The article in Washingtonpost.com's Redskins section today (Saunders: Critics are Missing the Point) cites Al Saunders stating what many of us have suspected watching the preseason: The Redskins offense has kept it's cards firmly on the table.

There's no argument that the scoreboard results for the Washington Redskins this preseason have been dismal. There's also a long-standing and well-supported NFL conventional wisdom that says the preseason just doesn't matter. It's what you do with the games, not whether you win them. So where does the truth lie for the 2006 Redskins?

Redskins fans looking forward to a continuation of 2005's positive ending were treated instead to a devastating injury and sloppy play from reserves, and the team muddled to a 19-3 loss to the Bengals. All in all, this was a dismal start to the 2006 campaign. The starting offense was barely on the field long enough to get a feel for it, and Saunders looked like he used no motion, only a series of different formations. The starting defense appeared to be in mid-season form, but there will be some big questions about depth in the secondary. Quarterback play in general will come surging back as a huge concern if all three continue to turn in similar performances. Worst of all, an early injury has struck right at the heart of the team. Hopefully the news out of Ashburn about Portis' recovery will turn positive over the next month and we can file this game away as a bad memory by opening day.

It sounds like its been a pretty routine first week of camp for the Washington Redskins. Portis seems to have re-emerged as the unquestioned centerpiece of the team, with repeated reports of big plays in practice and also repeated accounts of his cheerleading of both the offense and defense. The good news is there don't seem to be any siginificant injuries yet from either practice or the Saturday scrimage. Gibbs seems to have stuck to his word that Collins and Campbell will be splitting time as primary backup, and results sound mixed for both.