At the NFL combine today, Sam Bradford, who is 1/16 Cherokee, was asked if he would prefer the quarterback-bereft Redskins not draft him.

(If Bradford was full-blooded Cherokee and embraced the culture, would it be?)

Bradford replied, “no.” Earlier the same day he had said, “I’m not going to address that issue,” when the subject was broached.

Doug Farrar of FootballOutsiders.com tweeted that the query was the, “Official dumbest question of the Combine.”

Mark Maske of the WASHINGTON POST also noted the questions, reporting that, “some Native Americans have been critical of the team’s nickname, calling it derogatory, and have challenged it in legal proceedings.”

I actually don’t think the question was inappropriate.

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Dan Steinberg of the WASHINGTON POST’s DC Sports Bog has the decency to reset the gastronomical legend that is Russ Grimm’s “hot dog story.”

(Grimm hot dog vomit now stocked by 3 Southeast Asian grocery chains)

When (former Redskins Offensive Line Coach) Joe Bugel retired in January, he told the greatest story ever, in which Russ Grimm threw up a whole hot dog during an evening practice at Carlisle, then put it back in his mouth and ate it, saying “Can’t waste a good dog, now.” Doc Walker said it was only a quarter of a dog, but added that Grimm was a “total neanderthal.”

Then in early February, when Grimm was elected to the Hall of Fame, his former teammate Joe Jacoby brought the story closer to the earth.

“Russ’s lunch didn’t stay down on him when we got to practice. You know what I mean? He just chucked up a hot dog,” Jacoby told Wise. “One of our ballboys, we called him ‘Booger,’ just looked at it and said, ‘Ooooh, that’s gross.’ Russ looked at him and said, ‘You think that’s gross, watch this.’ He blew the dirt off the piece of dog on the ground, picked it up and ate it. True story.”

Coincidentally, that’s also an excerpt of speech Jacoby gave when inducting Grimm into the auto-immune system hall of fame in 1993.

As you would expect of XTRA 910 in Phoenix as the hot dog vomit radio station of record, the Bickley and MJ show called Grimm to set the record straight.

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Mike Klis of the DENVER POST reports that Mike Shanahan has agreed to become the next head coach of the Washington Redskins.

Shanahan is expected to sign a five-year deal worth about $7 million a year, with the Redskins making the official announcement on Wednesday.

The move is also good news for Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, who expects to save $7 million for himself.

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Images of Jim Zorn, who was culled today by the Redskins:

(Audio accompaniment)

Thanks to Dan Steinberg of the WASHINGTON POST.

UPDATE (11:17a ET): Bob Glauber of NEWSDAY has same thought I process I do on the Redskins’ abrupt announcement - via Snyder-owned ESPN 980 - of Bruce Allen’s hire:

(In zeal to control message, did scooped Snyder break hiring rule?)

“The announcement that the Redskins had replaced vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato with former Buccaneers general manager Bruce Allen may have been a violation of the league’s expanded Rooney Rule requirements for diversity hiring practices.”

At 9:30am ET this morning Jay Glazer was first to report the possibility of Bruce Allen being hired by the Redskins as the team’s new Executive VP of Football operations - posted at FoxSports.com:

Redskins coaches were told the team is now in talks with former Bucs and Raiders head honcho Bruce Allen to replace Cerrato, FOXSports.com has learned.

It is unclear what job title Allen will be given if they lock him up, but his brother George Jr. is a big player already in Washington, D.C. Their father was legendary coach George Allen.

It’s unclear who the team interviewed to satisfy the Rooney Rule or if such an interview has taken place yet. They cannot hire Allen until a minority candidate is interviewed for the position.

What followed was a predictable response from Dan Snyder’s radio station in DC.

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Dan Snyder-owned ESPN 980 in DC is reporting Redskins Executive VP of Football Operations Vinny Cerrato has “resigned” this morning. The station certainly wouldn’t be reporting the news if it didn’t have a seal of approval from the team.

Snyder must be stoked. Not because Cerrato’s departure signals a new era in Redskins football that will actually give fans hope.

No, because the owner got to report the news himself and control the message.

Just when it seemed the Tiger Woods story is petering out, Washington Redskins running back (and somehow single) Clinton Portis joins the party. Dan Steinberg of the WASHINGTON POST’s DC Sports BOG transcribes Portis’ delightfully honest comments about Woods’ alleged affairs on ESPN 980 in The District:

(Surprisingly, Portis offered Tiger no advice on disguise)

“If he could keep that a secret and ain’t nobody came out and told [on him], hey, congratulate him. You know, most of the time there’s one or two, and you can’t keep that a secret. Read more…

Rich Tandler at RealRedskins.com reports this morning that internet NFL superstar Chris Cooley told a DC radio station this morning that he’s likely going on injured reserve - and be out for the season.

(Out for the season)

On his regular radio appearance on DC101, Chris Cooley said that he will meet with Jim Zorn today about his immediate future with the team. Cooley said that he expects to be placed in injured reserve, ending his season.

Cooley fractured a bone in his ankle against the Eagles on Oct. 21.

You probably remember that the initial official diagnosis was for him to miss this season. That quickly changed, as doctors later projected he could be back as soon as a month.

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Gorgeous piece by graphic designer Ken Carbone at FastCompany.com as he tries to one-up helmet logo designs of three NFL teams: the New England Patriots, Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Excerpt:

Among the weakest designs are the Washington Redskins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers , whose visually complicated logos become a graphic mess when televised and, I imagine, even if you’re sitting on the fifty-yard line.

Carbone’s effort? Mixed.

His stunning success was this amazing re-design of the Redskins’ helmet, which he partly attributes to visiting the Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

After the jump, his attempts at improving the Pats’ and Bucs’ hard candy shells. Read more…

After a confrontation with Falcons Head Coach Mike Smith and Falcons strength coach Jeff Fish during today’s Falcons-Redskins game, Redskins defensive back DeAngelo Hall said he planned to “get on the horn” with Roger Goodell and that there “needs to be repercussions” for what the Atlanta staffers did. Hall, from the ASSOCIATED PRESS:

(Did Mike Smith deck DeAngelo Hall?)

I’m going to get on the horn with commissioner Goodell, and we’re going to figure out a way how to nip this in the bud. It’s different with me coming in trying to break stuff up, and as a strength coach, if you coming at me and you’re trying to get (expletive) licks, that ain’t how you do things.

They need to have some repercussions, and something needs to happen to them, too. I’m definitely going to get on the phone with some of my guys up there, and we’re going to try to figure out a way to nip this thing in the bud.

The incident stemmed from Hall jumping into an altercation on the Falcons sideline following a late hit on Atlanta QB Matt Ryan by Hall’s Redskin teammate LaRon Landry.

Video and Hall’s comments after the jump. Read more…