Casey Rabach News Archives

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.

WASHINGTON - Jim Zorn no longer gets to call the plays for the Washington Redskins' offense.

After consecutive losses to previously winless Carolina and Kansas City, they've begun their free fall into the abyss.

Wondering about a player's status? Trying to recall a past game? Want some insight on the Redskins? Redskins.com's Gary Fitzgerald opens up the mailbag on Tuesday and answers fan questions.

When the Redskins' season began, Stephon Heyer was the team's right tackle, a still-developing 25-year-old in his third year, perhaps Washington's weakest starting offensive lineman. Mike Williams was a man who had lost another person's worth of weight -- more than 100 pounds -- but had not played in a professional football game in four years. And Will Montgomery was a versatile guard-center who had started six NFL games, but was hired because he could back up more than one position, a classic reserve.

Final observations from the Redskins' 20-17 loss to Carolina: Here's what happened on the five sacks of Jason Campbell: Everette Brown beats left tackle D'Anthony Batiste; Hollis Thomas beats center Casey Rabach, forcing running back Clinton Portis to help on Thomas, which leaves linebacker Jon Beason unblocked; Damione Lewis beats left guard ...

If you were trenched up in your football cave this weekend and saw clips from the Redskins-Panthers game, you watched the pressure the Panthers' defensive line was able to apply to Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell, ultimately resulting in five sacks for the game.

One of the most indispensable Washington Redskins players will be unavailable for Sunday's game against Kansas City.

Don't worry, Redskins fans, more help is on the way. The Redskins' next home game is against the Kansas City Chiefs, who at one point Sunday were being outgained 425-91 by the Jersey Giants.

In the wake of his team's embarrassing loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 3, Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn spent much of the past week in preparation for the Tampa Bay Bucs admonishing his entire staff to be more aggressive in its play-calling. It took nearly three quarters of Sunday's 16-13 comeback victory over the Bucs , but the Redskins' ...

Former quarterback and quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn was pretty evenhanded with the pass and the run as a rookie coach in 2008.

The Redskins' preference to pass instead of run early during the last two games is a topic that interests me.

After barely beating the Rams, and losing to the Lions, the struggling Redskins and coach Jim Zorn are facing heavy criticism heading into Week 4. The Redskins need to build momentum -- now.