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Can 2011 Draft Pick Be Breakout Star?

This time last year, the Washington Redskins were preparing to select Heisman-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III with the second overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Even with Griffin III in the fold, few were picking the Burgundy and Gold to climb out of the cellar of the NFC East, especially with a defending Super Bowl Champion on the schedule for two different tilts.

Well we all know that the Redskins ended up being the breakout team of the 2012 NFL season, storming into the playoffs by the way of a miraculous seven-game winning streak to end the season and besting their division rivals with a 5-1 record against the NFC East.

With OTAs officially underway at Redskins Park, find out who ESPN’s Matt Williamson believes will be the breakout player for the 2013 campaign including a video of his best play of the 2012 season here:

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Bracket Update: Ranking The Players

Since it’s not football season and there’s no Redskins football on TV, let’s assume that everyone’s attention has turned, at least for the next three weeks, to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Call it crazy but March Madness is a force to be reckoned with at this time of year because of all the pageantry surrounding nail-biting finishes, Cinderella stories and upsets galore.

The bottom line is that the tournament is arguably one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year, other than the Super Bowl, and captivates audiences across the Nation.

Why try to fight it? Plus, Redskins players seem to be having some fun with the tournament so why can’t we?

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Redskins, Ravens Hoop For Charity

On Saturday, the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens tangled for the second time in months. For those of you that don’t recall how the events unraveled between the two teams in their first encounter, just check out this video as a reminder.

On this day, the two franchise that play a mere 30 miles away from each other on Sundays during the season, were showcasing their talents in a different sports arena where the final score meant literally nothing.

Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith was holding his third annual Torrey Smith Foundation Charity Basketball Game and invited some of the NFC East champs to do battle at the rim. He and the rest of hims teammates were hoping to extract revenge for their lost at FedExField and more importantly, to raise money for his foundation.

Find out how the game when here:

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NFL.com: These Two ‘NEED’ To Step Up

(AP photos)

NFL.com senior analyst Gil Brandt today unveiled the two players from each NFC team who “must shine” for their teams to be successful.

These players, Brandt said, often fly under the radar, but can be just as important as its established superstars in getting their team to play in the postseason.

Which two players from the Redskins “must shine?”

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Hankerson’s ‘Hope’ Shirts A Hot Item

Washington Redskins’ wide receiver Leonard Hankerson was able to spread a little hope to some fans at Saturday’s training camp practice.

You probably remember the back story behind the second-year receiver’s “Hope Is Alive Today” drive, but if not, here’s a reminder.

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Hankerson Wants ‘Hope Is Alive’ To Stick

Four little words have inspired Washington Redskins’ wide receiver Leonard Hankerson and his friends to spread a positive message to the masses.

“Hope is Alive Today” is that message, and it’s something Hankerson often wears on a T-shirt around Redskins Park.

The message can be an inspiration to a variety of people, Hankerson said Friday afternoon.

“It could be for the football season around here, or it could be for little kids in the hospital,” the second-year wide receiver out of Miami said. “Anybody that’s going through a tough time or is down, we want them to know there’s always hope.”

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More Preseason Love For Hankerson

Leonard Hankerson’s name continues to surface as a possible breakout player to watch in 2012.

Though the second-year Washington Redskins receiver caught just 13 passes for 163 yards last season in a rookie campaign ended prematurely by a hip injury, many experts look at a couple of factors favoring Hankerson in 2012: His football makeup (a 6-foot-2, 205-pound frame) and the fact that talented rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III is expected to immediately improve the Redskins’ passing attack.

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Griffin III, Cousins Not Kind To Gloves

(via hanktime85 on Instagram)

We’ve all heard about the robust throwing arms on Redskins’ rookie quarterbacks Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins, but now we have photo proof.

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Kiper: Hankerson Primed For Breakout

The offeseason additions of wide receivers Pierre Garçon and Josh Morgan could pay big dividends for Redskins’ receiver Leonard Hankerson.

With Garçon, Morgan and Hankerson among a talented nucleus of receivers that also includes Anthony Armstrong, Santana Moss, Terrence Austin and others, some experts — like ESPN’s Mel Kiper — think Hankerson could be primed for a breakout season as a serious deep threat in 2012.

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Annual Mickey Steele Outing A Success

Redskins’ alumni, current players and executive vice president/general manager Bruce Allen were present Friday for the eighth annual Mickey Steele Celebrity Golf Tournament.

The tournament is named in honor of Mickey Steele, a Maryland native, sports enthusiast and business owner, who in 2004 lost his battle to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).

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