SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
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Political football Parker: Houston has the know-how
Houston Mayor Annise Parker notes
the Redskins’ reliance on Texas-bred coaching:
Washington has long depended on the
state of Texas for great leadership. The Washington Redskins are no ex-
ception. Our great state has sent many larger- than-life politicians to the nation’s capi- tal to be part of the sausage-making process more commonly known as the federal government. The long list in- cludesU.S. presidents, a vice president, a speaker of the House, and a majority leader or two. I won’t name names, but I’msure we can all agree that some have been more successful than others. The same can be said about theWash-
ington Redskins, who earlier this year stole some of Houston’s finest football
minds to help Dan Snyder rebuild his sagging NFL franchise. Did Houstonians and Texans Chair-
man and CEO BobMcNair drop a flag on this play for unsportsmanlike conduct? Nay! We responded as Houstonians al- ways respond, with some old-fashioned Southern hospitality, graciously sending Snyder a small army of former Texans employees. The Redskins snatched up former Tex-
ans assistant coaches Kyle Shanahan, Matt LaFleur, Richard Hightower and Ray Wright. They even brought along backup quarterback Rex Grossman and senior vice president Tony Wyllie, a na- tiveHoustonian.They probably would’ve taken Texans head coach and former Mike Shanahan protege Gary Kubiak while they were at it, but we had to call timeout.
Annise Parker is the mayor of Houston. The Texans play the Redskins today at FedEx Field. Hard Hits
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REDSKINS’RUSHDEFENSE vs. ARIANFOSTER I believeRedskins
defensive coordinator Jim Haslett understands that teams are having success running against his defense
inside. To change this, the nose tackle is going to have to bemore effective pushing the center into the backfield. The 3-4 defense, inmy opinion, has
success against the run by pushing offensive linemen back and creating traffic jams, allowing the linebackers and safeties the time to get to the ballcarrier. If the defensive line is unsuccessful at doing this, the linebackerswill have to take on blockers. This gives the running back space to navigate through the defense. I give the edge to theRedskins’
defense. I believe this unit is clear on what needs to be done to improve. Despite the threat posed byArian Foster, Houston doesn’t have the best offensive line theRedskinswill face.
HASLETT’S 3-4DEFENSE vs.MATT SCHAUB
Haslettwill have to do
much ofwhat he did in last Sunday night’s game,which is as follows:
l Stop the run and forceHouston to
to pass the ball. lMix up pass defense coverages to
try and confuseMatt Schaub in his reads. l Blitz Schaub fromdifferent places
on the field to keep himoff-balance. l Blanket coverAndre Johnson, roll
the coverage over the top of him, limit his catches and yards, and therefore force the otherHouston receivers to have towin their individual battles. The Redskins executed this to perfection against the Cowboys.MilesAustin got his yards butwas not enough of a factor towin the game by himself. After the Cowboys game I have no
reason to think that thisRedskins defensewon’t be able to accomplish the same thing it did lastweek. The edge goes to theRedskins’ defense.
JAMMALBROWNvs. MARIOWILLIAMS
Somewould dare to
compareMarioWilliams to DeMarcusWare, andwhen I broke down filmon himI
seewhy.Williams is built similarly to Ware, but he is thicker and bigger. As they get going, these guysmix in
an assortment of different approaches. Williams is a true defensive end, so unlikeWare,who is a 3-4 linebacker, he will be rushing froma true three-point stance,whichmeans hewill have his hand in the dirt. The TexansmoveWilliams around a
lot, so I also expect himto spend time going against theRedskins’ left tackle, rookie TrentWilliams,who did a good job onWare lastweek. But thematchup against Jammal Brown is probably a littlemore favorable forHouston, so I’m betting they’ll pit himagainst the Redskins’ right tackle often. I look for Brown tomake contact and
then hold and grabWilliams.Hewill try to talk and get physical even if the play has gone the otherway. In thismatchup I giveWilliams the
slightest of edges, butwon’t be surprised if Brown gets the better of him.
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REDSKINS’SCHEDULEANDRESULTS SEPT. 12
Redskins 13, Cowboys 7
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at St. Louis 4:05 p.m. Fox
OCT. 3
at Phila. 4:15 p.m. Fox
As the quarterback rolls out, the left defensive end sheds the fullback’s block and goes after him. The quarterback sets his feet as the weak-side wide receiver blows by the cornerback, angled inside, and beats him downfield.
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The offense goes with two wide receivers, a tight end tight to the left side and an I-formation in the backfield. The defense counters with a 4-3 zone with a strong-side linebacker blitz look. At the snap, the quarterback sells play-action to the halfback and rolls right. The tight end and left wide receiver run routes upfield, and the weak-
side wide receiver starts to run his deep post, giving the cornerback a quick stutter move a few yards upfield, and going deep.
Of course, if the season opener is any
indications, it seems they played a better game in Houston. Ah. Revenge can be so sweet! I read withmuchinterestTexasGover-
nor Rick Perry’s tongue-in-cheek first installment in this series last week. You’ll have to excuse RickPerry for his overesti- mation of the Dallas Cowboys. Living in Austin instead of an NFL city has clearly clouded the Texas governor’s judgment, or perhaps it’s the heat of his re-election campaign. It’s the Texans, not the Cowboys, who
are in the win column after one week of the 2010 season. It’s the Texans who look the part of a playoff contender as they prepare for a trip to FedEx Field, and it’s the Texans with whom the Redskins are hoping to measure up. The Texans have sold out every home
game since arriving as an expansion team in 2002, and this year’s regular
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season opener against the Indianapolis Colts set an opening-day attendance re- cord at Reliant Stadium.Houston is once again beginning to see, as Washington long has with the Redskins’ storied fan base,what a positiveandunifying effect a
football team can have on a community. All teasing aside, best wishes to the Redskins and their fans for a great 2010 season — beginning next week. Maybe when it’s all said and done, the Redskins will have captured a little Texas swagger.
REDSKINSROSTER 3 Beck, John
THESHANAHANPLAYBOOK When you have a good thing going, don’t get away from it
Mike Shanahan has long been known as one of the NFL’s most aggressive play-callers. A good example is this one — called the Keeper X-Post — that he used in Super Bowl XXXIII after his assistants said that the receiver could get open on a post pattern. It went for an 80-yard touchdown. Redskins fans will find out quickly that Shanahan doesn’t leave arrows in his quiver — when he spots tendencies to exploit, he goes after them. A deep post on first-and-10, deep in your own territory, against a blitzing defense? That’s a high-risk situation, but in Shanahan’s mind, the potential rewards make rolling the dice worth it.
4 Gano, Graham
5 McNabb, Donovan 6 Bidwell, Josh 8 Grossman, Rex 11 Thomas, Devin
13 Armstrong, Anthony 16 Banks, Brandon 22 Rogers, Carlos 23 Hall, DeAngelo 25 Barnes, Kevin 26 Portis, Clinton 27 Johnson, Larry 30 Landry, LaRon 31 Buchanon, Phillip 34 Westbrook, Byron 35 Williams, Keiland 36 Young, Darrel 37 Doughty, Reed 41 Moore, Kareem 45 Sellers, Mike 47 Cooley, Chris 48 Horton, Chris
52 McIntosh, Rocky 54 Blades, H.B. 56 Riley, Perry
WR WR TE QB RB
57 Sundberg, Nick 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 84 Galloway, Joey 86 Davis, Fred
87 Williams, Roydell 89 Moss, Santana 90 Jarmon, Jeremy 91 Holliday, Vonnie
92 Haynesworth, Albert 93 Daniels, Phillip 94 Carriker, Adam 95 Wilson, Chris
96 Kemoeatu, Ma'ake 97 Alexander, Lorenzo 98 Orakpo, Brian 99 Carter, Andre
TEXANSROSTER 1 Turk, Matt
WR
4 Rackers, Neil 7 Orlovsky, Dan 8 Schaub, Matt 9 Leinart, Matt 12 Jones, Jacoby 19 Dickerson, Dorin 20 Slaton, Steve 21 McCain, Brice
22 McManis, Sherrick 23 Foster, Arian
25 Jackson, Kareem 26 Wilson, Eugene 28 Molden, Antwaun 29 Quin, Glover 30 Wall, Jamar
31 Pollard, Bernard 32 Ward, Derrick 33 Nolan, Troy
34 Barber, Dominique 35 Reeves, Jacques 44 Leach, Vonta
46 Weeks, Jonathan 51 Sharpton, Darryl 52 Adibi, Xavier 53 Nixon, David 54 Diles, Zac
55 Myers, Chris 57 Bentley, Kevin 59 Ryans, DeMeco 62 Caldwell, Antoine 64 Studdard, Kasey 65 Brisiel, Mike 71 Smith, Shelley 72 Nading, Jesse 73 Winston, Eric 74 Smith,Wade 76 Brown, Duane 77 Denney, Ryan 78 Butler, Rashad 80 Johnson, Andre 81 Daniels, Owen 83 Walter, Kevin 85 Dreessen, Joel 86 Casey, James 88 Graham, Garrett 89 Anderson, David 90 Williams, Mario 91 Okoye, Amobi 92 Mitchell, Earl 94 Smith, Antonio 95 Cody, Shaun 97 Okam, Frank
99 Ogunleye, Adewale
QB 6-2 215 K
6-1 196
QB 6-2 240 P
6-3 228
QB 6-1 236 WR 6-2 223 WR 5-11 182 WR 5-7 150 CB CB CB RB RB S
CB CB RB FB S S
FB TE S
LB LB LB LS LB C
OT OT
6-0 189 5-10 192 6-1 185 5-11 219 6-1 231 6-0 217 5-11 186 5-10 204 5-11 223 5-11 245 6-1 206 5-11 217 6-3 268 6-3 250 6-1 221 6-2 239 5-10 242 6-0 238 6-0 246 5-10 245 6-4 288
C/G 6-3 307 DE G
6-4 300 6-6 325 6-5 315 6-6 332
G/T 6-4 314 NT OT G
TE
WR 5-11 197 TE
WR 6-0
6-3 376 6-6 313 6-3 290 6-5 264
6-4 255 178
WR 5-10 209 DE DL DT DE DE LB NT LB LB LB
6-3 286 6-5 285 6-6 335 6-5 302 6-6 311 6-4 247 6-5 364 6-1 272 6-4 255 6-4 257
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Time: 4:15 p.m. Site: FedEx Field. Records: Washington, 1-0; Houston, 1-0. TV: WUSA (Channel 9), WJZ (Channel 13). Radio: WWXT (92.7 FM), WWXX (94.3 FM), WTEM (980 AM). Line: Texans by 3.
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6-5 6-1
QB 6-5 QB 6-5 QB 6-5 WR 6-2 WR 6-4 RB 5-9 CB 5-9
251 206 230 240 232 210 226 215 185
DB 5-11 195 RB 6-1
227
DB 5-10 196 FS 5-10 200 CB 6-2 CB 6-0
202 205
CB 5-10 202 SS 6-1
RB 5-11 228 S
6-2 FS 6-0
CB 5-11 195 FB 6-0
224 206
215 255
LS 5-10 245 LB 5-11 236 LB 6-2 LB 6-3 OLB 6-2 C
6-4
LB 6-0 MLB 6-1 G 6-3 G 6-3 G 6-5 G 6-3 DE 6-5 T T T
6-5 6-4 6-4
DE 6-7 T
6-4
WR 6-3 TE 6-3 WR 6-3 TE 6-4 TE 6-3 TE 6-3
242 225 245 295 248 250 305 302 300 300 264 314 296 315 264 308 225 250 218 250 240 243
WR 5-10 197 DE 6-6 DT 6-2 DT 6-3 DE 6-4 DT 6-4 DT 6-5 DE 6-4
295 315 291 295 310 340 260
OCT. 10
Green Bay 1 p.m. Fox
OCT. 17
Indianapolis 8:20 p.m. NBC
OCT. 24
at Chicago 1 p.m. Fox
OCT. 31
at Detroit 1 p.m. Fox
NOV. 15
Philadelphia 8:30 p.m. ESPN
NOV. 21
at Tennessee 1 p.m. Fox
NOV. 28
Minnesota 1 p.m. Fox
DEC. 5
at N.Y. Giants 1 p.m. Fox
DEC. 12
Tampa Bay 1 p.m. Fox
DEC. 19
at Dallas 1 p.m. Fox
DEC. 26
at Jacksonville 1 p.m. Fox
JAN. 2
N.Y. Giants 1 p.m. Fox
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