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RG3 Signs Autographs For Redskins Fans

via CSNWashington.com

He may not know his career destination until April 26th, but Heisman-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III was in Redskins Country on Saturday, signing autographs and take pictures with sports fans.

The event was the Collectors’ Showcase of America’s annual sports memorabilia show at the Dulles Expo Center.  Grffin didn’t speak with the media, but area fans shared their own excitement with CSNWashington, gushing about dreams of RG3 in B&G.

Watch the full video right here:

You can also see WTOP Radio’s video footage of the event, with commentary from former Steelers’ running back Jerome Bettis, as well as current Redskins running back Roy Helu: Read more »

Vick Apologizes To Redskins Cheerleaders

In one of the stranger moments of yesterday’s game, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick went from being a quarterback/running back, to kickoff specialist.

Unfortunately, the Redskins returner was wearing makeup and carrying pink pom-poms:

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Vick's Agent: "No Chance" On Vick To The Skins

The big story at practice today had nothing to do with onfield stuff, nothing to do with punters’ shoes, nothing to do with goofy haircuts. In fact, as it turned out, it had literally nothing to do with the Redskins at all.

Agent Joel Segal was a guest at practice, which is not completely unusual. Segal represents four guys on the team — Jason Campbell, LaRon Landry, DeAngelo Hall, and linebacker Robert Thomas. (No, not the Matchbox 20 guy, although you wouldn’t be the first — or twelfth — person to make that joke.) Agents show up at the facility or at games every so often; it’s not an every day occurrence, but also not something that would be worthy of any note.

Except… Segal also represents ANOTHER high-profile quarterback client, one who is currently looking for a team. So as soon as he showed his face, you could almost hear the rumor mill start to turn: Segal is Michael Vick’s agent … Segal is at Redskins practice … not a lot of dots to connect.

But first in a conversation with Larries Michael and Weisman on ESPN980, and a bit later talking to reporters after practice, Segal said — although he’d heard from “a host” of teams about Vick, the Redskins weren’t among them.

And he didn’t say this in some mealy-mouthed wishy-washy way, either. Here’s the quote on Vick to the Redskins: “No. No chance.”

So any Redskins fans who were readying another round of faxed pictures of injured dogs, another batch of pro- and anti-Vick signs, or another set of impassioned emails on either side of the issue … looks like you can really, honestly relax.

No. Chance. Read more »

Still Hearing That Michael Vick Is NOT Coming Here

In case you’ve somehow missed it, here’s a quick update of the rumor mill as of this morning:

Basically, you need to know three things:

From there, it was a short ride to all the panic and soul-searching and enthusiasm and confident Vick-is-a-Redskin pronouncements you would expect.

I’ve been hearing for weeks that there was no way Vick was coming to the Redskins , and nothing that I’ve heard in the last 24 hours has changed that. Which, I’ll be honest, makes me pretty happy.

The team that makes the most sense to me for Vick? It would have to be the Patriots. Read more »

A Terrific Start To The Day: The Examiner Says No Vick For Skins

Five months ago, Rick Snider wrote a piece in the DC Examiner suggesting that what the Redskins REALLY should do this offseason was consider signing quarterback Michael Vick, at the time still imprisoned for dog fighting. Fans here were largely displeased at the suggestion.

Writing in the Examiner today, John Keim reports that the team took Snider’s advice and considered signing Vick … for what sounds like about twenty seconds.

According to multiple league sources, the Redskins briefly discussed signing the ex-Falcons quarterback and came to a quick and unanimous conclusion. It would not work here. It’s a message league sources say has been consistent since January.

The reasons why not are myriad, according to Keim’s league sources, ranging from questions about what position Vick could play to the political nightmare of Vick this close to the nation’s capital to the fact that Vick and incumbent quarterback Jason Campbell share an agent. Honestly, as long as the thesis of the article is correct and Vick isn’t coming to the team, the question of why barely matter to me at all. Read more »

Thursday, March 5: Terrell Owens On The Market, Redskins Fans About To Explode

I first saw the news that the Dallas Cowboys had released Terrell Owens on ProFootballTalk shortly after it was posted at 12:17 last night (or, technically, this morning). Four minutes earlier than that, at 12:13, at least one thread had gone up on ExtremeSkins about if the Redskins should sign Owens or not.

Some sample reactions (with elaborate animated smileys removed):

Slacky McSlackass: I in no way would like for Danny to go out and sign TO. And in no way would I EVER want to see that piece of **** in our sacred burgundy and gold.

NastyBoy: Good Lord we’ve officially spiraled WAY out of control.

Sawyer5500: I just lost my dinner. SAY NO TO OWENS!

wunderhill: Not even if it guaranteed a superbowl win! This is crazy…what the hell is a matter with you people…don’t you have any pride?

NYSkins: no way in ******* hell

So that’s a no, then? Not according to this morning’s complete speculation from, again, ProFootballTalk: Read more »

Monday, January 5: Setting The Cat (Or Dog) Among The Pigeons

The debate has been going since August, at least on this blog: can Jason Campbell be the starting quarterback of the Washington Redskins?

In his favor: basic numbers. Campbell had more than 3,000 yards passing, twice as many touchdowns as interceptions, and a 62% completion percentage in his first year as a starter. Also, all of those numbers have improved every year he’s been in the league and there’s no reason to believe that he’s plateaued. In fact, Campbell doesn’t even understand why this is a question.

Working against him: a perceived lack of big play ability, a sense that he holds the ball too long, and the general truth that the backup quarterback always seems like a terrific plan — especially when the (third string) guy is a charismatic rookie who put up frankly ridiculous numbers in college. (Todd Collins, for whatever reason, has largely been left out of the debate.)

The debate has gotten heated at times, but I suspect that “heated” won’t even begin to cover it if a suggestion made by Rick Snider at the Examiner comes anywhere close to fruition: Snider is suggesting that the Redskins sign former dog-fighting enthusiast Michael Vick to “spice things up”. Read more »