Wednesday, September 3: Talking Cuts With Scott Campbell

I’ve spoken to Scott Campbell, director of player personnel, before. His position means that he’s essentially responsible for preparing the team for all aspects of player acquisition, from the pro and college level, and I had found him to be candid and straightforward in the face of some difficult inquiries. so when I had some [...]

Monday, September 1: Mason a (Practice) Raven, Frost Speaks

Following up on some of the recently cut Redskins… Marcus Mason is officially on the Baltimore Ravens practice squad. It’s probably small consolation to the Redskins fans who believe he should’ve been elevated to the number three or number two RB spot here, but Baltimore almost certainly offers a better opportunity for him to play. [...]

Likely Practice Squad

EDIT: The top seven of these — the guys who were cut yesterday — have been confirmed by the team. Still haven’t heard confirmation on Ecker. (Nor Mason, but I don’t expect to hear anything official about that unless and until it hits the news. Clinton Portis spoke very highly of Mason today, and of [...]

Sunday, August 31: Some Reaction to the Reaction to the Cuts

While much of the reaction to the cuts here has focused on Justin Tryon’s presence on the 53 man roster — and, wow, the commenters do NOT seem pleased with that choice — the bigger story to the local mainstream media is the Durant Brooks decision, especially given Derrick Frost’s comments after the fact. Essentially, [...]

Saturday, August 30: Cut Day

The team has announced the players that are being released to meet the 53-man limit. Here’s the list, organized by position. QB Derek Devine RB Marcus Mason FB Nehemiah Broughton WR Maurice Mann WR Horace Gant WR Billy McMullen WR Anthony Mix DT Matthias Askew DT Ryan Boschetti T Devin Clark T Todd Wade T [...]

Your Concerns About Matt Sinclair

There was some concern yesterday about Matt Sinclair, and if he was starring in his own AFLAC commercial after being waived injured. abrlcklnthewall exemplified the concerns in a comment: Since he was cut as a result of a back injury suffered during a preseason game, does he get some kind of settlement from the ‘Skins? [...]

Tuesday, August 26: Another Roster Move

This morning, the team waived/injured TE Jason Goode, and re-signed LB Danny Verdun-Wheeler, who was most recently waived by the team on August 4. The move seems to me like it’s largely to create some depth at linebacker for the last preseason game, but I figured it was worth noting anyhow. Goode, of course, is [...]

Last For This Round of Cuts

WR Burl Toler has been waived. This brings the roster to 75; it must be cut to 53 by August 30th.

Another One Gone

LB Matt Sinclair was waived injured this afternoon. The team still needs to make one more cut by the end of the day tomorrow to get down to 75.

Three Released

The team has released S Vernon Fox, DT Babatunde Oshinowo, and DE Dorian Smith. Two more players have to be released by Tuesday afternoon.