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by Ken Meringolo on May 9, 2009 9:43 AM EDT in Daily Slop

The Favre saga continues! Jeremy Schaap reports that Favre sent X-Rays to the Vikings to evaluate and should there be no need for major surgery, he will sign with Vikings. Rachel Nichols (not a fan) reports that Favre's agent was not a party to this exchange of X-rays. (ESPN)

Over at The National Football Post, our old friend Matt Bowen breaks down why rookie wide receivers struggle in the NFL and identifies a group of young receivers that need to take the next step this year. A pair of Redskins make the list...shocker. (National Football Post)

The Miami Dolphins' stadium will be named Landshark Stadium--for 2009 only. This is as part of a deal with Jimmy Buffett (who I like less than Rachel Nichols). I will say this though--it is a cool name for a stadium and actually ties in the team and mascot and area all in one. In classic corporate fashion, the cool name will last only briefly. Another drawback? Buffett wrote a song for Dolphins fans that they will hear probably 20 zillion times this season. Might make them long for the days of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (CNNSI)

Terp Coach Ralph Friedgen slimming down again, down about 86 pounds so far from 400+. Mike Williams, watch out. (WashPost)

Today's HogsHaven present: Evangeline Lilly, from Lost. Don't act like you don't watch Lost.

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Today's Question: If you had to choose among those listed, who would you select as your favorite Redskins' linebacker: ( list could be endless, so we try to make it an interesting choice)

Ken Harvey

54 votes

Kurt Gouveia

18 votes

Wilbur Marshall

73 votes

Neil Olkewicz

27 votes

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over at CBS Pete Prisco updated his NFL after draft Rankings, He appears to love the NFC east with Beagles and Gints coming in at 5 and 6. He’s not a big fan of the Redskins, and figures it will be tough for them to win 8 games this year, with Eagles, Giants and Dallas being so good.
Power Rankings: Brady buoys Pats, but Philly’s coming fast
I’m guessing he forgot the Redskins swept the Eagles last year,
And as the many Defensive players for the Redskins are saying…What looks good on paper only counts if the group comes together as a team to perform, here’s to another season of watching Dallas and the Eagles implode to the bottom of the NFC east.
Defensive player quotes…
Griffin over at Redskin insider states:

“We’ve got depth and experience at every position across the board up front,” Griffin said. “We just have to go out and play like that.”

HomerMcFanboy quotes Hall:

"We’ve got a bunch of studs, man," Hall said. "But we’ve still got to prove it. No matter how good it looks on paper, we’ve still got to go out there and Orakpo has to be able to drop back like a linebacker and then on third down be able to rush the quarterback. Albert still has to get pressure on the quarterback and I have to play like I played in the second half of the season or it doesn’t work. Carlos has to go back to the Pro Bowl level he was playing. With Fred, LaRon [Landry], it’s the same thing. We all still have to go out and do the same things we did. Just because we have different pieces in place doesn’t mean it’s automatically going to work. We still have to go out and give it our all and try to be the best we can."

It’s all about continuity and the team, the best thing which happened to the Redskins this year is the the Return of Campbell and Zorn, hopefuly they’ll have more years together, Blache has more years with the young defense and the Redskins develop into a solid team with small additions each offseason and every draft to continue building a team instead of a bunch of “stars” which cannot come together and PLAY!

by dr WNC on May 9, 2009 11:56 AM EDT reply actions