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Adam Abramson heaped plenty of praise on USC tight end Fred Davis at the draft. In fact, Davis drew Abramson's highest praise.

"He's a beast," Newsday's college football guru said.

Well, Davis may be a beast, but he apparently has trouble waking up to an alarm clock. He missed today's practice because he overslept.

Nice way to get in good with your coaches.

HOCKEY UPDATE: Black N Gold e-mailed us at around 4 p.m. to let us know it was only a matter of time before the Rangers would be ousted in the playoffs. At the time of B N G's e-mail, the score was 2-0 Pens.

The Rangers scored twice over the next few minutes to tie it.

The game is in OT.

Fellow blogger David Elfin of the Washington Times offers up an interesting scenario involving Redskins quarterback Todd Collins and former Redskins quarterback Gus Frerotte.

With Frerotte on the outs in St. Louis, where he backed up Marc Bulger, it's highly probable that Collins will give serious consideration to joining the Rams as a free agent. After all, Collins played under Redskins offensive coordinator Al Saunders, who has since hooked on with the Rams.

And given the opening that would be created if Collins does leave, it makes some sense for Frerotte to at least consider the possibility of joining his old team. Frerotte once beat out former first-round QB Heath Shuler in a competition in Washington. Frerotte also was the only quarterback to suffer a sprained neck while celebrating a touchdown.

In a game against the Giants in 1997, Frerotte was so elated over a touchdown that he head-butted a wall. He had to leave the game with a neck injury. I covered the game - Best was there, too - and remembered watching Frerotte walk to an ambulance with a neck brace. He was still in uniform.

Given the circumstances, it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Looks like we found out why we have a slew of comments on our previous post about the possibility of Chad Johnson being traded to the Redskins.

As Craig had suggested, it was indeed linked to a Redskins fan website, a very good one, I might add. "Extremeskins.com" caught wind of our tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the Redskins would go 19-0 if they traded for Johnson, and the fans had a good laugh with that one.

Actually, as was the case on our original post, a number of fans actually thought we were serious when we "predicted" the 'Skins would go unbeaten with Johnson in the fold. But enough folks actually read the entire post and realized we were being facetious.

Guess "Extremeskins.com" is gonna stay in business for quite a while. As these things go, websites and blogs tend to get much busier when the teams they write about stink. And with the renewed chaos in Washington now that our good friend Joe Gibbs has retired, this team figures to stink for a long time.

The Washington Post is reporting that, according to sources, the Redskins are interested in trading for Bengals disgruntled wide receiver Chad Johnson.

To which we say this: If the Redskins pull it off, it would undoubtedly shift the balance of power in the NFC East, and the Giants would almost certainly be unable to repeat as Super Bowl champions, much less make the playoffs.

You put Johnson with the Redskins offense, then I say we're talking a team that is capable not only of going 16-0 in the regular season, but doing one better than the Patriots and rolling to a 19-0 record.

No matter that the Redskins have a rookie coach in Jim Zorn.

Or that the team is $16 million over the salary cap and would have to renegotiate contracts and probably cut a few players to bring Johnson aboard, especially if they sign him to a new deal.

Or that the Giants are coming off a stirring run to the Super Bowl championship that included one of the greatest upsets in NFL history.

Forget that the Redskins have gone through draft picks during the Daniel Snyder era like a parent goes through diapers for a newborn.

This is it. This is the guy. Johnson is the final piece for the Redskins.

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Forgive me, please. I just can't help myself.

It's just that, you know, I'm actually starting to feel for these poor Redskins fans who have to endure this kind of nonsense now that Snyder and personnel chief Vinny Cerrato are in the process of undoing all the good that Joe Gibbs left behind after re-retiring last month. After four years of watching Gibbs restore some credibility to the franchise, even if he had only one playoff win to show for it, the Redskins have descended back into the abyss.

When they get out is anyone's guess. Snyder is still very young, so my hunch is that it will not be any time soon.

Jim Fassel remains in the running to get the Redskins' head coaching job, and Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is on their radar, although the Redskins can't talk to him until after the Super Bowl.

Enter another name onto the rumor mill: former Lions and 49ers coach Steve Mariucci. He's now a commentator with the NFL Network.

Mariucci has some ties with Redskins vice president Vinny Cerrato from their days together in San Francisco, so the idea makes some sense.

After an NFL source sent us a tip about the possibility, I ran over to the Media Center tonight to catch up to Mariucci on the set of the NFL Network broadcast, and he seemed a touch uncomfortable when I brought up the subject.

"I'm working for the NFL Network now," he said.

I asked if he'd talked to the Redskins about the job, and he replied, "There's nothing to it. All I'm doing it working for the NFL Network."

The Redskins have informed former Giants coach Jim Fassel that they've decided to wait up to several more days to name a head coach. The delay could last through the Super Bowl, which means there's a chance the Redskins will explore the possibility of hiring Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo or perhaps an assistant with the Patriots.

It's an interesting twist to an already intriguing coaching search, and there may not be a resolution in the immediate term.

The three leading candidates at this point are Fassel, defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, and Colts defensive coordinator Ron Meeks.

The Redskins yesterday interviewed Seahawks quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn as offensive coordinator.

The Redskins will hold a 3 p.m. press conference to announce that their Hall of Fame coach is resigning/retiring with one year left on his contract.

Can't say we're completely surprised at the development, although the Redskins' late-season run to the playoffs seemed to energize the 67-year-old coach. Then again, there have been times throughout his four-year re-run where it's seemed as if he didn't have the same passion for the job he'd had in the first go-round.

Defensive coordinator/assistant head coach Gregg Williams will be the early-frontrunner to succeed Gibbs, but because of recently instituted rules regarding interviews for head coaching positions, the process could take a while to unfold. Offensive coordinator Al Saunders will also be in the mix.

And you can expect team owner Daniel Snyder, who has deep pockets when it comes to shelling out dough for coaches and players, will put the squeeze on Bill Cowher to see if he's interested in a return to the sidelines. Cowher has indicated he will not be coaching in 2008. Then again, every man has his price.

The Redskins said in a statement that Gibbs will remain part of the team and serve as a special adviser to Snyder.

Gibbs went 31-36, including 1-2 in the playoffs, after emerging from NFL retirement and his NASCAR career to sign a five-year, $27.5 million contract in 2004. He had always maintained that he intended to fulfill the contract, but the 67-year-old coach wavered from that stance Monday when asked if he would return for the final year of his deal.

The Redskins are playing the Bears tomorrow night at FedEx Field in a game that should have been played on Sunday instead.

The Redskins are still grieving over the shooting death of Sean Taylor, and the entire organization attended his funeral Monday, following a heart-breaking last-second loss to the Bills on Sunday.

To now prepare for a game with less than two full days of practice is just silly. But it's on the Redskins, because they could have - and should have - petitioned the NFL to have the game moved to Sunday. The Bears would have had no problem with that scenario; team officials were more than willing to accommodate the Redskins under such difficult circumstances. Besides, it's a short work-week for the Bears, too, and they've got the travel factor to deal with as well.

Before I go any further, let me just say there are not many people who have ever been involved in the NFL that I've had more respect for that Redskins coach Joe Gibbs. His body of of work during a Hall of Fame career from 1981-92 is among the most impressive in pro football history.

That said, it is difficult to fathom what Gibbs did earlier this afternoon in the final seconds of the Redskins game against the Bills. Playing for the first time since the shooting death of Redskins safety Sean Taylor, the Redskins were ahead 16-14 when Bills kicker Rian Lindell lined up for a 51-yard attempt.

A split second before Lindell kicked it, Gibbs had called timeout. The ball sailed through the uprights, but the timeout meant that Lindell had to kick it again. But as he attempted that kick, Gibbs called timeout again. Calling a second timeout in that situation is against the rules, and the Redskins were penalized 15 yards. Lindell then nailed a 36-yarder to win it for Buffalo.

Gibbs took the blame for the loss, and the players publicly rallied around the coach, saying they could have and should have made more plays to beat the Bills. But when you're a head coach and you don't know one of the fundamental rules of the game and it costs you in that situation, it is time to seriously reassess what is going on.

One other moment that took Gibbs by surprise: When the Redskins defense came onto the field for the first time, they used only 10 men as a tribute to Taylor. It was a wonderful moment and a fine touch to honor their fallen player. But Gibbs never knew that the Redskins were going to do that, because defensive Gregg Williams never told him. It was only after the game that Williams explained the situation.

Gibbs will clearly beat himself up over this day for a long time. But it goes deeper than that. He has to begin thinking about whether he should continue to do this. He has not been the same head coach in his second go-round with the Redskins, and there are no indications the 5-7 Redskins are about to turn things around.

It was an emotional day yesterday for the Redskins, who got back to practice for the first time since safety Sean Taylor succumbed to his injuries from a gunshot wound early Monday morning.

Here's a link to my newspaper column from the visit to the team's training site in Ashburn, Va.

I'm at the Redskins training facility to do a piece on how the team is coming to grips with the tragic death of safety Sean Taylor, who died early yesterday morning of a gunshot wound suffered during a break-in at his Miami area home early Sunday morning.

As you might expect, the mood is extremely somber as the team tries to get back to some semblance of normalcy. The players, coaches and staff met this morning with Taylor's father, Pedro, who flew in from the Miami area address the team.

We spoke briefly with one of the team's pastors, Brett Fuller, who was understandably emotional talking about how the team was coping with the unprecedented situation.

Stopped by a makeshift memorial to Taylor, where fans are free to stop by and pay their respects. Hundreds upon hundreds of flowers, candles, signs, surround the tree. A Taylor jersey, autographed by dozens of well-wishers, hangs from one of the branches.

Sad. Very sad.