Updates from the Redskins locker room:

—Apparently coach Jim Zorn is more fired up than usual about this week’s game against the Seahawks. The players with connections (Shaun Alexander, Ryan Plackemeier, Pete Kendall, etc.) were a little more indifferent about it. Fred Smoot offered the best line: “It’s like being in a room with your ex-wife. Nobody knows her better than you, but you hate her.“

—It turns out that some NFL players don’t know that a game can end in a tie.  Alexander said the number could be as much as 50 percent. This was raised because Donovan McNabb was unaware of the rule after the Philadelphia-Cincinnati game.

—Pete Kendall said the key to third-down success for the team is going to be first-down success. He said that you will always have a pad percentage when you’re trying to convert third and 7.

Practice begins shortly, I’m going to start layering up.

Updates from the Redskins locker room:

—Apparently coach Jim Zorn is more fired up than usual about this week’s game against the Seahawks. The players with connections (Shaun Alexander, Ryan Plackemeier, Pete Kendall, etc.) were a little more indifferent about it. Fred Smoot offered the best line: “It’s like being in a room with your ex-wife. Nobody knows her better than you, but you hate her.“

—It turns out that some NFL players don’t know that a game can end in a tie.  Alexander said the number could be as much as 50 percent. This was raised because Donovan McNabb was unaware of the rule after the Philadelphia-Cincinnati game.

—Pete Kendall said the key to third-down success for the team is going to be first-down success. He said that you will always have a pad percentage when you’re trying to convert third and 7.

Practice begins shortly, I’m going to start layering up.