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1 BLACK E10 DAILY 12-17-06 MD BD E10 BLACK

E10 Sunday, December 17, 2006 B x

RedskinsGameday By Jason La Canfora

1 REDSKINS (4-9) AT SAINTS (9-4) 1 P.M. AT LOUISIANA SUPERDOME » TV: WTTG-5 » 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: Saints by 9 ⁄2

REDSKINS ROSTER FIRST DOWN SECOND DOWN THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN SAINTS ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cold Brees Beware of Bush Betts Is Best Second-Half Woes No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. 3 John Carney PK 5-11 185 4 Derrick Frost P 6-4 208 have a 100 passer Should rookie LB Rocky McIntosh The only way to ensure the Saints Washington took a step toward 6 Shaun Suisham PK 6-0 205 4 PK 6-1 201 rating against Washington this make his first NFL start, he could end offense is on the sideline is to run the respectability last week and pitched a 8 QB 6-1 217 7 Steve Weatherford P 6-3 215 season, with rookies or journeyman up seeing a whole lot of another ball relentlessly. The Redskins have shutout in the second half while 11 Mike Espy WR 5-11 195 9 QB 6-0 209 15 Todd Collins QB 6-4 228 routinely posting season-best passing rookie on the flank on the weak side. done so for the better part of three scoring 10 points. It’s not much, but 10 Jamie Martin QB 6-2 205 17 QB 6-4 228 stats against them. Now they face winner is straight weeks, yet have only one win. this season it represents progress. 12 WR 6-4 231 21 S 6-2 231 Drew Brees, who is starting to look like the Betts has 326 yards the The Redskins have 18 WR 6-0 207 22 Carlos Rogers CB 5-11 199 having an MVP-type guy who crushed last two games, setting been outscored 19 WR 5-11 200 23 Troy Vincent DB 6-1 200 season. If Washington defenses in college, and career rushing marks in 141-97 in the second 20 Jay Bellamy S 5-11 200 24 Shawn Springs CB 6-0 204 can’t pressure him, when he catches balls consecutive weeks and half this season, while 21 Jason Craft CB 5-10 187 25 CB 6-1 207 Brees could be looking out of the backfield, topping 100 yards in the Saints have 168 22 Fred Thomas CB 5-9 185 29 Mike Rumph DB 6-2 205 at a big game. people tend to miss. three straight games. second-half points. 23 Omar Stoutmire S 5-11 205 31 RB 5-7 223 24 Bryan Scott S 6-1 219 32 Ade Jimoh CB 6-1 190 25 Reggie Bush RB 6-0 203 36 T.J. Duckett RB 6-0 254 26 Deuce McAllister RB 6-1 232 37 Reed Doughty S 6-1 210 27 RB 5-10 213 39 Vernon Fox DB 5-10 200 28 Dejuan Groce CB 5-10 192 40 S 6-0 223 29 S 6-1 207 45 Mike Sellers FB 6-3 260 30 Fred McAfee RB 5-10 197 46 RB 5-10 222 34 Mike McKenzie CB 6-0 194 47 Chris Cooley TE 6-3 265 Brees Emerges a Weapon 37 S 5-11 212 50 Khary Campbell LB 6-3 250 39 CB 6-2 210 52 Roger McIntosh LB 6-2 231 44 FB 5-11 258 53 Marcus Washington LB 6-3 247 After Surgery, Change 47 Kevin Houser LS 6-2 252 57 Warrick Holdman LB 6-1 235 Of Scenery 51 Terrence Melton LB 6-1 235 58 Jeff Posey LB 6-4 241 Flourishes With New Team 52 Jeff Faine C 6-3 291 60 T 6-5 310 Drew Brees’ 53 LB 6-0 245 61 Casey Rabach C 6-4 301 improvement 54 Danny Clark LB 6-2 245 ast January, Drew Brees faced a most uncertain 55 LB 6-5 250 62 Mike Pucillo OL 6-4 311 future. He was injured in the final game of the sea- this year in 64 DT 6-4 292 56 LB 6-1 238 son, required shoulder surgery and faced at least 58 LB 6-2 245 66 Derrick Dockery G 6-6 345 four months of recovery time. His team, the San 69 Jim Molinaro T 6-6 309 after leaving 61 G 6-2 322 LDiego Chargers, was shoving him aside and handing the 71 Ethan Albright LS 6-5 265 San Diego as 64 T 6-7 349 offense to first-round pick Philip Rivers, and the free 72 Taylor Whitley OL 6-4 305 a free agent: 66 Brian Young DT 6-2 298 73 Ryan Boschetti DT 6-4 300 agent waters might be murky given his medical condi- 67 G 6-4 328 74 OL 6-8 319 tion. 70 T 6-6 313 A year later, and Brees would not change a thing. He Completions 76 Jon Jansen T 6-6 306 Per Game 73 G 6-4 318 77 Randy Thomas G 6-5 306 has helped lift New Orleans to the cusp of an improbable 76 Jonathan Goodwin OL 6-3 318 80 David Patten WR 5-10 190 division title, is leading the NFL in passer rating and 24.4 77 DT 6-3 315 20.1 82 Antwaan Randle El WR 5-10 192 coming off a flawless performance in a systematic dis- 78 T 6-5 315 83 James Thrash WR 6-0 200 mantling of the on Sunday night, throw- 79 T 6-6 327 85 WR 6-0 192 ing five and no . Brees surely is 80 Mark Campbell TE 6-6 260 ’05 ’06 86 Brian Kozlowski TE 6-3 265 on the short list of most valuable player candidates and is 82 Marcellus Rivers TE 6-4 250 87 TE 6-4 262 leading a diverse attack that is beating teams with 83 Billy Miller TE 6-3 252 89 WR 5-10 185 short, intermediate and long passes. 84 Michael Lewis WR 5-8 173 92 Demetric Evans DE 6-3 280 In quarterback terms, Brees is having the 86 John Owens TE 6-3 255 Attempts 93 Phillip Daniels DE 6-5 285 equivalent of a Triple Crown season. He is 87 WR 6-1 213 Per Game 94 Anthony Montgomery DT 6-5 312 completing 66.4 percent of his passes (sec- 89 Jamal Jones WR 5-11 205 95 Joe Salave’a DT 6-3 295 ond to David Carr — 69.4 percent). Brees 36.8 91 Will Smith DE 6-3 282 96 Cornelius Griffin DT 6-3 300 leads the NFL with 4,033 passing yards 31.2 94 Charles Grant DE 6-3 290 97 Renaldo Wynn DE 6-3 292 and 25 touchdowns. His plus-15 touch- 96 Antwan Lake DT 6-4 308 98 Lemar Marshall LB 6-2 227 down-to- ratio also is best in 97 Josh Cooper DE 6-3 265 99 DE 6-4 265 the NFL, to say nothing of his 101.2 rat- 98 Willie Whitehead DE 6-3 300 ing. ’05 ’06 PROJECTED STARTERS Pretty hard to nitpick on any of that. PROJECTED STARTERS Brees is outperforming and OFFENSE OFFENSE . How long before fans start heading to the WR 89 Santana Moss Superdome with a Brees-like birthmark scribbled on their WR 19 Devery Henderson LT 60 Chris Samuels Passing Yards LT 70 Jammal Brown cheeks? Per Game LG 66 Derrick Dockery The quarterback is making everyone around him look LG 67 Jamar Nesbit C 61 Casey Rabach good. Eight Saints have caught passes, and 310.2 C 52 Jeff Faine RG 77 Randy Thomas six players have grabbed at least two passes for scores. RG 73 Jahri Evans RT 74 Todd Wade Four Saints have 654 receiving yards or more — a total RT 78 Jon Stinchcomb TE 47 Chris Cooley TE 80 Mark Campbell no Redskin has reached — and rookie Marques Colston, 223.5 WR 82 Antwaan Randle El a seventh-round pick from Hofstra, has emerged as one of WR 18 Terrance Copper QB 17 Jason Campbell the most unlikely primary targets in the NFL, with 59 QB 9 Drew Brees FB 45 Mike Sellers catches for 917 yards and seven touchdowns. RB 26 Deuce McAllister RB 46 Ladell Betts Rookie Reggie Bush, in turn, has boosted Brees’s sta- FB 44 Mike Karney tistics as well, taking screen passes in the flat and rum- DEFENSE bling 50 yards for scores. New Orleans is by far the most DEFENSE LE 93 Phillip Daniels explosive team in the NFL — six Saints have receptions RE 91 Will Smith LT 96 Cornelius Griffin NT 77 Rodney Leisle of 48 yards or longer — and three New Orleans players ’05 ’06 RT 64 Kedric Golston have touchdown grabs of 72 yards or more. DT 66 Brian Young RE 99 Andre Carter This is the kind of production the Redskins dreamed LE 94 Charles Grant SLB 53 Marcus Washington about when they scrapped their plans and brought in Al SLB 55 Scott Fujita MLB 98 Lemar Marshall Saunders to run the offense last January. And given the Touchdowns MLB 53 Mark Simoneau WLB 57 Warrick Holdman sorry state of their pass defense, the Saints could be Per Game WLB 58 Scott Shanle LCB 24 Shawn Springs LCB 34 Mike McKenzie poised for another productive day. 1.9 RCB 22 Carlos Rogers “You can imagine what we’re walking into,” Coach Joe 1.5 RCB 22 Fred Thomas SS 23 Troy Vincent Gibbs said. “For us, it’s going to be a real challenge.” SS 23 Omar Stoutmire FS 21 Sean Taylor ’05 ’06 FS 29 Josh Bullocks Brees’s Favorite Targets SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL TEAMS PK 6 Shaun Suisham Four players account for 73 percent of Drew Brees’s PK 3 John Carney P 4 Derrick Frost passing yards. A look at his favorite targets: Interceptions P 7 Steve Weatherford Name Rec. Yards TD Per Game Reggie Bush 79 687 2 .93 STATISTICS .76 STATISTICS Marques Colston 59 917 7 Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg Passing Cmp Att Yds TD Int Rtg Brunell 162 260 1789 8 4 86.5 Joe Horn 37 679 4 Drew Brees has the Saints ’05 ’06 Brees 318 479 4033 25 10 101.2 J. Campbell 63 122 713 6 5 68.8 on the playoff cusp. Team 318 481 4033 25 11 99.9 Team 226 384 2542 14 9 81.1 Devery Henderson 28 654 5 Opp. 222 394 2637 22 10 85.0 Opp. 231 384 2890 25 5 99.8 Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD Others 115 1,096 7 BY CHRIS GRAYTHEN — GETTY IMAGES McAllister 202 901 4.5 57 8 Betts 174 814 4.7 26 2 Bush 125 405 3.2 18 4 Portis 127 523 4.1 38t 7 Brees’s Totals 318 4,033 25 Team 378 1393 3.7 57 14 Team 392 1751 4.5 38t 9 Opp. 336 1713 5.1 77t 9 Opp. 395 1668 4.2 69t 4 Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD Receiving No. Yds Avg Lg TD Bush 79 687 8.7 74 2 Moss 43 621 14.4 68t 4 Colston 59 917 15.5 86t 7 Betts 42 315 7.5 25 0 Horn 37 679 18.4 72t 4 Cooley 41 528 12.9 66t 5 Henderson 28 654 23.4 76t 5 Randle El 28 284 10.1 34t 3 McAllister 27 164 6.1 24 0 Lloyd 21 335 16.0 52 0 Team 318 4033 12.7 86t 25 Team 226 2542 11.2 74 14 Opp. 222 2637 11.9 60t 22 Opp. 231 2890 12.5 84t 25 KEY MATCHUPS REDSKINS REWIND INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. INTs No. Yds TD Sacks No. M. McKenzie 2 54 0 Smith 10.5 Taylor 1 25 0 A. Carter 3.0 SAINTS RT JONATHAN STINCHCOMB vs. REDSKINS DE ANDRE CARTER The Washington Redskins lost to the Fujita 2 19 0 Grant 6.0 Springs 1 4 0 Daniels 3.0 Bullocks 2 14 0 Young 4.5 Daniels 1 0 0 Evans 2.0 After a miserable first half, Carter seems to be finding his , 24-20, the last time Stoutmire 2 10 0 H.Thomas 3.5 Wright 1 0 0 Marshall 1.5 niche in Washington’s defense. The weight of being signed the teams played Nov. 30, 2003, at FedEx Craft 1 0 0 Shanle 3.0 Fox 1 -4 0 Washingtn 1.5 Simoneau 1 0 0 Fujita 2.5 Team 5 25 0 Team 15.0 to a massive free agent contract, coupled with his slow start, Field. The Redskins lost for the seventh Team 10 97 0 Team 35.0 Opp. 9 279 2 Opp. 17.0 seemed to sap Carter’s confidence, but he is coming off his time in eight games, fell to 4-8 and ensured Opp. 11 162 3 Opp. 15.0 Punting No. Avg. Net In20 two best games of the season and making plays on the edge, themselves of a second straight Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Frost 66 42.3 35.8 20 Carney 0 39-40 19-21 0 96 Team 67 41.7 35.8 20 something in painfully short supply for the Redskins. They non-winning season under then-coach McAllister 9 0-0 0-0 0 54 Opp. 63 42.2 34.3 16 need to get to Brees to have much of a chance, and Carter . Bush 7 0-0 0-0 0 42 Scoring TD XP-Att FG-Att S Pts Colston 7 0-0 0-0 0 42 Portis 7 0-0 0-0 0 42 gives them their best option for doing that at this point. He’s Washington failed to hold a Team 42 41-42 19-21 0 352 Hall 0 9-9 9-11 0 36 lined up against a first-year starter, and, with the Redskins fourth-quarter lead for a third straight Opp. 34 34-34 10-14 0 268 Cooley 5 1-1 0-0 0 32 Moss 4 1-1 0-0 0 26 eliminated from the playoffs, has no reason not to go all out. week. The Redskins went ahead, 20-17, Team 25 24-24 18-26 1 232 REDSKINS LT CHRIS SAMUELS vs. SAINTS DE WILL SMITH after a 49-yard field goal by John Hall with Opp. 31 28-31 26-29 1 295 Smith has developed into a beast in his third NFL season. 12 minutes 53 seconds to play. But the 1 INJURY REPORT He has 10 ⁄2 sacks and has watched defenses knock down Saints answered with a 52-yard kickoff passes and rattle Jason Campbell with the blitz. Samuels is return before quarterback Aaron Brooks DOUBTFUL INJURY REPORT charged with watching Campbell’s blind side, and he has completed a 15-yard touchdown to tight WR Joe Horn (Groin) fared well of late, although he inadvertently tripped the end Boo Williams with 9:38 to play. QUESTIONABLE DOUBTFUL passer last week, leading to a sack. Winning the line of BY JONATHAN NEWTON — THE WASHINGTON POST The defense gave up 165 rushing yards S Omar Stoutmire (Knee), T Jon Jansen (Calf) scrimmage will be crucial for Washington, and with Jansen Andre Carter is coming off his two best to Deuce McAllister, including 122 during TE Mark Campbell (Knee) PROBABLE probably out it’s likely that more double teams will be games of the season and will be a key the first half. PROBABLE C Casey Rabach (Hand) necessary on the right side, leaving Samuels on his own. component to stopping Drew Brees. — Gene Wang RB Aaron Stecker (Hamstring)

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