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Washington Redskins 2014: The year in review

WASHINGTON — No matter their record, the Washington Redskins have had as eventful a year as any team in professional sports. Between the revolving door of quarterbacks manning the offense, the spats between former players in the media and the ongoing name debate, few weeks have gone by without the team making headlines one way or another.

[related_gallery align=”right”]Of course, it hasn’t all been bad. Despite a 4-12 campaign that led Washington to its sixth last-place finish in seven years, their final two wins came on the road against eventual division champ Dallas and at home against the Eagles in Week 16, effectively extinguishing Philadelphia’s playoff hopes. New acquisition DeSean Jackson proved to be one of the most explosive deep threats in the game; Alfred Morris compiled his third straight 1,000-yard season, and Trent Williams earned a spot in the Pro Bowl (even if Ryan Kerrigan was overlooked).

In the gallery to the right, we take a look back at the good, the bad and the ugly in the year that was, with reflections on some of the major events from our Redskins beat reporter, George Wallace, and NFL expert Rob Woodfork.

Quarterback Alex Smith’s grueling road to recovery chronicled in ESPN program

NFL quarterback Alex Smith suffered a gruesome leg injury that put his career in jeopardy and had him fighting for his life, and his long and grueling road to recovery is chronicled in an upcoming one-hour program from ESPN called "Project 11." The leg injury occurred Nov. 18, 2018, in the third quarter of a game between the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans. After being sacked by the Texans' J.J. Watt and Kareem Jackson, Smith suffered a spiral and compound fracture of the right tibia and fibula.
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