Game Tape: Preseason Week 1 vs Steelers

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

The WaPo has been down a few notches for a while now IMO

Definitely, keim, rich campbell, etc are much better.. hell I enjoy some online only publications more than wapo

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

The WaPo has been down a few notches for a while now IMO

I hate to say it but since JLC left it hasn't been as good. He was a leader in that kind of constant-flow immediate reporting at the time. The insider was sorta revolutionary 5 years ago. Now everyone does it. The new guy isn't nearly as good as JLC or Reid were. Not even close.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Ryan O'Halloran and Rich Tandler with CSN, Rich Campbell with the Washington Times, and John Keim with The Examiner are probably the best places to get detailed Redskins info. There are several others as well, but those stand out

They have strong insider access...trust me

Those guys are all good. Any read on why the new WaPo guy seems so...worthless?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Those guys are all good. Any read on why the new WaPo guy seems so...worthless?

Should have gone with any reid (hardy har har)

But seriously, I don't know. I mean the WaPo also employs Mark Maske who's great at the NFL level. Maybe some of it is the relationship with the Redskins. But I worked for a station that had major issues with the Redskins back in the day, and you just have to work around that.

[FRPLG]

Yeah Maske is good.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I hate to say it but since JLC left it hasn't been as good. He was a leader in that kind of constant-flow immediate reporting at the time. The insider was sorta revolutionary 5 years ago. Now everyone does it. The new guy isn't nearly as good as JLC or Reid were. Not even close.

JLC was bad long before he left. Granted at one point he use to be THE MAN when it came to Redskin beat writers, especially during the Gibbs II era but after that he just became bitter and lost any sense of objectivity. Even now he bashes the team on NFL Network and loves talking about how bad the O-Line is, like its the same exact group from 09 after Samuels went down.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Ryan O'Halloran and Rich Tandler with CSN, Rich Campbell with the Washington Times, and John Keim with The Examiner are probably the best places to get detailed Redskins info. There are several others as well, but those stand out

They have strong insider access...trust me

Huge tandler fan, o is coming on strong too.. as is grant paulsen

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

I hate to say it but since JLC left it hasn't been as good. He was a leader in that kind of constant-flow immediate reporting at the time. The insider was sorta revolutionary 5 years ago. Now everyone does it. The new guy isn't nearly as good as JLC or Reid were. Not even close.

I miss Thomas Boswell. Mike Jones the new guy, who is he?

Mike Jones covers the Washington Redskins for The Washington Post. A native of Warrenton, Va., he got his start in journalism covering sports for his hometown paper, The Fauquier Citizen, in 1999 and eventually became sports editor. Jones went on to cover the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times and CSNWashington.com from 2007 to 2010 before covering the Redskins for TBD.com for the 2010 season. He joined The Post’s staff in February, 2011.