The Redskins Blog

Redskins Have Found A Kicker

Kickers and punters usually don’t receive the kind of recognition and accolades as the rest of the 53-man roster. Simply put, the nature of the position does not demand the same degree of physicality as other positions.

While receivers and running backs are called “the skill positions,” specialists are the ultimate skill players.

The tradeoff for physicality is a necessity for consistent excellence, while striving for perfection.

The position requires a reassurance and a mental toughness with the ability to rise above the pressure of 80,000 screaming fans with the game and/or season on the line. There is a sense of reliance that comes with the territory.

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Three Redskins Greats To Sign Reserve

(Moseley, Manley and Ervins; AP photos)

MOSELEY, MANLEY, ERVINS – RESERVE WINE SIGNING

Washington Redskins alumni Mark Moseley, Dexter Manley and Ricky Ervins — each of whom won at least one Super Bowl title with the Redskins — will be making appearances at Washington, D.C.- area stores this Saturday and signing bottles of Reserve, the Redskins’ 80th-anniversary commemorative wine.

Reserve is now located at more than 350 retail stores in the Washington, D.C., region. We invite you to celebrate in style with this limited edition Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon created especially for the team by Nick Goldschmidt, an internationally acclaimed winemaker.

The last time the team authorized a commemorative wine was 30 years ago — don’t wait another 30 years and reserve your bottle or case of Redskins Reserve today!

Here are the details of Saturday’s appearances by Moseley, Manley and Ervins:

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Get Your Reserve Wine, Meet Moseley

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Washington Redskins alumni and all-time great kicker Mark Moseley, the only kicker in NFL history to be named the league’s Most Valuable Player, will be at Costco in Arlington, Va., Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. signing bottles of Reserve, the Redskins’ 80th-anniversary commemorative wine.

Reserve is now located at more than 300 retail stores in the Washington, D.C. region. We invite you to celebrate in style with this limited edition Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon created especially for the team by Nick Goldschmidt, an internationally acclaimed winemaker.

The last time the team authorized a commemorative wine was 30 years ago — don’t wait another 30 years and reserve your bottle or case of Redskins Reserve today!

Here’s the details of Saturday’s Moseley appearance at Costco:

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Pick ’82 ‘Skins For ‘America’s Game’

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Redskins fans: Need some plans for 8 p.m. (ET), Saturday, June 23?

Why not kick up your feet and relive the story of the 1982 Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins?

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Behind The Scenes: Winchester Tour Stop

There was lots of fun to be had Thursday as the Washington Redskins 80th Anniversary Thank You Tour made the first stop of its two-month-long trek in Winchester, Va.

And, boy, what a warm reception we received.

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Tour: Warm Welcome in Winchester

We’re two stops in, one big stop to go in the first day of the Washington Redskins’ 80th Anniversary Thank You Tour today in Winchester, Va.

A collection of former Redskins’ greats and current team officials — as well as the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders — received a warm welcome our first two stops of the day in the Winchester Rotary Club Luncheon and at NW Works, Inc., a great facility that provides training and employement to adult individuals who typically would not have the opportunity to work.

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Mark Moseley Flipping Corporate Burgers

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Mark Moseley remains one of the greatest Redskins of all time, the last of his breed in the NFL as far as straight-on style kickers.

His incredible accuracy (20-for-21 field goals made) during the 1982 strike-shortened season carried the Redskins to a Super Bowl title and Moseley to an NFL MVP Award.  Twenty-five years after his retirement, he still owns the Redskins franchise record for total points (1,206).

After his playing days were over in Washington, Moseley traded his single-bar helmet, jersey and square-toed cleats for a business suit, chef’s apron and spatula.  For 16 years, he ran Mark Moseley’s Famous Fries in Potomac Mills and Moseley’s Burgers in Herndon.

According to the Northern Virginia Daily’s James Heffernan, Moseley’s hand at ownership was the culmination of years of love for the American burger: Read more »

Redskins Rally In Charlotte

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Panthers who?  Carolina is Redskins Country.

The Redskins fans are out in full force tonight at Kickstand Burgers-N-Bar in Charlotte.  The Redskins supplied general manager Bruce Allen, voice of the Redskins Larry Michael, and Redskins greats Rick ‘Doc’ Walker and MVP Mark Moseley for the fans.  In exchange, hundreds of Redskins fans showed up for good times, good drinks, and free “Beat Carolina” T-shirts. Read more »

Joe Theismann On Huddling, Holding, And Colt

As special teams practiced on the main field yesterday, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur gathered the Redskins QBs around them in a huddle on the side field. You can see this huddle above; the quarterbacks are, from left to right, Richard Bartell, Colt Brennan, Rex Grossman, Donovan McNabb, and … Joe Theismann?

Theismann certainly was a great Redskins QB, but he hasn’t thrown a pass (for the Redskins or anyone else) since 1985, when a tackle by Lawrence Taylor ended his career. So what was he doing in that huddle?

“I was just listening to Kyle explain some formations and some calls to his quarterbacks and make sure that they understand what they’re looking for,” Theismann told me today. “One of the most important things in sports is communication, and the offensive coordinator and the quarterbacks basically need to see the same thing, but from different angles. I’m lucky enough to sorta be a fly on the wall and listen to a little bit of what the conversation’s all about.”

Theismann has spent years as a broadcaster and has had observed his share of practices, of course, but it seemed like there might be something special about getting to rejoin the QB group that he was once — until 25 years ago — a part of.

“It’s neat,” Theismann acknowledged. “What was fun is when I knelt down they didn’t tell me to leave. That’s the nice part.”

(It appears, in the picture above, that Kyle Shanahan is actually writing up plays in the dirt, sandlot style, but Theismann says that’s not the case. “They weren’t in the dirt,” he said, by way of clarification, “they were actually on the schedule. I’m impressed with his knowledge and I’m impressed with his decisiveness. He knows what he wants, and I think that’s so vitally important. You have to know what you want as a coach in the NFL.”)

But that wasn’t the only Theismann-y thing that happened yesterday.

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