Redskins v. Steelers – Pregame: Ron Jaworski on Jason Campbell

I had read where ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski had called Jason Campbell his mid-season NFL MVP, but I hadn’t had a chance to hear his reasoning behind it. So when I saw him on the field for pregame, after his appearance on PTI, I took a few minutes to ask him [...]

Video Jason Campbell Quiets The Crowd Effectively, Is Appropriately Auburn

I mentioned a couple of times during the Rams game just how disconcerting I found Video Jason Campbell and his efforts to quiet the crowd. What I didn’t notice at the time, because I was behind the soundproofed glass of the press box, was that Video Campbell was apparently very effective at his job. “It [...]

Making “The Mayne Event”

Kenny Mayne’s idea for his Mayne Event segment this week centers around the “Hip Hip Hooray” cheer, which appears to have caught the public imagination in a way that I couldn’t quite have imagined when Zorn first broke it out at the Welcome Home Luncheon. As Mayne explained to me when I spoke to him, [...]

Jason Campbell Stops, Looks, Listens, and Raps

When I was a kid, I learned how to safely cross the street from an off-duty policeman and an aspiring folksinger (who set the words “Stop, look and listen before you cross the street” to the tune of Puff The Magic Dragon). In Canada, they learn the same thing, roughly, from Elmer the Safety Elephant. [...]

Portrait of the Captains as Young Men, or Gangsters, or Maybe Deacons

These are the captains of your Washington Redskins, serious-faced and well-dressed, in a portrait by team photographer Ned Dishman that now hangs outside the locker room. From left to right, it’s Rock Cartwright and Khary Campbell (special teams), Chris Samuels and Jason Campbell (offense), and Cornelius Griffin and London Fletcher (defense). “I think Coach Zorn’s [...]

Another Week, Another Vote: Campbell for FedEx Air Player of the Week

Redskins QB Jason Campbell has been nominated for NFC Air Player of the Week, to be determined by fan vote. (As noted by a commenter last week, I’m having some trouble with the voting links in Firefox, but they seem to work fine in both Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.) The other nominees are Tampa’s [...]

Redskins v. Saints postgame – Radio Zorn

I’ve written a lot about Coach Zorn’s candor in his postgame interviews, but we’ve never actually gotten to see it in a victory that counts, just preseason wins and the loss of the opener. And it’s hard for a generally humble guy to be candid about a victory. So he did pretty much what you’d [...]

Hitting the Crossbar

For a week now, the quarterbacks and equipment guys and occasional guests have been trying to hit the goalpost after practice. Sometimes they aim for the crossbar, sometimes the right upright, but the basic goal remains the same: hit the designated part of the post from about 20 yards out. “It’s pretty much a ritual [...]

Hall of Fame Game: First Quarter

I’m just going to be honest here: the inflatable Hall of Fame helmet the players are running out of may be looking a little ragged around the edges. The colors are fading, the logo is looking a little worn … might be time to replace that thing. Jason Campbell is wearing some nifty yellow Nikes [...]

Some Pictures From Yesterday’s Charity Event

Yesterday, Chris Cooley got together with with the Redskins Charitable Foundation and brought in 25 kids from a children’s hospital. The players spent a bunch of time with the kids after practice — because there were no fans to sign for as well, they really had more time to spend — and I took a [...]