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For most Redskins veterans, tonight's preseason finale at Arizona is a total pain. They will fly more than 4,500 miles in less than 36 hours, admittedly on the luxurious team plane, to stand on the sideline and watch the younger players face similar hopefuls from the Cardinals. After only leaving the Washington area for a quick trip to New Jersey last week, the Redskins will have traveled the farthest of any team during this preseason and the farthest they've gone since the 2002 American Bowl in Osaka. None of the current players were on that team.
Here's another way of measuring the distance of the excursion to Arizona. The Redskins won't exceed this trip's mileage until they fly to Nashville on Nov. 20 for their 10th game of the season. Washington visits St. Louis, Philadelphia, Chicago and Detroit in the interim, but all those trips combined don't equal the current one.
The players will be rewarded with an off day tomorrow and by being the only NFC team that plays its first two regular season games at home (the Cardinals, appropriately, are the only NFC team to do the reverse).
Since coach Mike Shanahan doesn't plan to use many, if any, of his starters, his first Redskins preseason can already be considered a success, at least on defense, even if the team falls to 2-2 with a loss to the Cardinals. Washington has allowed just six points in the first quarter (when the starters ruled) and just 21 in the first half (including a safety and a touchdown that followed a 51-yard fake punt to the 1-yard line). And the Redskins, who forced a league-low 17 turnovers during the 2009 season, have eight in three games, tied for second in the NFL.
The offense, has been, well, consistent. Washington has scored 13 points in the first quarter (the starters), 17 in the second (split time), 17 in the third (including a punt return touchdown) and 14th in the fourth.
And while winning really doesn't matter tonight, it's good for Shanahan that he's so intense even about a game like this. Maybe he has checked the history that shows while Steve Spurrier (2002), Joe Gibbs (2004) and Jim Zorn (2008) all had winning initial preseasons after being hired by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, Marty Schottenheimer (2001) had a losing one with the finale making the difference. And only Schottenheimer didn't return for a second season.
Redskins Going the Extra Mile in Finale
Sep 2, 2010 – 9:55 AM
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