Washington Redskins News

Dozens of area clergy members have signed a letter to the owner of the Washington Redskins and the commissioner of the National Football League, calling on the team to recognize that "words can cause great pain" and change its name.

Chiefs clinch playoff spot with win and loss by Dolphins or Ravens. ... Kansas City is first team in NFL history to win first nine games and then lose next three.

Rob Ford said the report that he attempted to buy the video of him smoking crack and used heroin in April of this year is "an outright lie."

It's a given the only way the Washington Redskins will be Super Bowl absorbed is by watching it on TV, but that's not news.

The Eagles have survived poor fourth quarters during a four-game winning streak thanks to building big leads early.

Washington linebacker Brian Orakpo, shown taking down Giants quarterback Eli Manning last Sunday, has racked up 5 1 / 2 sacks over the last four games and has 38 in 61 career games.

Veteran receiver Moss gave a solid vote of confidence to the coach who has a 24-36 regular season record near the end of the fourth year of a five-year contract, while the young franchise quarterback's response was hardly campaign-speech material.

In this Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013 photo, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford watches the Buffalo Bills play the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game, in Toronto.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, center, talks to officials before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Houston.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, center, talks to officials before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, in Houston.

When the Redskins were NFC East champs, there seemed to be a lot less discussion of Dan Snyder by national talking heads.

How many times do simple mistakes have to be made until big changes are made? The worst part here is that big mistakes are being made by veteran crews, and those mistakes are severely altering the speed of games-sometimes causing problems that end up costing teams games.

$50,000 -Denver's Josh McDaniels on Nov. 27, 2010 for videotaping an opponent's practice in London and not properly reporting the rules violation.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins are coming off of three- and four-game losing streaks respectively.

Normally I wouldn't post a talking head's Sunday night postgame thoughts late on a Tuesday afternoon, but I've been felled by some sort of food poisoning that has prevented me from moving or functioning as a human or even transcribing thoughts on the Redskins.

This describes my heart, my soul, my spirit, and my fandom right now. I'm guessing it also describes the feeling that invades the Washington Redskins' locker room this week, after falling to a paltry 3-9 with a Sunday night loss to the division rival New York Giants.

Santana Moss suggested to Lavar and Dukes Tuesday that Robert Griffin III should brace himself better for the massive amounts of hits he's been taking in games, and then questioned why the referees haven't been protecting him more by throwing flags on opposing defenses.

Friendship Collegiate Academy's top student athletes were honored by the Washington Redskins on Tuesday with a lunch assembly at the school that focused on boosting students' financial literacy.

As the players heal up today from the Giants game, and coaches begin forming their game plan for the Chiefs matchup on Sunday, we'll continue our own evaluation of all things Redskins as we go over your weekly mailbag questions.

For the Washington Redskins , all thoughts are turning toward the offseason and the futures of key players and coaches.