PLUCKY PLAYCALLING
You can question whether coach Ron Rivera’s gutsy fourth and 1 call was really that daring, but it certainly put faith and encouragement in his young, inexperienced team.
In 2007, the then-Washington Redskins were limping along at 5-6 after 11 games in Joe Gibbs’ fourth season of his second stint as coach. You wouldn’t have bet a stick of gum on their chances of making the playoffs.
And then something unthinkable happened.
On November 26, star safety and team leader Sean Taylor, recovering from a mild knee injury that kept him from playing, was shot in his Florida home during a burglary attempt. He died the following day.
As scheduled, on December 2, the Redskins, reeling and in understandable shock, hosted Buffalo. Five field goals and safety gave the Bills a 17-16 victory in a game Washington led, 16-8, in the fourth quarter.
Yet from there Washington rattled off four wins in a row, not losing until a seemingly lopsided 35-14 playoff verdict that frankly turned on a dropped sure pick-six interception by Carlos Rogers with the Redskins ahead by a point.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2020 من Warpath.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2020 من Warpath.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
TIGHT ENDS
TIGHT ENDS
WIDE RECEIVERS
WIDE RECEIVERS
RUNNING BACKS
RUNNING BACKS
QUARTERBACKS
QUARTERBACKS
GUARDS/CENTERS TOP AVAILABLE FREE AGENTS
GUARDS/CENTERS TOP AVAILABLE FREE AGENTS
Q&A with Ron Rivera, Martin Mayhew and Marty Hurney
Coach Ron Rivera, General Manager Martin Mayhew and Executive Vice President of Football/Player Personnel Marty Hurney met with the media via Zoom on Feb. 3 to discuss the direction of the new front office. The interview is edited for space.
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
OFFENSIVE TACKLES
Never a quiet time for WFT
The dust never settles around the Washington Football Team.
Bargains can be valuable additions
Raise your hand if you muttered derisively last offseason when the Washington Football Team signed free-agent tight end Logan Thomas away from the Detroit Lions.
3 big thoughts
3 big thoughts