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For more than 57 minutes Sunday, the Washington Redskins shut out the high-octane offense of the Dallas Cowboys.

Before the season began, the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys were generally considered to be on a similar level.

At midseason 2008, Clinton Portis had 944 yards and was the NFL's top rusher. This year, Portis has barely half that total and a concussion.

While researching something today, I came across the statistics of Jason Taylor.

Of all the athletes I friended on Facebook , Washington Redskins DE Phillip Daniels is my favorite.

After listening to Coach Jim Zorn discuss the team's numerous injuries during his news conference Monday at Redskins Park, I'm beginning to wonder whether the Redskins will be able to practice properly if they lose anyone else.

Already having been booed lustily by Atlanta Falcons fans in his return to the Georgia Dome, DeAngelo Hall burned more bridges Sunday.

No such luck: The club this week signed Sam Paulescu when punter aggravated a groin injury, and he could keep the job for the rest of the season.

Defensive end Phillip Daniels was named the winner of the team's 2009 Ed Block Courage Award, presented to a player from each team who displays courage amid adversity.

Glenbard South's offense flashed its trademark explosiveness in last week's win over Rochelle.

Living six doors away from each other since the sixth grade, Vernon Hills football stars DaVaris Daniels and Evan Spencer have found enough in common through the years to become best friends.

Living six doors away from each other since the sixth grade, Vernon Hills High football stars DaVaris Daniels and Evan Spencer have found enough in common through the years to become best friends.

With the Redskins regrouping during the bye week, we think it's a good time for the blog to take stock of the team's performance.

As Redskins players filed into the locker room following Friday's practice, most hadn't heard that Vinny Cerrato, the team's executive vice president of football operations, had stated publicly that Jim Zorn would finish the season as Washington's head coach.

Players expressed a sense of relief today at Redskins Park after learning Coach Jim Zorn would remain in his position for the entire season.

I made a pledge that this entry would not begin with an item involving radio transcripts of ex-Redskins employees trashing the franchise. So instead, let me begin by pointing out the great hope that can be gotten by glancing at last year's Philadelphia Eagles.

Now that we got that out of the way, on to the radio trashings. This millisecond's contestant: ESPN's Mark Schlereth, who at least had the common courtesy to use a metaphor of decay and disease that I hadn't yet heard. This is from Thursday morning's episode of 'Mike and Mike in the Morning,' during a two-segment-long discussion about Jim Zorn's future.

For the second day in a row, defensive end Phillip Daniels was limited in practice, nursing a torn biceps suffered last week against Carolina.

James Thrash was always counted on to make the proper play for assistant coach Danny Smith's highly regarded unit.

As the Washington Redskins ran off the field into the tunnel leading to their locker room at FedEx Field on Sunday, some of the fans shouted obscenities and threw crumpled dollar bills down at the players, a few of whom had tears in their eyes.