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Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth took umbrage with the Falcons' blocking techniques in a radio interview Thursday night and challenged linemen Tyson Clabo and Harvey Dahl.

My weekly look at key matchups and storylines to watch in one game at each time slot.

The general consensus among fans in our nation's capital is that Jim Zorn is not the problem.

There's an interesting column at SI.com by former Cowboys offensive lineman Ross Tucker regarding teams playing for coaches destined for the unemployment line.

One would think that there would be a palpable buzz in an NFL locker room before a prime time game on national TV.

The opening weekend of the NFL regular season is finally here, which means it is time for you to sit on the couch and watch football from Sunday at 1 p.m. until after the Chargers finish their dismantling of the Raiders in the late game on Monday night.

Former first-round pick Jason Babin is trying to make the most of what could be his final NFL opportunity with the Eagles.

Former first-round pick Jason Babin is trying to make the most of what could be his final NFL opportunity with the Eagles.

Fun, rewarding and exhausting, all at the same time, being back out on the road for training camps.

Training camps and real football are finally here, and this year I am joining SI.com colleague Peter King on the first leg of his annual training camp tour to both check out some teams and learn from Mr.

Being a rookie in the NFL is hard. They have very little time between when their college seasons end and training to become a pro begins.

SI.com's Ross Tucker, picking which NFL teams have had the best and worst offseasons , leads off the worst with the Bucs, leading off with a blunt "Where do I start?" Tucker is critical of the Bucs' change in leadership at head coach and general manager, and writes that Mark Dominik's decision to give tight end Kellen Winslow Jr.

If you tuned in to WIP last week, you may have heard the familiar voice of ex-Eagle Brian Mitchell .

For NFL players, a broadcasting career can often seem like the path of least resistanceA when contemplatingA a post-football career.

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. The room, unlike most television studios, was not kept at a glacial temperature. And so, under the blaze of television lights on a Tuesday afternoon, Washington Redskins defensive end Renaldo Wynn sat baking in a suit, feeling an anxiety he knew only from football Sundays.

'It's like before a game when you have those pregame jitters,' he said.

His nervousness surprised him. He had been in studios dozens of times, a regular on so many cable sports shows that the whole process of makeup and wardrobe and finding the camera with the shining red light had become almost routine. And those were shows that were actually on television. They were real. This was practice, a simple exercise at a broadcasting clinic put on by the NFL, just a couple minutes long, the kind of quick-paced banter about football that has come to populate our television sets daily.

For the majority of NFL players, the "media" is a collection of individuals who belong in the same sordid basket.

Football has been in the blood of Ross Tucker since he was a youngster growing up in the Wyomissing area.

Rosenfels: 'For me to get frustrated would hurt me as a player' Forgive Sage Rosenfels if he doesn't get too worked up over the steadily increasing rumors linking Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings .