I go into the game saying, ‘I feel like I know what’s going to happen this week,’ ” Cooley said. “We’re not going into New York thinking, ‘Are we good? Or are we not?’ I feel like I know we’re a good football team.”

Very few people not wearing burgundy and gold would agree with that assessment. Shanahan, sitting in command central — with all his evaluation tools at his fingertips — does.

“If you don’t feel good about your guys going into your second year, then you’re in trouble,” he said. “Not to say that you’ve arrived, but you better feel good about your guys.”

A quiet training camp has now closed. The preseason prognostications are all in. And the Redskins find themselves in a most unusual spot: Nodding quietly to each other, comfortable not only with where they are, but where they’re headed.

“In the past, you could sense that some people just wasn’t fond of what was going on,” Moss said. “It showed in us playing. It showed in attitude. Now, here, the attitude is, ‘Hey man, we can win.’ You hear more about winning than you hear about anything else.”

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Two Shanahans make it work as Redskins rebuild

Rich Campbell The Washington Times September 7, 2011

Peggy Shanahan feared the worst because she knows her husband and son as well as anybody. A pair of intense, detail-obsessed competitors working closely for 16 hours a day or more? Oh yeah, that would end well. She could see the outcome clearly — the awkward silence at family dinners, the tumultuous discussions on vacation. What a joy it would be for Mike to captain the Washington Redskins‘ building project with Kyle as one of his top lieutenants.

“I actually thought they were both crazy when they wanted to do it,” Peggy said. “But it was obviously so different than that. It’s really a treat for both of them.” Feature Clips 2011

On the eve of their second season as Redskins coach and offensive coordinator, Mike and Kyle Shanahan are reaping all of the personal rewards and many of the professional benefits they hoped for 20 months ago when Kyle left his promising coordinator position with the Houston Texans to work for his father.

Yet with questions at quarterback that persist after a bumpy 6-10 debut campaign, Mike and Kyle still have to prove their union will produce in Washington the same success on which they separately built their reputations in other cities.

“When you have any adversity and your last name is the same as the head coach’s, I know exactly what people are going to say,” Kyle said. “I’ve known my whole life. But I’m very confident in myself because of what I’ve done without him, and I’m also confident that you can ask any player that I’ve coached, and I feel very good about that.”

Not a lot of precedent

Wade Phillips has considered his father something of a hero for as long as he can remember. Growing up on Texas’ Gulf Coast, about 90 miles east of Houston, he learned football by hanging around the high school teams coached by his dad, Bum.

Wade played for Bum at Port Neches-Groves High School, and Bum was the defensive coordinator at the University of Houston when Wade was a linebacker there in the mid-1960s. Football always has been their connection. Over the years, Bum’s philosophies, especially those about the 3-4 defense, became Wade‘s.

In 1981, Bum took his signature Stetson cowboy hat to New Orleans and became coach of the Saints. Wade served as Bum’s defensive coordinator until Bum resigned during the 1985 season.

According to researchers at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they were the only father-son, head coach- coordinator tandem on record until Mike and Kyle teamed in Washington last year.

“You want your assistant coaches to be loyal,” said Wade, now the Texans’ defensive coordinator. “Nobody is going to be more loyal than your son, so you can always count on that.

“They’ll tell you the truth. Some other coaches might hesitate about telling you what they think about things, but if you ask your son, he’s going to tell you exactly what he thinks. You get a valuable opinion there.”

That was the case at Redskins Park last year as the first-year coaching staff evaluated new quarterback Donovan McNabb and determined which players fit into its schemes and were worth keeping.

“Kyle has got a lot of football in his background; what I mean by that is we’re on the same page,” Mike, 59, said. “We talk a lot of football; the running game, the passing game. It’s pretty easy to be connected because we spend so much time together talking ball.”

Coaches’ reviews were highly critical at times last season, as the Redskins averaged 5.36 yards per play, 14th- best in the 32-team NFL.

That is not good enough for Mike and Kyle Shanahan. Feature Clips 2011

Kyle’s offense during his two years calling plays in Houston ranked sixth (5.88 yards) and fourth (6.0 yards). During Mike’s two Super Bowl seasons in Denver, the Broncos' offense ranked third each year.

They discussed the offense and exchanged ideas throughout the season, as all head coaches and coordinators do. However, their relationship allowed for greater candor.

“Sometimes I’d maybe be a little more nervous to piss the head coach off,” Kyle, 31, said. “It’s a little easier for me to ask him a tough question than maybe it has been [with other coaches] in the past. That has been nice because I can always ask that question. And definitely being his son, he probably gets morepissed off at me than he does with most people. So it goes both ways.”

Earning respect

Kyle Shanahan expected to be the target of scrutiny and criticism after Mike decided to demote McNabb in Week 15 of last season. It’s part of the package that comes with his job and his last name.

But he was caught off guard when McNabb’s agent, Fletcher Smith, publicly blamed him for McNabb’s falling out with the team. Smith accused Kyle of ignoring suggestions McNabb made to improve the offense. When Kyle confronted McNabb and McNabb told him Smith’s allegations weren’t true, Kyle could only press forward.

McNabb, through a personal spokesman, declined to comment for this story.

The situation would have been disastrous if it somehow cost Kyle the respect and confidence of players, but that didn’t happen. In fact, it’s the opposite.

“I think they handled it as good as you can,” quarterback Rex Grossman said. “To bench somebody for their performance, anytime it’s a Donovan McNabb-caliber player, there’s no right way to do it. You’re going to catch heat no matter what because he’s a big name. They were in a lose-lose situation there.”

You can’t just take it from Grossman, though, because he directly benefited from McNabb’s demotion and replaced him as the starter.

“I don’t think anything with the Donovan situation makes Kyle a target,” tight end Chris Cooley said. “What makes you a target is losing football games. If we’re winning games, I think that situation probably still happens, maybe not to the extent it did. But winning overrules everything.”

And toward that end, players are certain the best man for the job is running the Redskins‘ offense.

Not only did Kyle earn his reputation as a rising star offensive coach on his own, away from his father, Redskins players also have seen proof in meetings, the film room and on the field.

“This offense is so dynamic,” receiver Santana Moss said. “The things that we can do offensively, individually and collectively, Kyle’s offense gives us an opportunity to be great. All we have to do is go out there and handle our jobs. Last year, we left a lot on the field - I mean every game.”

Cooley’s belief in Kyle is at unprecedented levels. Feature Clips 2011

“This is the first time in my career that an offense has fit so much that I’ve been willing to study it,” he said. “I’ve been willing to know it as thoroughly as I do. It’s exciting. It’s fun. It makes sense.

“A lot of offenses have contradictions. Instead, this offense has answers. It’s neat to see the way we get everyone involved. It’s the first time I care what we’re doing on the line. I care what our quarterback’s reads are. I care about other positions besides mine.”

The benefits of youth

Mike Shanahan didn’t know exactly what to expect that day in March last year. He did all the required due diligence before hiring his new offensive coordinator, but Shanahan had never actually seen this coach run a meeting with the entire offense present.

“I was shocked to see how relaxed he was at his age,” Mike said. “Then I started thinking about it. The first time I got in front of a team was coming out of college. I was about 30 years old. He’s in that time frame, 30, 31, and he’s been doing it for six years. In high school, he was on the sideline in the Super Bowl. He’s been through it.”

Mike and Kyle’s professional growth together has continued from that first meeting. Their conversations are different now than they ever were.

When Kyle was growing up, topics centered on his playing career and the path he hoped would lead to the NFL. When Kyle broke into coaching, first with UCLA and then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the father-son discussions about coaching were limited because their experiences weren’t shared.

Now, because they work so closely together, the depth of their interaction is more beneficial to how they coach.

“Mike, I know, has learned a lot of things from Kyle, being so young but having the ear of players and just new things and different ways to do things,” Peggy Shanahan said.

Kyle, for example, uses film analysis to anchor his meetings. The young generation of NFL coaches entered the profession with the technology to digitally break down game footage. Many young coaches, such as Kyle, have developed their methods accordingly

In meetings, Kyle will show footage that splices how the Redskins ran a play incorrectly with footage of how they or another team ran it properly. That highlights the contrasts and teaching points.

“I know that’s something that’s not as big with the older coaches because they didn’t have the film capabilities that we have,” Kyle said. “I was pretty confident he would like how I did it. I had always wanted to show him.”

Kyle’s history as a receiver - he played the position at the University of Texas - and an NFL receivers coach also has helped Mike, a former quarterback, in his understanding of that position.

Because Kyle had his heart set on being an NFL receiver, he used to analyze his dad’s tapes of Jerry Rice, Rod Smith and others.

“When you study it to be a player, and you’re actually a wide receivers coach, you’ve got to know that as good as anybody,” Mike said. Feature Clips 2011

In turn, Kyle has thrived under Mike’s disciplined, detail-oriented coaching style.

If the Redskins‘ offense breaks down in a game, Mike follows up by asking Kyle whether he covered that play or concept in practice. The answer better be yes.

“If you’re slipping, he will be your worst enemy and your biggest pain because he’ll be all over you,” Kyle said. “It makes you a better coach. You’ve got to think everything out and be organized.”

Family time, football time

It doesn’t matter whether your last name is Shanahan or Smith, there’s never a bad time for ice cream.

Friday mornings around 10:30 suit Mike Shanahan perfectly. That’s when he likes to drive the 10 minutes or so across Leesburg, Va., to Kyle’s house and take grandchildren Stella, 4, and Carter, 1, out for a treat.

“He’s a real good grandpa,” Kyle said.

Kyle and Mike said they don’t feel the need to see each other often outside of Redskins Park, but they do when Mike visits the grandkids and Kyle sees his mom. The convenience of those visits is just one of the perks of working together.

The NFL lockout this summer allowed for some additional time. Kyle’s family, his sister Krystal’s family, Peggy and Mike all went to the Bahamas.

Not that talk of football and the Redskins stayed behind. That has a passport, too.

“We annoy the heck out of my wife, my sister and my mom,” Kyle said. “There’s not many dinner tables that go by without it leading to football.”

The conversation inevitably winds back to the job at hand.

Father and son have moved on to a new quarterback project now, as Mike’s vision for the team starts to take shape.

He wants players who value the work it takes to win. Those who don’t meet his standard, regardless of their resume or the size of their contract, will be gone.

“We’re going to get people that are very passionate about what they do,” Mike said. “They’re here to win a Super Bowl, and I’m never going to go away from that mindset.”

Mike’s two Super Bowl rings don’t guarantee success, though. Nor do the crooked numbers that Kyle’s offenses put up in Houston. These two are starting over.

“That’s this business - it’s ‘What have you done for me lately?’ ” Kyle said. “I feel very good that we can do it, but we’ve still got to go out and do it.”

Winning the title this season seems improbable because of the massive scope of the Redskins‘ building project. It requires more than just two years. Feature Clips 2011

But the Shanahans have the big picture in mind.

They expect to get to the top eventually and get there together.

“It’d be special, and that’s why I’m here,” Kyle said. “I came here for one reason, and that was to help my dad turn something around. It’s not easy, but it’s something we are enjoying. If that’s something that we can do, and I can be a part of it with him, that would mean a lot to me.”

© Copyright 2011 The Washington Times, LLC.

Offensive Coordinator Kyle Shanahan

Two Shanahans make it work as Redskins rebuild

Rich Campbell The Washington Times September 7, 2011

Peggy Shanahan feared the worst because she knows her husband and son as well as anybody. A pair of intense, detail-obsessed competitors working closely for 16 hours a day or more? Oh yeah, that would end well. She could see the outcome clearly — the awkward silence at family dinners, the tumultuous discussions on vacation. What a joy it would be for Mike to captain the Washington Redskins‘ building project with Kyle as one of his top lieutenants.

“I actually thought they were both crazy when they wanted to do it,” Peggy said. “But it was obviously so different than that. It’s really a treat for both of them.”

On the eve of their second season as Redskins coach and offensive coordinator, Mike and Kyle Shanahan are reaping all of the personal rewards and many of the professional benefits they hoped for 20 months ago when Kyle left his promising coordinator position with the Houston Texans to work for his father.

Yet with questions at quarterback that persist after a bumpy 6-10 debut campaign, Mike and Kyle still have to prove their union will produce in Washington the same success on which they separately built their reputations in other cities.

“When you have any adversity and your last name is the same as the head coach’s, I know exactly what people are going to say,” Kyle said. “I’ve known my whole life. But I’m very confident in myself because of what I’ve done without him, and I’m also confident that you can ask any player that I’ve coached, and I feel very good about that.”

Not a lot of precedent

Wade Phillips has considered his father something of a hero for as long as he can remember. Growing up on Texas’ Gulf Coast, about 90 miles east of Houston, he learned football by hanging around the high school teams coached by his dad, Bum. Feature Clips 2011

Wade played for Bum at Port Neches-Groves High School, and Bum was the defensive coordinator at the University of Houston when Wade was a linebacker there in the mid-1960s. Football always has been their connection. Over the years, Bum’s philosophies, especially those about the 3-4 defense, became Wade‘s.

In 1981, Bum took his signature Stetson cowboy hat to New Orleans and became coach of the Saints. Wade served as Bum’s defensive coordinator until Bum resigned during the 1985 season.

According to researchers at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they were the only father-son, head coach- coordinator tandem on record until Mike and Kyle teamed in Washington last year.

“You want your assistant coaches to be loyal,” said Wade, now the Texans’ defensive coordinator. “Nobody is going to be more loyal than your son, so you can always count on that.

“They’ll tell you the truth. Some other coaches might hesitate about telling you what they think about things, but if you ask your son, he’s going to tell you exactly what he thinks. You get a valuable opinion there.”

That was the case at Redskins Park last year as the first-year coaching staff evaluated new quarterback Donovan McNabb and determined which players fit into its schemes and were worth keeping.

“Kyle has got a lot of football in his background; what I mean by that is we’re on the same page,” Mike, 59, said. “We talk a lot of football; the running game, the passing game. It’s pretty easy to be connected because we spend so much time together talking ball.”

Coaches’ reviews were highly critical at times last season, as the Redskins averaged 5.36 yards per play, 14th- best in the 32-team NFL.

That is not good enough for Mike and Kyle Shanahan.

Kyle’s offense during his two years calling plays in Houston ranked sixth (5.88 yards) and fourth (6.0 yards). During Mike’s two Super Bowl seasons in Denver, the Broncos' offense ranked third each year.

They discussed the offense and exchanged ideas throughout the season, as all head coaches and coordinators do. However, their relationship allowed for greater candor.

“Sometimes I’d maybe be a little more nervous to piss the head coach off,” Kyle, 31, said. “It’s a little easier for me to ask him a tough question than maybe it has been [with other coaches] in the past. That has been nice because I can always ask that question. And definitely being his son, he probably gets morepissed off at me than he does with most people. So it goes both ways.”

Earning respect

Kyle Shanahan expected to be the target of scrutiny and criticism after Mike decided to demote McNabb in Week 15 of last season. It’s part of the package that comes with his job and his last name.

But he was caught off guard when McNabb’s agent, Fletcher Smith, publicly blamed him for McNabb’s falling out with the team. Smith accused Kyle of ignoring suggestions McNabb made to improve the offense. When Kyle confronted McNabb and McNabb told him Smith’s allegations weren’t true, Kyle could only press forward. Feature Clips 2011

McNabb, through a personal spokesman, declined to comment for this story.

The situation would have been disastrous if it somehow cost Kyle the respect and confidence of players, but that didn’t happen. In fact, it’s the opposite.

“I think they handled it as good as you can,” quarterback Rex Grossman said. “To bench somebody for their performance, anytime it’s a Donovan McNabb-caliber player, there’s no right way to do it. You’re going to catch heat no matter what because he’s a big name. They were in a lose-lose situation there.”

You can’t just take it from Grossman, though, because he directly benefited from McNabb’s demotion and replaced him as the starter.

“I don’t think anything with the Donovan situation makes Kyle a target,” tight end Chris Cooley said. “What makes you a target is losing football games. If we’re winning games, I think that situation probably still happens, maybe not to the extent it did. But winning overrules everything.”

And toward that end, players are certain the best man for the job is running the Redskins‘ offense.

Not only did Kyle earn his reputation as a rising star offensive coach on his own, away from his father, Redskins players also have seen proof in meetings, the film room and on the field.

“This offense is so dynamic,” receiver Santana Moss said. “The things that we can do offensively, individually and collectively, Kyle’s offense gives us an opportunity to be great. All we have to do is go out there and handle our jobs. Last year, we left a lot on the field - I mean every game.”

Cooley’s belief in Kyle is at unprecedented levels.

“This is the first time in my career that an offense has fit so much that I’ve been willing to study it,” he said. “I’ve been willing to know it as thoroughly as I do. It’s exciting. It’s fun. It makes sense.

“A lot of offenses have contradictions. Instead, this offense has answers. It’s neat to see the way we get everyone involved. It’s the first time I care what we’re doing on the line. I care what our quarterback’s reads are. I care about other positions besides mine.”

The benefits of youth

Mike Shanahan didn’t know exactly what to expect that day in March last year. He did all the required due diligence before hiring his new offensive coordinator, but Shanahan had never actually seen this coach run a meeting with the entire offense present.

“I was shocked to see how relaxed he was at his age,” Mike said. “Then I started thinking about it. The first time I got in front of a team was coming out of college. I was about 30 years old. He’s in that time frame, 30, 31, and he’s been doing it for six years. In high school, he was on the sideline in the Super Bowl. He’s been through it.”

Mike and Kyle’s professional growth together has continued from that first meeting. Their conversations are different now than they ever were. Feature Clips 2011

When Kyle was growing up, topics centered on his playing career and the path he hoped would lead to the NFL. When Kyle broke into coaching, first with UCLA and then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the father-son discussions about coaching were limited because their experiences weren’t shared.

Now, because they work so closely together, the depth of their interaction is more beneficial to how they coach.

“Mike, I know, has learned a lot of things from Kyle, being so young but having the ear of players and just new things and different ways to do things,” Peggy Shanahan said.

Kyle, for example, uses film analysis to anchor his meetings. The young generation of NFL coaches entered the profession with the technology to digitally break down game footage. Many young coaches, such as Kyle, have developed their methods accordingly

In meetings, Kyle will show footage that splices how the Redskins ran a play incorrectly with footage of how they or another team ran it properly. That highlights the contrasts and teaching points.

“I know that’s something that’s not as big with the older coaches because they didn’t have the film capabilities that we have,” Kyle said. “I was pretty confident he would like how I did it. I had always wanted to show him.”

Kyle’s history as a receiver - he played the position at the University of Texas - and an NFL receivers coach also has helped Mike, a former quarterback, in his understanding of that position.

Because Kyle had his heart set on being an NFL receiver, he used to analyze his dad’s tapes of Jerry Rice, Rod Smith and others.

“When you study it to be a player, and you’re actually a wide receivers coach, you’ve got to know that as good as anybody,” Mike said.

In turn, Kyle has thrived under Mike’s disciplined, detail-oriented coaching style.

If the Redskins‘ offense breaks down in a game, Mike follows up by asking Kyle whether he covered that play or concept in practice. The answer better be yes.

“If you’re slipping, he will be your worst enemy and your biggest pain because he’ll be all over you,” Kyle said. “It makes you a better coach. You’ve got to think everything out and be organized.”

Family time, football time

It doesn’t matter whether your last name is Shanahan or Smith, there’s never a bad time for ice cream.

Friday mornings around 10:30 suit Mike Shanahan perfectly. That’s when he likes to drive the 10 minutes or so across Leesburg, Va., to Kyle’s house and take grandchildren Stella, 4, and Carter, 1, out for a treat.

“He’s a real good grandpa,” Kyle said.

Kyle and Mike said they don’t feel the need to see each other often outside of Redskins Park, but they do when Mike visits the grandkids and Kyle sees his mom. The convenience of those visits is just one of the perks of working together. Feature Clips 2011

The NFL lockout this summer allowed for some additional time. Kyle’s family, his sister Krystal’s family, Peggy and Mike all went to the Bahamas.

Not that talk of football and the Redskins stayed behind. That has a passport, too.

“We annoy the heck out of my wife, my sister and my mom,” Kyle said. “There’s not many dinner tables that go by without it leading to football.”

The conversation inevitably winds back to the job at hand.

Father and son have moved on to a new quarterback project now, as Mike’s vision for the team starts to take shape.

He wants players who value the work it takes to win. Those who don’t meet his standard, regardless of their resume or the size of their contract, will be gone.

“We’re going to get people that are very passionate about what they do,” Mike said. “They’re here to win a Super Bowl, and I’m never going to go away from that mindset.”

Mike’s two Super Bowl rings don’t guarantee success, though. Nor do the crooked numbers that Kyle’s offenses put up in Houston. These two are starting over.

“That’s this business - it’s ‘What have you done for me lately?’ ” Kyle said. “I feel very good that we can do it, but we’ve still got to go out and do it.”

Winning the title this season seems improbable because of the massive scope of the Redskins‘ building project. It requires more than just two years.

But the Shanahans have the big picture in mind.

They expect to get to the top eventually and get there together.

“It’d be special, and that’s why I’m here,” Kyle said. “I came here for one reason, and that was to help my dad turn something around. It’s not easy, but it’s something we are enjoying. If that’s something that we can do, and I can be a part of it with him, that would mean a lot to me.”

© Copyright 2011 The Washington Times, LLC.

Wide Receiver Anthony Armstrong

Anthony Armstrong eager for another shot vs. Dallas Rick Maese The Washington Post — The Insider September 24, 2011

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Last season Anthony Armstrong had the Redskins’ visit to Dallas circled on his calendar. Sure the Cowboys are division rival, but it also marked a chance for Armstrong to go home and play against the team he not only grew up rooting for but the team he feels passed over him.

“I was a lot more amped last year because it was the first time going down and playing them,” the receiver said this week. “Right now I think I’m just calm and cool about it. It’s still fun to go home and play in front of the guys. ...To go down there and show them what they missed on, that’s my goal.”

In the Redskins’ 33-30 loss there last December, Armstrong put on quite a show, turning in one of his best performances as a pro. In Rex Grossman’s first game as a starter, Armstrong had the only 100-yard game of his career, making six receptions.

He’s hoping to make another big impact Monday night, though this year Armstrong is the team’s No. 3 receiver. He’s seen plenty of action on the field but has caught just two passes in each of the team’s first two games — 24 yards and a touchdown against the Giants and 14 yards last Sunday against the Cardinals.

“Hopefully I get a lot of opportunities and get to score in Dallas this time, in front of my mom and everything like that,” Armstrong said. “That would be fun.”

Growing up in Carrollton, Texas, Armstrong was a big Cowboys fan as a young boy. He played for some members of the Cowboys’ staff while he was with the Dallas Desperados in the Arena League, and Armstrong felt the Cowboys should’ve given him an opportunity. Instead, his long , windy career path led him to Washington where he has a view of the rivalry from new perspective.

“There’s a lot of intensity that goes with it. The D.C. area definitely has a lot of pride in beating Dallas,” he said. “Hopefully we can go and do that for them on Monday night.”

Safety Oshiomogho Atogwe

'Skins' Atogwe solid at safety

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star September 30, 2011

ASHBURN

--It's hard to miss the impression of raw power, the feeling of greatness, the aura of accomplishment when one takes a glimpse inside Oshiomogho Atogwe's locker at Redskins Park.

There, centered on the back wall of the wooden stall, hangs a sketch of an oversized, muscular, green superhero, his slightly tattered burgundy-and-gold pants encasing his lower body. He clutches the neck of a green-and- white eagle in his right hand and the collar of a lifeless blue cowboy in his left, and stands tall upon the body of a giant whose "NY" dog tags are wrapped around his right foot. Feature Clips 2011

But it's the tuft of black hair standing straight off the top of his head that truly begs the question: Is this The Incredible Hulk, or is it Atogwe himself?

The answer is not so easy to come by.

"I feel like as a football player, a lot of times, you want to emulate that, because when you're on that field, you're a totally different person than you are when you're walking around on the street," Atogwe said. "It's just kind of synonymous, and I like him because he's just the strongest there is. No one is stronger than The Hulk."

The affinity for the character came at a young age when Atogwe, the son of Nigerian immigrants, moved to Windsor, Ontario, when his parents decided a relocation was necessary to ensure a better future for their children. He would watch the cartoons and the TV show, read the comic books and collect the action figures, of which nearly a dozen still keep a watchful eye over the 5-foot-11, 205-pound safety's possessions at the training complex.

"I guess I was just fascinated by his character and how you look at Bruce Banner, who was a brilliant, geeky, weak scientist, and within that man was The Hulk," said Atogwe, himself a graduate of Stanford who majored in biological sciences. "Within him was the monster who was uncontrollable rage."

That's what the Redskins were hoping for when they signed Atogwe to a five-year, $26 million contract in early March, before the five-month owners' lockout began. A veteran in his seventh year, Atogwe was the anchor of a St. Louis secondary each of his first six seasons who finished with at least 70 tackles and led the NFC with eight interceptions in 2007.

He signed a five-year, $32 million contract with the Rams in June 2010 and expected to spend significant time playing for the team that will host the Redskins this Sunday. Instead, the team decided in February it did not want to pay an $8 million roster bonus Atogwe was due and released him, freeing him to sign with the Redskins two weeks later.

St. Louis head coach said Wednesday it was not a simple decision to let Atogwe go, but rather one dictated by the business of the NFL. If anyone can't wait to see Atogwe when the Redskins arrive for Sunday's game, it's Spagnuolo.

"He is one of my all-time favorite guys," Spagnuolo said. "He's everything that you would want in a player playing for your football team, both as a competitor and as a person. We miss certainly his character here and his football abilities."

Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett was familiar with Atogwe from their time together in St. Louis, which ended in 2008 when Haslett left the team after three years--much of the last as the interim head coach.

When Atogwe became a free agent, Haslett expressed a desire to bring him to Washington. After all, the free safety knew Haslett's defensive schemes, and the Redskins were looking for a way to upgrade their abysmal pass defense.

Through three games, Atogwe has 15 tackles, including seven in what Haslett described as his best game Monday, an 18-16 loss at Dallas. Feature Clips 2011

"He's a student of the game," Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan said. "He's very smart. He likes to play and he's very accountable. He's a team leader both on and off the football field. You like people that prepare themselves every week, and he's one of those guys."

Both deeply spiritual and highly intellectual, Atogwe carries himself with an air of class. His first name means "God knows the day," and though he's commonly referred to as O.J., he prefers that the nickname be used only by friends and close acquaintances until a level of trust and understanding can be reached.

Around Redskins Park, there's a growing understanding of what Atogwe can do. Teammates and coaches are starting to take notice, and the only green Atogwe knows is fading with experience.

The smarter Atogwe gets, the stronger Atogwe gets.

"I feel like I'm getting comfortable in the system, getting comfortable with the players around me, and as we continue to grow as a defense, I know my play will excel and continue to be what I envision it to be," Atogwe said.

Hulk alert: Redskins’ S Atogwe loves his comics Joseph White Yahoo! Sports September 30, 2011

ASHBURN, Va. (AP)—The move from the St. Louis Rams to the Washington Redskins has brought some new additions to Oshiomogho Atogwe’s(notes) Incredible Hulk collection.

Along with the dozen or so green Hulk figurines that take up much of the shelf space in Atogwe’s locker, there’s also a drawing made by Atogwe’s wife, Jill. It depicts the veteran safety as the notorious comic book and movie character fending off symbols of all three of the Redskins’ NFC East rivals— pushing over a cowboy dressed in blue, stomping on a giant with “NY” dog tags and clutching an eagle in his left hand.

There’s also an unusual red version of the Hulk sitting in the next locker over, the one that belongs to fellow safety LaRon Landry(notes).

“That’s him,” said Atogwe, nodding toward Landry. “The Red Hulk’s craaazy. Craaaaaaaaazy.”

Atogwe and Landry are the backside of the Redskins secondary, the ying-and-yang duo meant to improve a defense that ranked 31st last year. The pairing got off to a slow start because of injuries to both during training camp, and Sunday’s game at St. Louis—when Atogwe returns to the city where he played for six seasons—will mark just their second game together.

“They’re two different-type guys,” defensive coordinator Jim Haslett said. “One’s kind of high-strung. One’s level-headed, relaxed. But they work together well. They talk. They sit together in meetings, They talk through plays. I think it’s a good mixture.” Feature Clips 2011

In case there’s any doubt, Atogwe is the level-headed half, acquired as a free agent in a five-year, $26 million deal signed just before the NFL lockout began in March. Sitting at his locker, he’s as calm as the mild- mannered Dr. David Banner, the scientist who transforms into the Hulk.

“I guess that’s why I was attracted to it,” Atogwe said. “There’s two sides to the Hulk. Every football player has two sides to him—the way you are on the field, the way you are off the field. You ain’t the same guy.”

Landry, of course, being the exception.

“This guy,” said Atogwe, again looking at Landry, “is crazy all the time.”

Atogwe became a fan of the Hulk as a youngster, and his comic books collection runs into the thousands. He’ll happily give you a quick review of the recent Hulk movies, but he dropped a 1980s TV reference by saying: “When you think of the Hulk, you think of Lou Ferrigno.”

For most of his time in St. Louis, Atogwe was a bright spot on a bad team. He was the Rams’ MVP in 2009 and considered a solid locker-room leader. Before he left, he gave out parting gifts derived from comic books— cornerback Justin King(notes) got the Nightcrawler, cornerbackBradley Fletcher(notes) received the Juggernaut. “O.J. put everything into comic books,” said King, using the nickname Atogwe prefers to be used only by his friends. “He was fun that way.”

Atogwe said he’s looking forward to Sunday’s game, but that there’s no bad blood with his old team. It wouldn’t be his style to say so anyway.

“He’s very smart,” coach Mike Shanahan said. “He likes to play and he’s very accountable. He’s a team leader both on and off the football field. You like people that prepare themselves every week and he’s one of those guys.”

Notes: Three players were limited in practice Thursday, and each has a hamstring injury: WRAnthony Armstrong(notes), S DeJon Gomes(notes) and FB Darrel Young(notes). … Rookie LB Ryan Kerrigan(notes) was selected as the NFL defensive rookie of the month for September. The first-round pick’s highlight was the interception he returned for the go-ahead touchdown in Week 1 against the New York Giants.

Wide Receiver Terrence Austin

Redskins wide receiver Terrence Austin sees his hard work pay off

Rick Maese The Washington Post August 29, 2011

Tuesdays at an NFL facility are typically reserved for coaches: film review, game planning, meetings. Feature Clips 2011

Players take the day off, allowing their bodies to heal before they kick off a new week of practices the next morning.

But last year, rookie wide receiver Terrence Austin would visit Redskins Park every Tuesday and head to the practice fields with the team’s third-string quarterback, John Beck. “Windy, freezing days,” Beck said.

The two would squeeze in an extra practice, Beck determined to master the offense and Austin intent on working his way off the practice squad. A season later, Beck is still waiting to learn whether he’ll be the Redskins’ starting quarterback, but heading into the final preseason game Thursday against Tampa Bay, Austin has already done his best to secure a spot on the 53-man roster. In fact, he’s been perhaps the team’s biggest preseason surprise thus far.

“He doesn’t scream NFL talent, but he is,” offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan said. “It’s because he’s quick, he’s detailed on everything and you can go to him in any situation. Quarterbacks love him. He showed last year what he was, but it takes those guys a little bit of time to figure out the NFL, and to get that swagger. But you can tell he’s got it now.”

Generously listed at 5 feet 11 and 175 pounds, Austin was a seventh-round pick out of UCLA a year agowho had hoped to earn a roster spot as a rookie. When the Redskins made their cuts, Austin had trouble processing the news that he’d begin his pro career on the practice squad.

“I struggled with trying to figure out, ‘Do I really belong in the league? Am I good enough?’ ” he said. “I thought I’d worked hard, but it was an internal struggle, all these things I’d never thought about before.

“I couldn’t understand what it was that prevented me from making it, especially when I thought that I was good enough.”

When he was invited to join the practice squad, Austin figured each day was another chance to impress upon coaches that he belonged. But first, he had to realize that he was raw and had a lot of room for growth. In retrospect, he says spending the first 11 weeks of the 2010 season on the practice squad was a blessing.

“Everybody wants to be on the 53. I wasn’t used to me not making it. I mean, I’ve been making it all my life. I've always been in an important role,” said the 23-year old Austin. “I had to understand that I needed a whole lot of development. I really did. I had to understand that in the NFL, you got to be more of a student of the game. You got to realize that your physical attributes aren’t going to get you by all the time.” So, Austin showed up every Tuesday and ran routes, catching pass after pass from Beck. During practices Wednesday through Friday, he’d line up with the scout team, where his real education took place.

“You think about practice squad, you’re going against the ‘ones’ every single day for a whole season,” said wide receiver Anthony Armstrong, who has spent time on practice squads in Miami and Washington. “If you’re going against guys like [DeAngelo] Hall, Josh Wilson, Phillip Buchanon day in and day out, you have no choice but to get better. . . . The coaches see what you can do against that competition and they have more confidence to put you in the regular offense.” Feature Clips 2011

That has been the case this August. Redskins coaches have given Austin a bigger role with each preseason game. He appeared in the team’s final five games last season, recording just three catches for 47 yards. But entering Thursday’s contest, he has a team-high 140 receiving yards on 10 catches. He scored a touchdown last week at Baltimore and threw a key block that led to another.

“He’s a lot more mature after learning defenses in the National Football League, and I think he’ll keep on getting better,” Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said. “The one thing you can’t teach a guy is to be fearless, especially at his size. Regardless if it’s special teams, returning punts or kickoffs, running routes or blocking, it doesn’t take long to see that he doesn’t have a lot of fear.”

Austin may have entered training camp low on the depth chart, but he’s made a compelling case for the 53-man roster. The tougher decision for coaches might be which wide receiver now gets left off: Niles Paul, a fifth-round pick? Speedy returner Brandon Banks? Talented veteran Donte Stallworth?

Thursday’s game will be players’ last chance to make their case. Banks returned to practice Monday and will try to remind coaches that he can be a game-changer returning punts and kickoffs. Young receivers such as Paul, Leonard Hankerson and Aldrick Robinson will likely see more playing time than they have in previous games.

While Austin hopes to spend as much time on the field as possible, coaches have seen plenty from him already and know what to expect.

“He’s been a student of the game, he’s a guy who’s working out all the time,” Mike Shanahan said. “So it really doesn’t surprise us that he’s taken his game to a different level.”

Austin's power lies in his returns

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star August 23, 2011

--The ability to return kickoffs and punts has made Terrence Austin valuable to the Washington Redskins.

At least, that's the way Austin wants them to see it.

"It's helping," Austin, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound receiver, said. "It's just definitely showing the coaches that I'm versatile and I've got some type of value. If I'm able to do that, I can show why I deserve to be on the team."

A cursory look at the roster demonstrates the need for a multidimensional player. The Redskins will likely keep six receivers on the 53-man roster; Santana Moss and Jabar Gaffney are virtually assured spots, Anthony Armstrong is making a strong case to stick around and third round pick Leonard Hankerson has a claim on a fourth position.

That leaves Austin--who spent much of last season on the practice squad--among those fighting to make the cut. He returned four punts for 45 yards in the Redskins' 16-3 victory at Indianapolis on Friday, including a 29-yard return in the first quarter, and served as the primary kick returner (although both Colts kickoffs went for touchbacks). Feature Clips 2011

What Austin did differently Friday, though, was catch passes. Primarily a third-down receiver at UCLA, he had just three catches for 42 yards. Against the Colts, Austin made three catches for 23 yards.

He was electric as a returner at UCLA, where he returned a total of 95 punts over four years and 89 kickoffs in 2008 and 2009, his final two seasons.

"I mean, I've been working pretty hard, and I got a little bit better, obviously, because I had a lot more work to do [after] last year," Austin said. "I got with coach Keenan [McCardell, the wide receivers coach], and did a lot of work on the practice squad last year and just started learning a little bit more about playing and learning my craft at wide receiver."

The opportunity for Austin to serve in both roles came Friday as the result of Brandon Banks' knee injury. Banks, last season's primary returner, had a 19-yard punt return and a 58-yard kickoff return Aug. 12 against Pittsburgh, but swelling in his surgically repaired left knee kept him out of the Indianapolis game.

Austin also fielded a kickoff but downed it for a touchback in the Pittsburgh game. He caught two passes for 46 yards, including a 38-yard reception from Rex Grossman in the second quarter.

"You just look at him on paper and he doesn't scream out that he's going to be an NFL talent, but he is, and that's because he's quick, he's detailed in everything and he's very dependable," said offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. "Quarterbacks love him, and you'll go to him in any situation."

The ability to demonstrate his proficiency in the receiving game is crucial. Banks, who averaged 11.3 yards on 38 punt returns and 25.1 yards on 46 kickoff returns in 13 games last season, was a non-factor as a receiver, catching only two passes for 10 yards. Out since Aug. 16 with swelling in his surgically repaired left knee, Banks has been undergoing platelet-rich plasma therapy, designed to stimulate healing and lead to a faster recovery.

It's unlikely that both Banks and Austin will make the team. One option is for the Redskins to place Banks on injured reserve before the season begins, which would allow them to keep his rights without having him occupy a spot on the roster.

Those types of decisions, head coach Mike Shanahan said, are complicated, and they're not yet ones the team has begun to explore.

"Sometimes you'll go a little bit deeper at one position than others because of the depth that you have, and you don't want to put a guy out there who has a chance to be picked up by another football team," Shanahan said.

"Or, you might just be not very deep at one position, and you might be looking to get somebody from another football team to add to your squad. A lot of variables, and with two games left, it's really hard to say which direction you're going to go."

Kyle Shanahan described Austin as a "gym rat" and said he has shown he has the swagger and confidence required to succeed in the league. Austin's work ethic has translated, especially with something he's enjoyed doing.

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"I've always been catching punts in practice," Austin said. "That's something you've got to keep practicing. I mean, that's one of the toughest catches in football, so if you shy away from that for a while, it's going to be

tough getting back into it. I've been practicing, and so I didn't lose a step at all."

Wide Receiver Brandon Banks

Banks returns to Trojan Stadium

Kelly Griffith Garner News 10/27/11

In the second season of his NFL career as a Washington Redskin, Brandon Banks finally got the chance to return to Garner. After five years away at Kansas State University and now in the NFL, Banks came home during the Redskins’ bye week to attend the Trojans’ game at home against West Johnston.

“It was great to get back to Garner and see everybody that I haven’t see in a while,” he said. “It was good to be home.”

The trip wasn’t long – just Thursday evening and all day Friday – because he went to the Kansas State football game Saturday.

But while he was back in Trojan Stadium, Garner made the 2006 GMHS graduate feel welcome. He tossed the coin before the game.

“That was a great honor,” Banks said. “I was honored that Coach Smith would allow me back on the field and to be a part of that tradition.”

Banks said his four years starting as a running back/wide receiver/quarterback/safety/punt and kick returner prepared him to be a wide receiver today. The great competition he played against and training he received from coaches helped him down the road.

“It helped me get this far,” he said. “My goal had always been to get to the NFL.”

Being a Trojan also prepared him for the pressures of the NFL. There is much more pressure to perform now.

“We had a tradition in Garner – a winning tradition,” he said. “Everybody wants to win every game.”

His best advice for the Trojans who want to play professionally – anything’s possible. Work hard, stay in school and get good grades he said.

By following that advice, some of today’s Trojans could be pros in the years to come. They may even play with or against Banks.

He said he was inspired by Barry Sanders and Santana Moss, a fellow Redskin. Moss was one of the first players Banks met when he went to D.C. before the 2010-11 season. Feature Clips 2011

Going from having posters of Moss up in his room to now working alongside one of his biggest inspirations has been a wonderful experience for Banks.

“It’s crazy. It’s a dream come true,” he said.

Redskins’ Brandon Banks fills team need for speed

Carla Peay The Washington Times September 22, 2011

Move over, Usain Bolt. The fastest man in the world just might be Washington Redskins wide receiver and return specialist Brandon Banks. Or at least, in America. Just ask him.

"I'm the fastest guy on the team, I'm the fastest guy in the league, I'm the fastest guy almost in America," Banks said with a laugh. "No, I'm just playing,"

Banks' time in the 40-yard dash has been clocked at around 4.25 seconds.

"Speed kills in this league, so that's kind of the slogan I go by," he said. "My speed gives me an opportunity to go by guys and make them miss."

At 5-foot-7 and around 155 pounds, Banks knows he's hardly built like a typical football player. But he's made a career with speed and quickness, and an ability to run around a wall of defenders that he's too small to run over.

"My role is to field kicks, get good field position and try to put six on the board, which is what I want to do every time I touch the ball," he said. "Hopefully, I can do that and put us in a position to win."

During last week's 22-21 win over Arizona, Banks made a 35-yard gain on a return when he eluded three blockers coming up the middle by literally running around them. "I rely on my speed and just touch the blockers, guys like [fullback] Darrel Young and [linebacker] Lorenzo Alexander," Banks said. "They basically get me to the wall by coming in and making enough good blocks."

Banks knows all about running around, over, and through walls — he's done it all his life.

"I just use it as motivation," Banks said of the phrase he's heard since he was young: that he was too small to make it in the NFL. "I like when people tell me I can't make it because it gives me a better attitude to go out there and do it just to prove them wrong," Banks said.

A scoring threat every time he touches the ball, his teammates - particularly those who block for him - think of him as their own special weapon and a player who helps make them look good.

"Brandon is very dynamic. Anytime he touches the ball, he has a chance to go the distance," said safety Reed Doughty. "As a guy who gets to block for him week in and week out, you just try to put a body on people and let him make you look good and make him move down the field.

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"He's the type of guy that's special. Hopefully, we'll keep getting blocks and we can get him in he end zone." Defensive end Kedric Golston said Banks is one of those players that makes you get up off the bench.

"If you really watch Brandon, anytime he touches the ball he can take it the distance," Golston said. "There are very few players in the league that, when it's their time to get the ball, everybody stands up to watch him. He has unique speed and quickness and he's a big-play guy.

"I think that he uses what people would consider a weakness, as far as his size, and uses it as his strength. He's hard to see, he's low to the ground and he's hard to tackle because he's a smaller target."

Golston believes Banks' ability to overcome his size says just as much about his character as it does his talent. "For him to fight back the way he does after hearing all his life that he's too little to play football says something about the type of guy that he is," Golston said. "It doesn't matter what you say about him, he's going to get the job done."

Young thinks that in addition to his great speed, Banks also has great vision.

"You look at guys, yeah, we're all hustling and stuff, but he's setting up blocks," Young said. "I don't care what you say, sideline to sideline, there's a lot of guys who can run in the league, but you ain't gonna catch him."

Banks hasn't scored a touchdown yet in victories over the New York Giants and the Cardinals, but he said the momentum of a Monday game in Dallas against the hated Cowboys could be the night.

"Its a big-time rivalry that's been going on for years," Banks said. "Hopefully, we're on the winning side this coming Monday."

Redskins’ Banks up to speed on new rule

Rich Campbell The Washington Times August 14, 2011

It was one of those moments when you have to rub your eyes to make sure what you're seeing is real. Only a few feet of grass were visible between Brandon Banks' heels and the back of the end zone when he caught the kickoff Friday night. Surely he would just kneel for a touchback and give the Washington Redskins possession at their 20-yard line.

In a flash, though, Banks was racing across midfield. And when you consider the special set of circumstances, it wasn't that surprising, after all.

Banks has unique speed, and it was a preseason game. And most notably, the NFL has implemented new kickoff rules this season.

To reduce the frequency of high-impact collisions typical on kickoffs, the league has required teams to kick off from their 35-yard line instead of the 30. The intent is to reduce the amount of returns, but Banks wouldn't let an opportunity pass.

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Sunday's practice. "I'm going to try to run it back every time."

The Redskins' top return man, however, realizes the new rule diminishes his value.

"It is what it is," he conceded. "I've got to follow the rules."

The kickoffs in Washington's 16-7 victory over Pittsburgh on Friday were a microcosm of the league-wide results during the first weekend of preseason games. Of the seven kickoffs in the game, Banks' 58-yard return was the only one that didn't result in a touchback.

Redskins kicker Graham Gano booted all five of his kickoffs through the end zone.

"I hope they keep it that way," Gano said with a smile. "It was a lot of fun."

Fun for him, maybe. Rather boring, though, for those who looked forward to one of the sport's most unpredictable plays.

And for Smith, it means more strategic planning on both sides of the ball.

He decides the circumstances under which Banks or any Redskins return man can run the ball out of the end zone. Banks had his permission to bring it out Friday night.

"There's a lot that goes into that thing: Who's your returner? How good is your coverage? What's the hang time?" Smith said. "We have a standard, and you have to meet certain things to be able to bring the ball out."

It's a major drag for Banks, who became something of a star last season as a return specialist on a team with a dearth of playmakers. He took one kickoff back 96 yards for a touchdown against Detroit.

At 5-7, 155 pounds, his speed and shiftiness are critical assets in the return game, but his size limits his effectiveness as a receiver. He has to make his mark on special teams.

"I'm not too happy with [the rule], and I think Brandon can agree," said Redskins receiver Terrence Austin, who kneeled on a kickoff in the end zone for a touchback Friday. "He's a special guy. If it's 8 yards deep, he's the type of guy that would be able to take it out."

Also hurting Banks' push to make the roster again in his second NFL season is lingering soreness in his surgically repaired left knee. He missed practice Sunday after having "a few CCs" of fluid drained from it, coach Mike Shanahan said.

"That's part of camp, part of the process," Shanahan said. "As he gets in better football shape, he's going to feel better in game situations. Our game plan is to have him full speed by the first game of the season."

Banks is eager to be full-speed ahead, too, both health-wise and coming out of the end zone.

"Whenever Danny gives me the green light," he said, "that's when I go."

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Gameday Q&A: Kevin Barnes on growth, the Terps and music

Mike Jones The Washington Post—The Insider October 2, 2011 One of the younger players that the Washington Redskins are counting on this season is third-year cornerback Kevin Barnes, who has seen his role with the team change drastically in the last year.

Drafted in the third round out of Maryland two years ago, Barnes rarely played as a rookie, and last season appeared in 10 games, but was used primarily as a backup safety when that unit was decimated by injury.

This season, Barnes is the team’s third cornerback behind DeAngelo Hall and Josh Wilson. With the team running a lot of “Nickel” packages, he finds himself on the field for the bulk of Washington’s defensive plays.

Last week Barnes recorded his first interception of the season, which equals his total for last year.

In today’s Gameday Q&A, the local product talks about his growth, goals, roots and hobbies:

You got your first interception of the season last week. How good did it feel to get that first pick?

“It definitely felt good. I wish I could’ve gotten some return yards, but I didn’t feel comfortable as far as the footing and I couldn’t really maneuver my body. But any time a DB gets his hands on the ball, it’s a good feeling and hopefully more come my way.

How different are things for you this year as opposed to the last two seasons, when you were just hoping to be active?

“I’m definitely embracing it. First two years here I played some, but definitely a humbling experience. I definitely love the game now more than ever. [Not playing] was kind of taking away from it, but I definitely appreciate my coaches having confidence in me.”

What did you expect of yourself when the season began?

“I thought I could’ve had a little more responsibility had things turned out differently -- being with the coaches all offseason – but I’m happy with the way things are going right now, and as long as I can help my team win, I’m satisfied.”

Obviously, you want to win, but have you set any individual goals for yourself?

“I haven’t really set any individual goals, but I want to go out every game and I don’t want anybody to catch a pass on me. That’s the only goal really. I can remember every pass from preseason to now and that’s the thing I hate, regardless of how long or short. I just hate having a pass caught on me.” Feature Clips 2011

How do you like having another former Terp, Josh Wilson, in the secondary with you?

“It’s real cool. There are times where we’ll be on the sidelines, talking, reminiscing about old stories. We’re all real close.”

Do you like Maryland’s new uniforms?

“Definitely. My freshman class was the first to wear UnderArmour at Maryland, and they’ve been talking for years about different uniforms and different colors, but it’s definitely going to help recruiting. Simple stuff like that can convince a kid to go to a school. Because me, I liked Maryland, but also my favorite colors were black and red. I remember when I went on my visit, I tried on a jersey, had my name on the back, and I said, ‘Yeah, I’m definitely coming here.’ So, I see what they’re doing with that.”

What is that like playing so close to where you played high school?

“Sometimes, it’s still a dream. I feel like I’m spoiled to a certain extent. I saw an interview that Hightower did a little bit ago and he said he couldn’t imagine going from college to being drafted to here because he probably couldn’t have handled it. But me, I really haven’t left. I grew up in North Carolina for a little bit, but high school in Maryland, college in Maryland, and our stadium is in Maryland. I haven’t really had the chance to go anywhere, so I’m pretty spoiled right now.”

Because of that, do you do a lot of off-season traveling?

“I go up and down the East Coast. I’m an East Coast kind of guy. I go to New York a little bit, go down to Florida, see my family in North Carolina, go up to Rhode Island, where my fiancé is, but I’m pretty much an East Coast guy.”

What are your hobbies?

“I’m an avid gamer, I like music. I want to start deejaying, getting some equipment. Music, no matter what happens -- bad day, good day -- music can make me feel good. I love music, video games, just relaxing with my family.”

Who’s your favorite artist?

“Jay-Z’s my favorite rapper, but lately I’ve been listening to a lot of old stuff, familiarizing myself with the past.”

Do you do a lot of mixing?

“For my birthday last year, my fiancé bought me a set of turntables, and now my music is up to – I don’t know how many songs I have – but I know my hard drive takes about 15 hours for my music to load. So I have a lot of songs. I’m always on the iPod and doing a mix for in here [in the locker room], so guys know what I have.”

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“Pre-game track, it varies from week to week. Hotel the night before the game, I’ll download some music and come up with something I know the guys will want to listen to before the game. Not a certain song, because I put so much on it every week that I make a different play list every week.”

Redskins’ Kevin Barnes takes heavy hitting to next level

Stephen Whyno The Washington Times August 16, 2011

It was in September 2008 when Kevin Barnes — then a cornerback at Maryland — hit Jahvid Best so hard the Cal running back lost his lunch and had to leave the game. Thanks to YouTube and his career with the Washington Redskins, Barnes still hears about it whenever he interacts with fans.

"It's something that a lot of people around here aren't going to forget," he said.

That's the lasting memory of Barnes so far, but now he's expected to do more. With injuries in the secondary and Phillip Buchanon suspended for the first four regular-season games, the third-year pro has no other choice but to grow up fast and fill a major need.

"I'm still a young guy; I'm only 24. I have a lot left in me," Barnes said. "I don't think I've reached halfway as far as my potential."

Barnes is the nickel cornerback behind starters DeAngelo Hall and Josh Wilson in the rotation. He was the Redskins' third-round pick in 2009 but still is growing and adjusting; he has appeared in just 14 NFL games with no sacks and one interception.

"He can make a play on a ball, and that's what you need. He's a hard-hitter, and he's a football player," said Wilson, who was signed away from Baltimore in the offseason but was a teammate of Barnes with the Terrapins. "If everything comes together, he can be more than even what he is right now."

That's the step Barnes must take — from a player with unrealized potential to regular contributor.

Defensive backs coach Bob Slowik knows what Barnes can do from a hitting standpoint and said coverage skills are expected to improve with all his players. But there are other things he would like to see out of Barnes.

"Just playmaking — just like anybody that goes in there," Slowik said. "You'd like to see him be physical, finish plays, make plays, very few mental mistakes, give great effort and just show what he can do."

The Redskins knew a bit of what Barnes could do having him around for the past two years, but they still signed Buchanon knowing the veteran was facing a four-game suspension. That's not an affront to Barnes, Slowik said, but it's still a challenge.

And it's one Barnes welcomes.

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has brought in many people at every position, so for me to think I'm any [more] special than anybody else and I don't need to be pushed is completely air-headed to me. I expect for whoever to be here to come in and compete. I wouldn't want it any other way." Fortunately for Barnes, he's getting his chances. In the preseason opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he led Washington with five tackles and had a sack. The 24-year-old played in all four quarters and took the most snaps of any defensive back.

Barnes also spent the first week-and-a-half of training camp with the starters before Wilson stepped in. "Practice snaps are precious, so those opportunities for him with the first unit — they're invaluable, and I think he gained a little bit of confidence because he's not only working with the first-unit defense but he's also working against the first-unit offense," Slowik said. "That was a big help to him."

Barnes has split his time between outside cornerback and nickel, both against Pittsburgh and at Redskins Park. Slowik called the balancing act between those two positions "probably the most mentally challenging of all the things you have to do."

It's hard to question Barnes' physical tools. As Wilson pointed out, Barnes is "tall, has long arms [and] great speed." Now is his chance to prove that his mental game has progressed sufficiently for the Redskins to trust him in key situations.

"He's there, he's working hard, he's made great strides and improved tremendously from last year, but he's got to keep doing it and do it in the game," Slowik said. "He's improved a lot since last year, but he still has to make a lot more improvement."

QB John Beck

Childhood rivals John Beck, Ryan Fitzpatrick reunite Sunday Mike Jones The Washington Post October 27, 2011

When John Beck leads the Washington Redskins against the Buffalo Bills in Toronto on Sunday, it won’t mark the first occasion, or sport, in which he has against Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Growing up about half an hour from Phoenix, Beck and Fitzpatrick have known each other since they were roughly 7 and 8 years old.

“I think it started off with swimming to be honest,” Fitzpatrick said Wednesday in a conference call with Redskins beat writers. “He’s a year older than I am. … We grew up playing sports against each other and even at one point kind of training with the same guy back in high school.”

Said Beck: “We’ve known each other since we were 7 years old, 8 years old. So he’s a guy whose story I do know because we played all sports against each other, so I’ve followed Ryan.”

Fitzpatrick said that back in those swimming days, Beck was excelled at backstroke. Feature Clips 2011

“When he was 9 or 10 years old, I think he was maybe the best at backstroke in the state,” Fitzpatrick recalls.

Beck went to Mountain View in Mesa, while Fitzpatrick played for Highland in Gilbert. But the two never actually played a game against each other.

“I think he was two years ahead of me,” Fitzpatrick said. “When I was a sophomore, I got brought up to varsity, but was the third-string guy. John was playing and my brother was the quarterback at Highland, and my brother broke his collar bone in that game. I guess that’s what I remember most about that. I played Mountain View again, but he was already gone, either on his mission or at BYU by the time I was actually playing.”

Although Beck was ahead of Fitzpatrick back then, now the Redskins’ passer hopes his perseverance in the NFL pays off in similar fashion as Fitzgerald’s.

Fitzpatrick bounced around from St. Louis, to Cincinnati and now finally Buffalo, where he has established himself as a quality starting quarter.

Beck started out his career in Miami in 2007, and now after five seasons of inactivity finally has gotten a chance to prove he can start in the NFL.

“I’m really happy to see his success, but there is [similarity] because I know his story that he just kept working and, at one point, he was out of football and then he got picked up by the Cincinnati Bengals and played in I believe 12 games or 13 games for them that year. It’s just a good example – if you keep working, good things can happen.

Brock Huard Taught John Beck Not To Read Newspapers (But Watching TV Is OK)

Zac Boyer The Free Lance Star August 29, 2011

ASHBURN — John Beck was spinning a yarn today, as they say, and spoke to reporters for 15 minutes. It was great, in a way, because we’ve all talked to Beck so much over the past four weeks about the quarterback battle that we, and he, had almost run out of things to discuss.

But Beck is always good to chat, and he was asked about how he’s dealt with the hype and the quarterback situation with so much scrutiny on the team. Beck said that he doesn’t read the newspaper, watch television or want anything to do with the media away from the complex. He told the story Monday of watching a University of Washington game a decade back while he was in high school and hearing about how quarterback Brock Huard was told by his brother, Damon, to ignore any media reports because, regardless of whether they are positive or negative, they can provide a distraction. Feature Clips 2011

“Now, in high school, Mom was cutting out the articles, so I did see them, but in college, never once,” Beck said. “I just tried to do my best. You actually hear about it enough when you stop at a restaurant and the people next to you are saying, ‘Hey, I read this about you,’ this and that. You hear it, but you just try to hear your best and filter it so it’s not an overload.”

What Beck did hear was how during the ESPN telecast of Thursday’s game, Jon Gruden, the former Tampa Bay head coach who is now a commentator, said Beck would be the starter if he was coaching the Redskins. Beck said he held the comments in high regard, but fellow QB competitor Rex Grossman had the line of the day in response: “I’m glad I’m not playing for Jon Gruden.”

Beck also talked about his friendship with New Orleans quarterback . The two had a chance to meet before reporting to camp late in July.

“The whole purpose of being around [him] was just to try to soak in what he does,” Beck said. “What’s made him successful, his work ethic, the way he approaches the game. The times that I just get to sit down and talk with him. Before I left San Diego to come here, we sat down for a couple hours, just in a room, going over what it is to try to be the best quarterback that you can be and the things that a starting quarterback faces in the NFL and how he approached it.

“Really, the only taste that I had at being a starting quarterback was with the Dolphins when we were 0-9 and I became the starter, and that in itself was a tricky situation to be a part of. But Drew has been able to battle through adversity, come out on top, take his team to the Super Bowl, so it was great just to be around him, talk to him about those different things and about what he did to succeed. I felt like although our adversities were different, it was still a battle against something, and he came out on top and that’s what I was trying to do.”

What the Redskins see in John Beck

Dan Graziano ESPN.com: NFL Nation August 16, 2011

ASHBURN, Va. -- You've made up your mind on John Beck. You think he's a human white flag -- that the Washington Redskins are out of their minds for even considering him as their starting quarterback for 2011 and that the only thing Mike Shanahan can be hoping to accomplish is to lose enough games to draft a franchise quarterback in the first round of next year's draft. The way you look at it, Beck's been in the league four years, showed nothing in the brief chance he got in his rookie season with the Dolphins and if he was going to be a good NFL quarterback, we'd have seen it by now.

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Beck knows what you think. He's not blind or deaf. He's aware of the doubters, but he's not among them. He would like you to consider him and the NFL career he envisions for himself the same way he considers it -- as a work in progress.

"I'm kind of chiseling my way at a sculpture," Beck told me this month after a practice at Redskins training camp. "And I know what I want it to look like, and I believe that it will be. I've been chiseling away, and there's still a lot more to chisel away at. And there's going to be more times where I'm going to stand back and say, 'Okay, now what do I have to do?' And then I'm going to walk towards it and chisel away some things and then stand back again. There's still a lot left to do."

Beck missed practice last week and the Redskins' preseason opener Friday due to a groin injury. Rex Grossman, his nominal competition for the starting quarterback's job, played very well, leading some to believe Grossman had become the front-runner. But those who would say that haven't spoken with Shanahan, the Redskins' head coach, or his son Kyle, their offensive coordinator. When you talk to those guys, you get the definite impression that they want Beck to win this job, because they think he can be great.

"It's kind of funny that everyone gets so surprised about Beck, because everyone in the NFL thought Beck was somewhere from the best to the fourth-best quarterback in that entire (2007) draft when he came out," Kyle Shanahan told me. "That's why he went in the second round. And when I evaluated them, I thought he was the best."

There was some issue last week where a report indicated Shanahan had wanted the Texans, for whom he was coaching at the time, to pick Beck with the 10th overall pick that year. That's not exactly what he told me. He said they'd just acquired Matt Schaub, but that if they hadn't and were looking for a quarterback at some point in that draft, he'd have recommended Beck, who went 40th overall to Miami. I don't think Shanahan would have made Beck the 10th pick in the draft, but he'd have encouraged his team to get in position to pick him.

"Anybody who watched him in college, he's a hell of a quarterback," Shanahan said. "If you look at his career, he really hasn't had an opportunity to show that he can or cannot do it. But everything we see in practice, everything I've seen with him, it's the exact same that he showed in college. He's a very good thrower. He can get rid of it quick -- very similar to Marc Bulger in his throwing motion, how he can just get rid of it at any time. He's got a lot of zip on his ball. He does have a strong arm. And when it comes to his mobility, he'll surprise people. He can move around in the pocket, he can outflank the defense, and he can move the chains with his feet, too."

This is why the Redskins want to see Beck, even having seen Grossman do well in his first crack at it. They believe Beck's athleticism brings an element that Grossman does not. What they don't know is whether Beck can handle the opportunity, since they don't think he's ever had it.

"He's very confident," Shanahan said. "He believes in himself, and he should, because he's a talented guy who should be a starting quarterback in the NFL. Now, we've got to see how he plays when the lights come on. We'll put him in the game and see how he handles the pressure of being the guy. If he can handle the pressure, we know he's capable from an athletic standpoint."

That's the word both Shanahans use when they talk about Beck -- "know," not "think." Kyle and Mike Shanahan project absolute confidence in their evaluation of Beck. They say the four games he started for the 2007 Dolphins -- a 1-15 team that ranks as one of the worst ever -- are a poor gauge.

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"I've been doing this for a few years. I know people that can play," Mike Shanahan told me. "So I don't even worry about what people say. I know John Beck can play in this league. Why hasn't he played? Why hasn't he had a chance? I really don't care what the different thought processes are, but I know John can play in this league. He hasn't had a chance. Everybody needs a supporting cast, so we'll do the best we can to give him a good supporting cast -- him and Rex -- and give those guys a chance to compete."

Compete Beck will. We don't know how he'll do. We think we know, and the Shanahans say they think (nay, "know") we're wrong about him. What does Beck think? Well, he's waiting to find out, too.

"There's no secret to what I'm trying to do," Beck said. "I'm still on the road of trying to accomplish this thing. I'm still just working at this goal that I have, and it's work. Every day."

DE Stephen Bowen

Stephen Bowen’s family expected soon

Rick Maese The Washington Post August 30, 2011

Just a week before the Redskins begin Week 1 preparations, defensive end Stephen Bowen has some good news to share: his wife and infant son will soon join him in Northern Virginia.

Bowen’s wife, Tiffany, gave birth to twins on June 28. Both Skyler and Stephen III wer born four months premature, and Skyler lived for only 10 days. For the past two months, Stephen III has lived in a Dallas hospital, receiving 24-hour care. Because he had to report to Redskins Park last month, Bowen has been living apart from his family.

“It takes a load off. I worry about him every day,” Bowen said Tuesday. “Just him being premature, some days were good, some days were bad. But now he’s starting to stabilize, so it takes a lot off.”

Bowen said his wife, baby and 23-month old daughter, Trinity, will be relocating soon. Stephen III will be transferred to a Northern Virginia hospital, but Bowen is hopeful he’ll be healthy enough to be released after a couple of weeks.

“I can’t even put it into words how I’ll feel,” he said. “It’s going to be a good feeling, though.”

Stephen III was born at 24 weeks, and because Bowen reported to the Redskins in late July, Bowen had little contact with his new son.

“I held him once before I left, and he was still like, maybe two pounds,” Bowen said. “It’s going to be a big difference. He was real little. They have something called kangaroo care, where you try to create a bond with your child. I only got to do it once before I left, so I’m looking forward to spending a lot of time with him.”

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“I’ve been looking forward to it for the whole month,” Bowen said. “I’ve only seen pictures of him. My wife always tells me he’s changed a lot. So I’m looking forward to it.”

Tackle Jammal Brown Gameday Q&A: Redskins RT Jammal Brown

Mike Jones The Washington Post October 23, 2011

When the Washington Redskins’ offensive line takes the field today against the Carolina Panthers, only one player – right tackle Jammal Brown –will remain as a lineman who was starting at this point last season.

This week, with Kory Lictensteiger done for the season, Will Montgomery takes over as left guard, offseason addition Sean Locklear slides in at left tackle for the injured Trent Williams, Erik Cook steps in at center and right guard Chris Chester joined the team this offseason.

Brown, who re-signed with the Redskins this summer, describes himself as much more comfortable in his second season with the Redskins.

In today’s Gameday Q&A – our Sunday feature where we sit down with a player and discuss anything from football, to hobbies, to childhood -- Brown talks a little O-line, his first love (baseball), fashion and sweatbands.

You’ve now got a year and change in this system under your belt. How has that helped you?

Very comfortable. Health-wise and just knowing the scheme and having the year under my belt helped out a lot. Everything’s coming second-nature to me, knowing the play calls and reading the defenses, it’s all easier for me.

What improvements do you, or the line as a whole, still need to make?

Staying with the plan on how we’re going to go out and play, guys understanding what they have to do play in and play out.

There’s been some shuffling on the line this week. How complicated can that be when you’re lining up in a new spot and next to a different guy than you normally do?

For the left side, there will be different guys playing over there, Will-Mont is playing the left side now and next to Sean. It’ll be a little different and can take a bit to get used to. But that’s what this week has been for, for building that chemistry. But it’s got to be done, and we’re doing it.

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Actually when I got to high school. I was always baseball and football at that point, and I really had to get my grades up so I could go to college and play football. So I had to let baseball go, let my summers go. So yeah, it was right about high school that I decided.

What position did you play in baseball?

I was a first basemen. I always played baseball. Baseball and soccer were my first sports, then I started playing football. I always loved playing baseball. I still love it. I’m a pretty good player, too.

What’s your favorite team?

I always like watching Boston and St. Louis. I played against [St. Louis Cardinals outfielder] Matt Holliday in high school. We were both pretty good. But he made it, big, big time. But I played against him in high school and a bunch of players.

What kind of a player were you?

I was a power hitter. Could jack it over that right field fence. Good first baseman, had that reach, so it made it hard for guys to get base hits. I was a real good player. My junior year, playing for Senior States, I had 16 home runs in half a year. But I was sad I had to stop playing.

Was it a hard decision?

Not at all. Baseball’s one of those sports where you’ve got to be better than just good, or even great. There are so many kids playing that sport and you really have to stand out. I felt like I was pretty good, but it takes forever to get there, to the Majors. Football was a faster track.

Were you always a big guy?

Kinda. I remember in eighth grade, I played some quarterback, some option quarterback. I was about 6-2, 220. Probably ninth and 10th grade, I grew to about 6-6. As a senior I was 325, and once I got to Oklahoma, they chopped all that off me.

Why did you pick Oklahoma?

My five visits were OU, Miami, Tennessee, Kentucky and Nebraska, and it just came down to Oklahoma. I just liked it there.

When you’re not playing football, what do you like to do?

When I’m not playing football, I just relax, stay with myself, enjoy my kids, shop. I like fashion, clothes is my thing. It’s kinda unfair, all the little guys get the good stuff, but I know some people in all the right places that can get me some pretty fly stuff. I stay in my Marc Jacob jeans, things like that. It’s kinda my thing. A lot of us guys can by nice clothes, but I put a little spice in it. Feature Clips 2011

Around here you wear sweatbands a lot. Is that fashion or need?

Sweatbands are my thing. I sleep in my sweatband. I don’t like sweating, and don’t like sweat getting in my face. I was actually talking to a company in San Diego about making a kind that you can put on under your helmet, to hold the sweat for you. But yeah, doing a walk-through out here, I’ve got my fingers taped, and I don’t want to rub my dirty fingers in my eyes, so sweatbands save me.

So describe Jammal Brown in one sentence.

Really, I’m just a simple, ol’ country boy from Oklahoma. That’s me.

Jammal Brown leads linemen in unified fashion statement Shemar Woods The Washington Post August 17, 2011

The Redskins’ offensive line has spent the last two weeks working to come together as one moving part.

And on the last day of training camp, the unit took another step toward improving its chemistry thanks to a wardrobe request from right tackle Jammal Brown after Tuesday morning’s practice.

“I’m known for wearing the headband and I was like ‘guys we’re going with headbands during walkthrough today’,” Brown said. “We’re the line. We just want to be one. I didn’t want to be a sore thumb sticking out.”

Brown blended right in with his fellow offensive linemen, who sported headbands during Tuesday afternoon’s walkthrough. Brown said he didn’t know if his teammates would continue to wear the headbands for the remainder of the season, but did note that the headbands would not be worn underneath their helmets this season. That would uncomfortable and could very well be considered an injury risk.

For a walkthrough without helmets, however, the headbands made the offensive line look like a unit.

“It might be something that we do a little bit more often, but really, it’s just to keep the sweat out of our eyes,” Brown said. “It looks sweet, though.”

Defensive End Adam Carriker

Gameday Q&A: Adam Carriker By Mike Jones The Washington Post October 30, 2011

Six games into his second season with the Washington Redskins, defensive end Adam Carriker appears to be having a breakout year. The fifth-year pro has recorded 4.5 sacks, which ranks as a career high and has him tied with linebacker Brian Orakpo for first on the team. Feature Clips 2011

Carriker spent much of last season re-acclimating himself to the NFL after a year on injured reserve in 2009. Now he appears to have regained the form that made him the 13th overall pick of the 2007 draft.

The subject of this week’s Gameday Q&A, Carriker talks about his rebound from injury, the mental adjustment required for playing end in the 3-4 defense and his life off the field.

You’re off to a good start this season. What’s the key to your success so far?

“I feel good. Second half of last year I started getting into the comfort zone and it’s just transitioned into this year. I’m just more comfortable. I don’t feel like I’m thinking too much, I feel like I know what the play is going to be a lot of the time, and I can just go play football.”

Before last season, you hadn’t played in the 3-4 during your pro career. Did you have some experience in the system in college?

“Nope. I hadn’t played it ever. Everybody thinks I played in the 3-4 in college. But I didn’t play it at Nebraska, didn’t play it in St. Louis. Last year was the first year.”

Talk about the difference in your role as a 3-4 end compared to a lineman in the 4-3.

“It’s extremely different. Even the individual drills we do. I’ve been playing football since middle school, and I’m like, ‘I’ve never done any of these drills before.’ We’re doing something we’ve never done before. It just takes a while for you to get used to it both physically and mentally. You’re not penetrating upfield, you’re not trying to get into the backfield. You’re more reading and moving sideways rather than vertical.”

So, it’s a less aggressive approach, but not exactly passive either, right?

“Right. When we’re in our base 3-4, for us, it’s not so much an aggressive mindset. It’s more so read and react. He goes left, I go right. He goes right, I go left. So it’s not, I’m penetrating to get into the backfield. It’s definitely not as aggressive, but at the same, if a guy’s coming out at you, you have to be aggressive then, because you can’t get pushed back. Your job is to take on take on the double teams, your job is to hold the block so the linebackers can run around.”

You started every game as a rookie in 2007, then battled some injuries. How good does it feel to have all that behind you and to be able to consistently be on the field?

“It feels good. My rookie year I played well, second year I was riddled with injuries, third year I got put on IR, so when I got a chance to come here, it was an awesome opportunity.”

What’s something that not a lot of people know about Adam Carriker?

“Hmmm, well everybody knows about the wrestling thing. (Carriker is an avid pro wrestling fan). Another thing, I love four-wheelers. I grew up four-wheeling. I don’t get to do it very much anymore, because I don’t live near my parents. But we had four-wheelers, we had a boat. I just love doing outdoorsy stuff. I can’t do any Feature Clips 2011

water skiing or snow skiing right now just because of what I do, but when I retire, I’m going to live on the mountain, I’m going to live on the lake.

“We just built a house and it’s on a lake, so I bought a boat. I drive that around, take the wife out for her to go water skiing. I do do the knee-boarding, because I feel like that’s pretty safe. If I fall off, it’s maybe foot either way. Just doing that kind of stuff, hanging out with the kids. My son [Jacob] is 2, he loves the boat. He can be irate and you put him on the boat and he is so solemn and quiet. He sees the boat and it’s ‘Boat, boat, boat!’ He loves it.”

Does your son understand what you do for a living?

“I’ve never really told him, but I think his mom has explained it. Any time football comes on TV, I can be sitting right next to him even and he says ‘Daddy tackle! Daddy tackle!’ We have a little Redskins blowup tackling dummy and he’ll go in there and tackle it on the trampoline and yells, ‘Daddy tackle!’ He gets it for right now.”

What do you want to do with your life post-football?

“Everybody asks me and I never have an answer. It’s funny because growing up, everyone would say, ‘What are you going to be when you grow up?’ and they wouldn’t let me say, ‘professional athlete,’ because they’d say, ‘You’re not going to make it!’ So I never had an answer. Even in Nebraska, my first two years, I did general studies and then it came to my third year and I had to declare, and I said, ‘Dad, I don’t know what I’m going to choose.’ And he said, ‘Just go business. You really have no clue? Well just go business because the money’s always there.’ It’s still the same thing. When I’m done playing sports, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’ll probably join rec. leagues, flag football leagues, tennis. Something sports. It’s all I know.”

Former Rams first-rounder Adam Carriker has revitalized his career with Redskins Rich Campbell

The Washington Times October 1, 2011

Currently on the Carriker family’s digital video recorder is the three-hour telecast of the Washington Redskins‘ Aug. 18 preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts. Adam Carriker did not play in that forgettable exhibition because of severe blisters on his heels, but his wife, Angie, recorded it anyway, as she always does. During the broadcast, Adamparticipated in a sideline TV interview. His smiling face was shown up close to the extreme delight of his 2-year-old son, Jacob, who the Carrikers call “Junior.” He jumped up from his little chair and shuffled to the TV, stopping with his face only an inch from the screen.

“Any time he’s upset or mad, she’ll turn on the Colts game and go to my interview,” Adam said. “That calms him right down. We can’t delete that thing ever.”

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It wasn’t always that way. Eighteen months ago he was disillusioned. TheSt. Louis Rams, who drafted him 13th overall in 2007, had deployed him as a nose guard, a position foreign to him and one for which his talents were not best suited. His play suffered, and he felt the weight of unfulfilled potential and expectations.

Recognizing the failure, the Rams traded him to the Redskins in April 2010 and effectively gave him a fresh start. Now Carriker is a productive left defensive end in the Redskins‘ 3-4 defense. Sunday’s game against his former team will be his 20th consecutive start for Washington. Finally, he has found a good fit.

“I knew what happened there was B.S., so when I came here I expected to do this,” Carrikersaid. “And it feels good.”

Carriker, 27, was one of the nation’s best defensive ends at the University of Nebraska. He had 20.5 sacks during his four seasons, which ranked sixth in school history. Big 12 coaches named him the conference’s defensive lineman of the year following his senior season. He foresaw a professional career as a big-time playmaker.

The Rams drafted him high but played him on the interior line as a nose guard. Instead of changing games with sacks, he consistently faced double teams.

“If I had any criticism of the St. Louis organization, it’s that they put players out of position a lot,” said Redskins safety Oshiomogho Atogwe, who teamed with Carriker in St. Louis for Carriker’s entire tenure there. “With Adam, they drafted him and made him play 3-technique or nose tackle, and that’s not what he’s naturally gifted at doing, so he’s not going to realize his full potential.”

Carriker totaled only two sacks in his first two seasons. Then he missed all of 2009 with a shoulder injury. And when any first-round pick is unproductive and injured, the organization and fans begin to consider him a bust.

“One guy labels me and all of a sudden the bandwagon effect came on,”Carriker said.

Asked to elaborate, he declined. Those details aren’t important to him anymore.

The clouds parted on that morning two Aprils ago when he walked intoRams coach Steve Spagnuolo’s office and saw general manager Billy Devaney waiting for him with a plane ticket to Washington.

He joined the Redskins under defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, who held the same position with St. Louis when Carriker was drafted. Rather than continue with the nose guard experiment, though, Haslett learned from the experience and slotted him at defensive end.

“He’s a big, strong, physical guy that can 2-gap and eat up space,” Haslett said. “Obviously he fits in this scheme better than he does that scheme.” Feature Clips 2011

Carriker’s anger didn’t dissipate immediately, though. He left St. Louis with a tarnished football reputation. That bred resentment.

“Anybody that knows Adam knows he will work harder than anybody on the team,” Angie Carriker said. “I really think that’s what got him through it. Like, ‘I’m gonna prove you wrong. You made a mistake.’”

So Carriker set out to restore his name. You can find him most days inside the weight room at Redskins Park. He’s one of the team’s heaviest lifters, capable of bench pressing upwards of 500 pounds.

That helps him on the outside of the Redskins‘ defensive front. His responsibilities including setting the edge in the run game, keeping offensive linemen from releasing to Washington’s linebackers and rushing the passer in some nickel situations.

He still isn’t the overpowering pass-rushing end he was at Nebraska, but he has an improved outlook now.

“Sometimes I’ll take a chance to try to make a play, but for the most part I try to do my responsibility, and I think the coaches like that and respect that,” Carriker said. “They know I’m going to be in my gap. They know I’m not going to get pushed around. That left side, that’s where all the runs are at. You need a big guy like me.”

As for the Rams organization, Carriker decided that he needed to move on after the Redskins played them last September.

That Week 3 contest was a special source of motivation for him. Sunday’s game, he insists, is against any old opponent.

“Last year, I was pretty angry and upset,” Carriker said. “Now I look back on it, I actually wish them the best in every game except for Sunday. I think they did me a favor. It wasn’t working out, and they put me in a much better spot personally. Maybe I should send them a thank you after Sunday.”

Nose Tackle Barry Cofield

Now, Redskins’ Barry Cofield gets to see how the other half lives Rich Campbell The Washington Times September 8, 2011

Barry Cofield played against the Washington Redskins 10 times as a member of the New York Giants. After all but one of those games he retreated to a victorious locker room. Dominance in this division rivalry is all he knows.

Close games, lopsided games, meaningless games, games with playoff implications - it hasn’t mattered. The Giants own the Redskins. Feature Clips 2011

“When I was there, we respected this team,” the Redskins‘ new nose tackle said. “I’ve heard some things to the contrary, and I don’t think that’s true. When I was there and we had success, it was because we respected this team and we came out and played hard.”

And played better. Much better.

So if the Redskins are to take a significant step forward in coach Mike Shanahan’s second season, they must reverse their fortunes against the Giants, starting with Sunday’s season opener at FedEx Field.

“They’ve ran the ball on us, and we haven’t run the ball on them,” safety Reed Doughty said. “It’s pretty simple. I’m hoping that the way things are progressing, the preseason this year, that we can go out and do those things in the game. They’ve had our number. There’s no other way to look at it.”

Stats from the past 10 meetings tell a clear story, as Doughty suggests. In outscoring the Redskins by an average of 11 points, New York has bludgeoned the Redskins on the ground on both sides of the ball.

The Giants have outrushed Washington by an average of 140.9 yards to 93.2. New York has surpassed 100 rushing yards in eight of the 10 games; the Redskins have hit that mark only twice.

In the Giants' 31-7 rout last December, they finished with 197 rushing yards on 36 carries.

“We know they want to run the football,” linebacker London Fletcher said. “I think they averaged about 30-35 rushes a [game] last year. They have a great defensive front - so obviously it started up front on both sides of the ball. We’ve just got to stop the run and get them in third-and-long situations.”

This could be the year, though, the Redskins stop getting pushed around up front on offense. Cofield defected to D.C. during free agency, and two of the other defensive linemen who started for New York against Washington last season - ends and - might miss the game with injuries.

The Giants‘ injury woes also include cornerback (torn ACL) and cornerback Prince Amakamura (fractured foot), their first-round pick. First-string middle linebacker suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice this week.

Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan doesn’t see an advantage there, though. He’s wary of the Giants‘ reserves, including defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, their 2010 first-round pick, who had a sack against Washington last season.

“I don’t see them much different,” Shanahan said.

Cofield would take extreme pleasure in beating the Giants even though he hasn’t suffered their oppression like many of his new teammates. Feature Clips 2011

He started all but two games since New York drafted him in the fourth round five years ago. But when it came time for a new contract, Washington made a better commitment.

Cofield has buried any bitterness about his former employer.

“I tried to focus more on the excitement of coming to Washington,” he said. “The only thing I miss in New York are my friends, the relationships that I built. As far as the football aspect of it … I look forward to playing those guys, and I hope we beat those guys.

“After the game I’ll hug everybody. Everybody on the roster gets a hug.”

He wants to be the one smiling, though. He has been part of this rivalry long enough to know what a win would signify for his new team.

“We’re looking to start a new era in Redskins football,” he said.

Tight End Chris Cooley

Are athletes ahead of the science on new platelet-rich plasma treatment?

Amy Shipley, Mike Jones The Washington Post October 4, 2011

When his trainer advised him to try a popular but unproven healing therapy for his injured Achilles’ tendon last year, Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry did not hesitate. He wanted to get back to work.

It did not concern him that the recommended treatment, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, lacks scientific validation, has shown mixed results in a limited number of studies and involves drawing a dose of one’s own blood and reinjecting it.

Landry now evangelizes like a PRP prophet. Since using the treatment for three different injuries, he’s been spreading the word to teammates.

“I’m happy I went with it,” Landry said. “A lot of guys ask me about it, and when guys get hurt, I try to put them onto the PRP because I think it’s something they should be knowledgeable of if they’re trying to recover.”

Landry’s attitude is shared by increasing numbers of injured athletes in locker rooms and clubhouses nationwide, who are grasping at non-surgical options for fast healing. For men whose livelihoods depend on staying healthy, the occasional, and widely publicized, PRP success stories have caused the popularity of the procedure to far outpace the research behind it, experts say. Feature Clips 2011

Published studies on the procedure are limited. One of the earliest, co-authored by Allan K. Mishra, a Menlo Park, Calif., orthopedist, suggests that PRP is effective at treating tennis elbow, but a later one concluded that it did not markedly help rotator cuff injuries.

The available research does not provide complete clarity, according to doctors, because no two PRP procedures are exactly the same. Doctors say they are not only uncertain about when to administer it, but precisely how to do it for optimal effect.

“There’s tremendous variation among different types of PRP,” said Scott Rodeo, who participated in the rotator cuff study and will be the team physician for the U.S. swimming Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Games in London. “My PRP is different than your PRP, because my blood is different than yours. All of those things add up to such variability it’s hard to analyze the data to get a handle on it.”

‘The pioneering beginning’

Athletes, however, seem to care little about such details. In the last few months alone, a host of players have tried PRP, including major league pitchers Jose Contreras of the Philadelphia Phillies, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Bobby Jenks of the Boston Red Sox, Brett Anderson of the Oakland Athletics and Jesse Carlson of the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as Wesley Matthews of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.

“The athletes are the ones at the pioneering beginning, trying new things to accelerate healing,” Mishra said. “Athletes are dissatisfied with other options presented to them.”

Landry believed PRP therapy helped his Achilles’ tendon so much he also used it when he injured his shoulder and hamstring. Teammates Chris Cooley and Brandon Banks recently sought out PRP injections for their injured knees.

Some athletes are turning to even more unproven and newfangled therapies involving the use of adult stem cells; Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning reportedly traveled to Europe for treatment on his neck that was not approved in the United States.

New York Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon received stem-cell therapy in the Dominican Republic in 2010 that appeared to yield huge dividends but also sparked a Major League Baseball investigation.

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attention when Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward used it to help him play in the Super Bowl in 2009. Its use spread quickly after that. inShare Gallery Landry traveled to Arizona for his PRP, but some teams now offer the procedure in-house. Even noted sports surgeon James Andrews — Banks’s physician — acknowledged that his Birmingham, Ala., clinic has in the last year begun offering PRP, though only in certain cases. Andrews does not personally perform the therapy.

“It definitely has a future in trying to get certain injuries to heal, and to heal with a better response,” Andrews said. “The problem is we don’t know quite when to use it, and don’t know the different injuries that will respond best to it. All of it is pretty much anecdotal.”

Virtually no risk factors

Doctors and athletes say they are attracted to PRP because of its apparent safety, simplicity and lack of side effects. Blood is removed from the injured region and spun in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets. When reinjected into the body, the concentrated platelets release growth factors that theoretically should promote faster healing. Because patients are receiving their own blood, risk factors are virtually eliminated.

Landry said his Arizona-based trainer persuaded him to use PRP therapy last year. He actually ignored the advice at first, trying to play through the pain. That decision, he said, made the injury worse. After he was placed on injured reserve, he eventually traveled to Arizona for the PRP treatment — and immediately became a believer. This summer, when he aggravated his right hamstring, he didn’t waste any time.

“The PRP doesn’t work for everybody; it’s more so trial and error,” he said. But “I loved it. . . . [It] really healed my Achilles. And my hamstring.”

Atlanta Braves left-handed reliever George Sherrill grew frustrated with nagging elbow pain that left him unable to lob a baseball from the pitcher’s mound to the catcher a day after facing any hitters in games. But unlike Landry, he did not have to seek out the treatment. He received the PRP therapy from one of Atlanta’s team physicians. Earlier in the season, teammate Kris Medlen also received a PRP injection.

“The [team] doctors brought it to me,” Sherrill said before a game against the Florida Marlins in Miami last month. “They said it was an avenue to take. I said, ‘If it will mean me throwing again this year, getting into the playoffs and, on a personal side, showing people I would be healthy next year, I’ll give it a whirl.’” Feature Clips 2011

Sherrill isn’t sure the therapy made any difference at all; he speculated the rest he got before and after the procedure might have been responsible for the small benefit he noticed. Cooley, however, said each time he received it he felt 50 percent better.

Sherrill noted there also was an important side effect in his case.

“It was like this, after,” Sherrill said, holding up his left arm and shaking it violently. “I had cortisone shots before, and this was 50 times worse than that. [A cortisone shot] feels like you stuck your arm over a stove. This felt like a truck ran over my elbow.”

Negative press

Another downside is the negative publicity PRP has attracted when it has been abused. Canadian doctor Anthony Galea, who in July pleaded guilty to bringing misbranded drugs across the U.S. border, was accused by his personal assistant of mixing human growth hormone (HGH), a drug banned by nearly every sports league in the world, with the blood of some of his athlete patients before reinjecting it as part of the PRP therapy. Galea treated a host of prominent athletes, including golfer Tiger Woods, the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss.

Major League Baseball investigated Colon’s treatment for a similar reason: The doctor who administered it had been known for using HGH as part of healing treatments.

PRP therapy has flummoxed the World Anti-Doping Agency, which originally banned it for intra-muscular use but lifted the ban this year — saying it did not have enough evidence to conclude that PRP aided performance in any way.

The key for players, of course, is whether it helps them heal.

“It’s a neat treatment,” Cooley said. “I can’t tell you the ultimate benefits to it. No one can. It’s still new. But I did feel better. . . . I’ve now had two or three guys around the league call me for advice on PRP and the effects of it.”

Staff writer Rick Maese contributed to this report

Tight End Fred Davis

Redskins: Davis is starting to catch on

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The Washington Examiner September 13, 2011

Davis finally living up to potential at tight end

Fred Davis knew he had set the tone for the afternoon with his first reception. The trick now is having that afternoon set the tone for the season.

The fourth-year tight end went as high as his 6-foot-4 frame would take him to snag Rex Grossman's first- quarter throw Sunday, pulling it down and holding on for a 23-yard gain. The catch was a big part of the Redskins' first scoring drive of the season in a 28-14 win over the Giants.

"For me, a tight end, it's that first catch," Davis said. "When you first get that first ball, now it's time to go. I think that's what it was for me."

When Davis walked off the field with five catches and a career-best 105 yards, he had in his possession the kind of performance long sought from the 2008 second-round draft pick, though not completely unexpected in a contract year.

"It wasn't anything that we didn't see before," Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said. "When a person gets the opportunity to play and start and he makes some big plays like Fred did, he took advantage of an opportunity showing people in the NFL that he belongs."

Because Davis' best season (48 receptions, 509 yards, six TDs) came with Chris Cooley injured during the latter half of 2009, last weekend also was a tantalizing peek at the potential of playing two top tight ends both at their best. But Davis' emergence isn't expected to come at the expense of his eight-year veteran teammate, who has heard just about enough of the argument over which one of them should start.

"To have guys make plays on offense is what makes you a good offense," Cooley said. "For both of us to be in the game, which we both talk about a lot and both feel should be in the game making plays, is going to be huge for this offense."

Having Davis and Cooley on the field at the same time allows Shanahan to stay committed to the run while also forcing the defense to choose whether to add extra protection against the pass.

"We create an advantage because with us both in you have to decide if you want to play us in a base defense, if you want to play us in a nickel defense," Cooley said. "We'll start creating a lot of big pass plays if people are going to play us in base."

And that's where Davis comes into play. Having shed 15 pounds in the offseason (he's listed at 258), he's as quick and athletic as a receiver when he lines up wide. But the numbers advantages come inside, too, where he made key catches against the Giants.

"I wanted to be able to run all day and be able to make plays down the seam," Davis said. "I see tight ends make plays down the seam, and in this offense, you can make a lot of plays at the tight end position, so I just wanted to benefit from it."

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Davis primed for a breakout year

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star August 13, 2011

LANDOVER, Md. --It's taken the better part of three years, but Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis feels he finally has what it takes to have a breakout year.

The 6-foot-4 tight end reportedly weighed in at 243 pounds, according to coach Mike Shanahan--down from the 260 pounds he carried throughout last season.

"I just feel like in this offense, you don't need to be that big tight end," Davis said. "We do a lot of zone scheme running, and if you've got good hand placement and a really strong inside presence, you'll still be able to run routes.

"I feel better this way. I feel like I'm going to be able to run routes that I normally could still run, but I just feel more agile, elusive, quicker. I feel quicker out of my breaks. I just feel good, really good."

In the Redskins' preseason opener against Pittsburgh last night, Davis started for Chris Cooley, who was sidelined after having fluid drained from his left knee a week ago. He had just one catch for 11 yards, but dropped another that could have gone for 21 yards.

"Fred's been doing an excellent job," Shanahan said. "He almost looks like a wide receiver. He's got the type of body to carry 260, but he's even better at the weight he's currently at."

Shanahan said Cooley saw a specialist about the left knee Wednesday, which he said is "just sore." Cooley tore the meniscus in the knee last season.

"He'll miss, I believe, a couple weeks, and we'll keep our fingers crossed that he'll be back, Shanahan said. "When will it be? I can't tell you."

Davis, who caught 72 passes for 852 yards and nine touchdowns in his first three seasons combined, is looking to nearly double those numbers in 2011. He has set eight to 10 touchdowns and 800 yards as a benchmark this fall.

"I want to be a starter in this league," Davis said, noting that his rookie contract expires after this season. "It's not my mentality to back somebody else up the rest of my life. To me, this is going to set me up to be somewhere, whether it be here or somewhere else. I want to be here, and I want to make sure to play to the best of my ability so that I can do that."

ONE GRAHAM BETTER THAN THE OTHER Shayne Graham, brought in to challenge Graham Gano for the kicking role, missed both of his field goal attempts.

The 10-year veteran out of Virginia Tech toed a 29-yarder wide left with 5:37 remaining in the first quarter, then, after the Redskins drove 55 yards with 1:35 remaining, Graham missed a 48-yard attempt wide right at Feature Clips 2011

the end of the second quarter.

Gano, the Redskins' kicker last season, made all four of his attempts. He converted a 32-yard field goal for the Redskins with 4:50 left in the third and made two others in the fourth: a 34-yarder with 9:53 left and a 45- yarder he hit off the left upright and in with 2:33 remaining.

"You don't wish bad on anyone in any competition," Gano said. "It was unfortunate to see the night he had, but he'll bounce back. He's a veteran."

THIS AND THAT In addition to Cooley, free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe (hamstring) did not play, with Chris Horton starting in his place. Also out of action were running back Ryan Torain (left hand) and right guard Artis Hicks (concussion). Cornerback Josh Wilson appeared to injure his right ankle midway through the second quarter, but he missed just one play before returning to the field. Linebacker Perry Riley injured his left ankle late in the fourth quarter and did not return. Aldrick Robinson, a sixth-round pick out of SMU, bobbled both of his punt returns in the second half. Brandon Banks, the Redskins' primary returner, had an 18-yard punt return in the first quarter and a 58-yard kickoff return in the second quarter.

Safety Reed Doughty

Safety Reed Doughty is Redskins’ reliable backup plan

Rick Maese The Washington Post September 8, 2011

Reed Doughty tried to list them all. Of course, there was and . Omar Stoutmire and Pierson Prioleau. Add Oshiomogho Atogwe and DeJon Gomes to the list now, too. In all, he could barely rattle off half their names.

From Archuleta and Taylor to Atogwe and LaRon Landry, Doughty has played with 17 safeties since joining the Washington Redskins. With few exceptions, most didn’t hang around Washington for very long.

“That sounds like 25 years worth of guys,” Doughty said. “It’s only been six.”

Doughty has been a mainstay — and with good reason. As has been the case so many times in the past few years, when a player goes down, Doughty is ready to step up.

“That’s what they signed me to do,” said Doughty, who re-signed with the team last month. “That’s what I knew I was coming back for.”

Landry says he’ll miss Sunday’s season opener against the New York Giants, which means Doughty will get the start at strong safety. Rarely pegged as the preseason starter, Doughty always seems to find his way into the lineup. Last year, he also was No. 2 on the depth chart but started nine games total, most after Landry went on injured reserve with an injured Achilles’ tendon. Feature Clips 2011

Doughty isn’t a physical specimen like Landry and doesn’t have the superstar credentials Taylor had. Yet he has been an important cog on the team. He has survived two coaching changes and has been part of the defense as long as anyone (Rocky McIntosh and Kedric Golston were fellow 2006 draft picks).

“A guy like Reed, you don’t miss until you don’t have him,” linebacker London Fletcher said.

Doughty, 28, will be lined up Sunday in the defensive backfield alongside Atogwe, who will be making his debut as a Redskin. While that tandem isn’t exactly what Redskins fans have been salivating about for the past several months, it’s going to be at least one more week before Atogwe can be paired with Landry.

“We’re all eager to have LaRon back on the field because he makes us a better defense,” Atogwe said. “When he’s ready to get on the field, it’s going to be something to see.”

Doughty has been practicing with the starters since training camp opened. Though Landry’s hamstring injury has limited him in practice, Coach Mike Shanahan has yet to formally rule him out of Sunday’s game.

“It’s frustrating for everybody,” defensive coordinator Jim Haslett said. “He’s a heck of a football player. We’d love to have him out there. Obviously, he’s had a couple setbacks. When he’s ready to go, he’ll get out there.”

But coaches say they’re confident in Doughty. And like so many players on the defensive side of the ball, Doughty thinks he’ll show huge improvements in his second year in Haslett’s system.

“Just more comfortable,” he said. “I can feel it. It feels second nature. I’m paying attention to what the offense is doing, what the reads are doing — not figuring out exactly my technique and where I’m supposed to end up. I’m definitely more comfortable.”

Doughty’s game film might not blow away pro scouts from opposing teams, but Redskins coaches rave about his work ethic and his eagerness to learn. Doughty was a free agent after the 2010 season, and Haslett said coaches made clear to the team’s front office they hoped Doughty would be re-signed. With Landry still recovering from the Achilles’ injury, bringing Doughty back was a must, and the team told Doughty before the lockout that he would be targeted for a return.

“He’s been able to fill a number of voids for us,” Fletcher said. “He started at strong safety for us, he’s started at free safety, he’s come in to play some nickel linebacker for us, he does a lot on special teams. You can’t say enough about him. He definitely plays a big role in our defense.”

With Landry expected to be sidelined and free safety Kareem Moore stuck on the physically-unable-to-perform list for the season’s first six weeks, the Redskins are thin at safety. Aside from Atogwe and Doughty, the only other healthy safety on the roster is Gomes, the team’s fifth-round draft pick this spring. The Nebraska product is raw, but coaches were impressed with his preseason progress.

“Some things don’t come fast right off the bat,” Haslett said. “But once he sees it once, he’s right in tune with everybody.”

The team could slide cornerback Kevin Barnes to safety in a pinch. But for the most part, the team is relying on Atogwe and Doughty to carry the load. Feature Clips 2011

It’s not how the Redskins imagined starting the season, but it’s also why re-signing Doughty was important: For the past five years, he’s been the team’s most reliable contingency plan.

Linebacker London Fletcher

London Fletcher won’t quit on Redskins Jason Reid Washington Post November 11, 2011

Don’t count on London Fletcher quitting. And he has no intention of letting anyone else give in. Wherever the Washington Redskins’ latest slide takes them, their leader guarantees that they will at least fight.

Even at 36, the inside linebacker still only has one speed. As another wasted season unfolds around him, Fletcher won’t compromise, which, once again, should remind Redskins management just how much he means to the team.

In the struggling organization, Fletcher’s contributions are unmatched. He’s one of few guys (the only one?) on the team with universal credibility. He continues to show that Washington needs more people like him — especially now.

The Redskins have lost four straight and five of their past six games. Coach Mike Shanahan and his offensive coordinator son, Kyle, are under fire for Washington’s ineptitude on offense. Essentially,Washington’s improved defense must pitch shutouts for the team to win. Defensive players are feeling the pressure, and cracks have already shown.

The imbalance could threaten to tear apart the locker room if not, in part, for the presence of a 14-year veteran who wouldn’t let things get to that point.

“When you have a guy like Fletch, who guys respect for what he says [in the locker room] and the way he backs it up [on the field], you don’t worry about that kind of stuff,” cornerback DeAngelo Hall, who shares defensive captain duties with Fletcher, said recently.

“You know when times are rough, you can count on Fletch to do the right thing. He’s gonna think about what’s best for the team. The whole team.”

It’s a familiar role and one Fletcher performs well. Feature Clips 2011

The offense derailed the team after its promising 3-1 start. The injuries on offense are part of the problem. But Mike Shanahan’s major mistakes account for the majority of the mess. Some Redskins employees are still scratching their heads about Shanahan’s decision to stake his reputation on two incapable quarterbacks — Rex Grossman and John Beck — and wondering how long it will take to improve at the game’s most important position. Also, during two cycles of the draft and free agency, Shanahan picked most of the players on the 53- man roster.

There’s only one person to question about supposed personnel deficiencies.

On sports-talk radio and Internet message boards, defensive coordinator Jim Haslett is taking heat because the Redskins have given up a lot of yardage during the losing streak, but “defensively, we’ve done a lot of good things, so I am frustrated,” Fletcher said Monday while we spoke privately at Redskins Park. “It does upset me that we’re not perceived to be as good a defense as we are.

“It bothers me, from the standpoint of the record, that the perception is out there. Sometimes the record doesn’t show what you’ve done.”

At first glance, the statistics indicate the Redskins’ defense, 13th overall in the NFL in yardage allowed, is only an above-average group. Dig deeper, however, and you learn the Redskins are among the best at disrupting quarterbacks, ranking third in the league with 25 sacks, three behind the top-ranked New York Giants. Washington is tied for fourth with 10 forced fumbles. It’s seventh in points allowed at 19.8 per game.

Clearly, if blame must be assessed, the offense has more explaining to do, “but as a defense, we can’t look at it like that,” Fletcher said. “Whatever we’ve done, whatever we’re gonna do, to try to help the offense, we just have to do more.

“Our mind-set always has to be that. Whether that means giving the offense short fields, creating more turnovers, not giving up the big plays . . . or even field goals. Let’s not even give those up. No field goals. If that’s what we have to do, then that’s what we have to do.”

Keeping cool while shouldering so much isn’t easy. Fletcher briefly lost it during the embarrassing loss to Buffalo on Oct. 30, blasting strong safety LaRon Landry on the sideline after his blown coverage resulted in a touchdown pass.

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Against Buffalo, Fletcher had one of his finest performances in five seasons with the Redskins: a game-high 19 tackles and an interception in the end zone. He played despite being slowed because of a hamstring injury, extending his consecutive games streak, now at 216.

Although Fletcher could become a free agent after the season, he would prefer to finish what he started here. He came to help restore the Redskins to prominence, and they’re getting closer on defense.

Despite this season’s problems, Fletcher remains upbeat about the Redskins’ future. He sees some encouraging signs. But someone has to keep them united. Fletcher has already raised his hand.

Week in and week out, Fletcher remains steady force amid storm Jay Skurski The Washington Times October 30, 2011 TORONTO — London Fletcher has been around the NFL long enough to know that games like Sunday's are going to happen.

That's why he took a calm, measured approach to his postgame session with the media following the Washington Redskins' 23-0 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Rogers Centre.

"I think everybody's frustrated we've lost three consecutive games," the 14th year linebacker said. "We haven't played well enough to win any of the games."

Fletcher might be the only one who can't say that about himself after Sunday's effort. Facing his former team, he turned in one of the most inspired performances on either side of the ball, racking up 20 tackles (12 solo), a half sack, two quarterback hits, an interception and a pass defensed. He now has 43 tackles in the Redskins' seven games.

For a player who was questionable to play because of a hamstring injury, it was just the bounce-back performance he needed following a miserable showing in a Week 7 loss to Carolina.

"He played phenomenal," fellow linebacker Brian Orakpo said. "Fletch is a leader of this team. He played a great game against his former team."

Fletcher spent five seasons with the Bills from 2002 to 2006. Despite starting all 80 games during that stretch, Buffalo let him go after the '06 season, believing his best football was behind him.

He has shown during his first four seasons in Washington (at least 87 tackles in each) that's not the case. That he played Sunday after dealing with an injury all week should come as no surprise - he appeared in his 215th straight game and made his 170th straight start. Feature Clips 2011

The filled stat sheets mean little after a loss, however.

"Defensively, we don't want to give up touchdowns," he said. "I think we had good practices, good preparation, but it takes more than just that. That's the good foundation you need in order to give yourself a chance to be successful on Sundays. Hopefully it just carries over on game day. It didn't happen for us [Sunday.]"

Fletcher had his rough moments, too. He was in coverage on both of the touchdown passes caught by Bills tight end Scott Chandler. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick floated the ball over Fletcher's head in the first quarter for a 20-yard touchdown. On the Bills' first drive of the second half, Chandler beat Fletcher on a post route for another touchdown, this one gave the Bills a commanding 20-0 lead.

After that third-quarter play, the Fox television cameras caught Fletcher having an animated discussion with cornerback DeAngelo Hall on the sideline.

Fletcher, though, refused to point any fingers after the game.

"I wouldn't agree that my teammates didn't play with passion. The score can be taken or misconstrued by guys' effort. I don't think anybody's out there not giving effort," he said. "That's not the case. They made more plays than us, and that's pretty much the bottom line."

"I don't know what was going on, but it's just frustration. I think guys care. Guys want to win and want to do well so when things aren't going right tempers can flare. Especially in a game like this, competition and emotions run high. That just comes with it," defensive lineman Barry Cofield said.

Redskins coach Mike Shanahan agreed, saying, "Every once in a while, it happens in the emotions of a football game. Sometimes, when there's a missed assignment, some guys get very emotional during the game."

Fletcher stopped short of calling the loss rock bottom for the reeling Redskins.

"I think we can bounce back from it," he said. "It's going to take effort from everybody. Everybody has to play better."

Bills' Jackson, 'Skins' Fletcher share bond Small college roots a source of motivation

Rodney McKissic Buffalo News October 27, 2011

Almost daily, red, white and blue T-shirts paying homage to Fred Jackson pop up around the Buffalo Bills' locker room. The front of the shirt reads "Jackson 22" while the back gives a nod to Jackson's Division III roots: "Reppin' The Nation D3: Pledge Your Allegiance." Feature Clips 2011

The same T-shirt can easily be made in burgundy, gold and white for London Fletcher, the Washington Redskins' middle linebacker, who like Jackson was an unearthed gem from the NCAA's lowest, and often ignored, division of football.

"I have to think about it everyday, it's what motivates me to be here," said Jackson, who earned All-American honors at Iowa's Coe College. "It's something that I try and reflect on as much as possible. It's one of those things that keep me motivated out here."

A product of Division II Tuskegee, Drayton Florence said a few weeks ago, "big school, small school, I don't think it makes a difference," in terms of success on the pro level. He probably had players like Jackson and Fletcher in mind.

Jackson and Fletcher were underrated and overlooked, perhaps because their journeys began on the Division III level. But Jackson is a legitimate MVP candidate while Fletcher, the former Bills linebacker, is again on pace to eclipse the 100-tackle mark, something he's accomplished every year since the NFL started recording the stat in 2001.

"When you come into the league as a Division III player you come in with a chip on your shoulder knowing that they're always trying to replace you, and they don't think you're good enough," Fletcher said. "They don't really know the full story of why you may have ended up at the level that you played at. There's always a reason why the Division III players defiantly play with a chip on their shoulder."

Fletcher is a 5-foot-10, 245-pound linebacker playing in a profession that covets athletes four inches taller and 20 pounds heavier. Sports Illustrated once named him the "best player never to be selected to the Pro Bowl", an honor he had missed despite making more tackles than anyone in the last decade. The oversight has been corrected the last two seasons with Fletcher being named to the Pro Bowl.

In 2006, Fletcher's last season in Buffalo before he signed with Washington as a free agent, the Redskins ranked 31st in total defense. But they ranked in the top 10 during his first three seasons in D.C.

When the Bills host the Redskins in Toronto on Sunday, Fletcher, despite a sore hamstring, will likely play in his 215th consecutive game.

"I'm not sure if [the Bills] thought I didn't have any more years left in me or not," said Fletcher, who played at John Carroll in his hometown of Cleveland. "It worked out where I ended up coming to Washington and I've been able to play another five more seasons and still playing at a high level."

Fletcher was a mentor to Jackson when he was signed to the Bills' practice squad in 2006.

"I thought Fred did a good job," Fletcher said. "He was just on the scout team when I was there. I think maybe my last year he was on the active roster. I'm not sure how many carries he actually got, but he did a good job of giving us great looks in practice."

Jackson was already three years removed from Coe College and worked his way up through the pass-happy world of indoor football before the Bills invited him for a tryout. With 601 yards, Jackson is the league's sixth- leading rusher and is tied for second in rushing TDs by a running back with six, which trails only the eight scored by Minnesota's . Feature Clips 2011

"Going to a Division III school, you're not going to get a lot of workouts," said Jackson, who was a 5-foot-8, 140-pound backup tailback in high school. "I went to a not too relatively known Division III school so that makes it tough. ... When I got my first start the first guy I played against was London Fletcher. I've always had a great amount of respect for him being he's a Division III player as well. He was one of the guys I used to talk to a lot when I first got here."

They talked about their path to the NFL, approaching the job as if getting shipped to the practice squad remains a possibility. Yet more of Jackson's teammates are reppin' the D3 nation. Corey McIntrye has one and so does Terrence McGee. Stevie Johnson walks around with the sleeves cut off his.

"I think the thing is with the NFL, because he didn't go to a big school, a lot of coaches and people get caught up in the Division III stuff and because he played at Division III, small school, a lot of people are just trying to write him off," Fletcher said. "As you look at it, he's definitely an excellent football player."

London Fletcher listens to edited rap, takes kids to the Capitol Building

Dan Steinberg Washington Post October 13, 2011

And now, for the most London Fletcher quote of all time. It comes from The Sporting News, which printed five Fletcher answers to fan-submitted questions, including one concerning his musical tastes.

“Well, I’ll listen to R&B and mostly Christian music and stuff like that, but I’ll listen to some Jay-Z and Kanye West. But only the edited versions. I don’t like to get cussed out listening to my songs. I’m an older guy on the team, so for me to listen to Jay-Z and Kanye Wet, that kind of shocks some of the guys. And because it’s the edited version, they’ll get on me about that.” And if there was any question about what a team captain who listens to edited rap would be doing on his off day, Fletcher took kids from MacFarland Middle School to the Hill to hang out with Sen. Sherrod Brown and pose for photos in front of the Capitol Building and then go to the Adams Morgan Harris Teeter to shop for healthy foods. More photos at his Facebook page.

(More Sporting News answers from Fletcher at Hogs Haven, where he says that people at the Pro Bowl asked him why he was playing so hard. And in the print edition story, Fletcher says if he had to share a studio apartment with any current or former Redskin, he’d choose Sam Huff, because they both “want to destroy the opponent; we don’t like anybody on the opposing team.”)

Fletcher not keen on fading away

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star August 4, 2011

--London Fletcher has never missed a game in his 13 years playing in the NFL.

Why, then, would he give any thought to doing so now? Feature Clips 2011

"You think about it, but really, you just take it one day at a time," Fletcher said. "It comes to everybody. Nobody plays forever."

Fletcher, 36, has been one of the league's premier linebackers since breaking in with St. Louis as an undrafted rookie out of John Carroll, a Division III university just outside Cleveland. He was one of just two rookies to make the Rams that year, and he played all 16 games, beginning a streak that has continued since.

There were brief rumors after the end of last season that Fletcher would consider retirement, whether it be before this season or after it, when his contract enters the fifth and final year and he's due to make approximately $5 million.

But Fletcher doesn't like to think about walking away from football, which made discussion regarding the topic yesterday morning at Redskins Park difficult. He's the kind of player who, ideally, would play forever--and surprisingly, his body has cooperated.

Fletcher's preparations are meticulous and well documented. He studies film, knows his opponent's strengths and weaknesses, and is dedicated to his conditioning. When the lockout began, it was Fletcher who rounded up nearly half the Redskins under contract for a "mini-camp" in May.

"You don't find guys like London very often," coach Mike Shanahan said. "But the guys who have passion for what they do--he's unbelievable with his preparation, [leaves] no stone unturned and has some strong perseverance, as well.

"You talk about the things that you look for in people as a veteran player, and he has everything. It's one of the reasons why he's been in the league that long and he's played so consistently."

The 5-foot-10, 245-pounder led the Redskins with 136 tackles last season, second in the NFC and sixth in the league, and had 2.5 sacks--the most he's had in one season since 2004, when he was in Buffalo.

It might have been his contributions off the field, however, that were more important. Fletcher has helped his teammates adjust to a 3-4 defensive scheme, though the Redskins allowed 389.2 yards per game last season to rank 31st out of 32 teams.

"He could really be our defensive coordinator if he really wanted to and call every play on the field as it happened," said linebacker Lorenzo Alexander, who considers Fletcher a good friend. "That's just how smart he is. But that comes with a lot of years of playing the game, understanding it, being smart and taking time to work on his craft."

Fletcher also has helped Ryan Kerrigan, the Redskins' first-round pick, adapt to the demands of being an outside linebacker.

Kerrigan, a defensive end at Purdue, projects to start next to Fletcher, and though a right knee injury has kept him out of all but the first few minutes of training camp, he has relied upon Fletcher to take him through the mental part of the game.

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"He's an extension of the coaching staff on the field, and you hear that thrown around a lot, whether it's in college or pro football, but he really is," Kerrigan said. "It's really good to have a guy like him out there on the field."

Alexander, who is competing with Fletcher at inside linebacker but will likely remain his primary backup, often teases Fletcher about his experience.

"We always have a joke, because he has a son, and he says, 'I'm saving [the position] for my son,'" Alexander said. "But he still might be competing."

London Fletcher has been stabilizing force for Washington Redskins

Mike Jones The Washington Post August 2, 2011

In today’s editions, Jason Reid writes about inside linebacker London Fletcher, whose effective leadership has provided stability during difficult times the past four seasons.

One of the NFL’s smartest players, Fletcher is respected for, among many things, his commitment to preparation. He analyzes tape of opponents and the Redskins’ defense daily, “hoping to see something I haven’t seen before,” he said. “Staying in that film room, and understanding the weaknesses and the strengths of our defense, it just helps you to be able to go out there and make plays.”

Beginning his 14th season, Fletcher, 36, says he has not considered retirement, “though you obviously think about the next transition. I love the game, and I want to continue to stay involved, so you think about different ways you can stay in it.”

With his smarts and work ethic, Fletcher would seem to be an ideal coaching candidate. It would probably please Daniel Snyder if Fletcher, the greatest free agent of Snyder’s era as owner, joined the coaching staff after he retires.

It’s a no-brainer, right?

“Well, I’ve actually thought about coaching very little,” Fletcher said. “I have young kids – they’re 4, 3 and 1 – so I don’t want to be away from them. You’ve got to put in the hours when you’re coaching.

“That’s the only way to do it, especially when you’re just starting out. So … I just don’t know about that. But I also know I have a lot to give back to the game. I don’t want to keep it to myself.”

Wide Receiver Jabar Gaffney

Gaffney already good fit for Redskins

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September 23, 2011

The two people least surprised quarterback Rex Grossman and receiver Jabar Gaffney have found chemistry during the Redskins’ 2-0 start? Themselves. And it has nothing to do with playing together in college at Florida.

Through two games and playing 77.6 percent of the offensive snaps, Gaffney has eight catches for 116 yards and a touchdown.

“It’s pretty easy to get a comfort level with somebody who is a savvy route runner and is smooth with his cuts and knows how to play the game,” Grossman said this week.

Gaffney has caught passes from David Carr, Tom Brady, Matt Cassel, Kyle Orton and during his years with Houston, New England and Denver so he is used to on-the-fly learning.

Once Grossman became eligible to practice in early August, he and Gaffney re-discovered the symmetry they had with the Gators.

“We got on the same page quickly – and I loved it,” Gaffney said. “It’s a tribute to the hard work we did in college and over time. We haven’t missed a step.”

Gaffney has quickly become the Redskins’ No. 2 receiver behind Santana Moss, able to find an open spot in a defense at the right time – seven of his catches have gone for a first down or a touchdown.

“I take a lot of pride in that,” Gaffney said. “Quarterbacks want guys who are in the right spot and that’s one thing I’ve been able to do in my career – find the open spot in the zone and be a reliable target for them.”

But that doesn’t mean Gaffney still isn’t a deep threat. Grossman missed him 37 yards downfield against the Giants and he later caught a pass 36 yards downfield (39-yard play). He also had a 20-yard reception against Arizona.

Said Grossman: “He just understands how to separate from defenders.”

Kicker Graham Gano

DALY: Gano is getting his kicks with help from son’s timely arrival

Dan Daly The Washington Times August 21, 2011

As much as anything, kicking is about timing. So it was nice of Bryson Gano, Graham Gano’s newborn son, to come into this world two daysbefore the Washington Redskins‘ preseason game Friday at Indianapolis. Bryson’s father, after all, is battling to keep his job, and a game-day delivery might have proved a distraction. Feature Clips 2011

“The due date was the 24th,” Graham said before Sunday’s workout. “I was going to be in Baltimore then [to play the Ravens]. So we’ve been praying for a while that I’d be able to be there for the baby’s birth.” (The couple already had decided, though, that, under the circumstances,football had to come first - especially now that there’s another mouth to feed.)

Fortunately for the Ganos, Brittany went into labor during Wednesday’s practice. Graham jumped in his car, made it to the hospital in time to see his 5-pound, 12-ounce offspring draw his first breaths, then flew with his teammates to Indy, where he continued to make a strong case for himself by booting three field goals in a 16-3 win. He’s 6-for-6 in this preseason and looking like he might be the answer for the Redskins at what has been a problematic position.

He’s certainly been steadier than he was a year ago, when he had the lowest success rate of any qualifying NFL kicker (68.6 percent) and had key misses in several close losses. Good thing, too. Veteran Shayne Graham was brought in to challenge him early in camp - he was cut after missing two field goal tries in the preseason opener - and now Clint Stitser, who had a brief trial in Cincinnati last season, is competing withGano.

After losing five games by a field goal or less last season, Mike Shanahan is determined to get his kicking game straightened out. But clearly, he’s not ready to give up on Gano. As he put it, “He did a great job kicking off, and he did make some good kicks” - including three in overtime to beat Green Bay, Tennessee and Jacksonville. “He wasn’t as consistent as you’d want, but that’s usually the case in your first year.”

Indeed, few kickers transition smoothly from the colleges to the pros. They usually bounce around for a couple of years, maybe longer, before finding steady employment. Mark Moseley, as famous a kicker as the franchise has had, spent some time with the Eagles and Houston Oilers before settling with the Redskins. People tend to forget that. Heck, before coming here, Gano was in camp with Baltimore, had tryouts with Atlanta and the New York Giants and even spent some time in the United Football League.

“I think it’s just a matter of consistency,” Gano said. “You’ve got to be consistent in all areas. In college, you might have some guys who are very good at kicking field goals, but their kickoffs are kind of shaky. So you have to have an all-around game, and that’s what I’ve worked on. I’ve made an adjustment in my technique, and I’ve done a lot of strength training and explosive training.”

Which brings us back to the subject of timing. Often, what determines the fate of a kicker - whether he makes your roster - is where he’s at in his career. After knocking around for a while, is he ready to take his game to the next level? Can he kick under pressure? Can he shake off a miss? Has he raised his accuracy to the 75- to 80 percent range? Until he can answer “yes” to all these questions, he’s going to have a hard time sticking with an NFL club.

Consider David Akers, one of the best kickers of the past decade. He was a Redskin, you may recall, for one game in 1998 (after tryouts with Atlanta and Carolina in ‘97). But he missed two long field goal attempts in that game, and the coaches decided he wasn’t ready for the big time (at which point they signed the more experienced Cary Blanchard). Feature Clips 2011

The following year, after a stint in NFL Europe, Akers was picked up by Philadelphia - and booted for them, fabulously, for 11 seasons. Did theRedskins make a mistake? Not really. They were just unlucky. They caught Akers at the wrong time.

That’s what’s going on with Gano right now. Yes, he struggled last season, but he’s also 24. So it behooves Shanahan to be patient with him a while longer - as long as he can stand, basically - lest he rue the day he let the kid get away.

“You can’t keep waitin’ and waitin’ forever,” special teams coach Danny Smith said. “Hopefully, it’ll kick in [for Gano] this year. It just clicks at different times for different people, and hopefully it’ll click for him this year with the pressure we’re putting on him with other kickers.”

So far, Gano has passed every test in this preseason. But two games remain, and there’s no telling what kickers might show up on the waiver wire two weeks hence. Nothing, in other words, is guaranteed - and won’t be until Graham is the last kicker standing.

“They told me before the season I was going to have competition,” he said. “But everywhere I’ve been, every single year, I’ve had competition - college [Florida State], high school, everywhere I’ve gone. Competition only makes you better, so I welcome it. But in my mind, I believe I’m the [No. 1] guy. If I didn’t, then I probably shouldn’t be here.”

The timing was wrong for Akers. Will it be right for Gano? If so, the Redskins have a chance to fix their kicking problems for the long term - perhaps even until Bryson Gano is playing Pop Warner.

© Copyright 2011 The Washington Times, LLC.

Safety DeJon Gomes

Redskins rookie S DeJon Gomes ready if called upon

Mike Jones The Washington Post – The Insider September 10, 2011

The Washington Redskins will be thin at the safety position on Sunday with LaRon Landry still sidelined with a strained hamstring and Kareem Moore on the Physically Unable to Perform list.

Usual backup Reed Doughty will start at strong safety in place of Landry, and offseason addition Oshiomogho Atogwe plans on playing although he is listed as “questionable” with a hamstring injury on the team’s injury report.

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field and help his team in whatever way possible.

Drafted in the fifth round out of Nebraska, Gomes is coming off of a strong preseason that saw him post a team- high 14 tackles and a sack. And so, the 5-foot-11, 200-pound Hayward, Calif., native and his coaches have confidence that he can get the job done if needs be.

“He’s looked pretty good. We feel good about him,” Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said. “He can play both the strong safety and the free safety position. He has a lot of speed and upside. He’s still a rookie, but I think he’s handling everything and he’s very sharp.”

Gomes, meanwhile, isn’t getting overly excited about his NFL debut. He’s eager to play, but he has managed to remain focused on preparing for his assignments rather than focus on the magnitude of possibly playing in the regular season opener.

“My mindset is the same as any other guys in my situation,” Gomes said. “In football, you’re one or two plays away from getting on the field, so you’ve got to prepare like you’re going to be starting and if something does happen, God forbid, then you go out there and do what you’ve done all week in practice. … I know the system pretty well, but there are still things to iron out. [safeties] coach [Steve] Jackson and the other coaches have been teaching me a lot, so it’s been a good experience.”

Quarterback Rex Grossman

Coach's faith in Grossman pays

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star September 20, 2011

--When Washington Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman threw the second of his two interceptions against Arizona on Sunday, Grossman returned to the sideline and was met by a smiling Mike Shanahan.

The head coach knew Grossman, a veteran quarterback, would be able to overcome the mistake. His pass was intended for Anthony Armstrong but went off the receiver's fingers and was grabbed by Richard Marshall.

"At the end of the day, the response is where you put that ball, and Rex has been a quarterback long enough to understand to wipe those things out and find a way to win," Shanahan said yesterday. "That's what he was able to do."

Grossman finished the game 25-for-43 for 291 yards and two touchdowns in addition to the interceptions, leading the Redskins to a 22-21 victory over the Cardinals and their first 2-0 start to the season since 2007.

He was just 9 yards shy of becoming the first Washington quarterback to throw for over 300 yards in three consecutive games. More importantly, it was the fourth time Grossman has led a game-winning drive--and the first time he did so since leading the Chicago Bears over Shanahan and Denver in 2007.

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"Those are the types of situations that I think build momentum and confidence as a team," Grossman said after the victory. "Knowing that throughout the course of the year, you are going to be put in a lot of adverse situations--I feel like we are 1-for-1 on that."

Shanahan did not want to elaborate yesterday when asked whether the two interceptions were Grossman's fault or if they were the result of mistakes made by his receivers. Earlier, Grossman was intercepted by Adrian Wilson while facing third and goal from the Cardinals' 8-yard line, attempting a pass to Santana Moss that was overthrown.

Moss said afterward he was the one who made the mistake, throwing in extra steps while running an out route on the pass that wrecked the continuity. On the second interception, the pass to Armstrong was tipped upward, though Marshall had a hand on Armstrong's jersey.

The quarterback was also sloppy in the opening quarter against the New York Giants before turning it around. Remarkably, Grossman completed 12 of 21 passes for 147 yards and one touchdown before halftime and was 13-for-22 for 144 yards and another touchdown afterward, though he was much improved in the second half.

Grossman's greatest completion was an 18-yard touchdown pass to Moss on fourth and 3 with 5:17 to play.

With Arizona in a cover-two defense, Grossman could have found Jabar Gaffney open in the left flat for the quick conversion, but instead found Moss open on a corner route in the right side of the end zone for the score. "I knew that with that [defensive] formation, with that play, you have to choose who you want," Moss said. "You don't know I'm running the corner, but the safety is going to have to have me. He had me, but he was so far away. The corner [route] was just the perfect play at the right time."

Choosing to go for the conversion, instead of attempting a 35-yard field goal by Graham Gano, was an easy decision for Shanahan to make. Down eight points, the Redskins needed the touchdown and the two-point conversion.

"I'm not usually conservative," Shanahan said. "I usually take chances. That's usually my mindset.

Sometimes, it all depends on the tempo of the game or the type of team you're facing. How good's the defense? How's your running game going? A lot of ingredients go into something like that."

Through the first two weeks, Grossman has completed 59.7 percent of his passes to rank 21st among starting quarterbacks. But he has completed 70.8 percent of his attempts in the fourth quarter, which ranks fourth among quarterbacks with at least seven attempts, and has two touchdowns to show for it.

And two victories.

"I think it shows that this team believes in itself and believes that we are going to make the big plays at the end of the game to win," Grossman said Sunday. "You can just feel it. You are going to have adversity throughout the year, and in the NFL it's what it's about and how you handle it. I think we handled it well today."

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Barry Svrluga The Washington Post September 10, 2011

The last time an NFL season opened and Rex Grossman took the field as a starting quarterback was four years ago. He was 27, coming off a 13-3 season and a Super Bowl appearance. Were he any other quarterback in any other city, billboards might have carried his likeness; jerseys would have flown off the shelves.

Chicago could have been Grossman’s town. It was not.

“A lot of people look back on the Rex Grossman era,” said former Bears wide receiver , now a sports-talk radio host in Chicago, “and they feel a little bit unfulfilled.”

Take another sports-talk radio host, and take that a step further.

“I think the fans here, they remember him as a punch line,” said Mike Mulligan, a Chicago native.

So when Washington Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan uttered the following words on Monday — “The starting quarterback will, obviously, be Rex” — nowhere did it resonate more than in Chicago. Not in Bloomington, Ind., where Grossman set records as a stud high school player who was recruited nationally. Not in Gainesville, Fla., where he quarterbacked Steve Spurrier’s and became the Heisman Trophy runner-up.

In Washington, Shanahan’s pronouncement that Grossman had beaten out John Beck to start Sunday’s season opener against the New York Giants was met with some measure of debate and curiosity, but not much passion. In Chicago?

“People are totally snickering. That’s the word,” Mulligan said. “Is it unfair to him? Sure. But it is absolutely what’s happening. There’s no respect given to him in Chicago. People are like, ‘Rex is starting in Washington? Ha.’ ”

No one in the 91-year history of the Bears has thrown more postseason passes than Grossman, who was a first- round draft pick by Chicago. Since the franchise won its only Super Bowl championship, following the 1985 season, 34 quarterbacks have attempted regular season passes for the Bears. Only one has done so in another Super Bowl: Rex Grossman.

“Not everybody makes it to a Super Bowl,” Grossman said last week, his only public hint of bravado. “But I do not want to talk about Chicago any more.”

Grossman’s experience in Chicago, where he was once a first-round draft pick and the hope for the future, will help shape his experience in Washington. Since he left there after the 2008 season — after 31 starts, 33 touchdown passes and 36 interceptions — he served as a backup in Houston for one season and a backup with the Redskins for another until he took over for Donovan McNabb to mop up a disappointing 2010. The road to winning a starting job, then losing it painfully, then winning it again will inform what happens next.

“I think you’re hardened any time you play the position of quarterback in the National Football League,” said Shanahan, himself a Chicago native. “I think you get hardened very quickly. There’s a lot of responsibility, a lot Feature Clips 2011

of pressure, especially in Chicago. . . . There’s always a lot of pressure, because they do have tradition.”

Losing city’ s support

Grossman’s career in Chicago ended, in effect, on Sept. 23, 2007. That night, the Bears hosted Dallas, their third game of the season. The expectations in Chicago were a second consecutive Super Bowl appearance, this time with a win. Excuses need not apply.

To that point, Grossman had thrown one touchdown and three interceptions, and the Bears were 1-1 — which, to fans, meant not good enough. His status as the team’s starter had been something of a week-to-week referendum even in 2006, even as he started all 16 games, even as the Bears won the NFC championship. The situation was so combustible that Bears Coach Lovie Smith’s weekly status update — “Rex is our quarterback” — disappointed so many fans it eventually appeared on T-shirts.

“That’s a lot of pressure on a young kid,” former Bears wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad said. “I would say that some of that pressure probably got to Rex. I can’t say 100 percent, but if you compare how he played in the first six, seven games of 2006 to 2007, there’s just an obvious change.”

In September 2006, Grossman was named the NFC’s offensive player of the month, and the Bears rolled to a 7- 0 start. The stops and starts that had marked his career — a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 2004, a broken ankle in 2005 — were behind him. A city that knows everything about ferocity at middle linebacker and little about stability at quarterback suddenly seemed like it had its man.

But in the sixth week of that season — in a game that’s actually still remembered because , then the coach of the Arizona Cardinals, bellowed at members of the media afterward, “The Bears are who we thought they were!” — Chicago won 24-23 on the strength of two fourth-quarter returns, one of a fumble, one of a punt. Grossman, though, threw four interceptions and lost two fumbles. In Chicago, fans rapidly became familiar with two personalities, distinctly different: “Good Rex” and “Bad Rex.”

“I knew he could get hot,” said Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, who was with Houston when the Texans brought Grossman in for 2009. “I also knew he could get cold. I think that was a time where he kept both teams in the game.”

On Sept. 23, 2007, Grossman did not keep the Bears in the game. Against Dallas, in prime time in front of a national audience, he completed 15 of 32 passes for 195 yards. He threw three interceptions. He was sacked three times. The Bears lost, 34-10. After that game, Smith did not say what he had said so often: Rex is our quarterback.

“Chicago, it’s a tough town for quarterbacks,” said Pep Hamilton, who took over as the Bears’ quarterbacks coach in 2007. “In a lot of instances, I honestly think it was unfair to put all of the responsibility of the team’s shortcomings on Rex Grossman. But that’s what happened.”

Said Muhammad: “Patience, in that town, is not a virtue.”

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verge of calling our alderman to see if there was some kind of ‘detrimental to Chicago’ clause that could get Rex benched.”

“I was kind of the lightning rod,” Grossman said last week. “What’s going to happen?”

Later that day, Smith replaced Grossman with journeyman Brian Griese. Grossman reappeared later in the season, but the Bears finished 7-9. The next season, Kyle Orton was Chicago’s starter. The next year, Grossman was gone.

“You never got the sense that he thought he was treated unfairly,” said Waddle, who hosted a Sunday night television show during the season on which Grossman made a weekly appearance. “You could have never asked a guy to be more professional. He had a very up-and-down career here, but you always had a constant of him off the field. He was very professional, and he never complained.”

Second chances

On Wednesday morning, in the Redskins’ locker room at the team’s Ashburn training facility, Grossman stopped before he walked past rookie running back Roy Helu, who sat on the floor, stretching. Grossman had a question about the route Helu liked to take before he received a handoff on a specific play. The two worked out the kink, and the starting quarterback of the Redskins walked back to his locker, shuffling in his flip-flops.

“That’s Rex,” veteran wide receiver Jabar Gaffney said. “That’s how he is. He doesn’t really give a care about how anybody thinks.”

A decade ago, Gaffney and Grossman were teammates at Florida during a tumultuous time when, as Gaffney said, Spurrier’s philosophy was, “Get the job done, or it’ll be musical quarterbacks.”

So when Gaffney arrived in a trade from Denver prior to the season, he took one look at his old buddy, and thought the Redskins’ quarterback race just might be over.

“As soon you saw him, you could tell he had that confidence,” Gaffney said. “You could tell it was gonna be his job.”

Grossman’s last start for the Bears came in November 2008, and it was only because Orton was hurt. His starts for the Redskins last year came mostly because McNabb struggled so mightily in Shanahan’s offense that the coach wanted to see someone else — anyone else — grab the reins.

Now, Grossman has been in the same offensive system for three straight years. (It is, notably, not the straightforward scheme run by the Bears, which one Redskins’ official referred to as “Neanderthal.”) He beat out Beck, whose ability Mike Shanahan has raved about, because he was better in three preseason appearances.

Four years have passed. Chicago is gone. And whether Bears fans believe it or not, Rex Grossman is a starting quarterback in the NFL once again.

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“I didn’t take it for granted in Chicago. But any time something gets taken away from you and you get it back, you have a different outlook, a different type of approach and respect to the position you’re in.”

Cornerback DeAngelo Hall

DeAngelo Hall, Ryan Kerrigan Join Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell At Richmond School

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star September 20, 2011

Virginia governor Bob McDonnell joined Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall and linebacker Ryan Kerrigan at Albert Hill Middle School in Richmond on Tuesday to lead a group of 50 students and speak to others as part of the NFL’s “Play 60” initiative.

“We know that the healthier our students are, especially during the demanding years of middle school, the more they are going to be able to focus and achieve academically,” McDonnell said in a statement released by the team. “We encourage parents, teachers, neighbors, and friends to join with us to help our students meet the Redskins Play 60 Challenge.”

“It is so important for kids to get up and get active,” Hall said in the statement. “The Play 60 challenge provides a way to do this and gives them a chance to earn Redskins incentives along the way.”

The event, co-sponsored by the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline, was held to encourage kids to make fitness an everyday activity. The NFL’s “Play 60” campaign tries to get kids to lead an active lifestyle to prevent obesity and other health conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.

DeAngelo Hall says no star power is no problem for Redskins

Mike Jones The Washington Post – The Insider August 30, 2011

The Washington Redskins in the last decade have posted a winning record just twice. But there has been no shortage of star power and flashy, big-name free agent signings or trades – until this year.

With Donovan McNabb now in Minnesota, Albert Haynesworth in New England and Clinton Portis still without a team, Coach Mike Shanahan purged the team of the big names and stars.

The most recognizable players still on the roster are DeAngelo Hall, Chris Cooley, London Fletcher and Brian Orakpo. But none of them are considered to rank among the league’s biggest names. Feature Clips 2011

Washington passed on the chance to sign high-profile players in free agency and instead pursued role players willing to sacrifice for the greater good. Shanahan repeatedly has stressed that this year, the Redskins’ roster comprises hungry, high-character players.

Hall last season recorded six interceptions and earned Pro Bowl MVP honors, but said the Redskins are better off this year despite a lack of big stars. The seventh-year veteran declared that although Washington may not have Pro Bowl players at every position, the roster features solid players at nearly every position.

“Just because people in the media aren’t making them out to be Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or anyone like that doesn’t mean that we don’t have players,” Hall said. “If you go down our roster and you ask opposing teams about guys in this locker room, they’ll definitely say, ‘You’ve got to watch out for this guy, and you’ve got to watch out for this guy. That guy’s a [bull] dog.’ Each individual person brings something different to the table. Do we have a guy that we’re paying $100 million to? No we don’t. But who needs a guy that you’re going to pay $100 million to if he won’t come out onto the field and play?”

Fletcher is team’s vocal leader and captain of the defense. But the Redskins still don’t even know who their quarterback will be.

Hall said this year’s group doesn’t concern itself with who’s team the Redskins are, so to speak.

“It’s the team. The best part about this team is that it’s a team,” said Hall, who doesn’t hesitate speaking up when needed. “The Dallas Mavericks might’ve had Dirk Nowitzki but they played as a team. Different guys stepped up at different times. It wasn’t about one or two guys that were made to lead the franchise to a championship. It was about the whole team working together as a team to get that done.”

Wide Receiver Leonard Hankerson Leonard Hankerson enjoys ‘special’ day with 106 yards receiving at home

The Washington Times Anthony Chiang November 13, 2011

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Despite the loss, Leonard Hankerson will always remember Sunday’s game.

The rookie didn’t just post a career high in receptions and receiving yards against the Miami Dolphins, but he also returned home for the first time since being selected by the Washington Redskins in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

“It was very special to go out there and play in front of my family in the stadium that I’ve been playing in for the last three years,” Hankerson said. “It was special to have my family come out there and see me.”

The Fort Lauderdale native, who spent four years at the , had about 50 of his closest friends and family members scattered around Sun Life Stadium during Sunday’s 20-9 loss to the Dolphins. Feature Clips 2011

Hankerson treated them to quite the performance.

In his second career start, he led the Redskins with eight catches for 106 yards before leaving because of a right hip strain late in the fourth quarter. After the game, he said his hip was “a little sore,” and he didn’t know if it would force him to miss any time.

However, he was on the field just long enough to become the firstRedskins rookie wide receiver to accumulate more than 100 receiving yards in a game since Rod Gardner did it on Oct. 21, 2001.

“It just felt good to contribute to the team and know that I’m capable of making plays,” Hankerson said.

Two of the most impressive aspects of Hankerson’s performance are that his eight catches came on just nine chances, and he accounted for nearly 50 percent of Washington’s passing offense.

These types of stats wouldn’t have been possible for him earlier in the season, as he struggled to find playing time. But after impressing teammates and coaches in practice over the past couple of weeks,Hankerson has found a spot in Washington’s offense.

After not seeing the field in the Redskins‘ first five games of the year, the 6-foot-2 wide receiver has caught at least one pass in the past three contests and made his first career start last Sunday against San Francisco.

“[My comfort level in the offense is] growing a whole lot,” he said, “because, being on scout team and then going to get reps with the first-team offense, it’s helping me get more confidence to go out there and do what I have to do.”

Redskins’ Leonard Hankerson has time on his hands The Washington Times Rich Campbell October 13, 2011

Leonard Hankerson shuffled through the hallway outside the locker room at Redskins Park on Thursday morning with a backpack slung over his left shoulder. His presence was required in a meeting upstairs in six minutes, barely enough time to chat.

The meeting was another element of preparation for the Washington Redskins‘ game Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s a huge NFC East matchup, one in which Hankerson knows there’s a strong chance he won’t play. The rookie receiver wasn’t activated for any of theRedskins‘ first four games, and nothing appears to have merited a change to the depth chart. Feature Clips 2011

This wasn’t what Hankersonenvisioned when the Redskinsdrafted him in the third round in April. For now, “Hank Time” involves running the scout team offense on Thursday instead of making plays on Sunday. But he is maintaining a positive attitude and determined to capitalize on his chance to play, whenever that arises.

“Any competitor, anybody that wants to play and knows he can help the team out, it’s going to be tough for them,” Hankerson said. “I can’t control it. The only thing I can control is going out to practice and doing what I got to do, keep working hard and getting better.”

Redskins coach Mike Shanahan touted the decision to draft Hankerson79th overall as an easy one. His 13 touchdowns for the University of Miami last season were a school record. The Redskins, meanwhile, needed a receiver to spark their middling offense.

Hankerson, however, dropped passes too frequently in training camp and in preseason games. That landed him at the bottom of a seven-receiver depth chart.

“Any player is going to come in and be anxious wanting to make a play to get playing time,” he said. “But now I look back on it, and I didn’t really have to do that. I could have just been doing what I’m doing now, just coming in here, catching the ball, looking it all the way in and getting better.”

Now he’s stuck waiting for his chance. He knows it likely will take injuries to other players, but it’s difficult to be patient.

Hankerson has turned to coaching assistant Richmond Flowers for support. Flowers, a former receiver who spent a short time on theRedskins‘ active roster in 2002, understands Hankerson’s mental struggle. He fought to be noticed in several teams’ training camps and on various practice squads during his brief NFL career.

“Hank’s got a challenge,” Flowers said. “I want to let him know that the most important thing is to not let any of it weigh you down and just come out and fight every day. Don’t worry about anything else besides coming to practice, working on your technique and catching every ball you can.”

Hankerson’s attitude is paramount, Flowers said. Either he could pout about being left out of the rotation, or he could productively use this time to prepare himself for an eventual opportunity to play.

“At times you start to feel like you’re not a part of it, and I can see that with him, but I tell him just to keep working,” said Terrence Austin, a former seventh-round receiver who experienced a similar struggle as a rookie last year. “The coach sees everything that he’s doing, and really it’s about being patient. His time will come. It’s not like he can’t play. He can definitely play.”

Hankerson must prove that by being consistent. That was his downfall in the preseason. On some plays, he would appear every bit the playmaker the Redskins believe the 6-foot-3, 205-pounder can be. Then he’d drop a pass over the middle because he turned to run before securing the ball. Feature Clips 2011

“I think that’s what Hank is working to do - being consistent in practice, the meeting room, the way he approaches his studies, his workouts, consistently catching balls after practice,” Flower said. “Good players … consistently do the same things every day.”

Outside the locker room, Hankerson concluded his chat with a reporter and bolted up the steps, another chance to hurry up and wait.

“I just keep doing what I’m doing in practice, just keep getting better,” he said, “and my time will come.”

Miami Hurricanes' Leonard Hankerson proves he has staying power Susan Miller Degnan Miami Herald Staff Writer November 9, 2010

The man on the other end of that season-saving touchdown Saturday has been so dependable this year that, like the clock on your favorite appliance, he's almost an afterthought.

When Miami receiver Leonard Hankerson announced the day after Christmas that he was ``80 percent'' sure of his decision regarding leaving early for the NFL Draft, but that he would wait to reveal it until after the bowl game, most people figured he was gone.

After all, ``Hank'' has a son who turned 4 in February and a daughter who turned 2 last month, and he sure could have used the money.

He was asked then why he might stay.

``We know we're going to be a contender next year and we're going to work hard,'' he said at the time. ``I love everybody around here. . . . I just love the school.''

Why leave?

``Just going out and feeling I can play at the next level for my kids, for my family.''

Nine games into the 2010 season, as the Hurricanes (6-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) prepare to play Saturday at Georgia Tech (5-4, 3-3), it's evident he made the right decision.

Hankerson leads the ACC in receiving yards per game, with 83, and is on pace to be the first UM player to break 1,000 yards since Andre Johnson -- No. 2 all-time in single-season receiving yards -- had 1,092 yards in 2002.

Not only will the Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas High alum receive his liberal arts degree in May, but he also is thriving in football. Hankerson has caught a pass in 22 consecutive games and leads UM in catches (48), yards (747) and receiving touchdowns (10). Feature Clips 2011

Should he topple the 1,000-yard barrier, among the names he would surpass on the all-time list: Willie Smith (852), (868), Santana Moss (899) and Wesley Carroll (952).

Eddie Brown had the top receiving season in UM history with 1,114 yards in 1984.

``It's tremendous for him and for us,'' UM coach said of Hankerson's decision to return. ``He's a better football player than he was last year. And the better he is, the better we are.''

Hankerson said by phone Monday that the NFL College Advisory Committee projected last winter that he would have been selected ``anywhere between the fourth and seventh round'' had he left early for the draft.

``I knew I was better than that,'' he said.

As a freshman, he caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. As a sophomore, he had 11 for 140 yards and two touchdowns. Last season, after working all summer with former Dolphins receiver Mark Duper, he surged to 45 catches for 801 yards and six scores.

Plagued with drops early in his career, Hankerson still has his moments. But they are getting fewer.

``This season, I've gotten better blocking for the run game, being more physical and looking the ball in,'' he said. ``It's harder than you think when you're trying to make a play for your team. Before I was like, `Let's make a big play.' Now I'm, `Just catch the ball and whatever happens, happens.' ''

NFLDraftScout.com rates the 6-2, 207-pound Hankerson as the top wide receiver in the draft and projects him as the next-to-last first-round pick.

``When I was a sophomore, I put all my UM goals on the wall,'' Hankerson said. ``Now I have a little notebook in my phone of what I want to get done -- for the team and personally. I think I can reach 1,000 yards.''

LaRon Byrd, who caught two passes from freshman Stephen Morris during the winning drive against Maryland that Hankerson culminated with a 35-yard touchdown catch, said UM's receivers are grateful that Hankerson returned.

``He has come to the realization that he can do anything he wants,'' Byrd said. ``That catch was the one we needed when we needed it. I knew when he came out of that route he had the cornerback beat. Stephen got hit on the play, but the ball went up and had a nice, tight spiral.

``Hank did the rest.''

Leonard III, whom Hankerson calls LJ, approved. He goes to home games with Kienarria and their mom, Marketria Smith.

``He wears my jersey and throws up the U,'' Hankerson said, laughing.

Dad said he hasn't thought much about his future, other than his children will be ``a lot better off'' that he stayed for his senior year. Feature Clips 2011

As for Georgia Tech's 21st-ranked pass defense, he's preparing for that like he does for every opponent: with plenty of hard work and focus.

``Whatever it takes,'' Hankerson said. ``We'll get it done.''

Hankerson juggles football, school and parenthood Tim Reynolds Associated Press September 6, 2010

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami wide receiver Leonard Hankerson is already experiencing things his own father never could.

It's a Saturday morning in South Florida. Hankerson is at a park, watching a bunch of 4-year-olds shuffling around a football field in helmets and shoulder pads for the first time.

He's watching the boy everyone around the Hurricanes calls "Lil' Hank." His son.

"So much fun for me," Hankerson said. "Every day, when I see him, he wants to play football."

Hankerson, a senior for the 13th-ranked Hurricanes, cherishes these rare moments of free time, because he simply doesn't have many of them. He's a full-time student. He's a full-time football player. And then there's his real full-time commitment — being a father of two children, son Leonard III and daughter Kienarria, who turns 2 in October.

"We have a lot of help," said Marketria Smith, Hankerson's longtime girlfriend and the children's mother. "We've learned how to make it work. But it's hard."

Still, it's not the hardest thing Hankerson has ever dealt with. Not even close.

He cherishes fatherhood for many reasons, including one he rarely speaks about.

Leonard Hankerson Sr. was killed Jan. 3, 1989, with authorities saying at the time he was shot to death by someone who wanted to sell crack cocaine on his street. His son was born 27 days later.

Leonard Hankerson II hears the stories to this day, about what kind of man his father was, how he was one of talent-rich Broward County's best basketball players at one time.

But he never knew the man whose name he bears.

"Leonard has been through a lot," Miami coach Randy Shannon said. "He's had his ups and downs. From that comes his maturity."

With two kids, discretionary income is a rarity for Hankerson and Smith. With the unyielding demands of school and football, Hankerson doesn't exactly have time for high-paying work. Smith works as a troubleshooter for Sprint mobile. It's often a struggle. Feature Clips 2011

"I barely hang out off the field," Hankerson said one day after practice. "I just do what I've got to do here, take care of business, then go home and take care of business. If you want to do the right things, it's not that hard. You come here, do your work, go to class, go home, take care of your kids, play with your kids, be there for your kids. It's not hard at all."

Many thought Hankerson would leave Miami for a pro paycheck after making 45 catches for team-bests of 801 yards and six touchdowns last season as a junior. At 6-foot-3, 215 pounds and with good hands and speed, Hankerson seems to have just about everything the NFL would be looking for.

Turns out, Hankerson never really gave it much thought. He was staying in school.

"It wasn't that hard a decision because we've got something great going on around here," Hankerson said. "I know we've got a chance to be on top this year. So I came back, because I wanted to be around when that happens."

He's one of the reasons why the 13th-ranked Hurricanes — who travel to No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday — think that way.

Hankerson is one of nine players with at least six catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns so far on the long opening weekend of major .

After the way he played in Week 1, Hankerson's stock might be soaring by the time next year's NFL draft rolls around.

"He has that senior leadership and he's taken control over the wide receiver corps," said Miami quarterback Jacory Harris, who often says Hankerson is one of his favorite go-to targets. "He helps everybody get on the same page with me and the rest of the offense. That is the sign of a mature receiver. Can't ask for much more."

A few days after fall-semester classes began at Miami, Hankerson was tossing a football around with his son and daughter on the practice fields behind the Hurricanes' football complex.

Leonard III was trying to impress his father, telling him often what a good receiver he is. Kienarria was heaving the ball so hard, swinging it across her little body, that even her dad had a tough time keeping it in his hands. And when their quick game of catch was over, father and mother, brother and sister walked across campus, a quiet family moment.

"He finds time to make it all work," Smith said. "I'm lucky. Most guys, well, a girl couldn't wish to have someone like Leonard."

Running Back Roy Helu

Redskins’ Roy Helu is a different sort of running back

The Washington Post Rick Maese October 13, 2011

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Rookie Roy Helu is the least known of the three running backs who split time in theWashington Redskins’ backfield. There’s apparently a reason for that.

“He’s very different,” said New York Giants cornerback , one of Helu’s closest friends and a former college teammate at Nebraska.

Helu has flash, but he’s not flashy.

“I don’t know how to describe it. You have to be around Roy to experience him,” said Redskins safety DeJon Gomes, another college teammate. “He might seem dingy, but that’s not it at all.”

Helu is set in his ways, but he’s hard to pin down.

“He has a unique spirit about him,” said Matt Penland, the Nebraska team chaplain.

As coaches decide whether to start Ryan Torain or Tim Hightower at running back in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Helu has been the backfield constant through four games. He’s a change- of-pace back who is averaging 5.3 yards per carry. He’s elusive and quick, and though he’s just 22 years old, coaches say they’re impressed with his focus.

“He’s a guy who lives without cable and television and Internet,” Amukamara said. “He doesn’t need that. He’s such a simple guy. He doesn’t really need much. He’s not someone who’d ever need to spend a lot of money on anything.”

In fact, earlier this month Helu texted Redskins wide receiver Niles Paul, another Nebraska teammate. Helu was shopping for his first pair of Nike sneakers but was shocked to learn they would cost more than $100. “Get them, Roy! Get them!” Paul told him. But Helu didn’t. “That’s just Roy,” Paul said.

“You only can describe him as Roy Helu,” Paul continued. “He is Roy. He is his own person. He’s not embarrassed; he’s not ashamed of anything he does. He takes it all with a smile and goes about his business.”

A father’s influence

Helu credits his father for his football ability, though Roy Sr. didn’t even know about football until he moved to the United States from Tonga in 1974. Roy Sr. grew up playing rugby, eventually earning his way onto the U.S. national team. Feature Clips 2011

Living in California’s Bay Area, the Helus had six children. After three girls, Helu was the first boy. He started in soccer at a young age but began playing football when he was 8. His father’s skill set translated nicely to the football backfield.

“You have to have speed, vision, cutting ability and quickness,” Roy Sr. said of rugby. “It’s just like football.”

With his father helping teach him footwork and running, Helu eventually earned a scholarship to Nebraska. The Tongans are a tight-knit, family-oriented people, and Helu had to adjust to life away from home.

The football team was struggling as well, and Helu says he lacked a sense of direction. He called the team chaplain, who arranged to have breakfast. “The day I gave my life to the Lord, everything changed,” Helu said. “It gave me more purpose. Not more purpose, but purpose.”

His career took off, too. Helu totaled 803 yards as a sophomore and 1,147 as a junior. Roy Sr. still followed his son’s games closely. Watching Nebraska play Texas on television, he saw his son miss holes right in front of him. He flew out to Nebraska and sat down to study film with Helu. Roy Sr. was no football expert, but he knew running.

“Running is running,” Helu said. “Period.” “After the game, he knew he was going to be a hot commodity for the media,”Amukamara said. “They’d want to ask him and talk about it. He said, ‘Watch, I’m just going to talk about Jesus. Let them hear about Him.’ ”

Former teammates say Helu shied away from any celebrity attached to his athletic prowess. He prays in practice and says his play on the field is an “opportunity to glorify God.” Football is merely a platform.

“We’d go into these retirement homes on team visits,” said Penland, the Nebraska chaplain. “A lot of the kids stand around and don’t know what to do, Roy just walks over, sticks his hand out and starts asking questions. He has so much charisma. And he’s not trying to promote himself, he’s genuinely interested in other people.”

‘You have to work hard’

Helu left Nebraska fourth on the school’s all-time rushing list. At the NFL Combine, he posted top-10 marks in six of his seven drills, including the best times among running backs in both the 20-yard dash and the 60-yard shuttle drill. Feature Clips 2011

“He called me before the draft,” Roy Sr. said, “and he asked me, ‘Dad you never told me I can make it to the NFL. Why?’ I said, ‘No, I never told you that. I didn’t want you to think it’s easy to get there. You have to work hard.’ ”

During the NFL draft, when Helu’s name hadn’t been called through the first three rounds, the Redskins jumped, trading their way to the 105th pick. The Redskins saw a raw talent, a player with great one-cut ability. The same skills that made Roy Sr. one of the nation’s top rugby players had been passed on to his son.

“Once you have to teach a running back how to run, you have the wrong running back,” Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said. “When you get a guy like Helu, you don’t know why guys make plays, but the great ones do. I think Helu is giving people the idea that he does have some skills. . . . Hopefully, he just continues to grow.”

With both Hightower and Torain more likely to serve as a lead back, Helu knows his rookie season is one designated for growth. In the Redskins’ second game, against Arizona, Helu strung together 112 all- purpose yards, including 74 on the ground. After the game, he discussed his faith, then praised his offensive line before finally discussing his own play.

In the next game at Dallas, though, he had only 15 yards on five carries. Roy Sr. flew to Northern Virginia the following week, and once again, father and son spent several days watching tape, talking about footwork and identifying holes.

“I never interfere with any coach. I just talk to him,” Roy Sr. said. “The idea is to get better. And that takes a lot of work. This is what I’ve been telling him since he first started.”

They studied the film and spent several days talking about the upcoming game. The next Saturday, Helu ran for 307 yards and three touchdowns against Missouri. Nebraska is known for its history of talented running backs, but no one before Helu — not Roger Craig, Calvin Jones, Mike Rozier, , Ahman Green nor anyone else — had posted so many yards in a single game.

Running Back Tim Hightower

Tim Hightower focusing on a full recovery, charity work

Mike Jones The Washington Post November 1, 2011 Feature Clips 2011

Washington Redskins running back Tim Hightower, keeping busy despite being hobbled by a torn ACL, took part Tuesday in an NFL Play 60 event. The fourth-year pro said he isn’t worried about the long recovery ahead of him or his future with the team. Hightower and his mother Nikkie visited Steuart W. Weller Elementary School in Ashburn and presented students and faculty with a $10,000 NFL Play 60 grant for health and wellness programming and equipment. Hightower’s mother also presented the Procter & Gamble P&G Super Parents award – a $1,000 check for the support of the school’s athletic department. Steuart W. Weller Elementary was one of 34 schools across the country selected as winners in the Play 60 Back to Football Friday contest.

Hightower was scheduled to lead students through a series of fitness activities, but because he is on crutches, he enlisted the help of fellow backs Darrel Young, Roy Helu and Ryan Torain.

Hightower, who tore his ACL on Oct. 23 in a loss to Carolina, said he still felt it was important for him to attend the event and encourage the students to live healthy lives, even though he could only watch.

“A huge part of my rehab being a success is doing stuff like this to keep my spirits up. I know everything will work for the good,” Hightower said by phone. “So what, I’m hurt. You never know what a kid’s going through, so I wanted to still do whatever I can to encourage them.”

“Coming home to the Northern Virginia area to play football was extremely important to me, not just because of football, but because of the opportunity to invest in the communities close to my home,” added Hightower, who grew up in Alexandria.

Hightower, who was placed on injured reserve last Tuesday, has yet to have surgery but continues to receive treatment as the swelling in his left knee goes down. Hightower, whom Washington acquired from Arizona on July 31, was playing on a one-year restricted free agent contract and will be a free agent next spring.

He wants to return to the Redskins, but for now, Hightower says his primary focus is making a full recovery and using his extra time to involve himself in charitable work.

“It’s all going to work out,” said Hightower, who in five games had recorded a team-high 84 carries for 321 yards and a touchdown while also posting 10 catches for 78 yards and a touchdown. “...I came here for a specific purpose, to play football here and to make a lasting impression on peoples lives. That’s what I’m doing now. As far as football. I’ll be fine. I’m taking everything one day at a time and I know it’ll all work out.”

Redskins running back Tim Hightower: A very purpose-driven life

Barry Svrluga The Washington Post September 17, 2011

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next, best chance to become what he has told folks he would become since he was a fifth-grader in Fort Washington: a star in the NFL, right here with his hometown Washington Redskins. You have evidence to the contrary? Don’t dare approach him with it.

“When you understand your purpose, that purpose will drive you,” Hightower said last week. “That focus, that goal, it drove me to the point where that’s all I could think about. That was it. That was my purpose, to get to the NFL.”

The condensed version of Hightower’s story is this: His singular dream appeared thwarted when he suffered an injury during his senior year of high school. He took the only college scholarship offered him, even though it wasn’t from a Division Ischool. He played a position for which he didn’t believe he was suited. He eventually broke out in his final collegiate season, but still wasn’t so much as invited to the NFL’s scouting combine.

Yet Sunday, his family will gather at FedEx Field, the same stadium they used to avoid because of the traffic on game days, and watch Hightower against yet another perceived doubter — the Arizona Cardinals, his former team. “The road less traveled,” Hightower calls his route, and that’s fair.

Hightower had no backup plan should the NFL not work out. That could be perceived as impractical. Hightower speaks of it with a measure of pride. He would allow no other discussion. He would play in the NFL. He would play in the NFL. To heck with the naysayers.

“It got to the point where if you told me that I wasn’t going to do it,” Hightower said, “you almost instantly became the enemy.”

There were, it seemed, as many enemies as there were reasons to believe Hightower wouldn’t reach the pros. He wasn’t particularly fast. He wasn’t very flexible. The yards he racked up at Richmond came against Towson and Northeastern, not Tennessee and Nebraska.

“We would pray with him and believe in him,” said Mike Freeman, Hightower’s pastor as both a child and an adult. “But with all the adversities and the uncommon route and track he’s had, it was almost, at times, difficult for us to keep up with his belief.”

His belief in himself, in his ability to attain his dream, colored every one of his interactions. Hightower remembers sitting in a dorm room with a girl his sophomore year.

“I don’t mean any disrespect,” she said, “but you’re at Richmond. Have you ever thought about that? What if it doesn’t happen?”

The question almost didn’t register.

“But what if it does?” Hightower responded.

“What if it doesn’t?” she shot back.

They volleyed perhaps 20 times, Hightower recalled. Neither budged. Feature Clips 2011

“What if it does?” Hightower said. “What if it does?”

“The more she asked, ‘What if it doesn’t?’,” Hightower said, “the angrier I got.”

‘Big man on campus’

If Hightower’s path to the Redskins was un­or­tho­dox — Arizona selected him in the fifth round of the 2008 draft, and he spent three seasons there before arriving in a July 31 trade for defensive lineman Vonnie Holliday and a sixth-round draft pick — his high school career was downright strange. He began as a freshman at Friendly in Oxon Hill. As a sophomore, he started at DeMatha, the Hyattsville football power. After a month, he went back to Friendly. A month later, he was off to Westlake in Waldorf.

The reasons, Hightower said, were complex. His mother, Nikkie, worked as a teacher and school administrator, and she wasn’t particularly impressed with the Prince George’s County schools. When he enrolled at DeMatha, he found the athletic competition he wanted.

“But at that point at DeMatha, we had a program in place,” said Redskins cornerback Byron Westbrook, who used to pick up Hightower so they could schlep off to Hyattsville together. “He was good, but you didn’t just come in and play. The seniors played. You had to wait your turn.”

Hightower has never been much for waiting his turn. There were financial concerns as well, he said. As a junior, he finally settled at Episcopal High School, a boarding school in Alexandria. He was following his sister , the youngest of the Hightowers’ four children.

The adjustments were significant. He couldn’t go home. The academics were challenging. He knew no one. But in football, he found himself.

“It was cool because — and this is the selfish part of me — I got to be the center of attention,” Hightower said. “They treated me like I was the big man on campus.”

In the summer before his senior year, Hightower trained three times a day, going from the basketball court to the track to the football field. “It was insane,” he said. It cost him. He suffered a stress fracture in his foot. Though he began the season playing, he could hardly walk after games. Inevitably, he ended up at the doctor. He got the news — his senior season was over — and broke down, sobbing.

“I felt like I let my whole family down,” he said. “It’s like I had this one goal that I worked at, worked at, worked at, and somebody just snatched that out from under me. I was crushed, man.”

Despite what the doctors told him, Hightower returned that season. He even managed 1,100 yards in the six games in which he played. But the recruiting calls from the schools he wanted to attend — Maryland and Virginia Tech and Wake Forest — stopped coming. Mark Gowin, Episcopal’s coach, tried reaching back out, selling his player not only on ability, but on attitude.

“He was such a tough kid,” Gowin said. “It was a frustrating time for both of us. He knew he could play at that level. I knew he could too. And no one was buying it.” Feature Clips 2011

Breakaway speed

When Hightower arrived at Richmond as a freshman, he was both grateful for the opportunity to play college football — anywhere — and bitter that he wasn’t doing it with a higher profile. That mix intensified as his college career moved on. His purpose was still to play in the NFL. But as he was moved to fullback, as his chances at recognition passed, his personality changed.

“I was so angry,” Hightower said. “I was just so angry and bitter.”

This led to a series of internal conflicts. “I never saw Tim say a bad word about anybody,” Gowin said. But inside, the accumulation of slights both real and perceived burned.

“I felt like I was always kind of searching for an identity,” he said. “I grew up in a Christian home, so I knew certain ways that I was supposed to be living. I wasn’t really upholding those standards.

“What do you do with all these emotions? I was taught not to have sex before marriage. Okay, so what do I do when I’m having sex now? Am I bad? I’m going to go to hell now? I’m supposed to walk in love toward these people. Well, I’m angry. They just pissed me off. He just told me I was never going to play professional football.”

Eventually, Hightower handled it by working. He spent so much time with Brandon Horrigan, Richmond’s strength and conditioning coach, that “my wife probably thought I was having an affair,” Horrigan said. Hightower would return to school early from Christmas break to train. But not merely to get in shape. Each workout had a purpose. He needed to be more flexible. And he needed to pick up speed. He joined the track team, and competed against the women, because if a girl beat him, he wouldn’t live it down. He used plyometrics. Whatever Horrigan asked, Hightower did.

“He had aspirations and dreams, but he also had a ticker in him that kept him going to fight to get better, to be the best,” Horrigan said. “A lot of guys, they have so much potential, but they never had that type of drive. He was so driven.”

Before his senior year, Hightower approached Charles Bankins, Richmond’s new running backs coach who had worked with runners such as Marshall Faulk and Steven Jackson in the NFL. Hightower wanted to know his chances as a pro.

“You’re a good back,” Bankins recalled telling Hightower. “You’re a tough back. But you don’t have breakaway speed. If you’ve got a shot, you’ll be a free agent,” meaning he wouldn’t be selected in the draft.

“And he just shook his head,” Bankins said. “He walked out and said, ‘Okay.’ ”

In Richmond’s second game of the year, Hightower broke through for a 90-yard touchdown run in the first quarter at Northeastern. When he got to the sideline, he went straight to the phone to the press box, where he reached Bankins, who was coaching from his perch.

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He finished the day with 246 yards rushing and four touchdowns. By the end of the year, he had a Richmond record 1,924 yards and 20 scores.

So here is Hightower now, coming off a 25-carry, 72-yard performance against the New York Giants in his first game as a Redskin, one he realizes could have been much better, one that showed how far he still has to go.

Here’s how he sees his goals, his purpose: “Until I got a couple championship rings on my fingers — a couple, I said a couple — and until I walk across the stage getting a yellow jacket, I won’t be satisfied in this career.”

Those are the purposes that drive Hightower now. Be a multi-time Super Bowl champion. Become a Hall of Famer. Sound crazy? Just don’t tell him.

Hightower feels re-invigorated Zac Boyer Free Lance Star September 16, 2011

ASHBURN

--The package arrived in Dave Clawson's office a little more than six weeks ago with a postmark from Arizona and a familiar address on the return label.

Clawson wasn't expecting a delivery, but knowing Tim Hightower, he should have.

When the head coach at Bowling Green opened the box, one large enough it would be more suited to moving than shipping, he pulled out an Arizona Cardinals jersey autographed by his former player as well as a variety of hats, T-shirts and other trinkets for his assistants.

"The fact that he sent it here and he knows I have three coaches from Richmond, and he's been in the NFL for three years--he's just a good guy," Clawson said.

Hightower thought back to his days playing for Clawson at Richmond and the stories the coach would tell about Brian Westbrook, who played at Villanova for two years when Clawson was the offensive coordinator. Like nearly every other collegiate player, Hightower dreamed of the day when he'd be able to play professional football. Having now reached that level, the package served as a "thank you" to Clawson for helping him achieve that goal.

"You can't buy your appreciation for somebody else, but you do certain things to show somebody, regardless of whatever happens, 'Hey, I appreciate the coaching, I appreciate the support, I appreciate whatever it is,'" Hightower said. "Without that stuff, I wouldn't even be in the position that I am today. To me, it was almost a no-brainer. I was almost upset at myself I didn't do it earlier."

The opportunities to reconnect with his past have been plentiful of late. The weekend Hightower mailed the box, he, too, was sent packing--traded from Arizona to the Washington Redskins. He signed a one-year, $1.2 million contract after the trade to return to an area where he spent his high school years.

One final chance to complete the transition comes Sunday as the Redskins host the Cardinals at FedEx Field. Feature Clips 2011

Though he won't have many family members or friends in the stands, he'll have a lot of people watching.

That's the way he likes it.

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS While Hightower claims Waldorf, Md., as his hometown, he is quick to admit he's "a little bit of everything."

Born in San Diego, Hightower moved to Tulsa, Okla., for kindergarten when his parents, Lewis and Nikkie, took classes at the Rhema Bible Training Center and Oral Roberts. The family then headed farther east to Maryland to get involved in the ministry before Hightower started the seventh grade. It was at Episcopal High School in Alexandria when Hightower started to make a name for himself in football. Named team captain his senior year, he rushed for 1,083 yards and 12 touchdowns before breaking his foot, which scared off a lot of colleges showing interest--Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia Tech among them. Interest was so low that Hightower feared he would not play football at a high level in college. Mark Gowin, his high school coach, then told him one morning assistants from Richmond had stopped by and wanted to have breakfast with him, and Hightower was quickly sold.

He committed to play at the school and was one of only three freshmen Clawson did not redshirt his first year. The head coach saw that Hightower's vision and strength would be an immediate asset in the Spiders' zone- blocking scheme.

"Tim was just so motivated to want to be great," Clawson said. "He wanted to be the strongest at everything, and he wanted to be the fastest, and he wanted to be the quickest. He had very specific goals for what he wanted to accomplish and was willing to work for them."

Hightower wasn't the primary running back until his junior year, but again, his senior year put him on the map. Richmond advanced to the Football Championship Subdivision semifinals, where it lost to eventual champion Appalachian State, and Hightower set school records with 1,924 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns.

Chosen by Arizona in the fifth round of the NFL draft the following spring, Hightower rushed for 399 yards and 10 touchdowns, including the winning score against Philadelphia in the NFC Championship game.

He started 31 of 33 games for the Cardinals over the next two seasons, but slowly fell out of favor with the club. Deciding to go with Chris "Beanie" Wells and rookie Ryan Williams of Virginia Tech, now out for the season with a knee injury, at running back, Arizona traded Hightower to the Redskins on July 31 for defensive end Vonnie Holliday and a sixth-round pick in next spring's draft.

"It was not an easy decision to trade him, but in order to be fair to Tim and give him an opportunity to be a starter, based on what he projected his role to be here, we thought it was a good move for both teams," said Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt. "You never want to allow one of your good players to leave your team, but I have so much respect for Tim and what he did for us. I care about Tim, and I know he wanted to be the guy and have an opportunity to do that."

A HERO'S WELCOME Hightower readily admits that if he played for the Redskins right after college, he might have struggled with adapting to the nuances of the professional game. Heading to Arizona essentially offered him the chance to grow up on his own.

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"I don't want to say I needed it, but it was best that I went away for a little bit," Hightower said. "It would have been too much for me. You get a lot of requests, you get a lot of people pulling on you, you get a lot of demands. Now I'm three years in and I'm a little more comfortable handling things, telling certain people no, telling certain people, 'I can't do this.'"

Hightower often brings his own meals to Redskins Park rather than eat at the team cafeteria. He enjoys expressing his thoughts by writing, which helps him control his emotions. Having watched "The Green Lantern" over the summer, Hightower was taken by the message of using willpower to combat fear, and he has worn both a Green Lantern T-shirt and his own customized burgundy-and-gold version.

Once he gets established, he looks forward to working with his Tim Hightower Foundation to help mentor children.

"To be really honest, my biggest thing that I love doing is community work," Hightower said. "It keeps me accountable, appreciative and grounded, but also, I remember being that kid that felt like I didn't have that way out. You come from whatever and you felt like all you needed was a little bit of hope and a little bit of inspiration."

That's why the return comes at a good time both for Hightower and the Redskins, who were in need of a consistent running back. Hightower rushed for 72 yards on 25 carries last week in his debut, a victory over the New York Giants, and missed only two of 65 plays on offense.

Hightower likes to be the center of attention--for positive reasons, he emphasized--and insists he's more thrilled with a victory than any arbitrary rushing line he may produce.

Being a leader is a role he's embraced. Being humble is a trait he's maintained.

"He's made it, but he hasn't allowed himself to get too big for the people that were there for him when he started to make a name for himself," Clawson said.

Defensive End Jarvis Jenkins

Jarvis Jenkins Ready To Unleash The Beast

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star August 5, 2011

ASHBURN – Artis Hicks stared into the eyes of the dragon Friday morning and, with minimal baiting, got burned.

The right guard knew about Jarvis Jenkins, the 6-foot-4, 309-pound defensive end, after the Redskins drafted him in the second round, 41st overall, in April’s NFL Draft. Feature Clips 2011

But it wasn’t until this week, during training camp at Redskins Park, that the eight-year NFL veteran fully discovered Jenkins’ wrath. It didn’t take much; the two paired up during positional drills, one-on-ones and the occasional scrimmage all week, and with each whistle, Jenkins has been hard to control.

“I’m excited for him, though, even though I battle him every day,” said Hicks, himself a svelte 6-foot-4, 314 pounds. “He’s a real strong, powerful guy. He’s at the point now where he’s learning how to use that strength.

“In college, you can dominate guys because you’re bigger, stronger, more powerful, but now, everybody’s bigger, stronger, more powerful. He’s learning how to use leverage now. He’s been more and more impressive.”

Jenkins plowed through Hicks on three consecutive snaps Friday morning, at one point nearly knocking Hicks backward off his feet. It’s that kind of explosiveness, that kind of raw power, that has the Redskins coaching staff eager to see more.

“I don’t want to put the kiss of death on Jarvis, but he’s what you look for in a defensive lineman,” said coach Mike Shanahan. “He’s got great size. You can tell that he’s a student of the game. He goes out there and works extremely hard, extremely conscientious, and he’s going to get better and better.”

A first-team all-ACC defensive tackle at Clemson, Jenkins faces the challenge of moving to defensive end for the Redskins in their 3-4 scheme. Jenkins, though, said the adjustment has been easy, mostly because of the nature of the Tigers’ defense; he played on a three-man front on occasion.

“This is a more technical-style defense,” Jenkins clarified. “Every man has his job, so right now, I’ve got to do my job on the defense.”

The lockout prevented Jenkins from doing a lot of mental preparation during the three months since he was drafted, but he kept busy by studying another way. He took two classes at Clemson to make progress toward his sociology degree, which he’s now just six hours away from completing.

Still, even that had an averse effect. Because he was in South Carolina, he was unable to make it to any player- organized workouts, which means his first chance to see the playbook and get familiar with the defense was when camp opened a week ago. Feature Clips 2011

“I’m going with the flow,” Jenkins said. “At first, it hit me kind of fast, because I couldn’t really do the OTAs. … Once I got here, it took like two days to get used to, but once I did that, I was a head of steam just rolling with it.”

Not much will be expected of Jenkins in his rookie season, given that the Redskins have Adam Carriker entrenched on the left side and recently signed Stephen Bowen to man the right, ahead of last year’s starter, Kedric Golston. He’ll serve as a versatile back-up, working on either side.

Once that happens, opposing offensive linemen may be in for a surprise. Just ask Hicks.

“He’s coming out every day with a workman’s attitude,” Hicks said. “When you have talent and power, and you come out here with a worker’s attitude, you have no choice but to get better, because the coaches are coaching you with the proper technique that will make you get better. The sky’s the limit for that kid.”

Linebacker Ryan Kerrigan

Redskins vs. Rams: Brian Orakpo and Ryan Kerrigan are becoming quite a duo

Jason Reid The Washington Post October 2, 2011

Brian Orakpo and Ryan Kerrigan are good together. They have the right look. They appear headed toward very impressive things. For the foreseeable future, the Washington Redskinsare extremely well positioned at outside linebacker, and that’s another significant step forward for them.

Even after just four games, the evidence is overwhelming. On Sunday, the St. Louis Rams experienced what the fast-rising tandem can do, as they dominated during a17-10 victory at Edward Jones Dome.

Orakpo and Kerrigan made big plays throughout. Again, they provided momentum-changing moments. From start to finish, they tormented St. Louis, defeating whomever Rams coaches hoped would slow their path to quarterback Sam Bradford. Orakpo had a team-high 2½ sacks. His inexperienced partner contributed a sack and forced a fumble.

All of that only told part of the story. Their biggest contribution was in helpingWashington’s defense overcome Rex Grossman’s bad closing act. Feature Clips 2011

Aided by the quarterback’s shoddy overall performance (48.5 passer rating), the inept Rams were still in the game in the fourth quarter despite Washington’s heavily one-sided statistical advantage. Grossman’s second interception could have proved disastrous — but Orakpo finished strong.

With less than five minutes remaining, Orakpo had an important third-down sack to slow suddenly charging St. Louis. The Rams got the ball back with plenty of time, but Bradford — sacked seven times and battered relentlessly behind a joke of an offensive line — had nothing left.

“The sack, man, yeah, it was huge,” Orakpo said. “You could have easily given them the momentum. You could see it coming.

“Obviously, they scored [a touchdown on their previous possession]. Then they got the interception. Things were just going bad for us. We held and anchored our D. Guys made big plays.”

Dejected after their late letdown in the Monday night loss at Dallas, the Redskins got the bounce-back performance they needed, improving to 3-1 entering their bye week. Surprisingly, the Redskins are atop the NFC East. Their new duo has helped them get there.

“Man, the sky’s the limit for those guys,” strong safety LaRon Landry said. “They can be as great as they wanna be.”

Through the first quarter of Washington’s schedule, its 3-4 defense is much more effective than last season. Nose tackle is the most important position in the scheme, and Barry Cofield has been good. The Redskins upgraded at that spot. Kerrigan also is essential in the improvement.

Outside linebacker is No. 2 in 3-4 importance. The powerful rookie from Purdue provides rushing balance opposite Orakpo, and “that’s the whole premise of the 3-4 defense: get pressure on the quarterback, especially at your outside linebacker positions,” inside linebacker London Fletcher said. “What you’re seeing is that we have two very talented, young edge rushers.”

Beginning with his improbable touchdown in the season opener against the New York Giants, Kerrigan has displayed a knack for being in the correct spot. He puts himself in position to make good stuff happen.

Of course, Kerrigan still must prove he’s capable of playing at Orakpo’s level over the long haul. Consistency, as always, is the key. Orakpo is a two-time Pro Bowler. Kerrigan has to hold up his end. Feature Clips 2011

Midway through the second quarter Sunday, Bradford fumbled on Kerrigan’s sack, and Cofield recovered the ball at the Rams 47-yard line. Three plays later, Ryan Torain scored Washington’s second touchdown. The Redskins had a 14-0 halftime lead.

“I have to credit to the secondary,” Kerrigan said. “That definitely was a coverage sack. They made Bradford hold on to the ball long enough for me to get there.”

Veterans appreciate Kerrigan’s wide-eyed humility. His work ethic has been just as important. The smarts he has displayed since player-only offseason workouts, though, provided the first indication the Redskins chose wisely in the draft.

“He picked up everything pretty quickly in training camp,” Fletcher said. “He doesn’t make the same mistakes twice.”

Simply watching Orakpo has taught him a lot, Kerrigan says. “Every time [Bradford] dropped back,” he said, “it seemed like ’Rak was back there tackling him.”

Orakpo, who is in his third year, performed at a high level last season during the difficult transition from Washington’s long-standing 4-3 to 3-4. For years, Washington had top-10 defenses. Statistically, the Redskins ranked among the NFL’s leaders. But they weren’t a big-play bunch. Knockout blows weren’t the Redskins’ thing.

Under former defensive coordinator Greg Blache, the Redskins jabbed, countered and focused on winning decisions.

Orakpo and Kerrigan are part of a new big-play foundation. Coach Mike Shanahan told coordinator Jim Haslett to give him a championship-caliber defense. With a clear mandate, Haslett needs everything Orakpo and Kerrigan have to offer.

“Man, I’m just happy to be a part of it,” Orakpo said. “We’ve been saying all along that pressure is the key. That just getting the right guys to help us get to the quarterback . . . would make the difference.

“If we just got a guy on the opposite side of me like him [Kerrigan], a big nose in Cofield and added some other key elements, you’d see it arrive on the field. You see it now. We’re something to deal with.”

With their talented bookend linebackers, Washington’s defense is getting closer. The group’s expectations are higher. Who knows where it will all go? But it sure seems Orakpo and Kerrigan are beginning a long ride. Feature Clips 2011

Kerrigan first ‘Skin to win Rookie of the Month since 2008

NFL.com September 29, 2011

The Washington Redskins are off to a surprising 2-1 start and a lot of their early success can be attributed to the play of rookie linebacker Ryan Kerrigan.

The NFL announced Thursday that Kerrigan has been named the league's Defensive Rookie of the Month for September, becoming the first Redskin to win the award since Chris Horton in September 2008.

Kerrigan, a first-round draft pick out of , registered five tackles and returned an interception for the go-ahead touchdown in the Redskins' season-opening win over the New York Giants and finished the month with 13 tackles (five solo), five quarterback pressures, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, two passes defensed and one interception.

In Washington's Week 2 win over the Arizona Cardinals, Kerrigan recorded his first sack of his career and tipped a Kevin Kolb pass that was then intercepted by linebacker London Fletcher.

Kerrigan totaled 210 tackles, including 57 for loss, 33.5 sacks, 14 forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, one interception and seven passes defensed in his four-year career at Purdue. His 14 forced fumbles tied the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision record.

Strong Safety LaRon Landry

Are athletes ahead of the science on new platelet-rich plasma treatment?

Amy Shipley, Mike Jones The Washington Post October 4, 2011

When his trainer advised him to try a popular but unproven healing therapy for his injured Achilles’ tendon last year, Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry did not hesitate. He wanted to get back to work.

It did not concern him that the recommended treatment, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, lacks scientific validation, has shown mixed results in a limited number of studies and involves drawing a dose of one’s own blood and reinjecting it.

Landry now evangelizes like a PRP prophet. Since using the treatment for three different injuries, he’s been spreading the word to teammates. Feature Clips 2011

“I’m happy I went with it,” Landry said. “A lot of guys ask me about it, and when guys get hurt, I try to put them onto the PRP because I think it’s something they should be knowledgeable of if they’re trying to recover.”

Landry’s attitude is shared by increasing numbers of injured athletes in locker rooms and clubhouses nationwide, who are grasping at non-surgical options for fast healing. For men whose livelihoods depend on staying healthy, the occasional, and widely publicized, PRP success stories have caused the popularity of the procedure to far outpace the research behind it, experts say.

Published studies on the procedure are limited. One of the earliest, co-authored by Allan K. Mishra, a Menlo Park, Calif., orthopedist, suggests that PRP is effective at treating tennis elbow, but a later one concluded that it did not markedly help rotator cuff injuries.

The available research does not provide complete clarity, according to doctors, because no two PRP procedures are exactly the same. Doctors say they are not only uncertain about when to administer it, but precisely how to do it for optimal effect.

“There’s tremendous variation among different types of PRP,” said Scott Rodeo, who participated in the rotator cuff study and will be the team physician for the U.S. swimming Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Games in London. “My PRP is different than your PRP, because my blood is different than yours. All of those things add up to such variability it’s hard to analyze the data to get a handle on it.”

‘The pioneering beginning’

Athletes, however, seem to care little about such details. In the last few months alone, a host of players have tried PRP, including major league pitchers Jose Contreras of the Philadelphia Phillies, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Bobby Jenks of the Boston Red Sox, Brett Anderson of the Oakland Athletics and Jesse Carlson of the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as Wesley Matthews of the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers.

“The athletes are the ones at the pioneering beginning, trying new things to accelerate healing,” Mishra said. “Athletes are dissatisfied with other options presented to them.”

Landry believed PRP therapy helped his Achilles’ tendon so much he also used it when he injured his shoulder and hamstring. Teammates Chris Cooley and Brandon Banks recently sought out PRP injections for their injured knees. Feature Clips 2011

Some athletes are turning to even more unproven and newfangled therapies involving the use of adult stem cells; Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning reportedly traveled to Europe for treatment on his neck that was not approved in the United States.

New York Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon received stem-cell therapy in the Dominican Republic in 2010 that appeared to yield huge dividends but also sparked a Major League Baseball investigation.

Unlike stem-cell treatment and other methods that remain on the fringe in pro sports, PRP has become nearly as available as cortisone shots. Developed well over a decade ago, the treatment first garnered mainstream attention when Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward used it to help him play in the Super Bowl in 2009. Its use spread quickly after that. inShare Gallery Landry traveled to Arizona for his PRP, but some teams now offer the procedure in-house. Even noted sports surgeon James Andrews — Banks’s physician — acknowledged that his Birmingham, Ala., clinic has in the last year begun offering PRP, though only in certain cases. Andrews does not personally perform the therapy.

“It definitely has a future in trying to get certain injuries to heal, and to heal with a better response,” Andrews said. “The problem is we don’t know quite when to use it, and don’t know the different injuries that will respond best to it. All of it is pretty much anecdotal.”

Virtually no risk factors

Doctors and athletes say they are attracted to PRP because of its apparent safety, simplicity and lack of side effects. Blood is removed from the injured region and spun in a centrifuge to concentrate the platelets. When reinjected into the body, the concentrated platelets release growth factors that theoretically should promote faster healing. Because patients are receiving their own blood, risk factors are virtually eliminated.

Landry said his Arizona-based trainer persuaded him to use PRP therapy last year. He actually ignored the advice at first, trying to play through the pain. That decision, he said, made the injury worse. After he was placed on injured reserve, he eventually traveled to Arizona for the PRP treatment — and immediately became a believer. This summer, when he aggravated his right hamstring, he didn’t waste any time.

“The PRP doesn’t work for everybody; it’s more so trial and error,” he said. But “I loved it. . . . [It] really healed my Achilles. And my hamstring.”

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Atlanta Braves left-handed reliever George Sherrill grew frustrated with nagging elbow pain that left him unable to lob a baseball from the pitcher’s mound to the catcher a day after facing any hitters in games. But unlike Landry, he did not have to seek out the treatment. He received the PRP therapy from one of Atlanta’s team physicians. Earlier in the season, teammate Kris Medlen also received a PRP injection.

“The [team] doctors brought it to me,” Sherrill said before a game against the Florida Marlins in Miami last month. “They said it was an avenue to take. I said, ‘If it will mean me throwing again this year, getting into the playoffs and, on a personal side, showing people I would be healthy next year, I’ll give it a whirl.’”

Sherrill isn’t sure the therapy made any difference at all; he speculated the rest he got before and after the procedure might have been responsible for the small benefit he noticed. Cooley, however, said each time he received it he felt 50 percent better.

Sherrill noted there also was an important side effect in his case.

“It was like this, after,” Sherrill said, holding up his left arm and shaking it violently. “I had cortisone shots before, and this was 50 times worse than that. [A cortisone shot] feels like you stuck your arm over a stove. This felt like a truck ran over my elbow.”

Negative press

Another downside is the negative publicity PRP has attracted when it has been abused. Canadian doctor Anthony Galea, who in July pleaded guilty to bringing misbranded drugs across the U.S. border, was accused by his personal assistant of mixing human growth hormone (HGH), a drug banned by nearly every sports league in the world, with the blood of some of his athlete patients before reinjecting it as part of the PRP therapy. Galea treated a host of prominent athletes, including golfer Tiger Woods, the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez and Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss.

Major League Baseball investigated Colon’s treatment for a similar reason: The doctor who administered it had been known for using HGH as part of healing treatments.

PRP therapy has flummoxed the World Anti-Doping Agency, which originally banned it for intra-muscular use but lifted the ban this year — saying it did not have enough evidence to conclude that PRP aided performance in any way.

The key for players, of course, is whether it helps them heal. Feature Clips 2011

“It’s a neat treatment,” Cooley said. “I can’t tell you the ultimate benefits to it. No one can. It’s still new. But I did feel better. . . . I’ve now had two or three guys around the league call me for advice on PRP and the effects of it.”

Staff writer Rick Maese contributed to this report.

Tackle Sean Locklear

Gameday Q&A: Sean Locklear Mike Jones The Washington Post November 6, 2011 During the offseason, the Washington Redskins signed veteran offensive tackle Sean Locklear, who had spent the majority of the previous seven seasons starting at right tackle for the Seattle Seahawks.

The Redskins envisioned Locklear as a backup to both left tackle Trent Williams and right tackle Jammal Brown, and when Williams went down with a high ankle sprain three games ago, Locklear took his place. Locklear has started the last two games at left tackle, and this week spent time preparing to play left guard in the event that Williams is able to return and coaches decide to keep Locklear as a starter.

The subject of today’s Gameday Q&A, Locklear discusses his versatility, growing up a Redskins fan in Lumberton, N.C., and more:

You signed with the Redskins during training camp. What about this team appealed to you?

“I liked their style of offense. We ran a different offense in Seattle when Mike Holmgren was there, but the last two years there, we were running the zone scheme. And knowing Mike Shanahan’s history, that was something that appealed to me. When I took the trip, I knew what kind of linemen he liked. He likes athletic linemen that can move, not bigger guys, but guys that can move. I thought it’d be a great fit for me, and knowing his history, I expected him, since he’s won the Super Bowl and put out 1,500-, 1,600-yard rushers, so he knows what he’s doing.”

Did it take you a while to adjust to this version?

“Not long at all. Day 1, the first day I put on pads, Jammal [Brown] was gone for an absence and so first practice, I was out there, so that lets you know what I knew about the offense, being here the first day. But watching those guys through the preseason, Kory [Lichtensteiger], Trent [Williams] and Jammal, I just picked up more things and I’m still learning, but I’m comfortable with knowing how they run this thing.”

Is this version of the zone blocking scheme as similar as you expected?

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that’s because with him being the guru of the zone scheme, you’re not going to get some of those details from other guys that you would from the guy that invented it.”

How does your versatility help you and your team?

“It helps out a lot just with the experience level. I think it gives coaches confidence that they’ve got a guy that’s played a lot of games and seen a lot of situations and played at a high level. I consider myself the sixth man, but I consider myself a starter too. I’ve started a lot of games in my career and[a] couple here and played well. But there’s always room to get better.”

What was it like going from guard in college to tackle in the NFL?

“In college, I played one year at right guard and the last year I played right tackle and left tackle, so it was a learning curve throughout those two years. When I was coming out, all the scouts were telling me I’d be a guard/center basically, and I got to camp at Seattle and they said ‘We’re going to play you at tackle.’ So it was learning on the run because I only played two years of offense [after playing defensive line initially for N.C. State]. With more snaps and the more plays I got, the better it came.”

How do you like being back on this side of the country after being out West for all those years?

“It’s good. The time zone was the biggest thing. Being back close to family and friends where everything’s not a five-hour flight. I’m not complaining about it, you just have to do it. But now rather than a five-hour flight, it’s a five-hour drive and family can come up and visit, and when you get ready to do it, you’re not planning months in advance for a plane ticket to get out here.”

What was your favorite football team growing up?

“I grew up a Skins fan, and a 49ers fan. It’s weird. Steve Young, Joe Montana and those guys. It’s kinda ironic, my mom reminded me of a story when I first got here. I was probably in the fifth grade and Starter was big back then and she bought me a Starter hat, and it was a Redskins hat. I wore it to school and someone stole it from me. I remember I got home off of the bus and we went back to the school looking for it but we never found it. It was like $20 bucks and she still remembers that. I still remember it too. That kind of stuck in my mind. But I was always a huge Redskins fan.”

So was that your dream to play for the Redskins?

“I’m sure it was. I was a tight end, but I was out there running routes saying I was Art Monk and those guys back in the day. And there’s a huge Redskins fan base where I’m from [in Lumberton, N.C.]. It’s either you’re a Redskins fan, or you’re a Cowboys fan. There’s no in between.

You’re a member of the Lumbee Tribe. What was that like growing up?

“Growing up in a tribe – I’m half Native American – you don’t think about it at the time, but looking back and coming of age, you start to think and that very well may be why there is such a large Redskins following down there because we’re Native Americans and you know what the symbol of the Redskins is.” Feature Clips 2011

Did you experience a lot of cultural differences as a Native American?

“Yes, and no. No because where I’m from there was a very diverse area. It was about 30-30-30 as far as percentage of Whites, Native Americans and Blacks, with a few Hispanics sprinkled in. So it was a really diverse area and culture. So, there were some cultural differences, but at the same time no just because of the diversity of the area.”

When you’re not playing football, what do you like to do?

“Golf. I have never broke 80, but I’ve shot low 90s a couple times before. I like golf and basketball. When I came out here, I was driving around and looking at all the golf courses, but it was training camp and so you don’t have any time. And then once the season started, I was like, ‘Well I’m not really playing, my body’s not sore. Maybe I’ll play on Tuesdays.’ But then it’s raining every day. So I’ve still never gotten a chance to play. I brought my clubs and everything, so that’s kinda sad. And now I’m looking and thinking, ‘Where was this weather when I had the chance to play?’ But I’ll get my chance in the offseason.”

Any other hobbies or little-known facts about Sean Locklear?

“I love kids. It’s kind of a funny thing. Any time there’s a new family member, I’m always sending gear. That’s my thing. I get a card or something and they say, ‘Hey, we’ve got a new one,’ that’s my thing. Even when I’m back home, I just stay home mostly, so I’ll have aunts and uncles over, bringing their kids and they’re getting in the pool in the summer, and I’m there just like a big uncle. I don’t have any kids so I spoil everybody else’s and then when they misbehave, I can call their parents. You can always send them home at the end of the night!”

Wide Receiver Santana Moss

Despite turnover, veteran Santana Moss remains a steadying influence

Nathan Fenno The Washington Times September 7, 2011

Santana Moss was surrounded.

Music thumped in the locker room at Redskins Park. But the lyrics couldn’t drown Moss‘ words. So the television cameras and microphones swarmed, something that seems to happen each time the veteran wide receiver opens his mouth.

The phalanx of media almost buried the face of the Washington Redskins‘ offense.

Most of big names are gone — Donovan McNabb dispatched to the Minnesota Vikings, Clinton Portis looking for work — leaving Moss and fan-favorite tight end Chris Cooley as leaders of a largely anonymous group. With question marks at quarterback, an influx of young receivers and a reshuffled offensive line, Moss is the certainty in a unit buffeted by change. Feature Clips 2011

“I’ve been here [six] years, and I never had the chance to grasp the offense,” Moss said. “There’s always been a change here or something there. It’s one of those moments where we have the advantage.”

Turnover has been Moss‘ companion since the Redskins acquired him from the New York Jets for Laveranues Coles in 2005.

Mike Shanahan is his third coach. Five men have called offensive plays. Six quarterbacks — remember ? - lobbed passes to him.

“I’ve played with so many quarterbacks, man,” Moss said. “Every year that goes by, it’s something new. But I never really think about it.”

The turnover hasn’t helped the Redskins‘ offense, ranked in the NFL’s bottom third in total offense over the past three seasons.

Last season’s total — 5,374 yards — ranked No. 18 in the league. It was the best in Moss‘ six seasons in Washington. Each time, he’s led the team in receiving.

But after Moss voided his contract in February, the onetime University of Miami walk-on re-signed with the Redskins in July. Other teams called. He didn’t talk to them.

The past shuffling on the roster, among the coaching staff and in the front office at Redskins Park couldn’t keep him away.

“If I’m going to still play, why go somewhere and start all over?” Moss said. “If we put the right people in the right places … we can really do some good things.”

That starts with feeling more at ease in his second year under offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. Last season, Moss caught a career-best 93 passes for 1,115 yards and six touchdowns. Kyle Shanahan used Moss more in the slot than he ever played there before while Anthony Armstrong ran deep patterns.

The relative familiarity of the offense, regardless of the quarterback, seems a luxury to Moss.

Mention Kyle Shanahan’s offense and Moss drops superlatives like a late-night infomercial: “dynamic,” “wide- open,” “opportunity to be great,” “able to prosper.” But some parts of the offense aren’t exactly as seen on television. A grab-bag of veterans such as Armstrong, Jabar Gaffney, Donte Stallworth, Terrence Austin and two rookies, Leonard Hankerson and Niles Paul, are battling for playing time alongside Moss at receiver.

“We have a lot to work on still,” Stallworth said. “But we’re moving in the right direction. That’s the most important thing.”

Added Kyle Shanahan: “I think everyone is more comfortable with what we’re doing, and I think it’s showing.”

Trent Williams, the hulking offensive tackle, echoed the sentiment. In his second year in the league, Williams felt obligated to assume a leadership role on the offensive line after the turnover.

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And as the music blasted in the locker room and the cameras cloaked Moss, Williams grinned and revealed perhaps the lone weakness of the offense’s face.

“There’s not much,” Williams said, “he can tell me about blocking somebody.”

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Defensive Lineman Chris Neild

Thom Loverro: Redskins' Neild lives up to nickname

Thom Lovero The Washington Examiner September 12, 2011

When Chris Neild was a ninth grader in Stroudsburg, Pa., he had a dream.

It wasn't to play nose tackle for the Washington Redskins.

"He wanted to play point guard for the New York Knicks," said Fred Ross, his former high school football coach.

That would have made for an interesting scene -- a 6-foot-2, 319-pound point guard with a shaved head and full beard leading the Knicks on the floor of Madison Square Garden.

His destiny, though, lay in pizza. He ate his way into being a nose tackle.

"Every pizza house in Stroudsburg knew him by his first name," Ross said, laughing.

But he didn't lose that basketball athleticism, and it helped him Sunday with a surprising rookie debut -- two sacks of Giants quarterback Eli Manning in the Redskins' 28-14 win.

The rookie nose tackle hails from the heart of the Pocono Mountains, just across the Brodhead Creek from my hometown, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

When a kid from a Pocono high school makes the NFL, it is worth noting. It's long-shot land, which was what Neild was on draft day in April after a stellar career at nose tackle at West Virginia.

He was the next-to-last player picked in the draft, one step away from being the 2011 Mr. Irrelevant. With the presence of newly acquired Barry Cofield and the return of Antonio Bryant, Neild, a seventh-round pick, was a long shot to make the Washington roster.

But when the final cuts were made by Mike Shanahan, Neild was still around.

"I don't even think about the draft anymore," Neild said in the Redskins' locker room after Sunday's win. "I am where I am right now."

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"I like that name," Neild said -- the nickname I put on him once I learned he was from Stroudsburg.

Neild expected to get some playing time Sunday. But he didn't expect to come up with two sacks.

He felt particularly good after his first sack in the third quarter, dropping Manning for a 6-yard loss.

"That was a missed assignment," he said. "I didn't hear the blitz change. Luckily it turned out for the best. It's loud out there."

Nose tackles generally are not sack machines. His job is to stuff the middle and give the other rushers a shot at sack glory.

"I told him at this pace he'll be a Hall of Famer," Cofield said.

Ross said while he was impressed with his former player's debut, he wasn't totally surprised.

"That is the kind of kid he is and how he was when he played for me," Ross said. "He is a heck of an athlete and a great kid. He's the best."

He is the "Pocono Punisher." Punter Sav Rocca

In punting circles, Rocca hangs with best

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star October 14, 2011

As one of the all-time greats in Australian-rules football, Sav Rocca was used to living the life of a celebrity.

He'd be recognized on the street as the full-forward for the Collingwood Magpies, where he played his first nine seasons, or the North Kangaroos, from which he retired after six more in 2006. Fans would want an autograph, or a photo, or at least the chance to say "g'day" to the man who scored 748 goals, a mark that puts him 13th all-time.

When he moved with his wife and three children to the United States to pursue a career as a punter in the National Football League shortly thereafter, the stardom was gone.

"I knew it would be like that, and I knew that the punter doesn't get the attention as most of the other guys, but I had a lot of attention back home and I'm willing to sit it out, in that sort of respect," Rocca said.

Rocca likely still won't be a star in the NFL--at least, not a face as recognizable as Peyton Manning or Tom Bra- dy or Drew Brees. But his contributions to the Washington Redskins this season have already been almost as valuable. Feature Clips 2011

The 37-year-old punter enters his first game Sunday against his former team, Philadelphia, among the league leaders in several punting categories. His 12 punts inside the 20-yard line tie Seattle's Jon Ryan for the most in the league, though the Seahawks have played one more game. He has not yet had a touchback--he had just two last year, and is averaging one every four games in his five years in the league. And his remarkable hang time on punts is contributing to a net punting average that, at 41 yards per punt, is sixth in the league.

"I've been doing this for a while at the collegiate level and the pro level, and I've never seen a person punt like him," said Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan. "I'm talking about putting it inside the 20, leg strength, just the way he handles himself. He's been a pleasure to be around. He's definitely a weapon. It doesn't happen very often where a guy can consistently kick the ball inside the 20 and consistently have the hang time that he has."

LEARNING A NEW GAME

The path to the NFL wasn't simple. The idea of retiring from the Australian Football League and working a regular desk job didn't appeal to Rocca, who had seen countrymen Ben Graham and Darren Bennett thrive as punters in the NFL.

Within a week of playing his final game with the Kangaroos in 2006, Rocca was on a plane to the United States, where he had a tryout with Buffalo. Despite his staying in the country to work with coaches and try to make contacts in the NFL, the Bills passed, and a series of emails to scouts for all 32 teams resulted in several more rejections.

It was only after extending his stay in the country for an additional period of time that Rocca was able to meet up with Graham, who talked to his agent about finding Rocca another tryout.

"I thought, I didn't want to die wondering if I could have made it in another sport," Rocca said. "I love sports and I love competing and I love getting the best out of myself, so that's why [I made the move]."

When he signed with the Eagles in 2007 at 33, Rocca became the oldest rookie in league history, coincidentally supplanting Graham. As complicated as the move to the United State was, the adjustment process was even more difficult. He had to learn the rules and his responsibilities, and found out there was a bit more to football than kicking the ball.

"A lot of it was like learning a new language," Rocca said. "I was trying to learn Japanese and understand it in two months, that sort of thing. It was the terminology and all the positions and the rules--I understood that I could catch the ball and kick it, but other things that go with the position, I had a lot to learn."

He adapted well in 2007, ranking in the middle of the pack in nearly all punting categories. By 2008, Rocca had grown more comfortable and quickly became one of the league's most consistent punters.

"He works really hard at what he does, especially playing Australian-rules football for 15 years," said Redskins kicker Graham Gano, who considers Rocca a friend. "He's just really good. If you watch him punt the ball, you hear the crowd ooh and aah, even on the road. That speaks for itself."

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Special teams coach Danny Smith always had a keen eye for Rocca's ability when the Redskins played the Eagles over the past four years. When Philadelphia decided not to re-sign Rocca for this season, he was atop Smith's wish list to take over as the team's punter after the Redskins had three last year.

The two teams agreed to a deal, but Rocca, then back in Australia because of the owners' lockout, needed to wait the better part of a week to get his work visa. Smith quickly found he was worth the wait.

"I don't know Australian-rules football, but if you think about it, they catch, throw, run, kick on the run. It's physical, those kinds of things," Smith said. "I really trust him. I know he trusts in me and what we're trying to do and how we're trying to do it. He does get it from a team concept. He's not a selfish person. He's not a selfish teammate. I like that."

Rocca's growing much more comfortable in Washington. He originally preferred signing with the Redskins because of the location; he moved with his family to southern New Jersey when he signed with the Eagles, but they've since sold their home to move here. Gano, recently a father, has from time to time asked for parenting advice, which Rocca is happy to give, and Smith laughed when he found out Rocca owns two pizza shops in Australia.

The transition hasn't been entirely complete. There's still an Australian-rules football occupying a shelf in his locker at Redskins Park, and Rocca reluctantly admits, with a degree of shame, that he still doesn't know all the rules of the American game.

It's another thing that he hopes won't draw any attention to him.

"It's nice to not have that here," Rocca said.

Running Back Evan Royster

Royster still living a dream Craig Stouffer The Washington Examiner August 30, 2011

Local running back fighting for roster spot

Ashburn -- It's a bit like slipping back into the middle of a good dream after waking and realizing that the alarm won't go off for another couple hours.

After being drafted in the sixth round by his hometown team, running back Evan Royster is soaking up every moment he's a member of the Redskins. But with the end of training camp looming, a wake-up call is coming. The rookie running back could find himself relegated to the practice squad or cut altogether by the end of the week.

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"It's very cool because I live with one of my friends from high school," Royster said. "It's something that I'm thankful every day. I'll never forget it."

But the comfort that the 23-year-old Chantilly native enjoys, having those nearby pulling for him as much as the logo on his helmet, means nothing on the practice field in Ashburn.

Alexandria native Tim Hightower, 25, has been the Redskins' starting running back. He returned to the area this season certain that he matured as an adult and a football player by starting his NFL career in Arizona.

"For me, I think it was good to be away at first and just kind of find myself and live that bachelor life by myself and come into my own," Hightower said. "Stepping back in here in this environment, I'm a lot more capable of handling it and focusing."

Royster got off to a good start in the preseason, running the ball 15 times for 66 yards in Washington's opener against Pittsburgh. But he hasn't played since as Hightower (25 carries, 170 yards) and fellow rookie Roy Helu (35 carries, 173 yards), picked two rounds before Royster, took nearly all the carries in the last two games.

Ryan Torain (wrist) also returned to practice on Monday.

But Royster is convinced he's doing just fine.

"I'm just along for the ride," he said. "There's not much you can do other than play to change other people's opinion. It's just about going out there and showing that you can play the game at this level."

Royster said his pass protection skills have improved, and he still hangs his hat on his ability to run the ball.

"He's improved at picking up the blitzes," offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan said. "He's a guy that's willing and who's definitely smart enough to know it, but the more looks those rookie backs can get, especially in blitz pickups and protections and how fast those stunts will come and how fast those backers will shoot those gaps, it's something you really don't know until you see it. He's gotten a lot better at it."

With cuts on the horizon, his ability to earn a roster spot rests almost entirely on providing the Redskins depth in the backfield. His only special teams experience came during his redshirt freshman year at Penn State.

Hightower, himself a fifth-round pick in 2008, is familiar with the haze of unknowns that his younger teammate faces.

"I've definitely seen him progress, but I've definitely seen that kind of rookie mental slump," Hightower said.

"It's like when you do something good, you're praised for it. When you're not, [the coaches] may not talk to you for a little bit, and you really don't know where you stand, and that affects you on the field. I've definitely seen both sides with him."

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Long-Snapper Nick Sundberg

Mike Jones Washington Post November 21. 2011

Q&A with Redskins long-snapper Nick Sundberg, who likes to use a Taser on himself He’s not in the running for most popular Redskin, and he doesn’t play one of the most glamorous positions on the team, but Nick Sundberg has a vital role as long-snapper.

After some ups and downs as a rookie, Sundberg has executed with improved consistency this season and appears to have found a home in the NFL. In today’s Gameday Q&A, Sundberg discusses how he became a long-snapper in the first place, his road to the NFL and a rather unusual hobby.

How does a player decide that he wants to become a long-snapper?

“It really wasn’t my choice. My sophomore year of high school I switched from guard to center, and our long- snapper had graduated. We had a whole new coaching staff come in. The guys who came in, our offensive line coach was a snapper when he was younger, and he said, ‘You play center, you might as well snap, too.’ So he taught me how to do it. I was terrible at it. We had a new offensive line coach come in the next year and he took it real seriously. We started snapping five, six days a week, 150, 200 balls a day, really started taking it seriously, got a lot better my senior year. I still wasn’t where I wanted to be. I was going to go to a [junior college] and thought I’d probably play center. I was a lot bigger then. I was probably 290. I kept hitting it hard, started losing a little weight, went to a couple competitions, got noticed, Cal needed a guy and I got an offer.”

At what point did you feel like college and the pros were an attainable goal?

The guy who taught me how to snap – his name is Ben Bernard – he’s the long-snapping guru in Phoenix, Ariz. He’s now got around 30 guys long-snapping on D-I scholarships. I think I was around No. 15. There were quite a few guys that were ahead of me that I’d watched. The long-snapper for the Texans, [Jon Weeks], is a year older than me and I watched him a lot. He had a full ride to Baylor when I was a junior, so I really looked up to him and thought, ‘Man, he’s so good. He’s got a full ride. I want to do that too!’ And so my coach kept telling me, ‘You keep working hard and keep working hard, you can do this.’ I got to college and he said, ‘College is just a stepping stone. You’re going to be in the NFL some day.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s a long time away.’ But sure enough, three years later, I was like ‘I’m graduating early, I’m going home so I can train and get ready for the NFL.’”

What was it like when you got your first NFL opportunity?

“It was pretty sweet. Originally it was from Carolina. Went there as a free agent. Originally, it was kind of overwhelming. You want to have enough confidence in yourself that you can do anything at the highest level, especially as a specialist. You have to have faith in yourself. But it was still so awesome. I was sitting there with my mom, watching, trying to take calls. It was a really cool experience.” Feature Clips 2011

You’re not a real big guy – 6-foot, 250 pounds. Do people recognize you when you go out?

“Not really... I live with Erik Cook so if we go out, I’m walking around with a guy who’s 6-6, 310, so it’s easier for people to notice him than me. But I don’t mind. I just look like a little guy who hits the gym pretty hard.”

What do you do for enjoyment away from the football field?

“I’m an adrenaline junkie. When I was younger, I went sky-diving, bungee jumping. But my mom went through my contract thoroughly and said I can’t go sky-diving or any of that stuff. But I live in Phoenix, where it’s always nice and sunny and I’ve got a pool at my house, so pool days and pool volleyball is where it’s at a lot of the time.”

If you weren’t playing football, what profession would you have pursued?

“My mom is very good at what she did. She worked in sales for years at a company called Taser International and I used to go to the trade shows with her and was exposed to the sales aspect of things. I’d like to say I have pretty good people person skills and I like to go out and do things like that. I had a lot of fun when I was younger, especially working with a product like a taser, the one the cops use. I had a lot of fun when I was younger, experimenting. I would tase the crap out of myself. So I’d probably be working in that industry. Fortunately, I don’t have to work a 9 to 5 right now.”

In real life? You tased yourself on purpose? Why, and what was that like?

“First time I ever did it, I was 9. It was Bring-Your-Kid-to-Work day. My mom’s coworkers were messing with me and said, ‘You gonna take a hit today?’ And I said ‘Yeah!’ just trying to be cool or whatever, and my mom said, ‘Yeah, do it.’ I was like, ‘What?’ the only reason why I said yeah was because I was thinking she wasn’t going to let me do it. Sure enough, she did it. They got me twice that day. It hurts. Every time they come out with a new one, I’ve tried it. Except for this last one because I haven’t been around there a lot. But it hurts a lot. It completely incapacitates you. Usually it’s a five-second run time. All your muscles lock up. When we did it, we tried to do it as safely as possible. We’d have two guys stand there so you don’t face-plant. But the second it’s off, it’s off, and you’re like, ‘What did I just do?’ there’s no pain or anything. That’s why I was able to keep going back to it over and over again.”

How does that feeling compare to a big hit on the football field?

“I’ve been blasted pretty good a few times. Football is completely different because it has lasting effects for a few hours or days.”

Running Back Ryan Torain

Gameday Q&A: Torain on patience, fantasy football and

Mike Jones Washington Post October 16, 2011 Feature Clips 2011

After three weeks of riding the pine, Ryan Torain finally got a chance to play for the Washington Redskins and exploded onto the scene with 135 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries in Week 4 against the St. Louis Rams.

Now Torain is hoping to maintain his momentum for the Redskins although he doesn’t yet know if he’ll start against the Eagles.

Injury has been the main obstacle for Torain during his NFL career. A knee injury cut his rookie season short, a shattered elbow prevented him from playing the following year, and a hamstring injury forced him out of four games last season.

Torain entered training camp as Washington’s starter, but then broke his hand and Tim Hightower overtook him. Now he’s working to reclaim his job, but at the same time has maintained a positive, patient outlook.

In today’s Gameday Q&A, Torain talks about his attitude, goals and love for the game.

You’re coming off of a big game, a bye week and a good week of practice. What’s your mindset right now?

“I’m excited to get back out there, motivated to just push the team, work hard and make big plays. We’ve been working hard all week, and we want to let our hard work show. I try to stay the same. I don’t like the change. Just study, day-by-day, work with my coaches, teammates, go out in practice and just put it all together.

What have coaches told you about your role for this week’s game?

“They really haven’t told me what’s going on. I just go out there in practice. It’s up to the coaches what they want to do with me, and whatever they ask me to do, I’m going to do it.”

What was it like watching and not knowing when you would get back on the field those first three weeks of the season?

“Patience. Definitely had to be patient and let everything work out. The coaches, they went with what was working at the time, and when they asked me to go out, I went out and did it.”

Were you getting discouraged?

“This is a long season, and I knew I was going to be out there one way or another, so I just stayed focused, talked to a lot of friends and family. And my running backs coach always told me to stay ready because you never know when they were going to call me up, so I did.”

A lot of people picked you up for their fantasy football teams after your last game. Now they’re all asking if you’ll start and want to know how much you’ll play, and if you can have another big game. What’s that like? Feature Clips 2011

“It’s a little weird, but I like the fact that people are talking about me and want me to be out there. I enjoy hearing the feedback and I want to help them out, so hopefully I can do that by playing in the game.”

When did you first feel like you could make it to the NFL?

“Probably grade school. I’d seen too many guys out there for me not to be one of them. I just enjoy playing the game. I’ve been playing it since I was a little boy, and now I’m still playing it as a grown man. So I’m excited to do something that I love.”

Who were your favorite running backs growing up?

I definitely watched Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders. Definitely was a fan. Barry Sanders was a flashy guy. And Emmitt Smith was a great player. I always watched him and he was on that next level, and was just awesome. I actually got to meet him my rookie year and that was something special to me because I grew up watching him all the time. Great player, great guy.

Were you a Cowboys fan?

“Hey man, I’m an individual player type of fan! I was talking running back. Specify that!”

You’ve dealt with a lot of injuries during your short career. How has that impacted you mentally?

“It made me stronger. Whatever hits you, you’ve got to keep moving forward. It’s not how you start, but how you finish. It gave me a lot more mental toughness and patience. You’ve got to let it all come to you. It’s a marathon, as a lot of friends tell me. If you want to play for a long time, you can’t force anything. You’ve got to stay patient.”

Torain's patience pays off in season debut

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star October 4, 2011

ASHBURN--Ryan Torain said all the right things over the past two months, patiently waiting for the opportunity he knew would come this season.

It finally arrived Sunday in St. Louis when Torain entered the 17-10 victory over the Rams midway through the second quarter.

Told to warm up and get ready, the running back made his presence known, picking up seven yards on his first carry and then running for 21 and a touchdown on the very next play.

All told, Torain finished with 135 yards and the touchdown on 19 carries. It was his fourth 100-yard rushing game of his career, all in his last two seasons with the Redskins. Feature Clips 2011

"It was a very emotional game for me, so I just wanted to get out there and play," Torain said after the game. "I just wanted to give it my all and work hard."

Until that point, the Redskins had gained only 33 yards rushing, including 13 on six carries from Tim Hightower and 20 on four from Roy Helu.

Hightower, head coach Mike Shanahan said yesterday, injured a shoulder on his "third or fourth" carry, which complicated matters.

Torain quickly showed the same attributes that made him the team's leading rusher (742 yards) a year ago, planting his foot and making one cut through the gaps and picking up yards after contact.

On those first two rushing plays, he lowered his shoulder and plowed through Rams safety Darian Stewart, with the touchdown coming as Torain had his legs taken out of him at the 2-yard line and sailed over the goal line.

"He played extremely well," Shanahan said. "He was feeling good and made some excellent runs, some big- time runs, and hopefully he can do that the remainder of the season."

Torain spent the first three games on the sidelines but was ready to play a week ago in the Redskins' 18-16 loss at Dallas. The lingering factor was his hand; Torain hit it on a teammate's helmet the first week of training camp and was out nearly four weeks, making his adjustment difficult.

How the Redskins treat the running back situation likely will be a source of speculation heading through this week's bye and into, and perhaps past, the Week 6 meeting with Philadelphia.

The zone scheme Shanahan has used back to his days with Denver always has made room for several running backs, and the player who starts the game is not always the featured back.

Torain, who was a Bronco in 2008, knows how the game is played. That kept him focused, he said, and ensured he wouldn't be out of condition for when the time came.

"Every single game, they're always telling me to be ready, stay focused and keep working hard," Torain said. "I finally got that opportunity to get out there and make some plays."

Fullback Darrel Young Injury gave Darrel Young wakeup call

The Washington Post Mike Jones October 13, 2011

When Washington Redskins fullback Darrel Young strained his hamstring almost four weeks ago, he couldn’t help but experience flashbacks from the 2009 preseason. Then a rookie linebacker out of Villanova, Young was cut before re-signing with Washington’s practice squad.

He wondered whether his dream of playing in the NFL was about to end. A a similar thought crept into his mind after last month’s injury, which forced him to miss two consecutive games. Feature Clips 2011

“It was miserable because after getting cut in ‘09 and then getting hurt, missing two games, it was like, ‘Why now?’” said Young, who last season switched to fullback but played sparingly. This preseason, he beat out Mike Sellers for the team’s starting fullback job. “But at the same time, I was doing something wrong, I feel, and I think it was an eye-opener for me to work harder and appreciate the things that I have.”

Young said he realized that once the season began, he stopped doing the little things he focused on during training camp to ensure he maintained his health. He stopped getting checked out by team doctors, he wasn’t stretched out as thoroughly, and he stopped soaking in the cold tub after practices.

“Those are the things you take for granted when you’re in a position of playing,” Young said. “I think the key to staying in this league is doing that stuff.”

After three weeks of relative inactivity, Young says, “I feel ten times better. I was a little nervous going into Monday’s practice because I didn’t know what to expect, but I feel good. I stayed through the bye week to receive treatment three times a day, but I feel good. I feel comfortable to where I’m at and I just want to get better, and I want to stay healthy.”

Young believes that now fully healthy, he can help the Redskins, but he wouldn’t say that his teammates missed his presence on the field while he was out.

“I don’t think anything was missing because I think [Chris] Cooley did a great job,” Young said referring to the tight end who filled in at fullback. “Any time you’ve got [Ryan] Torain averaging seven yards a carry and 5.1 after contact, I don’t think they’re missing me, but it’s just good to be back out there finally. It’s a dream come true to be in the NFL for me, and to be injured is something I just don’t even want to deal with.”

Cooley, whose route-running opportunities were limited by having to stay in and block, likely will embrace Young’s return as well.

Washington Redskins fullback Darrel Young learns from Mike Sellers

Rick Maese The Washington Post August 22, 2011

The Washington Redskins started each of the past two seasons with the oldest roster in the NFL. They have made a concerted effort this offseason to get younger. Nowhere is that more evident than at fullback, where Darrel Young, 24, is poised to supplant Mike Sellers, 36.

Forget any bad feelings, though. Young and Sellers have neighboring lockers at Redskins Park, chat throughout practice each day and hang out during their off time.

“D.Y. is awesome, man. He deserves to be the starter,” Sellers said. “He’s the man.”

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Sellers, in fact, effectively helped prepare Young to take the veteran’s job. That is an odd reality in today’s NFL, where jobs are anything but secure. But it reveals why Sellers has been such a locker room leader and why it would be a difficult decision for coaches to exclude him from the 53-man roster.

“He’s like my big brother,” Young said. “I know inside he still wants to be playing fullback. But the way he’s grooming me, still helping me, it makes me appreciate everything so much more.”

Sellers has been a mainstay in the backfield for the past seven years. But he was moved to tight end at the start of training camp. On Monday, he worked out for the first time with the running backs, and Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan said Sellers will play in Thursday's preseason game in Baltimore at three positions: fullback, tight end and H-back.

Young has started the team’s first two preseason games at fullback. Lining up at tight end, Sellers has notched a pair of catches but mostly has played late in the game with the reserves, prompting speculation among fans that he might have to sweat out the team’s final cuts.

Even if the team keeps Young and Keiland Williams at fullback, and Chris Cooley, Fred Davis and Logan Paulsen at tight end, Sellers still has his selling points. He’s a former team captain who’s well respected, particularly among younger players such as Young, and he’s still a top contributor on special teams.

Sellers said that because of “all the speculation” surrounding his future in Washington, he has chosen to steer clear of the media this preseason. But he said he greatly admires the man who appears set to take his spot in the backfield.

“He’s been a great student,” Sellers said of Young. “It’s a father-son type thing.”

Said Young: “As a man, the respect I have for Mike — I feel bad in my heart. I want to play and I know he wants to play. I just want to compete. I don’t want to look at it as anything outside of that. On the field, it’s business.”

Young played running back in high school on Long Island, but converted to linebacker in college. He moved to strong safety his senior year at Villanova, but when he came to the Redskins in 2009 as an undrafted rookie, he hoped again to play linebacker.

After three weeks on Jim Zorn’s practice squad in 2009, Young was released. The Redskins re-signed him immediately after the season — the same day Shanahan was hired as coach. The new coaching staff reviewed film and quickly decided that Young could help the team more as a fullback than a linebacker.

“D.Y. is an excellent fullback,” Shanahan said. “I can tell you that after being around him the first couple of weeks. He’s very smart, very competitive. It’s hard to find guys in that 250-pound range that can block and catch the ball like he can.”

Size and natural ability are one thing, but to learn the new position, Young spent as much time as possible around Sellers, a former Pro Bowler. Young was primarily a special teams contributor last year; he had three carries and caught one pass, a touchdown against Philadelphia.

He said he entered this year’s camp with a completely different understanding of Shanahan's offense.

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“I couldn’t even explain to you how different I feel,” he said. “Last year I was nervous about what the defense would do . . . After playing behind Mike Sellers and watching him for a whole season, having him basically teach me, converse with me on a play-to-play basis on why he did what he did — the game is coming easier to me, slowing down now.”

Even though Sellers has spent most of the preseason with the tight ends, the two still constantly talk about the fullback spot.

“I come to the sideline and I don’t even think he’s paying attention,” Young said. “He’ll say, ‘D.Y., you need to do this,’ or ‘Why’d you do that?’ He’s more than just a player to me. He’s a big brother, someone I can rely on.”

Young looks to be a key component of a ground game that needs to post big improvements. The early returns are good: After posting the 30th-ranked rushing attack in the league in 2010, the Redskins have 354 rushing yards in preseason — more than every team except San Francisco.

“The backs we have in this offense and the scheme that Coach Shanahan has put together for us,” Young said, “it’s going to be a good season.”

Redskins’ Darrel Young gets inspiration from across the world

Rich Campbell The Washington Times August 8, 2011

It was about 8 a.m. Tuesday in Kandahar, Afghanistan when Darrel Young scored his first and only NFL touchdown. Back in Landover, Md., on that rainy Monday night last November, the reaction among Washington Redskins fans inside FedEx Field was subdued. Their team was being bludgeoned by the Philadelphia Eagles, and this hardly was any consolation.

But in Sgt. 1st Class David Young’s tent on Forward Operating Base Walton, the tent with the satellite TV hookup, the crowd went nuts.

“They were like, ‘Your brother scored! Your brother scored!’” Sgt. Youngrecalled Saturday. “I was like, ‘My brother?’ They showed the instant replay, and I was like, ‘Oh my God! My brother scored!’ “

His pride was strong enough that day to travel the 7,000 miles back home. Sgt. Young’s little brother, who had been cut by the Redskins the previous summer, had achieved one of his highest goals.

Now fast forward to training camp at Redskins Park on Saturday afternoon. Sgt. Young’s eyes widened as Darrel strolled into one of the VIP tents after practice. Because Sgt. Young recently returned from a year in Afghanistan, this was the first time he had seen in person Darrel wearing a Redskins uniform.

“It’s a humbling experience to see somebody who took a dream and made it reality,” he said. “I was talking to a few of the fans today. I told them, ‘That’s my brother.’ “

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Sgt. Young, 31, might have been the most appreciated supporter at Redskins Fan Appreciation Day on Saturday. Darrel (pronounced duh-RELL) turned first to him after being released during final cuts in 2009. He needed guidance and reassurance, so he drove to Fort Bragg, N.C., where his older brother still lives.

“He told me some things: It’s football; things happen; it’s a business,” Darrel recalled. “He told me to wait for my opportunity, and my opportunity came last year.”

Darrel, 24, first tried to make the team as a linebacker. Coach Mike Shanahan’s staff, however, converted him to fullback in March 2010. That gave the undrafted free agent from Villanova enough of a foothold to make the final roster.

Sgt. Young called from Afghanistan after final cuts last September to congratulate his little brother. And then he had to figure out how the heck to watch 16 Redskins games from a war zone across the world.

“If there’s a will, there’s a way,” Sgt. Young said. “I called my dad and said, ‘Send me my TV.’ I bought the cable box. Then I went into the local economy and bought a satellite.”

Some of the locals showed him how to lock the signal. He used the Armed Forces Network coming from Europe. Before the Monday night game against Philadelphia, he and some other troops worked through a sandstorm to establish the signal.

Sgt. Young ran the food service facility for the entire camp, so he already was one of the more popular people among the Army’s 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. You can imagine how his status skyrocketed once he started showing college and pro football games on his TV. His quarters became known as “The Football Tent.”

Troops would gather to watch their favorite teams. World Cup soccer and golf tournaments also were major attractions, but nothing compared to Redskins games. “It was fun having all the soldiers out there watching, and they’re wondering why you’re cheering so hard,” said Sgt. Young’s wife,Centoria, who is a Sgt. 1st Class. She recently was deployed with her husband at FOB Walton, collecting human intelligence.

“It’s just amazing,” she said. “We’re so proud of Darrel because he had a dream and he kept his mind set on it. He didn’t give up for anything, no matter what came at him. For us, that’s inspiring.” The feeling is mutual. Darrel is practicing with the first-string offense this training camp, and he stays hungry by remembering his brother’s sacrifice and the advice from two summers ago.

“He’s always been a big inspiration in my life,” Darrel said. “For him to go over there and do what he did for the country and to go out every day and not know what’s going to happen, it just makes me look at life a little different. To listen to the stories that he tells and stuff like that, this right here is fun, but over there is real-life situations.”

Outside the VIP tent Saturday, Darrel was talking to his older brother when a man and his daughter approached. The man asked for an autograph and then a picture.

Sgt. Young volunteered to take the photo while little brother posed with the fans. Darrel lifted up the little girl, and there were smiles all around.

“He’s still my younger brother,” Sgt. Young said, “but he’s a superstar now.” Offensive Tackle Willie Smith Feature Clips 2011

OT Smith beats odds to make ‘Skins’ roster

Zac Boyer Free Lance Star September 7, 2011

ASHBURN

--Willie Smith was beaming a week ago when, while sitting on a bench overlooking the practice fields at Redskins Park, he told his mother, Beverly, on the phone he had survived the Washington Redskins' first round of cuts.

How did it go when he let her know he made the 53-man roster on Saturday?

"I was ecstatic, man," Smith said, smiling. "It was like a dream come true, man. To know all of your hard work paid off from high school all the way through college and to camp, which was real tough--to know that all that hard work finally paid off is a good feeling."

It will take a while for the luster to fade for the 6-foot-6, 290-pound rookie out of East Carolina. Smith, an offensive tackle, was the only one of 15 undrafted free agents to make the Redskins' initial regular-season roster.

Players such as Houston running back Arian Foster, the NFL's leading rusher last season, have had success without hearing their names called on draft day. But in a typical year, many teams have one or two undrafted rookies make the team. Chicago had five this year after only 12 made the Bears' opening-day roster in the past 40 years.

Smith started his final 27 games at East Carolina at left tackle, was a first-team all-Conference USA selection and was invited to the NFL combine in March.

His reputation, though, was that while he has excellent agility and is adept at pulling--which makes him a good fit for the Redskins' zone-blocking scheme--he generally had bad form and occasionally missed assignments outright.

"[Going undrafted] was like Mike Tyson punched me in the gut," Smith said. "But I just said I'm going to keep my faith, keep working hard and I'm going to get my opportunity, and that's what I did. I took advantage of it."

He has struggled occasionally with the Redskins over his first five weeks with the team. But head coach Mike Shanahan and offensive line coach Chris Foerster liked him enough to keep him over veterans Artis Hicks, Clint Oldenburg and Selvish Capers.

"He's got a lot of talent," Shanahan said. "We didn't want to take a chance and put him out there [on waivers to get him on the practice squad] and lose him." Feature Clips 2011

How the Redskins end up working their offensive line rotation remains to be seen. In addition to the starting five-from left to right, Trent Williams, Kory Lichtensteiger, Will Montgomery, Chris Chester and Jammal Brown-the team kept just three backups: Smith, Sean Locklear and Erik Cook.

Locklear, a five-year veteran in Seattle who signed with the Redskins before the season, spent much of his time at right tackle with the Seahawks but was listed at left tackle on the initial depth chart. Cook, the backup center, is slotted as the reserve at guard as well.

And Smith has never played, nor been asked to play, guard as a pro. He's listed as the backup to Brown at right tackle.

"Wherever they need me, man, I'll do whatever for the team," Smith said.

Four of the five starters are entering their second year in the scheme, with Montgomery moving from right guard and Chester signing a five-year deal to come over from Baltimore when the lockout ended.

That continuity should help a unit that struggled at times last season. The line played well over the Redskins' first three preseason games, providing adequate protection for quarterbacks John Beck and Rex Grossman and opening plenty of holes for running backs Tim Hightower and Roy Helu, but its play in the preseason victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday was suspect at best, especially inside.

Smith doesn't appear likely to crack the starting rotation any time soon, though he could see plenty of snaps as a reserve.

For now, though, that's fine for Smith, whose first sign that he was officially a member of the Redskins came when he moved from a temporary metal locker in the middle of the room to a permanent wooden one on the periphery.

"There are so many things you have to work on to become an elite player in this league, and that's all I'm working on every day," Smith said.

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The Redskins' depth chart for Sunday's opener against the New York Giants lists Roy Helu ahead of Ryan Torain as the backup to running back Tim Hightower. It also has fifth-round draft choice Niles Paul ahead of Leonard Hankerson, the third-rounder, as the third- and fourth-string receivers, respectively, behind Jabar Gaffney.

Tight end Chris Cooley (knee) and strong safety LaRon Landry (hamstring) are both listed as starters despite their lingering injuries.

Running Back Ryan Torain

Torain's patience pays off in season debut

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ASHBURN--Ryan Torain said all the right things over the past two months, patiently waiting for the opportunity he knew would come this season.

It finally arrived Sunday in St. Louis when Torain entered the 17-10 victory over the Rams midway through the second quarter.

Told to warm up and get ready, the running back made his presence known, picking up seven yards on his first carry and then running for 21 and a touchdown on the very next play.

All told, Torain finished with 135 yards and the touchdown on 19 carries. It was his fourth 100-yard rushing game of his career, all in his last two seasons with the Redskins.

"It was a very emotional game for me, so I just wanted to get out there and play," Torain said after the game. "I just wanted to give it my all and work hard."

Until that point, the Redskins had gained only 33 yards rushing, including 13 on six carries from Tim Hightower and 20 on four from Roy Helu.

Hightower, head coach Mike Shanahan said yesterday, injured a shoulder on his "third or fourth" carry, which complicated matters.

Torain quickly showed the same attributes that made him the team's leading rusher (742 yards) a year ago, planting his foot and making one cut through the gaps and picking up yards after contact.

On those first two rushing plays, he lowered his shoulder and plowed through Rams safety Darian Stewart, with the touchdown coming as Torain had his legs taken out of him at the 2-yard line and sailed over the goal line.

"He played extremely well," Shanahan said. "He was feeling good and made some excellent runs, some big- time runs, and hopefully he can do that the remainder of the season."

Torain spent the first three games on the sidelines but was ready to play a week ago in the Redskins' 18-16 loss at Dallas. The lingering factor was his hand; Torain hit it on a teammate's helmet the first week of training camp and was out nearly four weeks, making his adjustment difficult.

How the Redskins treat the running back situation likely will be a source of speculation heading through this week's bye and into, and perhaps past, the Week 6 meeting with Philadelphia.

The zone scheme Shanahan has used back to his days with Denver always has made room for several running backs, and the player who starts the game is not always the featured back.

Torain, who was a Bronco in 2008, knows how the game is played. That kept him focused, he said, and ensured he wouldn't be out of condition for when the time came.

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Defensive Back Josh Wilson

Josh Wilson gaining comfort in Redskins’ defense

Mike Jones The Washington Post – The Insider September 29, 2011

Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Wilson’s acclimation to his new team has been a gradual process, but on Monday he turned in his best performance of the young season and one of the strongest outings of his career.

Playing in his third regular-season game for the Redskins, Wilson recorded four pass breakups, four tackles and a fumble recovery.

“I thought Josh was excellent,” Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett said of Wilson on Thursday. “He had four pass breakups, played real well, covered well. I thought he played really well this game.”

One of Wilson’s pass breakups came in the end zone when Tony Romo went for Martellus Bennett on second- and-goal from the 5-yard line. Wilson deflected the pass to deny the Cowboys, who didn’t score a touchdown all game. Wilson surrendered only one reception – a six-yard catch – on the night. Prior to Monday, he had never registered more than four pass breakups in one game.

“It was just, the more comfortable I get in the system, the more I can start making more plays,” said Wilson, who this offseason signed with his hometown Redskins after spending one year with Baltimore and three in Seattle. “I got the crash course of the defense real quick, and now it’s week 8 in my mind – Week 8 of being here – and I’m not having to rely on the safeties and can make calls myself. It’s just allowing me to be more free and concentrate on what the other team’s doing rather than thinking about what I’m doing.”

Wilson said gaining comfort to Washington’s defensive scheme required mild adjustments because while with the Ravens, he found himself in press coverage the majority of the time. But Haslett likes to mix up coverages, so Wilson and his fellow defensive backs will play man-to-man sometimes, zone other times and work to confuse a quarterback with their unpredictability.

Wilson said that he feels that in this system, he has a greater opportunity to make plays, but wishes that he could have only come up with a take-away against the Cowboys.

“It’s a lot of things I could’ve done even more to help the team. If I could’ve caught one of those [pass break ups], it would’ve changed the game,” Wilson said. “I definitely feel like I’m developing to where I want to be.”

Josh Wilson: Redskins’ fan base tops Ravens’

Mike Jones The Washington Post – The Insider August 22, 2011

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The Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens meet Thursday for their annual ‘Beltway Battle,’ an affair that the players don’t really see as a legitimate rivalry.

Redskins players see this week’s meeting as significant because it is the third preseason matchup – the game in which the starters play the most – and because they want to measure themselves against a playoff team like the Ravens.

The Ravens certainly have been the more successful team of the two, reaching the playoffs seven times in the last decade. Washington has reached the playoffs only twice since 2000.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh may see the game somewhat differently. Afterall, he said this summer that when it comes to fanbases, he wants the Ravens to “take control of this whole area. We’ll take over Washington D.C. while we’re at it.”

New Redskins’ cornerback Josh Wilson doesn’t know if that will ever happen, but he said as things currently stand, Washington wins when it comes to fan support.

Wilson grew up just outside of D.C., rooting for the Redskins. He played for Baltimore last season and said there is no comparison between the two fan bases.

“One thing about it, they have nowhere near the tradition of Redskins fans,” Wilson said with a grin. “...My uncle is 50-so years old and all they know are Redskins and you’d almost think somebody’s died when the Redskins have lost. And now I’m getting all these phone calls asking, ‘What do you think about this?’ and they think I’m going to give them all the insight, and I’m like, ‘Get out of here!’ But the Ravens have a strong fanbase up there. They’re growing and getting kind of that establishment that the Redskins already have.”

Wilson said he looks forward to facing the Ravens, however.

“It’s always a little something extra and a little more fun when you’re preparing to go against your friends,” Wilson said. “It should be fun going up there and seeing all those guys. Last week I heard they booed [former Ravens fullback] Le’Ron McClain, so I expect a lot more cheers this week than what you normally would get on an away game.”