With Mike Shanahan, Washington Redskins have sensible reasons to be optimistic
 

I write this before training camp has opened, and the souring effect of reality sets in. I write it with the knowledge that anyone who predicted success for the [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/redskins/longterm/sectionfront/index.html?nid=roll_redskins"][COLOR=#0c4790]Redskins[/COLOR][/URL] in the last few offseasons wound up at the bottom of the idiot pile. Nevertheless, the Redskins have cause for optimism. Not the fantasy-league optimism of the past based on whopping amounts of poorly spent cash, but optimism based on sense, and reason.

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