Justin Tryon News

For nearly half a season, received a free pass from the various NFL analysts. Despite taking bad angles, rarely making anything happen in the passing game and generally playing below his draft status , he escaped criticism.

As the Redskins prepare to face the Falcons in Atlanta Sunday, here is a Free Lance-Star mid-season report on the players, the coaching, the management and the future of the organization.

Defensive coordinator Greg Blache has dismissed reporters who have asked whether defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth seems to have helped to make his teammates better.

The Carolina Panthers were in a run formation, and it was almost as if they announced a run play toward Horton's gap was on the way.

I'll give myself a gasser, too, for my tardiness in getting this posted. I promise I'll run after practice today.

But Smith, who signed with the Washington Redskins in April, might miss this week's game at Carolina with a pulled groin that sidelined him during the first quarter Sunday.

Jim Zorn admitted taking some deep breaths as the Washington Redskins dug themselves into a 10-0 hole with a first half that included three turnovers and a game plan that was being torn into ruins by a previously woeful Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense.

Final observations from the Redskins' 16-13 victory over Tampa Bay: *Santana Moss' 59-yard touchdown catch was a perfectly executed play.

Originally published October 5, 2009 at 3:22 p.m., updated October 5, 2009 at 4:37 p.m. ASHBURN, Va.

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

The Washington Redskins were booed off the field again, down 10 points at halftime to a winless team.

Question: Hello Gary, I'm really upset with the loss to Detroit and upset with the way the Redskins performed last Sunday.

Redskins cornerback Fred Smoot has been downgraded to questionable for Washington's game against the St.

Washington Redskins cornerback Fred Smoot was downgraded to questionable Saturday for Sunday's game against the St.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 3 -- The battle for the final quarterback job on the Redskins' 53-man roster didn't come down to Thursday night after all. Most likely, it will come down to Friday, when coaches gather at Redskins Park and sit down to dissect videotape of the performances posted by Colt Brennan and rookie Chase Daniel.

Coach Jim Zorn said a thorough review is required to 'make heads or tails of the end result,' but both young quarterbacks seemed confident and optimistic following their respective performances in Thursday night's 24-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Cornerback Justin Tryon might have entered the game with a bit of job security, but that interception certainly didn't hurt.

Cornerback Carlos Rogers has been sidelined most of the preseason because of a lingering calf injury and is not expected to play in the final preseason game Thursday against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

I have seen a couple of threads on who makes the cut at each position. So, I wanted to ground myself with the numbers we are talking about.

After reviewing video of Saturday's 17-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive coordinator Greg Blache said he was pleased with the improvement of second-year cornerback Justin Tryon.

There were several Redskins defensive storylines I could have focused on Saturday night when Washington squared off against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Preseason Week Two.