SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010
KLMNO REDSKINS VS. BUCS Time: 1 p.m. Site: FedEx Field. Records: Redskins 5-7, Bucs 7-5.. TV: WTTG-5. Radio: WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM). Line: Bucs by 11/2 .
Smarter stats: The Redskins’ conversion to a 3-4 defense this season has been an absolute failure, and the responsibly for that lies everywhere (it’s not just Albert Haynesworth). They’re getting beaten deep with alarming regularity (41 plays of 20 yards or more in 449 attempts against), allowing 4.99 running back yards per carry and stuffing opposing running plays just 17 percent of the time (ranking 24th in the NFL).
Political Football LeMieux favors the normal over the bizarre as Buccaneers prepare to visit the Redskins BY SEN. GEORGE LEMIEUX I’ve only been in Washington 15
months, but in that brief time I’ve seen some pretty amazing things. Our government borrows money from
China to pay some of our farmers not to grow food. At last count, there are 39 czars reporting to our president, includ- ing an Asian Carp czar, a Green Jobs czar and a Guantanamo Base Closure czar (how’s that working out?). And the only city in America that’s doing well in a recession is the town that prints money. But I have come to learn that the
bizarre is normal in political Washing- ton. Dysfunction is not only accepted in our government; it is embraced and encouraged. I mean, the head of the House’s tax-writing committee didn’t pay
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Sen.George LeMieux (R-Fla.) will take inexperience over dysfunction any time. Hard Hits
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Offense The offensive linewill
have to set the tone for the game.What it does blocking-wisewill determine if the running
and passing games have a chance. It should be able to have some success against this fairly young defensive front. If the offensive line holds up,Donovan McNabbmay be able to have a good day throwing the ball. The passing gamewill have a chance
thisweek.Ronde Barber, Tampa’s best defensive back, is aging and isn’t quite the player he used to be. The Bucs’ defensewill have to pressureMcNabb to be effective. The zone style they playwill give the tight ends an advantage in the seams against the linebackers,who are very athletic, but Chris Cooley and Fred Davis have the edge. If the tight ends can win their seammatchups, itwill give the wideouts a chance to run their routes. The Tampa defensive scheme is predicated on playing zones and pressuringwith four. Therewere toomany turnovers last
week. Ball security is amust. If the Redskins protect the ball, they should have some good drives and be right in it. Edge:Redskins.
Defense First, the defensemust
stop the run. Thatmeans tackling is amust. Poor tacklingwill spell disaster for this team. LeGarrette
Blount is a big, strong, fast, bruising back.Hemight be evenmore talented than theGiants’ Brandon Jacobs, and CarnellWilliams,when healthy, is probably a better back than theGiants’ Ahmad Bradshaw. So the defensewill have its hands full. Defensive coordinator JimHaslett
might blitzmore thisweek. I expect Haslett to try to overload the line of scrimmage, even on passing downs. TheRedskins have put very little
pressure on the quarterback lately. If they are able to start generatingmore on pass plays aswell as run plays, this will be a very important part of their success. They need to be aggressive. Tampa’s Josh Freeman is a good
young quarterback, but if theRedskins force himtowin the game by passing, they have a chance. If they don’t stop the run and let Freeman get comfortable,we will see a repeat performance of last week. Edge: Bucs.
Special teams Returnswill be amajor
factor in the game because the offense has struggled all season. Some of its best
moments came after a really good return. So itwill be vital for theRedskins to have the return game assist the offense. Secondly, the Bucs have a very strong
running game and theRedskins’ defense has struggledwith the run lately. So solid coveragewill help lengthen the field. If the coverage teams can find away to cause a sudden change of possession it could be the difference in the game. It hasn’t happened in quite some time now, so this could be a gamewhere the coverage teams finally pop the ball loose. Edge:Redskins.
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REDSKINS’RESULTSANDSCHEDULE
SEPT. 12 Redskins 13, Cowboys 7
6.52 out of 10
SEPT. 19 Texans 30, Redskins 27
6.14 out of 10
SEPT. 26 Rams 30, Redskins 16
2.11 out of 10
OCT. 3 Redskins 17, Eagles 12
6.31 out of 10
OCT. 10 Redskins 16, Packers 13
6.40 out of 10
OCT. 17 Colts 27, Redskins 24
6.04 out of 10
OCT. 24 Redskins 17 Bears 14
5.47 out of 10
OCT. 31 Lions 37, Redskins 25
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NOV. 15 Eagles 59, Redskins 28
1.43 out of 10
NOV. 21 Redskins 19, Titans 16
6.67 out of 10
NOV. 28 Vikings 17, Redskins 13
3.21 out of 10
DEC. 5 Giants31, Redskins7
1.57 out of 10
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The strongside receiver continues his deep route and starts to cross just short of the end zone. After a quick play-fake, the quarterback throws past the cover corner for the score. Because the strong safety came down in zone coverage, there was only one man to beat.
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SS Florida Sen. George Le Mieux notes some similarities between the federal government and the Redskins.
REDSKINSROSTER 3 Beck, John
THESHANAHANPLAYBOOKBYDOUGFARRAR It’s not a stretch to go deep
The West Coast Offense is about timing, precision and route correctness. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t room in the playbook for the kinds of deep plays that can make an immediate difference in a game.
4 Gano, Graham
5 McNabb, Donovan 8 Grossman, Rex
13 Armstrong, Anthony 16 Banks, Brandon 17 Smith, Hunter 18 Austin, Terrence 20 Harris, Macho 22 Rogers, Carlos 23 Hall, DeAngelo 24 Davis, James 25 Barnes, Kevin 30 Landry, LaRon 31 Buchanon, Phillip 34 Westbrook, Byron 35 Williams, Keiland 36 Young, Darrel 37 Doughty, Reed 40 Brown, Andre 41 Moore, Kareem 45 Sellers, Mike 46 Torain, Ryan 47 Cooley, Chris
52 McIntosh, Rocky 54 Blades, H.B. 56 Riley, Perry
57 Sundberg, Nick 58 Cook, Erik
WR WR WR
59 Fletcher, London 61 Rabach, Casey 63 Montgomery,Will 64 Golston, Kedric 66 Dockery, Derrick 71 Williams, Trent 74 Heyer, Stephon 75 Hicks, Artis
76 Bryant, Anthony 77 Brown, Jammal
78 Lichtensteiger, Kory 82 Paulsen, Logan 86 Davis, Fred
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The offense lines up with a three-wide set, twins right, against the defense’s under front (a front aligned to the side away from the tight end). The halfback and tight end stay in to block strongside defenders to give the quarterback more time to see downfield and let the routes develop. The weakside receivers run clearing routes
designed to draw zone coverage away from the middle of the field. The inside receiver runs a seam route, and the wide receiver runs an out route. This takes the left cornerback, weakside linebacker, and free safety out of potential primary coverage.
87 Williams, Roydell 89 Moss, Santana 90 Jarmon, Jeremy 91 Holliday, Vonnie 93 Daniels, Phillip 94 Carriker, Adam 95 Wilson, Chris
96 Kemoeatu, Ma'ake 97 Alexander, Lorenzo 98 Orakpo, Brian 99 Carter, Andre
BUCSROSTER 1 Malone, Robert
5 Freeman, Josh 10 Barth, Connor 11 Johnson, Josh 12 Carpenter, Rudy 17 Benn, Arrelious
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18 Stroughter, Sammie 19 Williams, Mike 20 Barber, Ronde 22 Asante, Larry 23 Lewis, Myron
24 Williams, Carnell 26 Jones, Sean
27 Blount, LeGarrette 28 Lumpkin, Kregg 29 Johnson, DJ 31 Biggers, E.J. 33 Mack, Elbert
34 Graham, Earnest 37 Anderson, Vince 41 Lynch, Corey 44 Lorig, Erik
48 Economos, Andrew 51 Ruud, Barrett
53 Koutouvides, Niko 54 Hayes, Geno
56 Watson, Dekoda 57 Hayward, Adam 58 Black, Quincy 59 Raiola, Donovan 60 Carter, Brandon 61 Barker,Will 62 Larsen, Ted
65 Trueblood, Jeremy 70 Penn, Donald
71 Bennett, Michael 73 Hardman, Derek 76 Zuttah, Jeremy 77 Lee, James 80 Purvis, Ryan
81 Spurlock, Micheal 82 Winslow, Kellen 85 Stovall, Maurice 87 Parker, Preston 88 Gilmore, John
89 Briscoe, Dezmon 90 Miller, Roy
91 White, Stylez G. 93 McCoy, Gerald 95 Woods, Al
96 Crowder, Tim 97 Magee, Alex 98 Okam, Frank
QB 6-2 215 K 6-1 196
QB 6-2 240 QB 6-1 236 WR 5-11 182 WR 5-7 150 P 6-2 209 WR 5-11 172 S 6-0 200 CB 6-0 189 CB 5-10 192 RB 5-11 218 CB 6-1 185 S 6-0 217 CB 5-11 186 CB 5-10 204 RB 5-11 223 FB 5-11 245 S 6-1 206 RB 6-0 224 S 5-11 217 FB 6-3 268 RB 6-1 212 TE 6-3 250 LB 6-2 239 LB 5-10 242 LB 6-0 238 LS 6-0 246 OL 6-6 318 LB 5-10 245 C 6-4 288
C/G 6-3 307 DE 6-4 300 G 6-6 325 OT 6-5 315 OT 6-6 332 G/T 6-4 314 NT 6-3 376 OT 6-6 313 G 6-3 290 TE 6-5 264 TE 6-4 255 WR 6-0 178 WR 5-10 209 DE 6-3 286 DL 6-5 285 DE 6-5 302 DE 6-6 311 LB 6-4 247 NT 6-5 364 LB 6-1 272 LB 6-4 255 LB 6-4 257
his taxes for several years? Nowhere else but inWashington, right?Until now. Take a brief Metro ride over to FedEx
Field inSnyderville,Md.(whereif tailgat- ing is outlawed, only outlaws will tail- gate), and you’ll see Washington’s dys- function disease is spreading. The Red- skins have paid Albert Haynesworth more than $40 million dollars, and now he’s not even playing. Soyou’re thinking, “WheredoI signup
for that job?” Heck, the player and the coach don’t even talk! I think if the average American received a $21 million bonus, not only would he show up for practice, break a sweat and perhaps gather more than 21/2
sacks in eight
games, he might find some time to chitchat with the coach (“Boy, Denver’s cold, isn’t it?Hey Coach, have you tried a softshell blue crab? Anyone ever say you
look like GeorgeW?”). But despite their good intentions, the Redskins endeduppaying their suspend- ed player more than a million dollars a tackle this year. That’s almost like paying half a million dollars for each job created or saved in our economy. But enough about politics; let’s talk
football. It is pointed out to me that all three of
Florida’s teams are doing better than the Redskins. Tampa Bay and Jacksonville are both 7-5 and Miami is 6-6. Even so, the Bucs are the underdogs against Washington because of a perceived lack of experience. I’ll take inexperience over dysfunction any day. We have the run- ning game covered and our pass defense is historically ranked near the top in the NFL. I predict a Bucs blowout.
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QB 6-6 248 K 5-11 193 QB 6-3 205 QB 6-2 212 WR 6-2 220 WR 5-10 189 WR 6-1 212 CB 5-10 184 S
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CB 6-2 203 RB 5-11 217 S
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RB 6-0 247 RB 5-11 228 CB
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CB 6-0 180 CB 5-10 175 RB 5-9 225 S S
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C 6-2 293 G 6-6 319 T
C 6-2 305 T T
6-7 325 6-8 320
DL 6-4 274 T
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G 6-4 308 T
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WR 5-11 200 TE
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WR 6-5 220 WR 6-0 200 TE
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