Monday, December 22: Donovan McNabb Not Impressed With Your “Sweep”

There are some things that Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is very good at. Playing football, for one. Successfully delivering the tongue-twister “microwaveable bowl” during Chunky Soup commercials, for another. But he’s much, much less good at determining which games his team should win. After losing to the Redskins in Philly way back in the long-gone [...]

Redskins v. Eagles – LaRon Landry Postgame

One of the best things about this bittersweet victory was seeing LaRon Landry finally playing the way we’ve hoped for all year. There are number of possible reasons for his performance — Greg Blache played the defense a montage of their best plays that he described as “emotional and attitudinal Viagra,” for one — but [...]

Monday, December 15: A Five Minute Diversion

Well, as usual on Monday mornings, it’s quiet at the Park so far — quieter than usual, actually, as every single person I’ve bumped into has been morbidly grim after yesterday’s loss. I’ll have updates over the course of the day — Coach Zorn’s press conference, of course, and any players who come in despite [...]

The Play Coach Zorn Did Not Call

Honestly, Coach Zorn’s press conference was a little disappointing. Not from a news perspective — he covered all of that perfectly well. He confirmed that Jason Campbell was his starting quarterback, that Shaun Suisham is still the kicker, and reiterated his “execution” points. He characterized Jason Campbell’s performance as “very average,” but hastened to clarify [...]

More on Executing Assignments

When I listened to the postgame chatter yesterday, I was struck by how much everyone stuck to the “execution” line that Coach Zorn established — and that he restated at the start of today’s press conference (noting, in fact, “I know you all are sick of hearing about that”).

Redskins v. Giants – Some General Postgame Talk

Here’s how Coach Zorn answered a question about if the Redskins have the players to be successful: “Yes, and I can prove it just based on the video from the game. But it won’t matter what we call if we don’t execute. I’m not saying that everything we call should be successful. I expect it [...]

Monday, November 17: About Last Night…

Post-game stuff coming throughout the day (Zorn’s news conference will be at 12:25, as usual), but here’s what you missed if you were watching football without the aid of the internet yesterday. Late last week, I talked to John Madden about his videogame and the difficulty presented by Ethan Albright. The GEICO Caveman was on [...]

Redskins v. Steelers – Postgame Locker Room Quotes

As you can probably imagine, the postgame locker room was a quiet, unhappy place to be. Pete Kendall addressed the offensive line’s issues bluntly. “Some of it was coverage, some of it was losing one-on-one matchups, some of it was scheme. In a situation like this, first of all, it’s hard to tell exactly what [...]

Redskins v. Browns Postgame – Plack’s Punts

Ryan Plackemeier was critical of himself, but generally pleased with his debut performance. “No bad, bad punts,” he said. “I got unlucky on the bounce on the first one, but I hit it well.” He was exceedingly candid about his bad punts, too. “I did the same thing wrong on the three misses — nothing [...]

Redskins v. Browns – Postgame Chatter

Coach Zorn was back in good spirits after this one, albeit grouchy about the offense’s inability to get any consistent play going after Jason Campbell tweaked his groin in the first quarter. “It made me call that draw on that third and long, and I would’ve liked to’ve taken a shot I didn’t want to [...]