Robert Henson showing some ability as an ILB with a nice sack on Matt Leinart.

Brandon Banks was back for the punt and muffed another one.  This completely negates his nice return earlier.

Brandon Banks made a good case for himself on that kick-off return.  He took the ball back 40 yards and broke some tackles with with nifty directional changes.  He is going to need a strong effort tonight.

Willie Parker showed nice burst with a 13-yard run.  Parker looks like a man on a mission.  He needs a good showing if he is to merit a spot on this team.

After a false start, and penalty the Skins get a 50-yarder out of Graham Gano.  The score is tied at 3.

It looks like Haynesworth is starting tonight at RDE.  He is the only player of note playing with the back-ups as none of the starters on defense are on the field.

The Cardinals drove inside the 30 but the back-up defensive unit held them to 3.

For players on the bubble tonight may be their last chance to make and impression.  Tuesday four players were let go from the team in order to get from 80 players to 75, WR Malcolm Kelly was put on IR.  Saturday afternoon will play host a much more substantial cut as the Redskins wil trim their roster by 22 to get to 53 players.

The question on whether the Redskins would keep two or three quarterbacks was answered yesterday in the form of John Beck getting an extension for two-years and $2.25 million.  For all intents and purposes, he has found his way onto the regular season roster.

Another botch in the Twitterverse.  Adam Schefter’s report about DB Byron Westbrook was inaccurate.  Rick Maese of the Washington Post Tweets:

@RickMaese Confirmed: Byron Westbrook is still a member of the Redskins. He’s making the trip to Arizona today and will play in Thursday’s game

This is all coming off the heels of the Mike Wise episode of a two days ago.

1. Lendy Homles S via John Keim

2.Edwin Williams OL  via Grant Paulsen

3. James Dearth LS via Grant Paulsen

4.Hall Davis-LB they just signed him yesterday

(this list will populate as the cuts are made available. Since Kelly is on IR, Skin only need to cut four)

The Redskins offcial site says:

Malcolm Kelly’s season ended before it ever really started.

On Tuesday, the Redskins placed Kelly on injured reserve, ending the the third-year wide receiver’s season.

Kelly re-aggravated a hamstring injury in practice this week.

The hamstring has bothered him since the second day of training camp.

Mike Shanahan indicated that Kelly had teared his hamstring early in camp.

“When he first came in, I thought he was going to be okay,” Shanahan said. “And then through rehab, when he tried to go full speed, I think that’s when he really hurt himself and set himself back.”

Kelly was not available to talk with reporters on Tuesday.

Asked how Kelly handled the news, Shanahan replied: ”I think he’s disappointed. Any time you can’t play, you’re disappointed. I think he understands that he needs to get on the field. He hasn’t been able to do that…You have to be healthy enough, and for whatever reason you have to be able to stay healthy.”

Malcolm Kelly was expected to return to the Redskins practice fields for the first time since July 29th, the opening day of training camp. However Kelly faced another setback when he re-injured his hamstring. This latest injury is considered a “good pull”. Kelly was expected to play in Arizona, but now it is unlikely he see the field at all this season.
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The Redskins knew they had a tough opponent in the New York Jets and they got it.  Once again the Redskins are having issues getting their ground game going, but once again have opted to pass more passing the ball four times more than that ran it.
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In one word, execution.  The last game versus the Ravens, the Skins proved that the first team knew how to fight on the ropes.  They were about dead even in the stat with the Ravens in terms of offense. However the score, 13-3 at the half, was the one stat that matters.
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