A rainy Friday here in Richmond. Before the day is over we’ll have one final injury update on Clinton Portis and the secondary before I head off to cover prep Friday - Patrick Henry at Deep Run tonight. I’ll spare you a full scouting report on that one, but I’m expecting a great game, and the Deep Run fans are always rowdy.

Last night Vinny Cerrato, the Redskins’ Executive Vice President of Football Operations, confirmed that Shaun Alexander is signed for the league minimum salary. He’s on a week-to-week basis, so he’s essentially on a big tryout until Ladell Betts gets healthy.

Meanwhile the Browns are bringing their shenanigans into FedEx Field on Sunday. Let’s look at both sides of the ball:

Offense: Derek Anderson is the team’s quarterback, but he will occasionally move over to the receiver slot for what is known as the Wildcat formation. The Miami Dolphins have had success with it this season, and Anderson is a big guy, so he doesn’t risk being beat up by cornerbacks when he’s in the slot. Defensive coordinator Greg Blache was asked how much time he spent on it this week.

“Not a lot,“ he said. “We worked on a bunch of crazy things from the beginning of training camp - no backs, crazy formation linemen - we call that the zip series. We have rules.“

Defense: The Browns will occasionally do a UFO defense, where it looks like the defenders are all out of place, but they are standing in movement and waiting for the snap to show you their look. Again, don’t expect to see this more than a couple times during the game. Coach Jim Zorn, as the play caller, is responsible for busting up that look.

“You can’t get a real feel for who is going where,“ he said. “But what happens is as you set up, they seem to come to you. We call it circus. It looks like a little circus. They’re milling around then at the snap of the ball its a choreographed plan.“

Zorn said that it’s a good change of pace defense - but if it gets run regularly it could get beaten for big gains. He told reporters yesterday (and take this with a grain of salt) that Jason Campbell will not audible when he sees the defense.

“We’re going to run the play,“ Zorn said. “And if we have a great play we can gash them, but if they have a better defense they’ll stop us.“