TE Fred Davis is a new man. He prefers to go by the name Frederick and is now wearing jersey No. 83.
CB Josh Wilson is trying to convince LB Lofa Totupu to sign with the Redskins. Wilson and Totupu are good friends from their days with the Seattle Seahawks according to a story in The Washington Times.
The Redskins signed veteran free agent, former Seattle right guard Sean Locklear (30) to a contract. Locklear started 76 games for the Seahawks, but he is seen as a depth signing.
Malcolm Kelly sat out Friday’s practice because of a foot injury sustained in Thursday’s practice. He better not sit out any exhibition games due to injury.
A story in Bleacher Report says the “Redskins Must and Will Sign Grandpa [Brett] Favre.” I do not cite Bleacher Report stories here, preferring instead to link to writers who originate stories from the source. That is the definition of journalism. I am not a professional journalist. I am a fan analyst writing on the Redskins Hog Heaven blog. Bleacher Report is blog like Redskins Hog Heaven. They have no more credibility than we do. Yet their stories, like this one, show up on the first page of Google news—as Redskins news. The Washington Redskins are not considering Brett Favre. He will not be on the roster in September. Kellen Clemens has a better shot at taking a live-action snap than Grandpa. The beef here is with Google rather than with Bleacher Report or with the author of the story. (Full disclosure, I once contributed stories to Bleacher Report.) “News” should have some basis in fact. Google should figure out the distinction. Not that I’m hatin’ or anything.
Both rookie RB Roy Helu and veteran CB Josh Wilson are wearing jersey No. 26 (CP’s old number) in training camp. When they start throwing the ball for real, I guess the veteran gets the number. Sorry, rook. Helu wore No. 10 at Nebraska, the number now worn by veteran WR Jabar Gaffney. Sorry again, rook.
ESPN’s Patrick Dorsey listed Clinton Portis as the ninth most flamboyant NFL personality of all time. Ninth? Deion Sanders and Joe Namath were numbers one and two on the list.
A story in Ashburn.Patch.com asks if the Redskins Park location in Ashburn, Virginia, has something to do with the hard times that befell the team. The Redskins moved to their practice facility in Fall 1992 as defending Super Bowl champs. They haven’t been to another Super Bowl since. (131-172-1 from 1992 to 2010)
The squire isn’t around anymore, but I’d sure like to ask Jack Kent Cooke what he had in mind locating in far out Ashburn. We know he was planning back then to build a new stadium to replace venerable but out-dated RFK. Did he hope to build in Northern Virginia, somewhere near Dulles International Airport? If memory serves, no jurisdiction in Virginia wanted a 90,000-seat behemoth in their town, notwithstanding the fact that Virginia’s governor at the time was the son and namesake of George Allen. Virginia ‘Skins fans preferred to drive to some one else’s town for games. The breakdown of talks between Cooke and the District of Columbia is legendary and funny and a loss for both sides. The stadium ended up in the most unlikely of places—Prince Georges County, Maryland, giving Maryland two more NFL stadiums than Virginia has.
I am surprised and disappointed that the city fathers in the District of Columbia aren’t all over the Redskins to locate the practice facility there. It could be a first step to relocating the stadium to DC thirty years from hence, not to mention those wealthy Redskins employees who might take up residency in town.
Saturday is Fan Appreciation Day at Redskins Park. Noon practice is open to the public. Parking is open at 9:00 a.m.. The Redskins Marching Band and the cheerleaders perform at 10:15 a.m.
Former Redskins linebacker Chris Hanburger will be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ceremonies beginning at 4:00 p.m.
Former Redskin Deion Sanders is also a Hall of Fame inductee.
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