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Picking apart the Week Five picks

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Every Thursday, MDS joins PFT Live to discuss our game picks for the coming week. This week, we disagree on two games — Cardinals at Rams (which is going on right now) and Falcons at Redskins. We also each have one game that makes us nervous.  For MDS,…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

Click to view slideshow. (Photos courtesy of Megan Llewellyn) Area Washington Redskins fans on Monday night got their second chance to head to Ruth’s Chris Steak House and chill with members of their favorite team. The meet and greet at Ruth’s Chris S…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Redskins got wide receiver Pierre Garçon back for Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers, although it was clear he wasn’t 100 percent recovered from his foot injury during the game. Garçon’s biggest play came when he fell on a Robert Griffin III fum…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Before Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers, Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather ran into receiver Aldrick Robinson, who was walking with his head down. Robinson was knocked unconscious. Amazingly, Robinson has been cleared to play. Even more amazingly,…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(Photo from Is rapper T.I. switching allegiances and instead rooting for the Washington Redskins against his hometown Atlanta Falcons on Sunday? The photo above certainly would give that impression. T.I. is the most recent celebrity to dawn the Redskins…

ESPN.com

The Washington Redskins announced Thursday that their rookie quarterback, Robert Griffin III, has been named the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Month for September. This strikes me as something of a no-brainer selection, as his closest competition likely…

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(AP photo) Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III has been named the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Month, the league announced this morning. He’s the first Redskins rookie to win the award since offensive tackle Chris Samuels in October, 2…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The per-team unadjusted salary cap this year is $120.6 million. But no team has an actual salary cap of $120.6 million. Via various accounting devices (including the ability to carry over unused cap space from 2011 and the penalties imposed on the Cowbo…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Last week was a very good week.  But for a late field goal by the Redskins, misplaced faith in the Chiefs, and a failure to realize that, as Joe Theismann says, Tony Romo “isn’t that good,” I would have generated the first perfect week of picks in …

Andrew Walker, redskins.com

(Atlanta Falcons quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver gets pulled down by Washington Redskins defensive end Fred Stokes on Nov. 11, 1991, at RFK stadium. The Redskins won game 56-17 to remain undefeated on the year. [AP Photo])The Redskins have played the Fal…

b murf, homermcfanboy.com

(photos by Brian Murphy) [Editor's note: This season, the Washington Redskins have asked my brother, Joel Murphy, and I to occasionally write feature stories for the team's official website, Redskins.com. This article, which was written by Joel is our f…

ESPN.com

Good Thursday morning to you all here in the NFC East. We are gearing up for a weekend of three games that will teach us whether the Eagles are over their turnover problem, whether the Giants can handle their injury problem and whether the Redskins are …