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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 1: Steelers at Redskins 
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 2: Cowboys at Redskins
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    From the ES Photo album 2016 Week 3: Redskins at Giants
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 4: Browns at Redskins
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    From the ES Photo Album Redskins at Ravens - Week 5
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 6: Eagles at Redskins
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 7: Redskins at Lions
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 9: Vikings at Redskins
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 11: Packers at Redskins
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 12: Redskins at Cowboys
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 13: Redskins at Cardinals
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    From the ES Photo album 2016 Week 14 - Redskins at Eagles
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 15: Panthers at Redskins
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    From the ES Photo Album 2016 Week 16: Redskins at Bears
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    From the ES Photo Album Redskins vs. Giants 2016 Week 17
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  5. TK
    SALARY CAP SET AT $177.2 MILLION
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Q.  When does the 2018 free agency signing period begin?
    A.  At 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 14.
     
     Q.  What are the categories of free agency? 
    A.  Players are either “restricted free agents” or “unrestricted free agents.”  A restricted free agent may be subject to a “qualifying offer.”  A restricted or unrestricted free agent may be designated by his prior club as its franchise player or transition player. 
     
    Q.  What is the time period for free agency signings this year? 
    A.  For restricted free agents, from March 14 to April 20.  For unrestricted free agents who have received the May 8 tender from their prior club, from March 14 to July 23 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later).  For franchise players, from March 14 until the Tuesday following Week 10 of the regular season, November 13.  For transition players, from March 14 until July 23.  After July 23 and until 4 p.m. ET on the Tuesday following Week 10 of the regular season, November 13, the prior club has exclusive negotiating rights to unrestricted free agents and transition players.  If the above-listed players do not sign by November 13, they must sit out the season.  
     
    Q.  What is the difference between a restricted free agent and an unrestricted free agent? 
    A.  In the 2018 league year, players with three accrued seasons who have received a qualifying offer become restricted free agents when their contracts expire at the conclusion of the 2017 league yearon March 14.  Unrestricted free agents have completed four or more accrued seasons.  Upon expiration of his 2017 contract, an unrestricted free agent is free to sign with any club with no draft choice compensation owed to his old club. 
     
    Q.  What constitutes an “accrued season”? 
    A.  Six or more regular-season games on a club's active/inactive, reserved/injured or reserve/physically unable to perform lists. 
     
    Q.  How do the free agency rules apply to restricted free agents?  
    A.  If a player with three accrued seasons has received a “qualifying offer” (a salary tender predetermined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and its players) from his old club.  He can negotiate with any club through April 20.  If the restricted free agent signs an offer sheet with a new club, his old club can match the offer and retain him because the qualifying offer entitles it to a “right of first refusal” on any offer sheet the player signs.  If the old club does not match the offer, it may receive draft choice compensation depending on the amount of its qualifying offer.  If an offer sheet is not executed on or before April 20, the player’s negotiating rights revert exclusively to his old club.  In addition, prior to the start of free agency a player who would otherwise be a restricted free agent may be designated by his old club as its franchise player or transition player. 
     
    Q.  What determines an unrestricted free agent? 
    A.  A player with four or more accrued seasons whose contract has expired.  He is free to sign with any club, with no draft choice compensation owed to his old club, through July 23 (or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later).  At that point, his negotiating rights revert exclusively to his old club if by May 8 the old club tendered the player a one-year contract for 110 percent of his prior year’s salary.  His old club then has until the Tuesday following Week 10 of the regular season (November 13) to sign him.  If he does not sign by that date, he must sit out the season.  If no tender is offered by May 8, the player can be signed by any club at any time throughout the season.  
     
    Q.  What determines a franchise player?
    A.  The salary offer by a player’s club determines what type of franchise player he is: exclusive or non-exclusive.  
    An “exclusive” franchise player – not free to sign with another club – is offered the greater of (i) the average of the top five salaries at the player's position for the current year as of the end of the restricted free agent signing period on April 20; or (ii) the amount of the required tender for a non-exclusive franchise player, as explained below. 
    Article 10, Section 2(a)(i) of the CBA sets forth the methodology, known as the “Cap Percentage Average,” for calculating the required tender for a non-exclusive franchise player: 
    The Nonexclusive Franchise Tender shall be a one year NFL Player Contract for (A) the average of the five largest Prior Year Salaries for players at the position . . . at which the Franchise Player participated in the most plays during the prior League Year, which average shall be calculated by: (1) summing the amounts of the Franchise Tags for players at that position for the five preceding League Years; (2) dividing the resulting amount by the sum of the Salary Caps for the five preceding League Years . . . ; and (3) multiplying the resulting percentage by the Salary Cap for the upcoming League Year . . . (the “Cap Percentage Average”) . . . ; or (B) 120% of his Prior Year Salary, whichever is greater . . . .
     
    If a club extends a required tender to a “non-exclusive” franchise player pursuant to this section, the player shall be permitted to negotiate a player contract with any club, except that draft choice compensation of two first-round draft selections shall be made in the event he signs with a new club. 
     
    Q.  How many franchise players and transition players can a team designate each season? 
    A.  A club can designate one franchise player or one transition player among its potential restricted or unrestricted free agents.   
     
    Q.  Can a club decide to withdraw its franchise or transition designation on a player? 
    A.  Yes.  A club can withdraw its franchise or transition designation, and the player then automatically becomes an unrestricted free agent, either immediately if the tender is withdrawn after the start of the 2018 league year, or when his 2017 contract expires if the tender is withdrawn before the start of the 2018 league year.
     
    Q.  What is the salary cap for 2018? 
    A.  The salary cap is $177,200,000 per club. 
     
    Q.  When must teams be in compliance with the salary cap? 
    A.  At the start of the 2018 league year, which begins at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 14. 
     
    Q.  If a team is under the salary cap at the end of a given season, can the team “carry over” room to the next season? 
    A.  Yes.  A team may carry over room from one league year to the following league year by submitting notice to the NFL prior to 4:00 p.m. ET on the day following the team’s final regular-season game, indicating the amount of room that the club wishes to carry over.
     
    Q.  What is the maximum amount of room that a club can carry over?
    A.  A club can carry over 100 percent of its remaining 2017 room to its adjusted salary cap for 2018.
     
  6. TK

    With The 19th Pick In The 2021 NFL Draft, The Washington Football Team Selects....

    By TK,


    With The 19th Pick In The 2021 NFL Draft, The Washington Football Team Selects....
    Game time.  
     
     

     
     
    Fill in the blanks below & let's see who gets it right. The winner gets a cheerleader (wait, do we still even have those?)  out of petty cash. 
     
    Alright. Ok then...
     
    A~hem...
     
    The winner will get a 1 on 1 Skype counseling call with @Jumbo. Wait. ****! He can barely type, there's no way he'll be able to figure out Skype.....  
     
    I got it. 
     
    Bragging rights. 

     
    The winner will receive BRAGGING RIGHTS. 
     
    What? That's not enough? Fine. I'll throw in a bonus. However, you're really gonna have to work for it.  
     
    Call the entire Draft for the WFT before the Draft starts. Anything submitted after the start of the Draft will be disqualified.
     
     
     
     
     
    *In the event of multiple correct predictions, the winner will be based on earliest time/date stamp.
  7. TK
    Last year the Redskins home opener was 57,013 which was roughly 20,000 empty seats. And the Redskins had a 1-0 record
     
     
     
     
    Two years ago, home opener attendance was announced as 78,658. 
     
    This Sunday, the Redskins have their home opener in a Week 2 Divisional matchup against the 1-0 Dallas Cowboys. 
     
    Cast your vote now & feel free to discuss below. 
     
    Poll closes at Kickoff.
  8. TK
    It was the mid 1990's. In the then WWF (now WWE) Razor Ramon aka Scott Hall and Diesel aka Kevin Nash had their contracts coming up for renewal. In those days, wrestling contracts weren't guaranteed. Guys were basically paid on a per show appearance. The bigger the show, like a WrestleMania, the bigger the payday. However, if you didn't land a match on that card you didn't get paid. As Scott Hall's contract was coming up he negotiated with the Number 2 wrestling company at the time, WCW. WCW was owned by Ted Turner whose goal was to displace Vince McManon's WWF at the top of the mountain. Turner had Eric Bischoff running WCW. Bischoff new he needed bigger named talent to make WCW look & grow bigger. Long story short, he started recruiting WWF wrestlers as their contracts were expiring & he started with Hall. Who then talked to his buddy Nash, telling him not only were the days he worked guaranteed but so was the money. The story goes they neither wanted to leave McManon but there was no way McManon could give them guaranteed money as it'd set a precedent to have to give guaranteed money contracts to his other big name talent. Until then guaranteed money was unheard of in pro wrestling. Hall & Nash essentially changed the business. Even though WCW is defunct, McManon now has his talent on guaranteed contracts. 
     
    Cool story bro but what's this got to do with football?
     
     Well, if you're a casual fan, you most likely took the Bruce Allen statement at face value. However once you drill down a little bit into it you'll see its roughly $300,000 difference between their offer and Kirk playing on the tag the next two years. In his radio interview on 106.7 (Part 1 & Part 2) the next day Kirk commented that if you look around the League the Front Office contracts and the Coaching staff contracts are fully guaranteed and he'd like to see the players contracts fully guaranteed. Currently, playing on the Tag gives him that fully guaranteed contract. For a year. So with the Rules of the Tag, he can play on it for a total of three years for three separate guaranteed one year deals.  IF Kirk can manage to accomplish a multi year fully guaranteed contract he'll change the business. Just like Hall & Nash did 20ish years ago. 
     
  10. TK

    Cut or Keep - RB Edition

    By TK,

    Zoony threw this question out last night around the 3rd QTR in the Game thread. 
    After their rain soaked performance last night against the Bucs, who do you Cut & who do you Keep? 
    Think of it as the ES version of either F/M/K  or Highlander - There can only be one.
    Below are their per game rushing stats:
    Against Atlanta
    RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG R.Kelley 7 40 1 18 M.Brown 7 28 0 7  
    Against NY Jets
    RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG R.Kelley 3 8 0 6 M.Brown 2 7 0 4  
    Against Buffalo
    RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG R.Kelley 12 51 0 9 M.Brown 11 43 0 15  
    Against Tampa Bay
    RUSHING ATT YDS TD LG M.Brown 19 149 1 60 R.Kelley 16 99 0 14
  13. TK

    When's The Win?

    By TK,

    The Redskins have opened their 2019 season with two losses. Both against Divisional foes. Now they get to close out Week 3 at home on Monday Night against the visiting 1-1 Chicago Bears. The Bears don't have much of an offense but seem to have what may be an elite defense.
     
    On the flip side, the Redskins have a developing passing attack and a disastrous defense. The Redskins haven't had a Defense this vanilla since Mike Nolan received his ice cream. Oh, and the Redskins already have more guys on IR then any other team this season. 
     
    Will the Redskins finally put one in the win column? 
     
    As usual, poll closes at kickoff. Go vote!
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    This Sunday the Redskins open their season on the road in Filthadumpia. *
     
    The Skins are on a streak of actually winning their last three road openers.
     
    On the flip side, the Eagles have a four game win streak over the Skins.
     
    Something's gonna give this Sunday. Who keeps their streak alive when it's all said & done. 
     
    Cast your vote now. Poll closes at Kickoff. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    *Filthadelphia originally coined by @skins island connection
  18. TK
    So, yeah it's just the first Pre Season game which I've grown to call "Talent Evaluation". Even so, most fans weren't going into this game worried about the passing game. The two bigger issues were the run game as it became non existent early into last season & the Redskins struggled to put together a threatening ground campaign. The other issue was the pass rush without a true NT (which this scheme doesn't really use) & the run defense, especially up the middle.    Here, I decided to go back & re-watch just the run game for the First Half as the starters were done after that. Keeping in mind that the left side of the line was still backups. So, buckle up your chin straps because here we go.       On the first run the backup left guard is blown up & pushed back into the play and then into the RB.    Next run in the same series draw up the middle.  Matt Jones is pretty much picked up by one leg as he's in stride & pushed/thrown down to the ground.    First string is now out    Left Guard 61 gets stood up. 76 stood up & pushed back. 85 gets a great leveraged push forward while 84 is manhandled backwards.  Marshall gets clotheslined in the backfield.    Paul in at Fullback with Marshall at RB. Paul hits the hole 5 yards in front of Marshall & the hole closes behind him RG already out in space while RT is pushed back closing the hole. Marshall tries to bounce it out to the right & sheds the first one & brought down by the next two tackles.    Thompson in at RB. Hits the hole that gets opened between the RG & RT & brought down by a LB before he can make any progress forward.    Marshall in at RB. Run to the right & 13 is getting pushed back as McCoy is handing off to Marshall. The line had a lane to the right sealed off for a second or two. 82 & 13 are both on the outside right & pushed back which opens a hole for the LBs. Marshall has nowhere to go.    Kelly up the middle. Quick, instant opened lane against the the DL. Nearest LB is 3 yards from the line of scrimmage while Kelly is taking the handoff at five yards back. The difference is Marshall is already in motion, running to the handoff while the LB is still deciding where to go as at this freeze frame it could still be play action. Kelly is actually hit by a different LB on first contact & then immediately buried in a pile up. 19 called for unnecessary roughness for a negating 15 yard penalty.    Kelly in the backfield on 2nd & 20. RG & TE cross to the right side behind two WRs crossing to the left side. Pitch to Kelly to the right. 83 & 69 now in motion to hit the second level. The two WRs are now at the middle of the field blocking off pursuit from the left side. Kelly comes up behind the RG & TE who are outnumbered 2-3 by LBs. The two LBs simply split around 83 & hits a wall of two LBs as the third piles onto the gang tackle.      The biggest issues standing out to me (besides some unfriendly camera angles making it harder to identify a few jersey numbers) were Moses holds. A lot. The OL seemed to be simply getting out powered/muscled when it came to opening running lanes. All of this is fixable especially if use Paul more as a pass catching TE opposed to a blocking TE.
    If I were to hand out an award for their performance, it'd go to Brandon Scherff. That guy is simply a mauler when he's out in space to open up the second level in the run game. He's showing why Scot McCloughan took him in the First Round last year. 
       
  19. TK
    In honor of Extremeskins' 12th season covering the Redskins from behind the curtain, we are enhancing our Redskins game-day coverage. Beginning this year, our week-to week coverage will include this all in one place. Here, this space will be dedicated to coverage-related content such as:
    Our world-class game coverage featuring behind the scenes views from the sidelines, locker-room and press box   The top Redskins tailgates at FedEx Field and opponent stadiums   The best tailgating recipes, shared by your fellow 'Skins' fans   A list of the best venues to visit in order to meet up with Redskins fans around FedEx and in opposing cities - we will visit these and provide our report along with photos and other tidbits   Fan polls - Every week ES will publish a poll relevant to that week's game asking fans to share their insight. We will then publish the results prior to kick-off.   More!  
    More? More what? 
    Why more cowbell of course! 
     
    We are excited about these changes and hope you enjoy them as well. Check back throughout the week for updates and announcements surrounding Redskins game-day coverage. And with that, let's get ready to defend the East!
    ~ JimmiJo, Murf, SpacemanSpiff, TK
  20. TK

    Final Update From Dallas

    By TK,

    The 2nd half started with Moses being downgraded to out with an ankle injury as the Skins Offense managed to make it to mid field before stalling out. Oh & Dak came back throwing garbage to start their 3 & out drive. Dallas would go on to feature Alfred Morris on their next drive. Evidently since Dak couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, they started to just hand it off. The Third Quarter ended just like the First one did. No one scored.
     
    However the Fourth started with a Dak to Dez TD from their 15 yard line. This put the Skins down 24-7. With the recent Cousins comparisons to Brees, this was the time for him to turn it on & takeover the game. Cousins took the Offense 87 yards to the endzone on their next drive. This put them down 24-14. Dallas played ball/clock control on the following drive where the Skins Defense managed to get called for having12 men on the field. A few plays later & Dallas was in the end zone. Again. They went 75 yards & used up over 6 & a half minutes. Skin down 31-14 with 4:55 to go. 
     
    Down 17, the Redskins start to display a gripe I’ve had with them all season, no hurry up. Guys are taking their time getting to the line of scrimmage. Kirk ends up throwing the INT. And to add insult to injury they’re called for personal foul, half the distance to the goal. They punched it in to go up 38-14 which also ended Cousins night & gave the last few minutes to Colt McCoy to run the clock out.
     
    The Redskins have now fallen to 5-7 & been swept by both the Eagles & the Cowboys this season.  
     
    Yeah....
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