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starter in the season opener, Sept. 12 against Dallas. And both are in that position be- cause the presumed starter, third-year player Kareem Moore, is out at least a month following knee surgery. “It’s our turn,” Horton said.
“We have to be ready. That’s our job.” Friday, the Redskins will face
the Jets with a backup at quar- terback (Rex Grossman for six- time Pro Bowler Donovan Mc- Nabb, out with a sprained an- kle); a backup at fullback (Dar- rel Young for Pro Bowler Mike Sellers, out with a sprained knee); and a backup at free safety (Doughty forMoore). “Somebody goes down,”
Coach Mike Shanahan said, “and somebody comes in.” Such is life in theNFL.On the
Redskins, no two players know that better than Horton and Doughty. Since that day when Doughty got sick and Horton jumped in, Horton has started 14 games for Washington, Doughty nine. Each has a long history of stepping in because of injury or, in Doughty’s case, tragedy. It was Doughty, the year be-
fore Horton became a pro, who played in place of Sean Taylor when Taylorwas killed during a break-in of his Miami-area home. It was Horton, then a rookie, who got the bulk of the playing time in 2008, when Doughty went down with a debilitating back condition that he thought might cost him his career. ItwasDoughtywho took over when Horton suffered a season-ending toe injury last year. Through it all, as they com-
pete against each other for playing time, they oftenwalk off the practice field together, chat- ting.
said. “I just remember waking up real nervous, didn’t know what to do. I had this look inmy eye like, ‘Gosh, it’s gonna be a long one.’ . . . I had mental errors. I blew some coverages. But there’s one thing I did,man, and I’m trying to get back to that status. That’s just run to the ball and fly around.” Since that game against New
Orleans, Horton has just one interception and one fumble recovery.His approach, though, is different. “Night and day,” said safeties
coach Steve Jackson. “He was just a raw, young kid.Now,he’s a professional. He knows how to anticipate what’s coming. He plays to make plays, not just to not get beat.” Now, though, Horton is coming off the toe injury that cost him the final eight games of 2009. Doughty, too, had to grow
after injury. His back problems got so bad in 2008 that he couldn’t walk around the mall without losing the feeling in his legs. “It didn’t just affect football,”
JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
ChrisHorton, above, and Reed Doughty will share time at free safety with KareemMoore sidelined. “Chris and I have really simi-
lar personalities,”Doughty said. “We really try to be coachable, maybe sometimes to a fault. We’ve got to, sometimes, free up and be a little bit more of a playmaker. But with it all, we really try to help each other out. We’re friends off the field. Real- ly, I think it’s as good a working relationship as you can have.” The back line of theRedskins’
defense will change this season because LaRon Landry, who started each of the past two seasons at free safety, has been moved back to strong safety, his more natural position.Moore, a
Redskins preseason roster No. Player
3 Beck, John 4 Gano, Graham P
sixth-round draft choice in 2008 — the same year Horton was selected in the seventh — had beenhiddenbehindLandry at free safety for his entire career, buthad used this off-sea- son and training camp to im- press Shanahan and Jim Has- lett, the Redskins’ new defen- sive coordinator. But Moore’s injury — suffered when the Baltimore Ravens ran a fake punt in last week’s preseason victory over Washington – changes all that. “It’s really too bad,” Horton
said. “But we both have experi- ence, and this is our job. We
Pos. Ht. Wt. QB 6-2 215 PK 6-1 196
5 McNabb, Donovan QB 6-2 240 6 Bidwell, Josh 8 Grossman, Rex 10 Bartel, Richard 11 Thomas, Devin 12 Kelly, Malcolm
6-3 228
QB 6-1 236 QB 6-3 230 WR 6-2 223 WR 6-4 226
13 Armstrong, Anthony WR 5-11 182 16 Banks, Brandon 18 Austin, Terrence 19 Wade, Bobby 20 Tryon, Justin 22 Rogers, Carlos 23 Hall, DeAngelo 24 Carter, Tyrone 25 Barnes, Kevin 26 Portis, Clinton 27 Johnson, Larry 29 Holmes, Lendy 30 Landry, LaRon 31 Buchanon, Phillip 32 Russell, Anderson 34 Westbrook, Byron 35 Williams, Keiland 36 Young, Darrel 37 Doughty, Reed
CB 5-11 186 S
WR 5-7 150 WR 5-11 172 WR 5-10 195 CB 5-9 179 CB 6-0 189 CB 5-10 192 S
5-9 195
CB 6-1 185 RB 5-11 219 RB 6-1 231 S S
6-1 212 6-0 217
6-0 205
CB 5-10 204 RB 5-11 223 RB 5-11 245 S
6-1 206
38 Robinson, Ramzee CB 5-10 190 39 Parker, Willie 40 Morris, Dennis 41 Davis, Carey
41 Moore, Kareem 45 Sellers, Mike 46 Torain, Ryan 47 Cooley, Chris 48 Horton, Chris 50 Williams, Edwin 51 Henson, Robert 52 McIntosh, Rocky 53 Riley, Perry 54 Blades, H.B.
56 Gatewood, Curtis 57 Sundberg, Nick 58 Cook, Erik
59 Fletcher, London 60 Capers, Selvish 61 Rabach, Casey 63 Montgomery, Will 64 Golston, Kedric 66 Dockery, Derrick 67 Dearth, James 68 Oldenburg, Clint 69 Brown, Jammal 72 Green, Howard 72 Williams, Trent
FB
RB 5-10 210 TE/FB 6-2 265 FB S
RB 6-1 212 TE S
C/G 6-3 313 LB LB LB LB LB LS
C/G 6-6 318 LB OT C
LS OT OT NT OT
73 Robinson, William OT 74 Heyer, Stephon 75 Hicks, Artis 75 Scott, Darrion 76 Bryant, Anthony 77 Rinehart, Chad
OT
78 Lichtensteiger, Kory G 79 Holliday, Vonnie 80 Hodge, Shay 82 Paulsen, Logan 84 Galloway, Joey 86 Davis, Fred
87 Williams, Roydell 88 Vickers, Lee
89 Moss, Santana 90 Jarmon, Jeremy 91 Jackson, Rob
5-10 225 5-11 217 6-3 268
6-3 250 6-1 221
6-0 247 6-2 239 6-0 238 5-10 242 6-3 240 6-0 246
5-10 245 6-4 308 6-4 288
C/G 6-3 307 DT G
6-4 300 6-6 325 6-4 265 6-5 310 6-6 313 6-2 365 6-5 315 6-6 295 6-6 332
G/T 6-4 314 DE NT
DL
WR 6-2 207 TE
WR 5-11 197 TE
WR 6-0 178 TE
92 Haynesworth, Albert DT 93 Daniels, Phillip 94 Carriker, Adam 95 Wilson, Chris
LB LB LB
6-3 289 6-3 376
G/T 6-5 307 6-3 290 6-5 285
WR 5-10 209 DE DE
DE DE LB
96 Kemoeatu, Ma'ake NT 97 Alexander, Lorenzo 98 Orakpo, Brian 99 Carter, Andre
6-5 264 6-4 255 6-6 272 6-3 286
6-4 247 6-6 335 6-5 302 6-6 311 6-4 247 6-5 364 6-1 272 6-4 255 6-4 257
Jets preseason roster No. Player
2 Folk, Nick
6 Sanchez, Mark 7 O’Connell, Kevin 8 Brunell, Mark
9 Weatherford, Steve 10 Holmes, Santonio 11 Clemens, Kellen 14 Henry, Marcus 15 Taylor, Larry 16 Smith, Brad
17 Edwards, Braylon 19 Coles, Laveranues 20 Wilson, Kyle
Doughty said. “It affected my emotional well-being. It was very discouraging.” After more than a year of
know how to do this, how to be ready.” Horton came into camp as
the backup to Landry at strong safety,withDoughty the backup to Moore at free safety. Since Moore’s injury, though, the coaching staff has said that the two will battle each other for the start alongside Landry in the first game against Dallas. Whoever ends up as the starter will be almost a completely different player than he was that day two years ago, when Doughty got sick. “That is one of my best games, to this day, still,”Horton
rehab, Doughty came back in 2009 and had his best season, three times posting double dig- its in tackles beforemissing the final game of the year with a sprained ankle. Friday night, he will assume a starting position again.Hortonwill be there, too, pushing. However this latest competition works out, each said he’ll be happy. “If he’s starting the game, I
want him to finish,” Doughty said. “I want him to succeed, because when I’m in that posi- tion, I want to play the whole game, too. You don’t want to be like, ‘Oh, I hopeCoach pulls him and I get in there’.”
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NFLNOTEBOOK
Cardinals send Leinart to the bench, seek a spark
ASSOCIATED PRESS Matt Leinart has been benched
after just two preseason games, this after the Arizona Cardinals gave him the starting job following Kurt War- ner’s retirement. It could be just a temporary move
—or maybe not. “Well, I don’t think we’ve played
really well enough offensively to make any determination other than we need to get better,” Cardinals Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Thurs- day. “We’re looking at different com- binations of people.” What Leinart will be looking at is
Derek Anderson, signed to be his backup, starting Saturday night in Chicago against the Bears. Whisenhunt’s expectations aren’t
that high, he would just like to see a fewfirst downs. “I’d like to see us operate a little
better early in thegame,”Whisenhunt said. “That’s not necessarily the first quarter, that’s the first quarter, the second quarter. Seems like last week we went three three-and-outs, and then we had a drive going. “I’d like to see us perform a little
better earlier in the game.” Leinart hasn’t been able to get it
done. The 10th overall pick in the 2006
draft started for Arizona in a 24-10 loss to Tennessee on Monday night and lasted all of nine plays. He couldn’t produce a first down or any points. Leinart was 4 of 6 for 28 yards against the Titans, and is 10 of 13 for 77 yards in Arizona’s first two pre- season games. l RAMS 36, PATRIOTS 35: Sam
Pos.Ht. Wt. K 6-1 222 QB 6-2 225 QB 6-5 225 QB 6-1 217 P 6-3 210 WR 5-11 192 QB 6-2 221 WR 6-4 212 WR 5-6 177 WR 6-2 210 WR 6-3 215 WR 5-11 200 DB 5-10 194
21 Tomlinson, LaDainian RB 5-10 221 22 Pool, Brodney 23 Greene, Shonn 24 Revis, Darrelle 25 McKnight, Joe 26 Lowery, Dwight 27 Woodhead, Danny 29 Smith, Bo
30 Coleman, Drew 31 Cromartie, Antonio
34 Cole, Marquice 35 Warren, Donovan 36 Leonhard, Jim 37 Cook, Emanuel 38 Conner, John 40 Jackson, Brian 43 Davis, Jason
44 Ihedigbo, James 46 Purdum, Tanner 47 Reamer, Cory
48 Satele, Brashton 49 Richardson, Tony 50 Gholston, Vernon 52 Harris, David
54 Cummings, Kenwin 55 Westerman, Jamaal 56 Laury, Lance 57 Scott, Bart 58 Mauga, Josh 58 Thomas, Bryan 59 Felix, Robby
62 Ducasse, Vladimir 64 Tanner, Charlie 65 Moore, Brandon 67 Woody, Damien 68 Slauson, Matt 70 Devito, Mike 71 Gay, Dan
72 Turkovich, Michael 74 Mangold, Nick 75 Turner, Robert 77 Jenkins, Kris 78 Hunter,Wayne 81 Keller, Dustin
82 Mulligan, Matthew 84 Hartsock, Ben 86 Cumberland, Jeff 87 Clowney, David 88 Allison, Aundrae 89 Cotchery, Jerricho 91 Pouha, Sione 92 Ellis, Shaun 93 Kroul, Matt 94 Lamb, Jason
96 Tevaseu, Martin 97 Pace, Calvin
98 Wright, Rodrique 99 Taylor, Jason
DB 6-2 210 RB 5-11 226 CB 5-11 198 RB 5-11 194 CB 5-11 198 WR 5-9 195 DB 6-0 190 CB 5-9 180 DB 6-2 203
32 Washington, Chauncey RB 5-11 222 33 Smith, Eric
60 Ferguson, D’Brickashaw T 61 Steinkuhler, Ty
SS 6-1 205 CB 5-10 190 CB 5-11 195 SS 5-8 186 SAF 5-10 214 RB 5-11 246 CB 6-0 198 RB 5-10 242 DB 6-1 210 LS 6-3 270 LB 6-3 231 LB 6-0 241 FB 6-1 238 OLB 6-3 264 ILB 6-2 245 LB 6-3 250 LB 6-3 255 LB 6-2 237 ILB 6-2 240 ILB 6-1 243 OLB 6-4 266 C 6-3 295 6-6 310
DT 6-3 280 T
6-5 330
G 6-3 305 G 6-3 305 T
6-3 330
G 6-5 315 DE 6-3 305 T T
6-4 303 6-6 301
C 6-4 305 G 6-4 308 NT 6-4 360 T
6-5 320
TE 6-2 248 TE 6-4 270 TE 6-4 270 TE 6-4 249 WR 6-0 188 WR 6-0 198 WR 6-0 203 NT 6-3 325 DE 6-5 285 DT 6-3 281 DE 6-4 284 NT 6-2 325 OLB 6-4 265 DE 6-5 300 DE 6-6 255
JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST
Backup quarterback Rex Grossman scrambles out of the pocket against the Ravens last Saturday. Grossman will start Friday night against the Jets.
Redskins Insider Excerpts from
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Grossmanishoping toreboundagainst Jets Offensive coordinatorKyle
ShanahanandquarterbackDonovan McNabb are still inthe early stages of building a relationship.But ShanahanandbackupRexGrossman already knoweachotherwell.Both weremembers of theHoustonTexans last season. WithMcNabb sidelinedby an
ankle injury,Grossmanis scheduled to startFridaynight against theNew York Jets atNewMeadowlands Stadium. Shanahandoesnot expect Grossmanto attempt to shoulder a bigger loadwithMcNabb out, but to “just execute the offense; get the ball inthe right spot.Whenwehave a bad play or something,don’tmake it a worseplay. Survive thedownandget us into thenext one.” Grossmandidnot farewell inthat
areaduring lastweek’s 23-3 loss to the BaltimoreRavens atFedExField.He threwaninterceptionandwasnot sharpoverall.The team’spoor performance inpassprotectiondidn’t help.Grossmanwas sackedthree times andpressuredofteninthe secondhalf. “I justwant to seeRex be smarter
whenwehave a badplay called,” Shanahansaid. “Rexplayedpretty goodif youtake away about three playshehadinthe game. “Andthatwaswhenwehada bad
call andhedidn’t reallyhave a chance tomake aplay.He endedupmaking a badplay ahorribleplay. I justwant him,whenhedoesn’thave a good play, to just survive thedown.” Grossmanplayedwell ina 42-17 victory over theBuffaloBills onAug.
13.Hehadtwo touchdownpasses— including a 44-yarder toDevin Thomas—anda 122.5passer rating. The eight-year veteran
understandswhat Shanahanexpects. “Yougot a badlook,don’tmake it a
worse look by trying to force something. Just throwit away and live toplay thenextplay,”Grossman said. “If you’re inthe shotgunor something, youdropthe ball,don’t justpick itupandtry todo something. It’s already a badplay. Just live toplay thenextplay.”
Armstronghaswhat it takes CountKyle Shanahanamong the
fans ofunheraldedwide receiver AnthonyArmstrong. “Hehasn’t beena surprise,”
Shanahansaid. “Hewas a surprise whenhe gothere because Ididn’t knowwhohewas.Buthe’s beenthis way sinceOTAs. “We expectedit fromhim.We just
wantedto see ifhe coulddo it inthe games, becausehe’sneverhadthat opportunity.Andhe’sdone it so far.” Armstrong’s talent is obvious,
Shanahansaid, andhe’s “a guywho canrunandwho is fast andalsohas the quick twitchto get inandout of breaks.Hehas thehands andhas everything it takes to be a receiver. “Youwonder,whena guyhas
neverhada career catch,preseasonor regular,what’s thedeal. Sowewanted to gethimunder the lights.Hehasn’t flinchedat all.He’s beenthe same at practice.Youcantellwe’ve got a good player.”
—JasonReid
Bradford, the top pick in this year’s draft, was poised and precise in play- ing the first half atNewEngland. The St. Louis quarterback went 15 for 22 for 189 yards after struggling as a backup in his first two games. The Rams won on Josh Brown’s
37-yard field goal on the final play. Keith Null quarterbacked the win- ning drive. Rams wide receiver Donnie Avery
left with a right knee injury. Avery, who led St. Louis wide receivers with 47 catches last year, was hurt with 1 minute 32 seconds left in the first half. He jumped for Bradford’s long pass down the right sideline, fell and clutched his right knee as the ball dropped incomplete. Also on Thursday, Patriots place
kicker Stephen Gostkowski agreed to a contract extension, a person famil- iar with the deal told the Associated Press. l COLTS: Indianapolis defensive
captain Gary Brackett left a pre- season game against the Packers with a right hand injury late in the first quarter.He was trying to tackle Ryan Grant on a short gain when it ap- peared teammate Philip Wheeler camecrashing throughandhit Brack- ett’s hand on his helmet. Colts starting running back Joseph
Addai sustained a concussion mid- way through the third quarter while making a tackle of Robert Francois afterFrancois scoopedupa fumble by PeytonManning. lTEXANS: Tight end Owen Dan-
iels, who made the Pro Bowl after the 2008 season, said he hopes to be ready for the regular season opener against Indianapolis after getting medical clearance to play again. Daniels tore his right anterior cru-
ciate ligament midway through last season and underwent surgery last November.He visited JamesAndrews on Wednesday, and the renowned orthopedist finally declared Daniels’s knee fully healed. Daniels is expected to practice with
his team onMonday, ending an ardu- ous 10-month recovery. “It’s going to be interesting, it’s
going to be strange, but I can’t wait,” Daniels said. l GIANTS: Starting center Shaun
O’Hara will sit out the rest of the preseason because of pain around his left ankle caused by Achilles’ tendini- tis. Doctors put his foot in a hard cast Thursday. Starting left guard Rich Seubert took O’Hara’s first-string practice snaps, and will start the team’s third preseason game Satur- day in Baltimore. l BEARS: Linebacker Brian Ur-
lacher will miss Saturday’s preseason game against the Cardinals as he nurses a left calf muscle strain. Coach Lovie Smith said Urlacher
has improved, but the team is taking no chances. l STEELERS: Safety Ryan Clark
will sit out Sunday’s exhibition game in Denver because playing at a high altitude can trigger a red blood cell condition that caused him to lose his spleen and gall bladder after a 2007 game there. Clark also didn’t play in Pitts-
burgh’s regular season game in Den- ver last season. He does plan to run before Sunday night’s game, as he did last year, to test his reaction to being in the mile-high atmosphere.
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