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3 Beck, John .......................................QB 6-2 215 4 Gano, Graham.....................................K 6-1 196 5 McNabb, Donovan ...........................QB 6-2 240 6 Bidwell, Josh ......................................P 6-3 228 8 Grossman, Rex ................................QB 6-1 236
10 Bartel, Richard ................................QB 6-3 230 11 Thomas, Devin................................WR 6-2 223 12 Kelly, Malcolm................................WR 6-4 226 13 Armstrong, Anthony......................WR 5-11 182 16 Banks, Brandon ..............................WR 5-7 150 18 Austin, Terrence ............................WR 5-11 172 19 Wade, Bobby ..................................WR 5-10 195 20 Tryon, Justin ....................................CB 5-9 179 22 Rogers, Carlos ..................................CB 6-0 189 23 Hall, DeAngelo .................................CB 5-10 192 25 Barnes, Kevin ...................................CB 6-1 185 26 Portis, Clinton ................................. RB 5-11 219 27 Johnson, Larry................................. RB 6-1 231 29 Holmes, Lendy....................................S 6-1 212 30 Landry, LaRon ....................................S 6-0 217 31 Buchanon, Phillip..............................CB 5-11 186 32 Russell, Anderson ..............................S 6-0 205 34 Westbrook, Byron ............................CB 5-10 204 35 Williams, Keiland............................ RB 5-11 223 36 Young, Darrel .................................. RB 5-11 245 37 Doughty, Reed....................................S 6-1 206 38 Robinson, Ramzee............................CB 5-10 190 39 Parker, Willie .................................. RB 5-10 210 40 Morris, Dennis............................TE/FB 6-2 265 41 Moore, Kareem...................................S 5-11 217 45 Sellers, Mike ....................................FB 6-3 268 46 Torain, Ryan .................................... RB 6-1 212 47 Cooley, Chris.....................................TE 6-3 250 48 Horton, Chris ......................................S 6-1 221 50 Williams, Edwin.............................C/G 6-3 313 51 Henson, Robert ................................LB 6-0 247 52 McIntosh, Rocky...............................LB 6-2 239 53 Riley, Perry.......................................LB 6-0 238 54 Blades, H.B.......................................LB 5-10 242 55 Draft, Chris.......................................LB 5-11 233 56 Gatewood, Curtis .............................LB 6-3 240 57 Sundberg, Nick .................................LS 6-0 246 58 Cook, Erik........................................C/G 6-6 318 59 Fletcher, London ..............................LB 5-10 245 60 Capers, Selvish...................................T 6-4 308 61 Rabach, Casey ....................................C 6-4 288 63 Montgomery, Will..........................C/G 6-3 307 64 Golston, Kedric................................ DT 6-4 300 66 Dockery, Derrick .................................G 6-6 325 67 Dearth, James..................................LS 6-4 265 68 Oldenburg, Clint .................................T 6-5 310 69 Brown, Jammal ..................................T 6-6 313 72 Green, Howard ................................ NT 6-2 365 72 Williams, Trent ..................................T 6-5 315 73 Robinson, William..............................T 6-6 295 74 Heyer, Stephon ..................................T 6-6 332 75 Hicks, Artis.....................................G/T 6-4 314 75 Scott, Darrion.................................. DE 6-3 289 76 Bryant, Anthony.............................. NT 6-3 376 77 Rinehart, Chad................................G/T 6-5 307 78 Lichtensteiger, Kory...........................G 6-3 290 79 Holliday, Vonnie...............................DL 6-5 285 80 Hodge, Shay ...................................WR 6-2 207 82 Paulsen, Logan.................................TE 6-5 264 84 Galloway, Joey ...............................WR 5-11 197 86 Davis, Fred........................................TE 6-4 255 87 Williams, Roydell ...........................WR 6-0 178 88 Vickers, Lee......................................TE 6-6 272 89 Moss, Santana ...............................WR 5-10 209 90 Jarmon, Jeremy............................... DE 6-3 286 91 Jackson, Rob.................................... DE 6-4 247 92 Haynesworth, Albert ...................... DT 6-6 335 93 Daniels, Phillip ................................ DE 6-5 302 94 Carriker, Adam................................ DE 6-6 311 95 Wilson, Chris....................................LB 6-4 247 96 Kemoeatu, Ma'ake .......................... NT 6-5 364 97 Alexander, Lorenzo ..........................LB 6-1 272 98 Orakpo, Brian ...................................LB 6-4 255 99 Carter, Andre....................................LB 6-4 257
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ble offense that will provide a good measuring stick forWash- ingtoncoaches. Last week’s preseason oppo-
nent, the Buffalo Bills, fielded the league’s 30th-ranked offense in 2009. By comparison, the Ra- venshad the 13th-best offense in the NFL a season ago and the league’s fifth-ranked running game. “Most definitely, it’s a way
better challenge,” said corner- back Carlos Rogers. “We’re still kindof vanillawithour calls,but thewide receivers and thingswe got to [cover],we got a challenge outside, along with the linemen andlinebackers.They got apow- erfulrungame. . . .Soit’sgoingto be a test just coming out there playing on pure strength and natural ability.” TheRedskins are expected to
give their starting defensive players about 30 snaps, which will be amuch heavierworkload than they had in the first pre- season game. It should keep the starters on the field into the sec- ond quarter. Not surprisingly, the only question among the top defensive players concerns line- man AlbertHaynesworth, who’s still lining up with the second unit. Haynesworth missed the
team’s final threefullpracticesof training camp thisweekwith an illness. Coach Mike Shanahan had a different explanation each day, and on Thursday said itwas a headache that kept Haynes- worthfrompracticing. But teamsources sayHaynes-
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4 Koch, Sam .......................................... P 6-1 216 5 Flacco, Joe........................................QB 6-6 238 7 Cundiff, Billy ......................................K 6-1 212 9 Bulger, Marc.....................................QB 6-3 208
10 Smith, Troy ......................................QB 6-0 217 11 Smith, Marcus................................ WR 6-1 225 13 Riley, Eron...................................... WR 6-3 205 14 Harper, Justin ................................ WR 6-3 226 16 Reed, David .................................... WR 6-0 190 17 Graham, Shayne.................................K 6-0 214 18 Stallworth, Donte' ......................... WR 6-0 220 20 Reed, Ed ............................................. S 5-11 200 21 Webb, Lardarius...............................CB 5-10 182 22 Miller, Prince....................................CB 5-8 198 23 McGahee, Willis...............................RB 6-0 235 25 Carr, Chris ........................................CB 5-10 182 26 Landry, Dawan ................................... S 6-0 210 27 Rice, Ray...........................................RB 5-8 212 28 Zbikowski, Tom.................................. S 5-11 215 29 Williams, Cary..................................CB 6-1 182 30 Paschal, Marcus...............................CB 6-0 201 31 Washington, Fabian.........................CB 5-11 175 32 Lawrence, Matt................................RB 6-1 209 33 McClain, Le'Ron ...............................FB 6-0 260 34 Parmele, Jalen .................................RB 5-11 222 35 Dutch, Doug......................................CB 5-11 205 36 Jones, Brad.......................................DB 6-1 202 37 Hawkins, Chris .................................CB 6-0 186 39 McLaughlin, Mike.............................FB 6-0 245 40 Gerard, K.J........................................CB 6-1 192 41 Fisher, Travis ...................................CB 5-10 194 42 Steele, Curtis ...................................RB 6-0 190 43 Nakamura, Haruki.............................. S 5-10 200 45 Hamlin, Ken........................................ S 6-2 208 46 Cox, Morgan ..................................... LS 6-4 226 47 McClellan, Albert .............................DE 6-2 254 48 Jones, Edgar............................ OLB/DE 6-3 262 49 Kindle, Sergio.................................OLB 6-3 250 50 Barnes, Antwan .............................OLB 6-1 251 51 Ayanbadejo, Brendon....................... LB 6-1 225 52 Lewis, Ray....................................... ILB
6-1 250
53 McClain, Jameel............................... LB 6-1 250 54 Burgess, Prescott ..........................OLB 6-3 253 55 Suggs, Terrell.................................OLB 6-3 260 56 Gooden, Tavares ............................. ILB
6-1 242
58 Phillips, Jason .................................. LB 6-1 242 59 Ellerbe, Dannell................................ LB 6-1 243 60 Tyler, Devin........................................ T 6-7 305 61 Jones, Arthur ...................................DT 6-3 313 62 Hale, David..................................... G/T 6-6 315 63 Cody, Terrence .................................DT 6-4 349 64 Cousins, Oniel .................................... T 6-4 315 65 Chester, Chris................................. G/C 6-3 315 66 Grubbs, Ben........................................G 6-3 310 67 Sanders, Daniel.................................. C 6-2 316 69 Rodgers, Stefan ................................. T 6-5 327 71 Gaither, Jared .................................... T 6-9 340 72 Mattison, Bryan............................. G/T 6-3 272 73 Yanda, Marshal .............................. G/T 6-3 315 74 Oher, Michael..................................... T 6-4 313 76 Reitz, Joe ........................................... T 6-7 320 77 Birk, Matt........................................... C 6-4 310 78 Harewood, Ramon.............................. T 6-6 340 79 Moll, Tony ...................................... G/T 6-5 315 80 Drew, Davon..................................... TE 6-4 255 81 Boldin, Anquan............................... WR 6-1 217 83 Dickson, Ed....................................... TE 6-4 250 85 Mason, Derrick............................... WR 5-10 197 86 Heap, Todd ....................................... TE 6-5 247 87 Williams, Demetrius...................... WR 6-2 202 88 Pitta, Dennis .................................... TE 6-4 245 89 Clayton, Mark................................. WR 5-10 190 90 Pryce, Trevor....................................DE 6-5 290 91 McKinney, Brandon..........................DT 6-2 350 92 Ngata, Haloti....................................NT 6-4 350 93 Redding, Cory...................................DT 6-4 292 95 Johnson, Jarret ................................ LB 6-3 265 96 Divens, Lamar ..................................DT 6-3 343 97 Gregg, Kelly......................................DT 6-0 320 98 Talavou, Kelly...................................NT 6-2 350 99 Kruger, Paul ...............................LB/DE 6-4 268
fake field goal was not the bad call. They knewwe were doing something, but they didn’t know what we were doing. And we sawsomething. And I thought if we could just . . . and . . . and . . .” The boyish exuberance, the
way he said “awesome,” the way he genuinely believed his team was getting better, even at 4-12. He’s b-a-a-a-ack. The Z-man. The guy who
gaveWashington “The Swinging Gate”— Mr.Maroon and Black himself—is returning to his old stomping grounds. This time, he doesn’t have a bingo card. Zorn said he is unsure
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whether he will see or shake hands with Snyder, whom he has not spoken with since his firing in January. But he said that’s more because he will be game-planning, that he bears no grudges —or at least none he feels he needs to share. “I’ve learned a lot,” the Z-
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man said. “I don’t have anything to say bad about the people I worked with there. I’m just not a gossip guy. I had a great time when I was there and I hoped that it would have been a building process and it wasn’t to be.” A diamond in the rough
after a 6-2 start in his first year, Zorn somehow morphed into the fifth jettisoned coach of the Snyder era. Oh, he had some moments. The Z-shades, playing
dodgeball with his quarterbacks, those uplifting news conferences amid the losing that clarified exactly what Snyder and Vinny Cerrato, the former general manager, meant when they said he “blewthem away.” I still remember him telling
The Post’s Dan Steinberg about the day he skinned a coyote for his pelt after he found the roadkill back home in Washington state, detailing how shocked the neighbors were, thinking he had skinned his own dog. You couldn’t get that from Jon Gruden or Tony Dungy
JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST Jim Zorn walks off after his final game as Redskins head coach.
after practice.Heck, you couldn’t get that from Rex Ryan. The people who hired Zorn whispered that he got too big for his britches after that 6-2 start. That after biking on Saturdays withW, inviting Rush Limbaugh to watch the game from his luxury box, that the homespun, golly-gee guy changed. That he made things too
complicated for Jason Campbell, micromanaged, didn’t hire the right people around him on offense. Snyder, in a recent
interviewwith
HogsHaven.com, said he realized the error of his ways, taking a shot at Zorn in the process. “We were headed in the
wrong direction,” he said. “It’s very simple. And the first thing you have to do is look in the mirror and you have to say— and be honest with yourself, you can’t say well, ‘Hope springs eternal and it’s going to get better and what Vinny Cerrato or Jim Zorn says is going to be great.’No, reality is reality. You know, I didn’t call two fake field goals in a row.” Ouch. “Look, we can dissect all
those things,” Zorn said. “I could go into every play. If it’s successful, no one is questioning why I called it. Bottom line is, we were 4-12. Could I look back and learn
things from different things I did? Yes. I’ve evaluated it, thought about it a lot and have moved on. “But if you ask me to
describemy two years in Washington, I would say I had a great time. It was awesome coaching the Redskins. Just awesome.” The moment I was worried
for Zorn? Oh, about an hour after he was hired—the moment I spoke to a former team spokesman, who was more tickled that the organization had fooled everyone than that the Redskins may have found a gem amid a landscape of retreads. “This guy was right under
everyone’s nose and nobody knewabout it,” he cackled. Before anyone mentioned Zorn’s qualifications or his pedigree as a very good NFL quarterback in Seattle, there seemed to be this grand measure of satisfaction that a guy who had been in their employ as an offensive coordinator for barely two weeks now had the big job. That after all the dalliances with Steve Spagnuolo and Jim Fassel, the rumors about Bill Cowher and leaving a lovesick Gregg Williams in limbo, no one sawa position coach from Seattle getting the nod. They thought Dan was going
with the glitz again. We’ll show them we know how to pick
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coaches. Zorn wasn’t vetted, his
potential grooming as a head coach watched from afar over time; he merely fit the suit.He was the emergency fill-in guy after Joe Gibbs left Snyder in a tough spot by deciding at the last moment he needed to step away for the final time. In hindsight, the Z-man was
“Dave.” Remember the 1993 dramady starring Kevin Kline? In the movie, the president goes into a coma and an affable temp agency owner, who looks and talks just like the leader of the free world, is plopped down into the Oval Office. Amid the sophomoric
moments—the “No, he didn’t” briefings—there are also endearing ones, when the naive temp comes across as such a decent, authentic human being you actually want him to preside over the administration and, sure, the country he is asked to bail out. Like Dave, though, Zorn
turned out ultimately to be holding a space for someone in the establishment. The movie ends with him eventually running for city council. In effect, he has to start over— kind of like a certain quarterbacks coach in Baltimore. Okay, last one.We gotta
know—mistaking maroon and black for burgundy and gold the day you were named coach? “When I looked out at the
press conference, I saw maroon, black and yellow,” Zorn said. “Everybody laughed. But what it did for me was absolutely tremendous.” Huh? “It showed how much pride
and commitment, both fans, media and the administration, had in the team. There was a real Redskin pride that showed because I didn’t know the colors. I started studying the history of the Redskins because of that.” Even in his most
embarrassing moments, the Z- man found a positive, found a silver lining. Awesome.
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worth felt better on Friday and would be ready to play against theRavens. Though he missed 13 of the
team’s 18fullpractice sessions in trainingcamp,Haynesworthhas mostly lined up as the second- stringnose tackle.He tooksnaps as a first-string defensive tackle in nickel situations. Against the Ravens, he is also expected to play at rightdefensive end. Haynesworth said following
the Bills game that he has learned to appreciate Haslett’s 3-4defense,anditdidn’t taketoo long topickup. While theRedskins’ offensive
players note that they’re still ad- justing to their scheme, several
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Redskins defensive players, such as cornerbacks Justin Tryon, top, and Carlos Rogers, say they have a pretty good handle on the scheme newcoordinator JimHaslett is implementing this season.
defensive players say they’ve felt comfortable with Haslett’s 3-4 since the team’s final minicamp in June. Players reported for training camp on July 29 and defensiveplayershavebeenfine- tuning their technique and hon- ing their understanding of their newassignments. Defensive endPhillipDaniels
said the groupwould be ready if Saturday’s game was actually Week 1 of the regular season, butheacknowledgedthat there’s still some value to a mostly-for- gettablepreseasongame. “Some thingswe’re still prob-
ably confused on here or there,” Daniels said, “but for the most part, I think guys are comfort- able.” Whilecoachesarehappywith
the progress the defense has made, defensive endKedricGol-
ston said it’s all still a “work in progress.” “No matter where we’re at,
we’ve still got to come out here and continue to get better each and every day,” he said. “We’re still young and in the infancy process of thisdefense.” Buffalo tallied only 293 yards
and committed three turnovers against a defensive approach that Redskins players described as “vanilla.”Haslett said he’s not planning to pull anymore tricks out of his pocket for the Ravens. Even though Baltimore’s offense might pose a better challenge, the Redskins’ focus is still on their scheme and their assign- ments, not Baltimore’s person- nel and playbook. For the de- fense, game-planning for pre- seasonfoes isminimal. “We get a sheet of what they
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do and an overall view of what they do,” Rogers said, “but it’s really not broken down [where] every day we go in and watch filmon themand break it down likeweusuallydoonatruegame week.” Andwhile coacheswon’t lose
sleep over the final score, they’re eager to see the defense’s aggres- sive attitude during training camp translate into game situa- tions. “WeallunderstandBaltimore
has a heck of a football team coming back with some great acquisitions,” Shanahan said. “We also knowthis is the second preseasongameandwe’re evalu- ating someplayers.”
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2010 NFLNOTEBOOK
Harvin visits Vikings after hospital stay
ASSOCIATED PRESS Minnesota Vikings wide re-
ceiver Percy Harvin is back with the team after an overnight hos- pital stay following a scary mi- graine attack, though his return to the field remains unclear. Harvin was on the practice
field Friday morning wearing a T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes, drinking Gatorade while smiling and chatting with coaches. He exchanged handshakes and hugs with a few teammates — waving at Pat Williams after the defen- sive tackle yelled “Hey, Perce, what’s up?” — before walking inside the team’s practice facility. Harvin was taken away from
WinterParkbyambulanceThurs- day after getting sick and collaps- ing on the field, a sobering scene that prompted the Vikings to end practice early. Harvin has missed all but a
handful of practices since train- ing camp began three weeks ago, plagued again by the unpredict- able, debilitating migraine epi- sodes that can leave him unable to function, let alone put on a helmet and pads and run around the field. But Harvin was, by all ac-
counts, doing fine one day later. Harvin will not travel with the
team to San Francisco for Sun- day’s exhibition game against the 49ers. Wide receiver Sidney Rice,
who hasn’t practiced yet himself because of a lingering hip injury, is also in that uncertain category. Rice said Friday he’s having “a little bit of pain” and acknowl- edged his readiness “is still up in the air” for the big Saintsgameon Sept. 9. l GIANTS: New York has
signed two-time Pro Bowl offen- sive lineman Shawn Andrews. The 27-year-old has not played
since early in the 2008 season, missing all but two games the past two years because of back problems that required two sur- geries. He also missed part of training camp in 2008 while bat- tling depression. The 16th pick in the 2004
draft, Andrews started 50 games with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2004 to ’08. . . . Backup quarterback Jim Sorgi
said the tear in the anterior cap- sule of his right shoulder is a lot worse than he originally thought. l COWBOYS: Coach Wade
Phillips said he expects to use his starters for “pretty close to a half” in Saturday night’s preseason game against the against the San Diego Chargers. That includes two backups starting on the of- fensive line, charged with pro- tecting quarterback Tony Romo. “Romo needs to get ready to
play,” Phillips said. “He doesn’t need to sit out the whole pre- season.Neitheroneof those [line- men] is going to be back in the preseason so the theory of don’t put him in there because those two guys are gone, well, then he doesn’t play. He just sits out. That’s the silly part to me.” Kyle Kosier and Marc Colom-
bo were lost this week to knee injuries. Colombo had ar- throscopic surgery and is expect- ed back within two weeks, cer- tainly by the opener. Kosier doesn’t need surgery but could miss the first three regular-sea- son games. In their places, Mon- trae Holland will start at left guard and Robert Brewster at right tackle. l SEAHAWKS:Ateam spokes-
man said Friday that Seattle was granted permission by the Char- gers to talk to representatives for unsigned wide receiver Vincent Jackson a couple of weeks ago. There is apparently no deal imminent, Jackson’s price tag re- mains high and he still has not reported to training camp be- cause he is unhappy with being a restricted free agent inSanDiego. The Chargers and Seahawks would have to work out a trade to get Jackson a newdeal. l BILLS: Tight end Shawn
Nelson has been suspended four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. The league announced Friday
that Nelson will be suspended without pay for Buffalo’s regular season games against the Dol- phins, Packers, Patriots and Jets. He can return to the active roster Oct. 4 and play the following weekend against the Jaguars. He is eligible to participate in all preseason practices and games. Nelson had 17 catches for 156
yards in 12 games as a rookie. l CHARGERS: Outside line-
backer Shawne Merriman will miss Saturday night’s exhibition gameagainst Dallas because ofan Achilles’ tendon injury that has prevented him from practicing since Tuesday.
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