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 [...]

Monday, October 27: Briefly on the Shouting and Eye-Rolling

Let’s get this out of the way early in the day: the beat reporter involved in the Zorn blow-up was Ryan O’Halloran of the Washington Times, and he has a full account of the incident on the paper’s Redskins 360 blog. Here’s the crucial part: Zorn thought the subject was about the previous drive (which [...]

Friday, October 10: Guest At The Park – Talking to Kenny Mayne

ESPN’s Kenny Mayne was at the park yesterday, filming this week’s “Mayne Event” segment for Sunday NFL Countdown. There are plenty of people on ESPN whose schtick tires me out at this point, but Mayne isn’t one of them. I got a chance to talk to him about his brief career with Jim Zorn, their [...]

Words Not To Use Capriciously In The NFL: “Tampering”

While the announcement of Vinny Cerrato’s radio show on ESPN 980 was met with two basic reactions (those being mild indifference and frothing apoplectic rage), the actual airing of the show itself was a much lower-key affair. Everyone seemed to realize that it was, after all, just a sports talk radio show and not actually [...]

Every Day is Media Day, Sort Of

Let me tell you a little bit about the media’s schedule here at Redskins Park. For just about the last month, every day has been more or less the same: the players would practice from 8:30 until 10:30 in the morning. After that, Coach Zorn and one or two players are made specifically available to [...]

NFL to Stream Sunday Night Games, Early Response Mixed

News broke today that the NFL and NBC are going to be streaming Sunday Night Football games for free over the internet. Online reaction to this so far has been somewhat mixed — from confusion amongst the commenters at NFL Fanhouse to mild frustration at Awful Announcing to growing skepticism from MJD at Yahoo. I [...]