Casey Rabach News

The Washington Redskins have lost four straight games, matching their worst stretch since the 0-5 start of 2001.

Jason Campbell's passing numbers are fluctuating right around the league average this year , which anyone would take knowing how deep the problems run on the offense.

Back in August, when the Washington Redskins were in the midst of an uneventful training camp, there was much talk about what was to come for a team that had turned a 6-2 start into an 8-8 finish in coach Jim Zorn's debut season.

Not all the news was bad for the Redskins in Sunday's 31-17 loss to Atlanta. Those second-half scoring drives were the best I've seen them put together this season -- nice blocking by the offensive line, nice mix of plays, nice use of the clock, nice work by a battered Jason Campbell. I don't know who called which play -- Sherman Lewis, Sherman Smith, Sherman Hemsley or Shermy from Peanuts -- and with those results, I don't care.

However . . . there's always a 'however' with this team. This week's 'howevers' were many and varied. It took a rant-fest at halftime to inspire the offensive line. The normally stalwart defense stumbled in the second half, when the offense needed it most. And there was a lack of fundamentals and discipline that was appalling.

If Dan Snyder was "embarrassed" before the Redskins played the Falcons on Sunday, what must his level of dissatisfaction have been by halftime? Can it even be printed in a family newspaper? The Redskins lost more than a football game in their 31-17 defeat at the Georgia Dome.

The Hogs weren't just a media creation during Washington's first Joe Gibbs era. Russ Grimm, Joe Jacoby and Jim Lachey were all Pro Bowl studs, and fellow linemen Mark Schlereth, Mark May and Jeff Bostic also had periods of sustained excellence.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley I've been monitoring the Redskins-Falcons game throughout the first half.

In Part I , we took a look at the Redskins ' standing in NFL labor markets that included Quarterbacks, Runningbacks, and Receivers, while making conclusions about what the Redskins might have to "settle" for, in the process of trying to improve the team.

Another week could bring another player into the mix at left tackle for the Washington Redskins .

The list of players who have rotated in and out of the offensive line around Washington Redskins center Casey Rabach has continued to grow longer this season - a constantly updating reminder of the lack of consistency for a unit that has struggled mightily over the past two seasons.

11, was ruled out for the season Friday, and his career is in jeopardy following additional consultation with specialists this week.

Final observations from the Redskins' 27-17 loss to the Eagles: c On DeSean Jackson 's 67-yard end-around touchdown run less than two minutes into the game, Redskins defensive end Andre Carter had the job of containing on the play, but it's not his first responsibility.

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

One good thing about the Washington Redskins burning down to cinders. It has exposed for good the incompetence as an NFL franchise owner of Daniel Snyder, if somewhere there remained a sliver of doubt.

After seven games in 2008, Redskins running back Clinton Portis had 818 yards, four 100-yard games and was leading the NFL in rushing.

What started in the third quarter continued into the fourth, with neither team able to put up points early in the quarter before the Redskins finally scored on their final drive of the game.

Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley broke his right ankle on the first play of the second quarter of Monday night's 27-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles .

They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Or so it seemed at the surrealistic news conference that was peculiar even by this team's standards for raising the weirdness bar.

WASHINGTON - After learning he could become paralyzed if he continued to play football, Washington Redskins Pro Bowl left tackle Chris Samuels has told people in the organization he will sit out the remainder of the season and plans to retire.

Jim Zorn will take advantage of the extra day of preparation before the Washington Redskins ' next game to make a decision on his starting quarterback.