The Redskins are having a good season so far.  They are at 6-2 and second in the competitive NFC East Division.  Since this division includes the defending Super Bowl champions New York Giants, as well as the ever-strong Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles, second place is not too shabby.  There is no one in the division below .500 this season, so it’s going to be tough competition all the way through November and December.  But all is not well in Redskin-land.  Washington has been piling up injuries this year.  The biggest challenge they have is trying to make up for the injury of Jason Taylor, who was injured in a game against Arizona in September.  He had an emergency operation on his calf and has had more surgery on it this week.  He will probably not play next week against the Steelers and possibly not for a few more weeks.  There are also injuries to one of the Redskin running backs as well as a safety and an offensive tackle. The players will have to be flexible, in order to make up for some of those losses, if they want to stay in contention in this big division.

Jonathan Mapu, the undrafted defensive tackle and a rookie player, has been signed by the Washington Redskins football team at the expense of wide receiver Jerome Mathis. The decision was taken after the Redskins took a good look at the native Hawaiian player during his brief stint at the minicamp from May 2-4. Mapu, at 6-4 and 290 pounds, has played for the Tennessee University for four seasons and has a record of 32 solo tackles out of a total of 65, three sacks, two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles to his credit. The Redskins fans are expecting that this rookie player will deliver the goods when his time comes to represent the Redskins team.

It has been officially stated that Chad Pennington is out as the New York Jets starting quarterback was replaced by Clemens for this week’s match against the Washington Redskins. This was a long time coming but it was probably only a couple of days too late. Regardless, Mangini made the right move today thus avoiding a week’s worth of media circus: he announced the switch at the first possible moment. Mangini has made this decision not based on singling out Chad Pennington for where they were, but based on the fact that Mangini thinks Kellen had earned that opportunity.