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The Washington Post x B Sunday, October 28, 2007 D7

RedskinsGameday By Gene Wang

1 REDSKINS (4-2) VS. PATRIOTS (7-0) 4:15 P.M. AT » TV: WTTG-5, WBFF-45 » RADIO: WWXX (92.7 FM), WWXT (94.3 FM), WBIG (100.3 FM), WXTR (730 AM) » LINE: Patriots by 16 ⁄2

REDSKINS ROSTER FIRST DOWN SECOND DOWN THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN PATRIOTS ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Ball Control Rough Up Randy Pressure Brady Crowd Control No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. 4 Derrick Frost P 6-4 208 The Patriots have perhaps the NFL’s is in the Patriots has The fans at Gillette Stadium are going 3 PK 6-1 210 6 Shaun Suisham PK 6-0 205 best passing attack, so it will be midst of a career resurgence since thrown 27 passes and two to be charged up to see their team at 6 Chris Hanson P 6-2 202 8 QB 6-1 217 important for the Redskins to win time joining the Patriots in the offseason. thanks to plenty of time home for the first time in three weeks. 7 Matt Gutierrez QB 6-4 230 15 Todd Collins QB 6-4 228 of possession and keep New England’s Moss has caught passes in double- in the pocket. Brady has been sacked The Patriots played their past two 10 Jabar Gaffney WR 6-1 200 17 QB 6-5 233 offense off the field. Redskins Coach and triple-coverage this season, so the seven times through seven games, games on the road. The Redskins 12 Tom Brady QB 6-4 225 20 S 5-11 188 ’s blueprint for winning has Redskins’ best defense is to try to and the only team to sack him would be well-suited to score early 15 Kelley Washington WR 6-3 215 21 S 6-2 212 been to run the ball and control the bump him off of his routes at the line multiple times was the Cowboys two and try to limit New England’s 16 QB 6-4 230 22 Carlos Rogers CB 6-0 194 clock, and more of both is needed of scrimmage and be physical with weeks ago. If the three-time Super home-field advantage as much as 18 Donte’ Stallworth WR 6-0 200 24 CB 6-0 200 today. That means a him whenever possible. Bowl champion gets possible. Washington 21 CB 5-11 190 26 RB 5-11 223 heavy dose of Clinton He’s most likely going to comfortable in the has enough to contend 22 CB 5-10 185 27 Fred Smoot CB 5-11 192 Portis and Ladell Betts, catch the ball when he pocket, he’ll exploit the with in the Patriots’ 23 DB 5-10 190 29 CB 6-0 179 24 Mel Mitchell III S 6-1 225 with Mike Sellers in gets downfield, so make Redskins’ secondary offense and defense, 30 LaRon Landry S 6-0 213 26 Eugene Wilson DB 5-10 195 some short-yardage it difficult for him to get with the intermediate much less having to 31 RB 5-8 218 27 CB 5-9 195 37 S 6-1 209 situations. there in the first place. and deep ball. worry about noise. 31 S 5-11 200 38 David Macklin CB 5-10 206 32 Rashad Baker S 5-10 198 39 Vernon Fox S 5-10 203 33 RB 5-8 202 45 Mike Sellers FB 6-3 284 34 Sammy Morris RB 6-0 220 46 Ladell Betts RB 5-11 225 36 James Sanders S 5-10 210 47 TE 6-3 249 37 S 6-1 220 50 Khary Campbell LB 6-3 232 38 FB 5-11 237 52 Rocky McIntosh LB 6-2 232 39 RB 5-11 220 53 Marcus Washington LB 6-3 248 44 FB 6-0 250 54 H.B. Blades LB 5-10 236 50 LB 6-4 261 57 Randall Godfrey LB 6-2 245 52 Eric Alexander LB 6-2 240 59 LB 5-10 245 53 LB 5-10 228 60 T 6-5 310 54 LB 6-1 247 61 Casey Rabach C 6-4 296 55 LB 6-3 250 62 Mike Pucillo OL 6-4 306 58 Pierre Woods LB 6-5 250 64 DT 6-4 320 59 LB 6-3 250 66 Pete Kendall OL 6-5 292 61 G 6-4 305 67 Ethan Albright LS 6-5 257 65 Wesley Britt T 6-8 320 69 Jason Fabini OL 6-7 309 66 LS 6-2 260 71 Todd Wade OL 6-8 314 67 C 6-2 296 73 Ryan Boschetti DT 6-4 311 68 Ryan O’Callaghan T 6-7 330 74 Stephon Heyer OL 6-6 320 70 G 6-4 310 75 Rick DeMulling OL 6-4 310 71 G/C 6-4 305 77 Randy Thomas G 6-5 317 72 T 6-4 305 78 Kevin Sampson OL 6-4 312 74 Billy Yates G 6-2 305 79 DT 6-1 300 75 DL 6-2 325 80 Keenan McCardell WR 6-1 188 77 T 6-4 315 82 WR 5-10 190 81 Randy Moss WR 6-4 210 83 James Thrash WR 6-0 204 82 Marcellus Rivers TE 6-4 250 85 WR 6-0 200 83 WR 5-9 185 86 Reche Caldwell WR 6-0 210 84 TE 6-3 255 87 Todd Yoder TE 6-4 253 88 TE 6-6 280 PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES AND ASSOCIATED PRESS 89 WR 5-10 200 90 DL 6-1 308 92 Demetric Evans DE 6-3 275 New England has gotten solid production from its newcomers, former Ravens , left, Sammy Morris, top 92 DL 6-4 305 93 Phillip Daniels DE 6-4 276 right, who is now injured, and reserve Kyle Brady. “Their organization really speaks for itself,” Randy Moss said of the Patriots. 94 DL 6-5 300 94 Anthony Montgomery DT 6-6 315 95 DL 6-4 295 95 Chris Wilson DE 6-4 240 96 Adalius Thomas LB 6-2 270 96 Cornelius Griffin DT 6-3 311 97 DL 6-3 285 99 DE 6-4 252 Good Signs, Bad Signs 99 Mike Wright DL 6-4 295 PROJECTED STARTERS PROJECTED STARTERS OFFENSE On the Free Agent Road, Redskins and Patriots Take Divergent Paths OFFENSE WR 89 Santana Moss WR 18 Donte’ Stallworth LT 60 Chris Samuels he have been the NFL’s most dominant agent . The Redskins made him the highest-paid safe- LT 72 Matt Light LG 66 Pete Kendall LG 70 Logan Mankins C 61 Casey Rabach franchise this decade largely because of shrewd personnel de- ty in NFL history, giving him a $10 million signing bonus, and he cisions. Scott Pioli, the Patriots’ vice president of player per- wound up on the bench behind and Vernon Fox. C 67 Dan Koppen RG 69 Jason Fabini RG 61 Stephen Neal RT 71 Todd Wade sonnel, has made the right call in just about every instance, The Redskins traded Archuleta to the Bears this past offseason for a andT New England is 7-0 after some significant offseason moves. sixth-round pick. Archuleta reworked his contract with Chicago to be RT 77 Nick Kaczur TE 47 Chris Cooley “How many players can you ask in the league that wouldn’t want to more -friendly, and the Bears reportedly are paying him $1.8 TE 84 Benjamin Watson WR 82 Antwaan Randle El WR 81 Randy Moss QB 17 Jason Campbell come up here and play for the New England Patriots?” said wide re- million over three years. The Redskins, meantime, are absorbing a ceiver Randy Moss, whom the Patriots acquired for a fourth-round one-time $4.5 million salary cap hit this season on Archuleta. QB 12 Tom Brady FB 45 Mike Sellers RB 39 Laurence Maroney RB 26 Clinton Portis draft pick this past offseason. “Like I said, their organization really The Patriots have been the virtual polar opposite of Washington on speaks for itself. You don’t have to really go out and ask Mike Vra- the free agent front. This past offseason, the Patriots signed line- FB 44 Heath Evans DEFENSE bel, Tom Brady, , you don’t have to ask those backer Adalius Thomas, running back Sammy Morris and guys about the organization because the organization speaks tight end Kyle Brady. Thomas made an immediate impact DEFENSE LE 93 Phillip Daniels DE 94 Ty Warren LT 96 Cornelius Griffin for itself.” when in Week 2 he returned an 65 yards for a Moss is leading the league in receiving yards and touch- touchdown in a 38-14 victory over the Chargers. DT 75 Vince Wilfork RT 94 Anthony Montgomery DE 97 Jarvis Green RE 99 Andre Carter downs. More recently, Kyle Brady caught a two-yard touch- The Redskins, on the other hand, have missed on down pass from Tom Brady during Sunday’s 49-28 tri- OLB 50 Mike Vrabel SLB 53 Marcus Washington some significant acquisitions and have umph over division rival Miami. Kyle Brady was fill- ILB 96 Adalius Thomas MLB 59 London Fletcher been capricious with their draft ing in for injured starter Benjamin Watson. ILB 54 Tedy Bruschi WLB 52 Rocky McIntosh picks. Perhaps most notable was Morris also had been productive as a OLB 59 Rosevelt Colvin LCB 24 Shawn Springs dealing a third-round pick last substitute for injured starter Lau- LCB 22 Asante Samuel RCB 22 Carlos Rogers year and a fourth-rounder this rence Maroney. Signed as a RCB 27 Ellis Hobbs SS 30 LaRon Landry year to the free agent in March, Morris FS 26 Eugene Wilson FS 21 Sean Taylor 49ers for wide receiver had consecutive 100-yard SS 36 James Sanders Brandon Lloyd. rushing games before a chest SPECIAL TEAMS Lloyd has been a huge dis- injury sent him to the bench SPECIAL TEAMS PK 6 Shaun Suisham appointment. He has one catch two weeks ago. PK 3 Stephen Gostkowski P 4 Derrick Frost this season, and last season he finished with 23 P 6 Chris Hanson catches for 365 yards. He has not caught a touch- Moss, another first-year Patriot, is leading the NFL down since he joined the Redskins. in receiving yards and . STATISTICS Washington also missed badly last season on free BY AL MESSERSCHMIDT — GETTY IMAGES STATISTICS Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg Campbell 100 168 1181 5 5 78.5 Brady 169 229 2125 27 2 137.9 Team 100 168 1181 5 5 78.5 Team 170 232 2140 27 3 135.0 Opp. 136 228 1268 5 8 67.7 Opp. 136 226 1438 9 10 73.6 Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Portis 104 406 3.9 19t 5 Morris 85 384 4.5 49 3 Betts 44 126 2.9 13 0 Maroney 60 283 4.7 19 0 Team 193 688 3.6 20 7 CAMPBELL’S CORNER | THE REDSKINS QB’S TAKE ON THE PATRIOTS Team 224 934 4.2 49 5 Opp. 139 484 3.5 27 3 Opp. 148 649 4.4 30 4 Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD The Patriots are one of two un- what we can do better to improve standing job over the years of win- Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD Randle El 23 422 18.3 54 0 Welker 47 524 11.1 36 5 Cooley 20 188 9.4 28 4 defeated teams in the NFL and have ourselves.” ning a lot of games, so I think it’s just Moss 44 732 16.6 51t 10 Moss 14 207 14.8 49 0 been blowing out opponents. To- something where they’re used to Stallworth 22 367 16.7 69t 3 Portis 14 102 7.3 22 0 day’s game probably will be the Red- playing together like that.” Watson 18 222 12.3 35 5 Sellers 10 61 6.1 24 1 Faulk 15 133 8.9 23 0 Team 100 1181 11.8 54 5 skins’ most difficult of the season: The Patriots are perhaps the most Team 170 2140 12.6 69t 27 Opp. 136 1268 9.3 60 5 “It’s a huge challenge. Each week balanced team in the league. The of- Opp. 136 1438 10.6 36 9 INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. Taylor 5 98 0 Carter 5.0 for us in the NFL it’s a different chal- fense, defense and special teams New England’s defense can be just Samuel 3 49 0 Vrabel 3.5 Fletcher 2 36 1 Washington 3.0 lenge. You never know from week to have contributed with big plays in as dominant as its offense, and Seau 3 28 0 Green 3.0 Rogers 1 61 1 McIntosh 2.0 Gay 2 31 0 Bruschi 2.0 McIntosh 0 -4 0 Griffin 1.5 week how things are going to go. virtually every game: Campbell said he expects to see A. Thomas 1 65 1 Colvin 2.0 Team 8 191 2 Team 16.0 The one thing that we continue to do “They don’t have any weaknesses. many formations today: Colvin 1 4 0 Harrison 2.0 Opp. 5 67 0 Opp. 9.0 is just try to continue to keep prog- When you’re in the top five in offense “They do multiple looks. They T. Warren 2.0 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 Team 10 177 1 Team 19.0 Frost 35 42.1 37.6 11 ress. Last week we didn’t progress to and defense, there are no weakness- give you a lot of different looks. . . . Opp. 3 58 1 Opp. 7.0 Team 35 42.1 37.6 11 the point where we thought we want- es. You just have to go out and play One thing they do a lot is move Punting No. Avg. Net In20 Opp. 36 43.2 35.6 8 Hanson 16 40.3 35.8 4 Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts ed to be at, but we get a lot of guys the game. The one thing they’re do- around. They try to cause a little con- Team 16 40.3 35.8 4 Suisham 0 13-13 7-10 0 34 back and continue working together. ing very well is when you’re winning fusion up front by just moving BY MATT SLOCUM — ASSOCIATED PRESS Opp. 35 47.3 39.0 7 Portis 5 0-0 0-0 0 30 It’s still a long season. We still have a lot, it can become contagious, and around and just trying to get their Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Cooley 4 1-1 0-0 0 26 Jason Campbell has plenty of Gostkowski 0 36-36 9-10 0 63 Sellers 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 10 regular season games to go, so it passes on from player to player to guys lined up in certain places so Patriots defenders to worry about, Moss 10 0-0 0-0 0 60

Team 14 14-14 7-10 1 122 what we have to do now is just see player. I think they’ve done an out- they will try to get an advantage.” including Ty Warren (94). Team 36 36-36 9-10 0 279 Opp. 9 7-9 9-12 0 88 Opp. 15 15-15 5-5 0 120

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