Carlos Rogers News Archives

ON THE SURFACE, Donovan McNabb's numbers in Monday's 27-17 win over the Washington Redskins don't look bad.

The Redskins dispersed for some down time and a bye week. Stop celebrating. They'll be back.

This was the second game for the offensive line with expected backups Will Montgomery and Mike Williams on the right side.

He has 30 catches for 378 yards and two touchdowns. Because he has four catches of 25 or more yards, he presents a matchup challenge for the Redskins .

LANDOVER, Md. - DeSean Jackson scored on a 67-yard run and a 57-yard reception, both in the first half.

When Michael Vick was reinstated to the NFL and signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in the offseason, league observers pointed to tomorrow night's game against the Washington Redskins as a key milestone in his comeback.

Admittedly, he was running behind a new right side of Will Montgomery and Mike Williams and with Stephon Heyer at left tackle for the first time this year, but Clinton Portis gained just 23 yards on 11 carries before leaving with a sprained ankle.

One day this week, shortly before practice, a pair of turkey buzzards perched themselves high on two dying tree limbs overlooking the Redskins practice fields.

I wonder how much longer things in Ashburn can continue as they have the last few weeks.

Year after year, the Washington Redskins ' front office ignored offensive line depth in the draft and free agency with the exceptions ofa lower-round pick, career journeymen and young projects.

Speaking with reporters before the season's first game, Vinny Cerrato, the Washington Redskins' executive vice president of football operations, ran down the team's roster, sprinkling praise on nearly every position, starting with the team's young wide receivers and the depth at offensive line. He was hardly the only one who thought the team had upgraded its personnel from last season and positioned itself for a return to the postseason.

Five games into what has begun as a frustrating season -- from the locker room to the head coach's office -- every corner of Redskins Park has faced intense scrutiny. While the speculation outside of Ashburn might focus on Coach Jim Zorn's uncertain future, the questions surrounding the roster -- and those who assembled it -- are increasing.

Brian Orakpo is not used to the grind of an NFL season, and he certainly isn't accustomed to playing the spot he now occupies on the Washington Redskins' defense.

The Redskins gathered Monday morning in Ashburn, and the message was clear: They're trying to hold things together as best they can in the wake of Sunday's 20-17 loss at Carolina, but there are already indications that the players believe changes must happen.

Posted by Anthony Stalter While reflecting on his team's struggles this season, Redskins cornerback Carlos Rogers was quick to note that Daniel Snyder doesn't escape blame.

Of course Carlos Rogers is right when he says 'it starts with ownership.' It always does. The Steelers' success in Pittsburgh starts with Dan Rooney. The Red Sox' success in Boston starts with John Henry. The Clippers' incompetence in Los Angeles starts with Donald Sterling.

Rogers's statement to reporters this week carries some shock value because players very rarely, if ever, include the owner in the list of reasons teams can't win. Usually, players limit any mention of ownership to thanking the man who signs the check. But I'd better not hear anybody suggest Rogers's reasoning is flawed because the issues confronting the Redskins absolutely start with ownership.

Carlos Rogers, from the Redskins' open locker room: "It starts not only with players and coaches, it starts with the ownership.

Zorn appeared more downbeat than usual during his weekly news conference Monday, a day after the Redskins lost 20-17 to Carolina.

Cornerback Carlos Rogers just now was as candid as any Redskins' player has been this season about the Redskins' problems.

For the last couple of weeks, I've been hearing that second-year cornerback Justin Tryon has been making strides in practice.

The Buccaneers and Redskins deserve each other today. NFL: Whichever team emerges with a loss will clearly be in a tailspin TODAY'S GAMES Early games Detroit at Chicago Oakland at Houston Tampa Bay at Washington TV: FOX Seattle at Indianapolis N.Y. Giants at Kansas City Baltimore at New England Cincinnati at Cleveland Tennessee at Jacksonville Late ...

Second-year quarterback Josh Johnson was named the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' starter this week, so the Redskins don't have a lot of tape on him.

After posting a first-quarter passer rating of 5.6, Jason Campbell's day got worse.

Ronde Barber blocks Shaun Suisham's third-quarter extra point to keep the Bucs ahead 10-9. For his career, Barber now has blocked a punt, field goal and extra point.

Early last week, as the Washington Redskins began preparing to meet the Tampa Bay Buccaneers today, cornerback Carlos Rogers underwent a purging of sorts.

Joe Theismann was in trouble in October 1981. In his fourth year as Washington's starting quarterback, he was throwing more interceptions than touchdowns and getting sacked too often.

When Greg Blache visits a casino, he doesn't frequent the high-stakes poker room or the $10 blackjack tables.

It took four days after a loss to the Detroit Lions for a member of the reeling Washington Redskins to step forward with a strong acceptance of blame and the most outward acknowledgment that change of some sort is needed.

The Washington Redskins are approaching the halfway mark of the NFL's Lousy Team Tour.

The day after one of the Washington Redskins' worst losses in recent memory, Coach Jim Zorn said that his struggling team is "getting better," even as several players said that the team lacks identity, momentum and answers.