Mike Shanahan is introduced as Washington Redskins Head Coach.
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Mike Shanahan joins the Washington Redskins on Wednesday as head coach and executive vice president with five year contract, $35 million contract.
Shanahan had back to back Super Bowl wins after the 1997 and ’98 seasons and made the playoffs in 7 of his 14 seasons with the Denver Broncos, but was fired a year ago after Denver missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year.
“It’s been a good year off for me to sit back and really evaluate,” Shanahan said. “I’ve enjoyed watching more games and doing things that I’ve never done before, and at the same time, very anxious to get back.”
Washington Redskins’ Clinton Portis feels confident that even though his recent concussion is responsible for removing him from playing on the field for several games and ending his season early, it will not end his career.
The running back appeared at a charity event Tuesday and was asked about remarks he made last week, when he sounded as if he could be contemplating the end of his career.
Portis replied: “I don’t think for one second this could be career ending.”
Portis referred to his comments a week ago as the possible end of his career with the Washington Redskins and that he looking towards some big changes in the off season.
If there’s been one moment that epitomizes the New Orleans Saints’ football season, it came last Sunday afternoon outside the nation’s capital. With under two minutes to play and a seven-point lead, the Washington Redskins drove deep into New Orleans’ territory and set up for a chip shot field goal to put the game on ice.
It seemed certain the Saints’ 11-game winning streak was about to come to an end. But in a stunning turn of events, the Redskins’ kicker pushed the ball wide right. The Saints marched down he length of the field in less than a minute to tie the game and then prevail in overtime.
“I do remember, when we would finish those games, if it was home or away or if you won or lost, it didn’t matter,” Zorn said. “You weren’t smiling after the game.”
Zorn first described the rivalry as a “dog fight”, and then changed his description to “hard core” because he didn’t think he should say dogfight in “this politically correct world.”
Because so many NFL players have a live, unfiltered feed to their fans through Twitter, Sunday afternoons and evenings make for an entertaining cap to each week.
Nobody can blame him really. Notre Dame’s junior quarterback will skip his final year of eligibility and head to the NFL.
According to Tom Friend of ESPN the Magazine, Clausen is taking the advice of the coach that recruited him, Charlie Weis. Weis, who was relieved of his head coaching duties last week, advised that Clausen take his football career to the next level right now. This should not a surprising, given Notre Dame’s current state of unbalance in the program.
In fact many juniors in the college game may decide to declare themselves eligible for the NFL draft this year, perhaps in record numbers. Why? Labor negotiations.
Despite the lucky breaks they enjoyed all game, the New Orleans Saints’ bid for an unbeaten season was all but cooked. The Washington Redskins, leading by seven, nursed the ball into range for an easy field goal that would put the game away with less than two minutes to play.
Then Shaun Suisham missed. Wide right from 23 yards out.
“We thought he would make it,” Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma said.
The Detroit Lions nineteen game losing streak is over. On Sunday afternoon at Ford Field in Detroit the Lions held on for a 19-14 win over the Washington Redskins. The Lions hadn’t won a game since December 23, 2007 and had already tied the second longest losing streak in NFL history. Their run of futility included a 0-16 mark in 2008, the first winless season since the NFL expanded its schedule to sixteen games.
