Technorati: Discussion about “ 'It's Been Hard,' Redskins' Thomas Says of Rookie Year”

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Needing four yards on third down, quarterback Jason Campbell threw a short pass to Thomas, but he ran</p> </blockquote> <div class="meta"> <span class="updated"> 18 days ago</span> </div> </div> <div class="source"> <h2 class="subject"><a href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/publications/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2F">The Washington Post</a></h2> <a class="url" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757/http://www.washingtonpost.com/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/ </a> <div class="thumbnail"> <a class="image-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757/http://www.washingtonpost.com/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757im_/http://direct.shots.snap.com/preview?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2F&key=e2ed42e51891a2e6ffddef4171b23cf0&src=technorati.com&cp=api_shot_preview!preview!208.66.64.4&v=3.61.1&ex=0&ol=0&origin=api&tok=0003496cb2fc84f6890b432d34e4f6fa0030778e8a" width="128" height="94" alt="The Washington Post thumbnail"/></a> <a class="snap_shot" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757/http://www.washingtonpost.com/">view larger thumbnail</a> </div> </div> <div id="share-this">  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757js_/http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=email%2Cweb&charset=utf-8&style=default&publisher=d4257290-7e88-444c-b499-41b774b6ec2f&linkfg=%234261DF"></script> </div> </div></div> <div id="reactions" class="module"> <div class="header"> <h3>Reactions <span>/ <em>posts that link to this article</em></h3> </div> <ul class="root hfeed"> <li class="hentry"> <a class="content-toggle active" href="#"></a> <a class="photo" href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/DCSports" title="DCSports"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757im_/http://static.technorati.com/progimages/photo.jpg?uid=539942" width="24" height="24" alt="Photo of DCSports"/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/posts/XdWh1EUvn1h3oGMFwmPfEnSW0gHQjIE1PvOygZc5WP4%3D">Smoke Signals: 33 edition</a></h4> <a class="url external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757/http://dcprosportsreport.com/?p=2200">http://dcprosportsreport.com/?p=2200</a> <div class="meta"> <span><abbr class="updated" title="2008-12-19T09:32:44-08:00"> 17 days ago</abbr></span> in <a href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http%3A%2F%2Fdcprosportsreport.com">DC Pro Sports Report - Redskins, Capitals, Wizards, and Nationals! Washington Sports Message Boards</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/search/dcprosportsreport.com" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 100</a> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p class="entry-summary active"> Smoke Signals: 33 edition By Spence | December 19, 2008 The NFL and particularly the Washington Redskins are still reeling from the news that Slingin Sammy Baugh, the greatest Redskin ever and one of the greatest NFL players ever, died earlier this week </p> </div> <ul class="root hfeed"> </ul> </li> <li class="hentry"> <a class="content-toggle inactive" href="#"></a> <a class="photo" href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/ohhben" title="ohhben"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757im_/http://static.technorati.com/progimages/photo.jpg?uid=1387597" width="24" height="24" alt="Photo of ohhben"/></a> <h4><a href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/posts/OPeEIyoq5OOi8sMcJEeTjmb1ba5d3L7XmWFI8QbJrMA%3D">Game 15: Redskins (7-7) vs. Eagles (8-5-1)</a></h4> <a class="url external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757/http://curlyr.blogspot.com/2008/12/game-15-redskins-7-7-vs-eagles-8-5-1.html">http://curlyr.blogspot.com/2008/12/game-15-redskins-7-7-vs-e...</a> <div class="meta"> <span><abbr class="updated" title="2008-12-21T05:00:00-08:00"> 16 days ago</abbr></span> in <a href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http%3A%2F%2Fcurlyr.blogspot.com">The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/search/curlyr.blogspot.com" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 33</a> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p class="entry-summary inactive"> vs. Out of the box: two teams mathematically still in the hunt as the Eagles travel to Washington to play a 4pm ET game, desperation can make a team weak or strong.=====The story so far: the Redskins were all but eliminated from the playoff hunt after last week's very disappointing loss to the then 1-11-1 Bengals. Go back to when you were a kid and remember that last time your parents looked at you with that stern sadness and told you how... disappointed we are with you. Was it when you got caught skipping school? Or maybe you had a party when your folks were away and they found out. Remember how sad you were that you got caught? Yeah that is how I feel about the Redskins right now, we caught them sucking and after everything we thought they had learned we thought they could do so much better.And that is the funny part, even after that miserable loss, which I had the misfortune to witness in person, the Redskins are still in the playoff picture, see the aside below for more detail.So anyway the season is coming to a rapid end and the team is starting to go through all those gyrations teams go through at the end of a season. Murmurs of quote executive decisions unquote and non coaching team personnel stewarding players and coaches through press conferences and availabilities, strange choices about starters, speculation about the coach, it is all in the life of the Redskins at the end of the season.For his part, head coach Jim Zorn is doing his best not to be defined by the apocalyptic media coverage, I think he has recognized that he hit the wall at midseason, has recognized his own limits and also knows he can get better, just probably not now, he will attack his first full offseason and come back next season as a better manager. No coach, despite what the haters and dickheads think, you are not the worst coach in the world, it is a sign of intelligence that coach Zorn can be down on himself and still enjoy what his is doing. I think speculation about coach Zorn being fired is silly and this week Vinny Cerrato appeared to concur.On the player side, Fred Smoot and Carlos Rogers sat out most of the Bengals game, Fred had no explanation and Carlos had some mysterious stomach illness that I did not really read about last week. Shawn Springs and DeAngelo Hall started and went the distance and will today (op. cit.), I think this is the most obvious example of the team trying players out for next year. Shawn is under contract for next season, but with a cap number of 8.5 million dollars. DeAngelo will be a free agent, having signed before week ten against the Cowboys, he would like to stay in Washington but could command a large contract based on his performance with the Redskins. I think the team is putting them out as the starting pair to evaluate which they would rather keep, Shawn becomes affordable to cut this offseason but only if there is an upgrade elsewhere at cornerback. Carlos is a player and has improved steadily in four years, Fred is what he is, a solid number three corner but weak number two.The other player of interest that is suddenly sitting is weakside linebacker Rocky McIntosh, all of a sudden after the Bengals game the talk was about knee problems and his body wearing down (op. cit.), I would probably agree that Rocky has been less productive in recent weeks than at the beginning of the season, but I am not sure I agree that he has disappeared. With HB Blades and training camp signee Alfred Fincher on the roster, I think the team is trying to see what they have for the future, if Rocky is injury prone the team could make a move, Marcus Washington is sadly on his way out and the team needs to know what it has.Yes this means I am wondering if the Redskins put the best players possible on the field last week.Tis the season for wondering about the future, 34 year old two season Redskin right guard Pete Kendall is a free agent after the season (op. cit.) and Jason Taylor wonders if he may not be worth his eight million dollars due next season. Little help from the peanut gallery, he is not.And all the crap about Jason Campbell needing to be benched is just wrong. He is our guy and let us get him a big contract.Hey, whatever happened with those rookie pass catchers?=====Curly R aside: RIP Sammy Baugh, the greatest Redskin ever.Curly R aside continues: here is your week sixteen Redskins playoff scenario: first of all the Cowboys losing last night was good. They and the other teams, the Buccaneers, Falcons and Eagles need to lose out and the Redskins need to win their last two games. This would make a four way tie at 9-7 and somehow the Redskins win a tiebreaker and get in. I promise readers that if the Redskins win today, I will break down the week seventeen playoff scenario. Not to be defeatist or anything but let us look at the bright side, the Redskins have fallen apart in the second half of this season and are still in the postseason hunt in the next to last week.=====Oppo research: after being benched in the second half of a loss to the Ravens a month ago Donovan McNabb has come back strong and the Eagles have put together a three game win streak. In 2006 Philadelphia put together a five game run to at the end with the fabulous Jeff Garcia, to make the playofs. In 2007 the Eagles won their final three but missed the playoffs. It happens every season just when Eagles fans are done with their team, they reel off a stretch of wins to make everyone forget what chumps Donovan and Andy Reid are.Brian Westbrook, he has a way of torturing the Redskins. Could happen again today.=====Trainer's table: the Redskins are banged up but getting a lot of players back this week. Today is the last Redskins home game and there are players out there today that will not be here next season. Anyone that can walk will try and be in this game (ibid.) and I hope that includes Clinton Portis who this week added back to his list of body parts that hurt (op. cit.).=====Gameplan: with the propensity of the Redskins to give up points early then let teams close out games from ahead with long drives, Washington's defense is struggling tactically despite being a statistical leader. If the Eagles can continue that streak, the Redskins offense will be under what is likely too much pressure to win the game. Washington's offense is the 29th ranked scoring offense in the league, only Oakland, St. Louis and Cincinnati score less per game than Washington. A little more Chris Cooley in the red zone is what the doctor ordered.=====My take in 60 words or less: win teh gaem!!!1!=====Washington Post / AP preview, Gameday (PDF), the Zorn Zone, keys to the game, what it means for each team. Redskins roster, injury report, projected starters. Eagles roster, injury report. Broadcast coverage, how embarrasing that Atlanta-Minnesota rates a larger audience than this game. SkinsCast weather, it is going to be cold and shitty but the forecast has steadily improved through the week.Enjoy yourselves kids, I will be at the game today, my fifth and final Redskins game of the season, with neighbors and lifetime Eagles fan, season ticket holder and Curly R reader/lurker Wilbert Montgomery, this will be our 19th of the past 20 Redskins-Eagles games in both cities, a streak going back to 1999. This will be my 17th straight contest between these two teams.This is a gameday open thread.NFL helmet logos from here. </p> </div> <ul class="root hfeed"> </ul> </li> <li class="hentry"> <a class="content-toggle inactive" href="#"></a> <img class="photo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757im_/http://static.technorati.com/static/img/user/icn-emptyuser-24x24.png" width="24" height="24" alt="Author unknown"/> <h4><a href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/posts/Z9TqLwKa7packjIJ2ptU7JLqjuswWLosjENSY2wVE8c%3D">Colts Rally Past Jaguars</a></h4> <a class="url external" rel="bookmark" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090106152757/http://www.macsfootballblog.com/2008/12/colts-rally-past-jaguars.html">http://www.macsfootballblog.com/2008/12/colts-rally-past-jag...</a> <div class="meta"> <span><abbr class="updated" title="2008-12-19T05:41:12-08:00"> 18 days ago</abbr></span> in <a href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.macsfootballblog.com">Mac's Football Blog</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20090106152757/http://www.technorati.com/search/www.macsfootballblog.com" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 5</a> </div> <div class="excerpt"> <p class="entry-summary inactive"> When the Indianapolis Colts were 3-4 as the calendar turned to November, many were compelled to write them off. Instead they went on a 7-game winning streak and with a win last night, would clinch the #5 seed in the AFC Playoffs. So when the Colts trailed by 10 points as the 4th quarter began, did you write off the Colts? If your answer is "Yes", shame on you. At the end of the 3rd quarter and start of the 4th, Colts quarterback Peyton Manning led his team on an 11-play, 81-yard drive that ended with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Dallas Clark. After the Colts defense finally got a three-and-out, Manning led the team on a 10-play, 53-yard drive that resulted in a 45-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri to tie the game at 24. Three plays later, Colts cornerback Keiwan Ratliff grabbed his second interception of the season and returned it 35 yards for what would be the game-winning touchdown. David Garrard would lead the Jaguars down to the Colts' seven-yard line in the game's final half-minute, but after an incomplete pass, Pro Bowl defensive end Dwight Freeney would finally sack Garrard to end the Jags' threat. Colts-Jaguars News and Notes The defense gave up 409 yards of total offense, but made the big plays when the team needed it...Manning was beyond great last night, writes Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star...The Colts became the 1st team in NFL history to win 11 games in six consecutive seasons. It's a familiar story for the Jaguars: They couldn't make the big play and gave up the big play...Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier, paralyzed from the waist down after a shooting in September, was the honorary captain last night...The Jaguars do lead the NFL in fourth-down conversions. AFC News and Notes For the rest of the season, New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel will be playing with a heavy heart. The Buffalo Bills think they match up well with the Denver Broncos 2nd-ranked offense. New York Jets running back Thomas Jones was named the team's MVP in the same week he was named the starter in the Pro Bowl. It may not have been accomplished against elite NFL offenses, but the Miami Dolphins defense not allowing a touchdown in the last three weeks is still very impressive. Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer hopes to make a decision next week on whether or not he'll have surgery on his elbow. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joe Jurevicius is optimistic about returning in 2009. Baltimore Ravens kicker Matt Stover goes "above and beyond" in his charitable donations. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Farrior takes on 300-pound guards and 260-pound fullbacks at a waifish (for a linebacker) 218 pounds. Houston Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson returns to the field where he sustained a gruesome injury last year. Tennessee Titans quarterback Kerry Collins doesn't know why he starts games slowly. The banged-up members of the Denver Broncos are aiming to be ready for Sunday. Kansas City Chiefs coaches see Pro Bowls in rookie left tackle Branden Albert's future. San Diego Chargers linebacker Antwan Applewhite has gone from the practice squad to playmaker. Injuries have left the Oakland Raiders with an inexperienced quartet of wide receivers. NFC News and Notes Chan Gailey's pro-style offense at Georgia Tech may have helped Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Tashard Choice make the transitition to the NFL game. New York Giants cornerback Corey Webster will earn his big paycheck this weekend. Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Reggie Brown isn't happy with his playing time. Washington Redskins rookie wide receiver Devin Thomas has struggled this season. The season's final two games will be important to Chicago Bears quarterback Kyle Orton's future. Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli isn't paying attention to the media attention his team is getting in it's approach to 0-16. Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones is finally over a nagging knee injury. Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress is sticking with the hot hand at quarterback this week. During training camp, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Michael Jenkins fought for his starter position and hasn't let it go. One overlooked aspect of the Carolina Panthers' resurgent ground game: Muhsin Muhammed's blocking. Improving the backend of the secondary may be high on the list of the New Orleans Saints' offseason list of priorities. It may be his second year, but Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Sabby Piscitelli is essentially a rookie. There are players who get it, and there are players who don't. Arizona Cardinals wide receiver and special teams ace Sean Morey gets it. Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren and president Tim Ruskell made the most of their arranged marriage, writes Danny O'Neil of the Seattle Times. St. Louis Rams guard Jacob Bell hasn't played at his listed of weight of 305 pounds since his rookie season. 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