Dustin Hopkins
CSN Mid-AtlanticNeed to Know: What they're saying about the Redskins righting the ship
Here is what you need to know on this Friday, September 22, two days before the Washington Redskins play the Raiders at FedEx Field. Timeline Today’s schedule: Practice 12:05; Jay Gruden and Matt Cavanaugh press conferences, open locker room after practice, approx. 1:30 Days until: —Monday night Redskins @ Chiefs (10/2) 10 —Monday night Redskins @ Eagles (10/23) 31 —Cowboys @ Redskins (10/29) 37 What they’re saying about the Redskins The Washington football team — your most persistent headache, the squad whose light hadn’t even flickered during the preseason and the first game — awoke Sunday with a kind of performance that can bring a team together, that can be called upon in difficult times
CSN Mid-AtlanticAccentuating the negative leads to positive results for Chris Thompson
One of the best offenses in 2016, the Redskins early returns so far in 2017 rank somewhere between underwhelming and underachieving. That does not mean good games aren't coming in the future, however, at least according to head coach Jay Gruden and quarterback Kirk Cousins. "I would like to think that as the year goes on the offense gets better and better," Cousins said Wednesday. "Hopefully we take those steps going forward and we just hit our stride and play much better than we have the first two weeks." In the first two games of the season, a loss at home to the Eagles in Week 1 and a win in Los Angeles over the Rams, Cousins hasn't played particularly well. Against Philadelphia, he played
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Los Angeles Dodgers give struggling reliever Pedro Baez time off
After losing Tuesday night for the fourth time in three weeks, Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez informed manager Dave Roberts that he could pitch Wednesday. Roberts made a counter offer. “I asked him to sit with me in the dugout for the next couple days,” Roberts said before his team faced the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. “He’s going to hang out with me. We’ll talk about things. Just to get him away from the ’pen, ease his mind a little bit.” Baez gave up four runs in Tuesday’s loss. His earned-run average in September is 20.77. He may have pitched his way off the playoff roster. Roberts stopped short of condemning Baez on Tuesday. He stressed the importance of carrying the team’s
Quarterbacks
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | QB | |
| 12 | QB |
Running Backs
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 34 | RB | |
| 20 | RB | |
| 39 | RB | |
| 32 | RB | |
| 25 | KR/RB |
Wide Receivers
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | WR/PR | |
| 18 | WR | |
| 14 | WR | |
| 11 | WR | |
| 83 | WR |
Tight Ends
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 85 | TE | |
| 84 | TE | |
| 86 | TE | |
| 87 | TE |
Offensive Line
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 68 | G/LOG | |
| 69 | T/ROT | |
| 77 | G/LOG/LS | |
| 61 | C | |
| 76 | T/ROT | |
| 79 | T/LOT | |
| 73 | C | |
| 75 | G/ROG | |
| 57 | C/LS | |
| 71 | T/LOT |
Defensive Line
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 95 | DT/RDE | |
| 90 | DE/LDE | |
| 98 | DE/LDE | |
| 72 | DE/RDE | |
| 97 | DT/LDE | |
| 92 | DT/NT | |
| 99 | NT |
Linebackers
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | LB/ROLB | |
| 53 | LB/RILB | |
| 55 | LB/ROLB/SPTM | |
| 51 | LB/LILB | |
| 54 | LB/RILB | |
| 58 | LB/LOLB | |
| 40 | LB/RILB | |
| 91 | LB/LOLB | |
| 94 | LB/ROLB | |
| 50 | LB/LILB |
Secondary
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | CB/LCB/KR | |
| 47 | CB/LCB | |
| 22 | S/SS/SPTM | |
| 29 | CB/RCB/PR | |
| 38 | CB/RCB | |
| 39 | S/SS | |
| 31 | CB/SPTM/LCB | |
| 35 | S/FS | |
| 24 | CB/RCB | |
| 36 | S/FS |
Special Teams
| No | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | K/KFG/KKO | |
| 5 | P/HLD |