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Merling Adds New Flavor To Redskins

(AP photo)

On Tuesday, the Washington Redskins beefed up their defensive line as they signed Phillip Merling to a reserve/futures contract. Merling is a 6-5, 315 pound defensive end who was drafted in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins.

Merling was a standout during his three years at Clemson University. During his junior year, he was a key member of a defense that finished the season in the top-10 in scoring and total defense. To add to his honors, he was a member of the 2007 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team after finishing the season with 78 tackles and seven sacks.

During his rookie season, Merling showed off his abilities in a game against the New York Jets when he picked off Brett Favre and rumbled into the end zone for a pick-six. His interception was a game-changing moment and helped the Dolphins clinch the AFC East title.

Watch video of the interception here:

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Linebackers Dine — On Robinson’s Tab

(Photo via cwil51flint on Instagram)

What do you get when you have eight hungry NFL linebackers and just one rookie in the entire group?

Keenan Robinson definitely learned the answer to that question last night.

His wallet now much lighter, Robinson treated seven of his fellow linebacker teammates to the annual rookie dinner last night in Washington, D.C.

In attendance was Robinson, Lorenzo Alexander, London Fletcher, Rob Jackson, Ryan Kerrigan, Brian Orakpo, Perry Riley and Chris Wilson.

Several of the guys went to Twitter to document this special occasion. Here’s a few of the tweets in order of their appearance last night:

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How You Voted: Redskins-Seahawks

(Photo by Brian Murphy // ExtremeSkins.com)

It’s time to take a look at your psychic skills for last Sunday’s Redskins-Seahawks game, as well as which player was picked by Redskins fans at the Most Valuable Player of the game.

The Redskins’ season ended with a 24-14 loss to the Seahawks in the NFC Wild Card round game at FedExField. Several Redskins players had great performances, but let’s first look at who you predicted would have a breakout performance against Seattle:

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Redskins Players Reflect On Season, Fans

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Sunday’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Wild Card round of the playoffs was a tough pill to swallow for the Washington Redskins players.

But after the game, many of their thoughts immediately turned to the Redskins fans and their support throughout the magical 2012 season — one in which Washington, once at 3-6, won seven-straight games to claim its first NFC East championship since 1999.

Many players took to Twitter to reflect on the season, the fans and the future of the team, including:

Tight end Niles Paul:

I appreciate all the love & support we got from our fans this year. You guys stuck with us even when every one else counted us out #HTTR—
Niles Paul (@Niles_Paul84) January 08, 2013

Linebacker/athlete/special teams ace Lorenzo Alexander:

Redskin Nation thank you for all the support. I appreciate everything you have done for my family and myself. I'm a Skin for life!—
Lorenzo Alexander (@onemangang97) January 07, 2013

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ExtremeSkins Gallery: Redskins-Seahawks

Your eye on the Redskins sidelines was there with his camera ready to go in Sunday’s NFC Wild Card round matchup against the Seattle Seahawks.

ExtremeSkins.com‘s Brian Murphy was patrolling the sidelines and got several great shots of the game that you can’t find elsewhere.

Here’s the photo gallery. For ExtremeSkins’ entire photo stream, click here:

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