Chris

Samuels

He expects to get out of his walking cast today. The Redskins running game desperately need Samuels healthy in time for the season.

It’s officially a game week. Sweet.

Great news for Clinton Portis owners. Both players are likely to be listed as questionable this week.

The Walter Jones deal apparently has caused Washington to up their offer. Samuels is due $9.5 million next season and the Redskins want to lower his number.

Negotiations to restructure a decent tackle’s contract has never held so many fantasy implications. Knowing a trade hinges on the contract, Samuels has tons of leverage.

Washington has also talked to the Raiders about the No. 2 pick. They want to draft tackle Robert Gallery.

X-rays were negative.

Samuels has played well, but his $9.6 million salary cap number next season is unbearable. He’s a candidate to be released if the two sides can’t come to an agreement.

The rest of the league has to be shuddering. Samuels is a good, not great, tackle who has tons of leverage because his cap number becomes unmanageable in a week. This is the type of short-term thinking which hasn’t helped Washington recently.