If that's true, the Washington Redskins have been playing a lot of head games lately. At least 17 players, including some who are no longer with the team, have had hamstring issues since the start of training camp. They've ranged from major pulls to minor tweaks. The problem became so chronic that coach Joe Gibbs last week ordered an inquest, leading to several in-house initiatives aimed at getting the set of muscles behind the thigh bone to stop aching so much....

The Redskins have lost six man-games due to hamstring injuries, but that doesn't begin to tell the story. A hamstring injury lingers and lingers, hampering especially receivers and defensive backs -- players whose games rely on speed -- long after they've been cleared to play.

With the exception of the last two minutes of either half, the offensive team, while in the process of substitution or simulated substitution, is prohibited from rushing quickly to the line and snapping the ball with the obvious attempt to cause a defensive foul; i.e., too many men on the field.

It looks like we'll get our wish from earlier this week. Your starting safeties are going to Brian Dawkins & Quintin Mikell. Frankly, from what I've seen from Q this year I have to think that he and Dawkins will be an upgrade over he and Considine.