You don’t need me advising you to start Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald , or to steer clear of Joe Flacco and Mike Furrey .

The Washington Redskins won their second straight NFC East game, beating the Eagles 23-17. Clinton Portis shredded the Philadelphia defense for 145 ya …

Washington Redskins defensive end Jason Taylor practiced for the second straight day Friday and appears set to play in Sunday’s game against the St. Louis Rams. “I don’t know if he’s going to start, but he’s going to participate,” coach Jim Zorn said. Taylor has missed two games since undergoing surgery on his left calf Sept.

There were plenty of questions surrounding the Washington Redskins this winter when owner Dan Snyder and newly-promoted front office kingpin Vinny Cerrato followed coach Joe Gibbs’ retirement by firing his coordinators, Al Saunders and Gregg Williams.

Was Jim Zorn, hired from Seattle, really ready to be an offensive coordinator and a head coach, two jobs he had never filled on the pro level? How would Cerrato handle total control of football operations?

But there were few questions about Williams’ successor as defensive boss. After all, not only had Greg Blache, been one of Williams’ chief lieutenants as line coach the previous four years as the Redskins finished in the top 10 in defense three times, but Blache had been Chicago’s coordinator from 1999-2003, including…

Troubled cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones is still in the lineup for the Dallas Cowboys after his latest incident involving police.

Washington Redskins defensive end Jason Taylor practiced Thursday for the first time since the emergency surgery on his left calf.

This week, I heard from two different people living in the DC area, both expressing a fear of DC sports talk…

Washington Redskins safety Chris Horton is beginning to make a bit of a name for himself around the league with his big plays, and he already has a few friends in the media. Horton struck up a strong relationship with former Redskins and Dallas Cowboys safety James Washington during his college days at UCLA.

Horton credits Washington with helping him focus on football, developing as a person and a player. Horton spent five years at UCLA — where Washington played safety — and they became close. A Super Bowl winner with Dallas, Washington has mentioned Horton a few times on his Fox Sports Radio show and is a big supporter of the seventh-round pick.

“We’d never seen those plays they came out with,” Rogers told ESPN.com’s Matt Mosley , talking about the Eagles’ first 15 scripted plays.

Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, Minnesota Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield and New Orleans Saints running back/punt returner Reggie Bush were named the NFC’s top players for Week 5 of the …