Childress Tries to Right the Ship

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1 VIKINGS (0-0) AT REDSKINS (0-0) 7 P.M. AT FEDEX FIELD » TV: ESPN, WDCA-20 » RADIO: WWXX (92.7 FM), WWXT (94.3 FM), WGRQ (95.9 FM), WSMD (98.3 FM), WFRE (99.9 FM), WXTR (730 AM), WNAV (1430 AM) » LINE: Redskins by 4 ⁄2

VIKINGS ROSTER FIRST DOWN SECOND DOWN THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN REDSKINS ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Fundamental Football Cover Corner Sage Saunders Can They Kick It? No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Maurice Mann WR 6-1 191 4 Derrick Frost P 6-4 208 5 Chris Kluwe P 6-4 215 The penalties, poor passes, drops and With Shawn Springs out, and Vikings Fans have been waiting all offseason Punter Derrick Frost, who now 8 Mark Brunell QB 6-1 217 7 Tarvaris Jackson QB 6-1 232 turnovers that marred the preseason Coach Brad Childress pass-happy, the to get a taste of what Al Saunders’s handles kickoffs, and oft-injured place 10 John Hall K 6-3 240 8 Ryan Longwell K 6-0 200 can not linger. A sound first quarter, secondary could come under attack. high-voltage offense will look like. He kicker John Hall became major plots in 15 Todd Collins QB 6-4 228 9 Brooks Bollinger QB 6-1 205 with a crisp offensive drive and the Carlos Rogers is one starter, while revealed nothing in the preseason but the preseason. Their ability to produce 17 Jason Campbell QB 6-4 228 12 Billy McMullen WR 6-4 215 typical defensive bite Kenny Wright and Mike must be itching to remains a concern to 20 Pierson Prioleau S 5-11 188 14 Brad Johnson QB 6-5 225 would go a ways Rumph, deemed unleash wide receivers many in Redskins 21 Sean Taylor S 6-2 231 20 Greg Blue S 6-2 216 toward ending any expendable by Jackson- Santana Moss, Antwaan Nation, and the 22 Carlos Rogers CB 5-11 199 21 Fred Smoot CB 5-11 174 concerns over the 0-4 ville and San Francisco, Randle El and Brandon scrutiny could be 23 Reed Doughty S 6-1 210 22 Artose Pinner RB 5-10 235 preseason record. fill in at the other spot. Lloyd tonight. Right? ongoing. 24 Shawn Springs CB 6-0 204 23 Cedric Griffin CB 6-0 203 Who’s going to step up? 25 Kenny Wright CB 6-1 207 24 Dwight Smith S 5-10 201 26 Clinton Portis RB 5-11 205 26 Antoine Winfield CB 5-9 180 29 Mike Rumph DB 6-2 205 27 Ronyell Whitaker CB 5-9 196 30 Neh. Broughton FB 5-11 250 28 Rashad Baker S 5-10 198 31 Rock Cartwright RB 5-7 223 29 Chester Taylor RB 5-11 213 32 Ade Jimoh CB 6-1 190 30 Mewelde Moore RB 5-11 209 36 T.J. Duckett RB 6-0 254 31 Will Hunter CB 5-10 190 39 Vernon Fox DB 5-10 200 35 Ciatrick Fason RB 6-0 207 Childress Tries to Right the Ship 40 Adam Archuleta S 6-0 223 40 Jim Kleinsasser TE 6-3 274 45 Mike Sellers FB 6-3 260 42 Darren Sharper S 6-2 210 46 Ladell Betts RB 5-10 222 45 Richard Owens FB 6-4 273 Vikings’ New Coach 47 Chris Cooley TE 6-3 265 46 Cullen Loeffler LS 6-5 241 RYAN LONGWELL 50 Khary Campbell LB 6-3 250 49 Tony Richardson RB 6-1 238 Has Revamped Offense PLACE KICKER 52 Roger McIntosh LB 6-2 231 51 Ben Leber LB 6-3 255 53 M. Washington LB 6-3 247 54 D.Thomas LB 6-2 241 When a first-time NFL coach has to spend a Another newcomer brings a strong leg to a 57 Warrick Holdman LB 6-1 235 55 Jason Glenn LB 6-0 231 significant portion of his time cleaning up his team that could struggle to 58 Jeff Posey LB 6-4 241 56 E.J. Henderson LB 6-1 245 team’s image, it’s not a good sign. In recent get in the end zone 60 Chris Samuels T 6-5 310 58 Napoleon Harris LB 6-2 255 years the Vikings have been embarrassed by against Gregg 61 Casey Rabach C 6-4 301 59 Heath Farwell LB 6-0 235 the Love Boat cruise, former coach Mike Tice Williams’s defense. 62 Mike Pucillo OL 6-4 311 62 Ryan Cook C 6-6 328 being caught scalping his Super Bowl tickets, Johnson is not very 64 Kedric Golston DT 6-4 292 64 Anthony Herrera G 6-2 315 various players being arrested for assault, mobile, and figures to 66 Derrick Dockery G 6-6 345 65 Jason Whittle G 6-4 305 running back Onterrio Smith getting see a heavy blitz. 69 Jim Molinaro T 6-6 309 72 Marcus Johnson T 6-6 321 caught with the Original Whizzinator, 71 Ethan Albright LS 6-5 265 73 Steve Edwards G 6-5 330 and the faces of the franchise, Randy 72 Tyson Walter OL 6-4 303 74 Bryant McKinnie OT 6-8 343 Moss and Daunte Culpepper, de- 73 Ryan Boschetti DT 6-4 300 75 Mike Rosenthal T 6-7 315 parting amid controversy. Coach 74 Todd Wade OL 6-8 319 76 Steve Hutchinson G 6-5 313 Brad Childress walked into all 76 Jon Jansen T 6-6 306 78 Matt Birk C 6-4 308 of that, then saw long-trou- 77 Randy Thomas G 6-5 306 79 Artis Hicks G 6-4 335 bled wide receiver Koren 80 David Patten WR 5-10 190 82 Troy Williamson WR 6-1 203 Robinson arrested again 82 A. Randle El WR 5-10 192 83 Jeff Dugan TE 6-4 258 for DUI (he was cut) and 83 James Thrash WR 6-0 200 85 Jermaine Wiggins TE 6-2 260 MARCUS ROBINSON had a starting safety 85 Brandon Lloyd WR 6-0 192 87 Marcus Robinson WR 6-3 215 WIDE RECEIVER cited for indecent con- 88 Christian Fauria TE 6-4 250 89 Travis Taylor WR 6-1 210 duct with a woman in a Like WR Travis Taylor, he’s a castoff from the 89 Santana Moss WR 5-10 185 91 Ray Edwards DE 6-4 268 92 Demetric Evans DE 6-3 280 93 Kevin Williams DT 6-5 304 public place. offensively bereft Ravens, which is never a Good luck. good sign, but the 6-foot-3 Robinson has a 93 Phillip Daniels DE 6-5 285 94 Pat Williams DT 6-3 317 94 A. Montgomery DT 6-5 312 95 Kenechi Udeze DE 6-3 281 Childress’s goal is to knack for pulling down jump balls. With top make fans pay atten- cornerback Shawn 95 Joe Salave’a DT 6-3 295 96 Ross Kolodziej DT 6-3 292 96 Cornelius Griffin DT 6-3 300 tion to the on-field Springs likely out for this 97 Spencer Johnson DT 6-3 286 97 Renaldo Wynn DE 6-3 292 product for a change. game, there could be a 98 Darrion Scott DE 6-3 289 98 Lemar Marshall LB 6-2 227 The perennially me- matchup problem. 99 Erasmus James DE 6-4 266 99 Andre Carter DE 6-4 265 diocre franchise has revamped its entire offense and will not PROJECTED STARTERS utilize much of the PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE West Coast system Chil- OFFENSE WR 82 Troy Williamson dress took to the Super WR 89 Santana Moss LT 74 Bryant McKinnie Bowl as offensive coordina- LT 60 Chris Samuels LG 76 Steve Hutcinson tor with Philadelphia. That means us- LG 66 Derrick Dockery ing the pass to set up the run, lots of C 78 Matt Birk C 61 Casey Rabach short passes to the running backs and RG 79 Artis Hicks CHESTER TAYLOR RG 77 Randy Thomas spreading the field wide with the re- RT 72 Marcus Johnson RUNNING BACK RT 76 Jon Jansen ceivers. Newcomer Chester Taylor, a TE 40 Jim Kleinsasser TE 47 Chris Cooley longtime reserve with Baltimore, Childress sees him as a potential WR 89 Travis Taylor WR 85 Brandon Lloyd will be the featured back in the doppelganger for Westbrook, a player who QB 14 Brad Johnson mold of the Eagles’ Brian West- has given the Redskins QB 8 Mark Brunell RB 29 Chester Taylor brook, but with few notable re- some fits over the years. RB 46 Ladell Betts FB 49 Tony Richardson ceivers and solid if unspectac- He can line up all over FB 45 Mike Sellers ular quarterback Brad the place and might be DEFENSE Johnson, a 37-year-old for- tough for a linebacker DEFENSE LE 95 Kenechi Udeze mer Redskin, it might be to cover. RE 93 Phillip Daniels LDT 94 Pat Williams unwise to expect too much LT 96 Cornelius Griffin RDT 93 Kevin Williams too soon. The team does RT 95 Joe Salave’a DE 99 Erasmus James boast a strong offensive LE 99 Andre Carter MLB 58 Napoleon Harris line, however, which is al- SLB 53 Marcus Washington WLB 56 E.J. Henderson ways a great place to start. MLB 98 Lemar Marshall SLB 51 Ben Leber WLB 57 Warrick Holdman LCB 26 Antoine Winfield BRAD JOHNSON LCB 25 Kenny Wright RCB 21 Fred Smoot QUARTERBACK RCB 22 Carlos Rogers SS 42 Darren Sharper HANDICAPPING TONY RICHARDSON SS 40 Adam Archuleta FS 24 Dwight Smith THE VIKINGS’ BY STEPHEN DUNN — GETTY IMAGES FULLBACK FS 21 Sean Taylor SPECIAL TEAMS OFFENSE Should the Vikings get near the end zone, this SPECIAL TEAMS PK 8 Ryan Longwell Pro Bowl fullback, another new addition, PK 10 John Hall P 5 Chris Kluwe stands to get carries. P 4 Derrick Frost Most likely to score Great lead blocker who can get it done with the 2005 STATISTICS ball in his hands in 2005 STATISTICS Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg Least likely to score short-yardage Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg B. Johnson 184 294 1885 12 4 88.9 Brunell 262 454 3050 23 10 85.9 Culpepper 139 216 1564 6 12 72.0 situations. Ramsey 15 25 279 1 1 95.3 Team 323 510 3449 18 16 81.7 Team 278 481 3346 25 11 87.0 Opp. 319 533 3539 23 24 75.2 Opp. 291 535 3318 15 16 70.1 RUSHING Att Yds. Avg Lg TD Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. Lg TD Moore 155 662 4.3 33 1 Portis 352 1516 4.3 47t 11 M. Bennett 126 473 3.8 61t 3 Betts 89 338 3.8 22 1 Culpepper 24 147 6.1 18 1 Cartwright 27 199 7.4 52 2 TEAM 381 1467 3.9 61t 10 TEAM 525 2183 4.2 52 15 OPPONENTS 462 1841 4.0 71t 14 OPPONENTS 411 1686 4.1 72t 15 Receiving No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD Receiving No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD Wiggins 69 568 8.2 24 1 INJURIES KEY MATCHUPS REDSKINS’ SCHEDULE Moss 84 1483 17.7 78t 9 T. Taylor 50 604 12.1 31 4 Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Cooley 71 774 10.9 32 7 Moore 37 339 9.2 29 2 VIKINGS Vikings WR Marcus Robinson vs. Redskins T Jon Jansen Portis 30 216 7.2 23 0 M. Robinson 31 515 16.6 68 5 Today Vikings 7 Nov. 12 at Eagles 1 Patten 22 217 9.9 32 0 Burleson 30 328 10.9 20 1 Probable: RB Redskins CBs Kenny Wright and Mike vs. Vikings DE Kenechi Udeze Royal 18 131 7.3 29 1 M. Bennett 27 124 4.6 20 2 Mewelde Moore Rumph Jansen and the entire line Sunday at Cowboys 8:15 Nov. 19 at Bucs 1 Thrash 14 194 13.9 41 0 Williamson 24 372 15.5 56 2 (knee), CB Fred Robinson (6 feet 3) can make struggled in their last real Sellers 12 72 6.0 19t 7 K. Robinson 22 347 15.8 80t 1 Sept. 24 at Texans 1 Jacobs 11 100 9.1 24 0 Kleinsasser 22 171 7.8 15 0 Smoot (ribs) something out of nothing on high test of the preseason — Nov. 26 Panthers 1 TEAM 278 3346 12.0 78t 25 TEAM 323 3449 10.7 80t 18 REDSKINS passes to the corner of the end zone, three quarters at New Oct. 1 Jaguars 4:15 OPPONENTS 291 3318 11.4 70t 15 OPPONENTS 319 3539 11.1 70t 23 Dec. 3 Falcons 1 Interceptions No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD Interceptions No. Yds. Avg. Lg TD Doubtful: CB Shawn and will probably see a lot of Wright, England — and he is Marshall 4 55 13.8 27 1 Sharper 9 276 30.7 92t 2 Springs (abdomen) who is 6-1. With running against the coming off a season in Oct. 8 at Giants 1 Dec. 10 Eagles 1 Clark 3 10 3.3 6 0 B. Williams 4 59 14.8 31 0 Questionable: RB Redskins usually quite difficult, an which he broke both Taylor 2 34 17.0 32 0 Winfield 4 5 1.3 4 0 Oct. 15 Titans 1 Dec. 17 at Saints 1 Rogers 2 14 7.0 14 0 Chavous 2 0 0.0 0 0 Clinton Portis aerial attack might be the best thumbs. Udeze is a handful, Washington 1 41 41.0 41 0 Smoot 2 0 0.0 0 0 Oct. 22 at Colts 4:15 Patterson 1 20 20.0 20 0 Edwards 1 51 51.0 51t 1 (shoulder) approach, and each of these veterans and Washington knows that Dec. 24 at Rams 1 Springs 1 2 2.0 2 0 Newman 1 1 1.0 1 0 Probable: DE will be making his debut for keeping starting Oct. 29 Bye week Griffin 1 0 0.0 0 0

Offord 1 0 0.0 0 0 Renaldo Wynn Washington on a Monday night, quarterback Mark Brunell Dec. 30 Giants 8 Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 24 392 16.3 92t 3 TEAM 16 176 11.0 41 1

OPPONENTS 16 220 13.8 55 0 (ankle) which might cause a butterfly or two. upright is a must. Nov. 5 Cowboys 1 OPPONENTS 11 183 16.6 36 1 9BLACK E9