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News: Guice poised to return, Peterson to get MRI on ankle
The rain came, and then it stayed throughout the Washington Redskins' slug-fest with the San Francisco 49ers. Ultimately the Redskins fell to again and with the loss their season record lies at 1-6. They look to be in position to draft early as noted in this week's draft order projection. The Redskins will have to recover quickly ahead of their Thursday Night Football match-up with the Minnesota Vikings.
Whether or not they'll have Adrian Peterson available is in question, but the all-time great is known for recovering quickly. Also recovering from his injury, Derrius Guice looks poised to come off of the injured reserve as soon as he's eligible and has tweeted his plans to play again this season. Redskins weekend recaps round out the news and notes for Monday night.
Report: RB Derrius Guice may be Close to Returning to Redskins :: Redskins Maven
Guice has been posting videos online of his workouts this week, and reports are that he might return to practice this week, setting him up to return Week 11 following the Redskins' bye week.
"The earliest Guice will be able to play will be the home game against the New York Jets on November 17. That will come after the bye week and theoretically give the LSU product two weeks of practice time before suiting up again."
2020 Projected Draft Order: Redskins Keep Pace For Top Pick :: Redskins Maven
Bruce Allen has scuttled promising pick spots in the past, can he change his stripes in 2020? He's going to have the opportunity, with the Redskins firmly lining themselves up for a top 10, perhaps top 5 pick. In our latest projection the boys in burgundy and gold will select No. 3 overall behind the Dolphins and Bengals. They could look to use that pick to trade down and pile up later picks, or select an impact player; perhaps a franchise LT to replace Trent Williams and pair with Dwayne Haskins for the foreseeable future.
Week 7 Stock Report: Redskins Identity Surfaces Even as Points Remain Coy :: Redskins Maven
Sunday afternoon was fun to watch; the splish and splash of a rain-soaked FedExField made for visual splendor, the result however did not. The Redskins were shutout for the first time in 2019, and saw some of their prime play-makers have down games. Players who's stock was down this week include Landon Collins, and Adrian Peterson. Who's stock was up? Bill Callahan for one.
Bill Callahan Redskins Presser: Adrian Peterson getting MRI for injured ankle :: Hogs Haven
You've heard of adding insult to injury. In Peterson's case it's adding injury to insult. Peterson has had on and off fumbling problems throughout his career and did it again Sunday, even managing to get hurt on the play. Peterson also has a strong history of recovering from injury quickly, although he is now 34 years old. He needs just 37 yards to pass Jerome Bettis for 7th all time, and 59 to pass LaDainian Tomlinson for 6th. The MRI will tell the tale.
Defense was ‘kind of bored’ on sideline, Mike Shanahan gets the game ball: Ten thoughts from Redskins’ loss to 49ers :: The Athletic
Surprising? No, but it'll make fans shake their heads none-the-less. The Redskins offense was shut out, but more than that they really didn't have anything going on. Adrian Peterson ate, but with no results. The defense shouldn't be worried about the offense, they should be worried about doing their job. And to be fair, they did that too.
Adam Thielen unlikely to play Thursday :: Tom Pelissero
The Redskins will have to put together a fresh game plan with just four days until their match-up with the Vikings in Minnesota. This writer can tell you first hand that US Bank Stadium is the loudest stadium I've ever been to, and it was a Thursday Night Football game. The Redskins had better have their communication in order, and plan around the Vikings' stout run defense. It may be time to take some chances.
Luckily on defense they'll avoid having to face Adam Thielen, but Quinton Dunbar, Landon Collins and crew will still have to stop Stefon Diggs, Dalvin Cook, and former Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins.
49ers win over Redskins in shortest NFL game in 10 years; here's how the length of game stacks up all-time :: CBS Sports
Not only was it the shortest game since 2009, only six total games have been shorter since 1996. Passing versus running percentages play huge into the factoring on game time, with incomplete passes stopping the clock. Games used to see a lot more running and so were inherently shorter. Sunday's game saw that Redskins and 49ers combine to run 63.1 percent of the time. That'll do it.
