The Washington Redskins will look to have a stellar draft this year after an impressive draft last year. All problems cannot and probably will not be solved in April, so the Redskins will have to begin adding weapons in March. Washington will likely be well under the cap and have room to make some key signings. Let’s take a look at some realistic options and a few not-so-realistic. 

Washington spent the bulk of the focus last year on solidifying a defense that was ranked 31st. Last year the defense and specifically the front seven, has made strides in the right direction. This year the focus will be on the other side of the ball. The Redskins lack anybody on offense that absolutely puts fear in the hearts of an opposing team. They don’t have anybody, right now, that defenses have to game plan for (except for the guaranteed two turnovers by Rex Grossman). I believe that they will target several key players in free agency, so long as they are young enough and hungry enough. Here’s a list of targets (in no particular order) and what they could bring to the Redskins.

1. Marques Colston – Wide Receiver

Colston averages over 1,000 yards per season through his six-year career. He stands at 6′ 4″ 225 lbs and has proven to be a hard worker by amassing 80 receptions for 1,143 yards despite only starting seven of the 14 games he played in this regular season. Could he possibly be a product of his system and quarterback in New Orleans? Yes. Could he also just be that good? Yes. The Redskins have a potential threat developing in Leonard Hankerson, but they don’t know much yet. Colston would provide size and speed and possibly open up the underneath throws to Fred Davis and the slot receivers. There’s one more good thing about Colston; he’s only 28 years old. (more…)

Enter Albert, the 6’6” 300+ pound manimal was granted his wish to get into the open market entering the 2009 offseason.   He was only 27 and widely considered to be the most disruptive force in the NFL.  Sure he had his issues, but stomping on a Cowboy’s face was a bonus is the eyes of the Redskins!  In a defense whose only/primary flaw was an inability to create turnovers and quarterback pressure, adding a playmaker along the d-line like Haynesworth would surely propel them to being a top flight defense for years to come.  He made all the right impressions, saying how excited he was to be a Redskin long-term and how he wasn’t going to let the fans down.

You’re not going to remember Albert Haynesworth as a bust or the guy who had the Dallas incident or anything. You will remember him as a great player and that’s what I live for. You know, the money’s awesome. It’s great. But I’m out here, when I line up in front of somebody, when I put the helmet on, it’s to kick butt and it’s to make sure that guy knows that I’m the best player to play against. After the game or something you can think about the money, but during that game. I’m going to make sure he knows that I’m the best player. Any team that faces me, they’re going to have to worry about me.

The rest of the interview included how he was not being pressured by the money.  He wanted to put pressure on himself to be the best and help out his teammates, to take this team from 8-8 to the next level, and start a new chapter in his life (putting his past issues behind him).  Unfortunately for us, Albert was found guilty of awful inaccurate predictions on all counts. (more…)

Since 1967 there has been a Super Bowl.  The Packers vs. the Steelers this coming Sunday will represent the 45^th battle for league supremacy and crowning of the world champions.  The game was originally comprised of the top team from the American Football League (AFL) facing off against the top team from the National Football League (NFL).  Since then there has been an alarming correlation between a winning team’s league of origin and the behavior of the stock market the following year.  This completely bogus correlation is known as the Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor, and it illustrates the phenomenon that if the team that wins the Super Bowl has its roots in the original NFL, the stock market will increase.  However, if the winning team was originally from the AFL, the stock market will decline.

Two very bored researchers decided to test the theory in 1990.  Back then, using 20 years of Super Bowl results from the first in 1967 through 1988, the predictor proved to be right 91% of the time!   (more…)