The Washington Times
  • Subscribe
  • Times News Services
  • RSS
  • Mobile Headlines
  • e-edition
  • E-MAIL ALERTS
  • REGISTER
  • LOG IN
  • E-MAIL ALERTS
  • WELCOME
  • Your Profile
  • Log Out
  • Front Page Image
  • Classifieds
  • Autos
  • Real Estate
  • Jobs
  • Special Sections
  • Customer Service
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Sports
    • NFL
    • NBA/WNBA
    • MLB
    • NHL
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Motorsports
    • Soccer
    • NCAA
    • Olympics
    • Outdoors
    • Other
  • Culture
    • Home & Living
    • Family & Kids
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Washington Visitors
    • Books
    • Military History
    • Life
    • Auto
    • TV Listings
    • Movie Listings
    • Death Notices
    • Entertainment
  • Themes
  • Communities
  • Marketplace
    • Autos
    • Jobs
    • Real Estate
    • Classifieds
    • Shopping
    • Dining Out
    • Education
    • TWT Store
  • Videos
    • Two Guys
    • Birnbaum on Washington
    • Liz Glover
    • Amanda Carpenter
    • Morning Briefing
    • Documentaries
    • Joe Giganti
    • Video Game Minute
  • Podcasts
    • About Headlines
    • Audio and Radio
    • America's Morning News
  • National

    DAVIS: Yankee hater finds love for team

  • National

    Late-season hurricane heads toward Gulf

  • Politics

    Abortion a main issue in health debate

  • Sports

    Redskins still going south

  • World

    Ex-Soviet Union struggles with Democracy

  • Politics

    Health bill faces roadblocks in Senate

  • Politics

    Lieberman vows probe of Hood rampage

Home » News » Editor Favorites

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Redskins' stock as NFC contender soars

Rate this story

Average 0.00
after 0 votes
Login or register to rate this story

  • Font Size -+
  • Print
  • Email
  • Comment
  • Tweet this!
  • Share
  • Article
  • Comments ()
  • Click-2-Listen
  • Videos
Please stand by, images loading!
  • Illustration by Rob Backus/The Washington Times

More Editor Favorites Stories

  • DAVIS: Yankee hater finds love for team
  • Late-season hurricane heads toward Gulf
  • Abortion a main issue in health debate
  • Redskins still going south

By Ryan O'Halloran

The Washington Redskins have paid attention to their individual portfolios all week since the Dow Jones industrial average lost a record 778 points Monday.

"It's been quite a ride watching the money I put away go away," left guard Pete Kendall said. "But I still have this job. I might have to play this game until I'm 40."

But the Redskins haven't paid attention to their NFL stock, which has increased markedly since they won at previously unbeaten Dallas.

The Redskins' "stock" - so low after a Week 1 loss to the New York Giants - has been on the upswing for the last three weeks. Washington owns a 3-1 record entering Sunday's contest at Philadelphia, the final game of a five-week stretch that included all three NFC East rivals on the road.

Before the Dallas win: Nobody bought the Redskins' two wins over Arizona and New Orleans, citing the quality of the competition and their performance against the Giants.

After the Dallas win: Regardless of Sunday's result, the Redskins will have survived the gantlet and would enter the soft underbelly of their schedule (St. Louis, Cleveland and at Detroit) with a chance to finish the season's first half with a minimum record of 6-2.

The opinion of the Redskins has changed 180 degrees, from a team predicted to finish last in the division to a team that has downed the vaunted Cowboys. The success seems to confirm ownership's gamble to hire Jim Zorn as coach and his decision to wear the head coach/play caller/quarterbacks coach hat.

"I'm excited we're 3-1 - I'm not going to be down on that," Zorn said. "But I want our players to hang in there each and every week because there are some tough roads ahead and we have to go down them."

As for his own performance, Zorn added: "I want to make sure I don't create this 'How do you like me now?'-type attitude. It's not there. It really isn't."

Starting with the coach, this Redskins team would appear better equipped to handle the prosperity. The last three years, Washington hasn't done so.

[Get Copyright Permissions] Click here for reprint permissions!
Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC

12Next »

Post a comment

There are comments on this article, submit your opinion!

Please login or register to post a comment

Ask a Question

You Report

Do you have another point of view, photos, audio, video or more information about a story?

Top Stories

Most Read

  1. EXCLUSIVE: Rare virus poses new threat to troops
  2. Parents buying homes for kids at college
  3. EDITORIAL: Too scared to recognize terrorism
  4. House OKs health reform bill
  5. Inside the Beltway
More Top Stories »
  1. Sniper's ex-wife speaks out on abuse
  2. Annandale man killed in hit-and-run
  3. Aborted fetus cells used in beauty creams
  4. Sunshine vitamin stirs new debate
  5. PRUDEN: Corpse sits up, gets nice salute

Most Shared

  1. Parents buying homes for kids at college
  2. EXCLUSIVE: Rare virus poses new threat to troops
  3. EDITORIAL: Too scared to recognize terrorism
  4. Sunshine vitamin stirs new debate
  5. PRUDEN: Corpse sits up, gets nice salute
More Top Stories »
  1. Obama's unlearned lesson
  2. NSA surveillance -- of you?
  3. EDITORIAL: The negative Obama factor
  4. Obama's new world order
  5. A marathon a month for Curran

Most Commented

  1. House OKs health reform bill
  2. EDITORIAL: Too scared to recognize terrorism
  3. Muslims stunned by Fort Hood shooting
  4. Furious scramble for health reform support
  5. Army chief wary of backlash against Muslim soldiers
More Top Stories »
  1. Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
  2. 'Gentle' Army psychiatrist displayed worrisome signs
  3. Making fun of faith
  4. Israelis unsure of U.S. support
  5. Obama: It's Senate's turn on health care

Listen to Washington Times Radio

  • America's Morning News

    with John McCaslin and Melanie Morgan

Question of the day

White House officials and Senate Democrats met in private three times last week to craft health care legislation. Do you think these discussions should be more public?

Blogs & Columns

  • POTUS Notes

    New Dem talking point on Obama approval doesn't wash

  • The Back Story

    12 arrested at Pelosi's office

  • Belief Blog

    Washington goes Greek this week

  • Out of Context

    Foods that might kill libido

  • Technology

    Facebook wins round against phishing spammer

  • On the Fly

    United lifts some 'award' blocking

  • Redskins 360

    Samuels feeling better, hopeful

  • Tara's Two Cents

    On their way to summer vacation..

  • SNOBlog

    Beyond 'Woody'

Videos

Advertising Links
TWT Store
  • e-edition
  • Print Edition
  • Weekly Washington Times
TWT Affiliates
  • Middle East Times
  • Golf
  • UPI
  • Arbor Ballroom
  • Washington Times Global
  • About TWT
  • Press Room
  • F.A.Q.
  • Work for TWT
  • Advertise
  • Sponsors
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map

All site contents © Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC.