You must have some really pivotal fantasy starters in this game (they better be on the Eagles) or else we need to look into some kind of live blog addiction intervention for the lot of you. This game will not be good. It will not be entertaining in the least. Don’t say you weren’t warned. I’m only tuning as a sick form of self-abnegation and to see whether Dan Snyder will dispatch his stormtroopers to cudgel the first poor sap dumb enough to stick a sign in front of an ESPN camera that suggests the team should be sold. Six Flags in PG has been an internment camp for such foolhardy fans for the previous three years. Somehow nobody has noticed.

Snyder incapable of hiring coach or GM, might allow beloved old man to do it for him. The latest rumor surrounding the woebegone Redskins is that Dan Snyder could bring Joe Gibbs back to oversee the franchise a la Bill Parcells in Miami. The biggest difference between the two is that Parcells has always been singularly focused on the NFL whereas Gibbs spends his time running a NASCAR team and spreading the word of Christ. Noble endeavors no doubt, but the fact remains that Gibbs isn’t really in tune with the goings on around the league. After all, this is the same guy who reacted to Snyder’s enthusiasm regarding Jim Zorn as a head coaching candidate by declaring, “That’s neat.” FML. [PFT]

Update: ESPN 980 reports that a Gibbs return is unlikely.

Yesterday Drew wrote a particularly satisfying rant on the topic of Dan Snyder’s inability to run a football team. While I didn’t agree with all of Drew’s points, most of his criticisms hit home for me and many other distressed Washingtonians. Of course not every Redskins fan agreed with Drew’s contentions.

Chris Chase is a writer for Yahoo! Sports who also maintains his own blog, The Player Hater’s Ball. It was there that Chase wrote his response to Drew’s rant. The post includes several questionable defenses of his personnel and front office decisions. So questionable that I felt some FJM style was warranted.

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The Washington Redskins proudly boast one of the most visually appealing cheerleading squads in all of football, and as you can see they’re already in mid-season form. The squad has no shortage of uniform options, so head over to Ultimate Cheerleaders, look around, and vote for your favorite look (via Mr. I).

Elsewhere in the world of cheer, The League over at WaPo asks the (ridiculous) question “Should the NFL Get Rid of Cheerleaders?” Fortunately most of the panelists responded with an adamant “no”, including such notables as Dan Levy and the chick in our fantasy league who drafted Eli Manning three rounds too early.

Enjoy this bit of early sexiness, and brace yourselves for another fantastic Mailbag from the esteemed Mr. Ufford.

It’s that time of year again, when we’re so devoid of content that, rather than spending time covering Cutler’s attempt to make nice, we run through our predictably inaccurate prognostications for the upcoming year, division by division. Up next, it’s the NFC East, where every fan expects to go to the Super Bowl every year.

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THE HORROR. It’s true, Matt Millen and Vinny “Sarge” Cerrato are basically the same person. So I guess all it will take is an 0-16 season to get him fired. It might actually be worth it. [Hogs Haven]

Your laughter falls on deaf ears. Don’t get me wrong, I really do like Reed Doughty. He is a solid contributor and is downright serviceable in his role as a backup safety. But if he manages to take the starting job away from Chris Horton I’ll eat that sign (or a pretzel of comparable size). [Redskins.com]

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Int. Owner’s Lounge at FedEx Field

[Mike Holmgren enters with his wife and daughter]

Jim Zorn: Attention everyone, if you’d please take a moment to welcome our guests of honor, Kathy and Calla Holmgren!

[polite applause]

Jim Zorn: And hello to you, Coach. I’m so happy you could all make it here for this send-off.

Mike Holmgren: Hey it’s my pleasure, Jim. We can’t thank you enough for arranging this get-together.

Zorn: Oh it wasn’t me, you have Mr. Snyder to thank for that. I’m not sure why, but he sure seemed eager to get you here tonight.

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The Redskins know how to pick ‘em. Cody Glenn, the fifth-round pick of the Washington Redskins, was suspended for three games last season as a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers for an unspecified offense. When asked about the issue on a conference call Glenn told reporters the suspension was punishment for scalping tickets. Yeah, that wasn’t true. Glenn has admitted that he was lying about the reason for the suspension, but he still hasn’t provided the actual reason which leaves us to speculate wildly. Like hey, maybe he shoved an un-shucked cob up Herbie Husker’s cornhole. But is that really worth a three-game suspension? I’m pretty sure that’s an unofficial tradition in Lincoln. [Washington Post]