disastrous years amidst turmoi turmoil. new gm scott mcclune was hired for agility and hired a tweem question marks and questions at quarterback. head coach jay gruden took a leap of faith choosing quarterback kirk cousins over former rookie of the year robert griffin red skins struggled this first half of the season. it looked like gruden was hea headed for a disappointing year and cousins was headed for free agency. and a red hot stretch run solv solved developing

played mvp level. cousins tossed 23 touchdowns in the final ten games and dazzled in four-game december winning streak. in the 8 months since opening round playoff loss to the packers, the relationship between gm and head coach blossomed. grud sent now considered a long term solution the sideline. and cousins he's back as well this time running the show. the red skins may have signed the league's best available player this off season when they spent $75 million on former carolina panthers corner josh norman. can washington call tallize on last year's renaissance. did the stream's drama free off season finally set up a fast start. it's time for the 2016 washington red skins season which kicks off in just

days. >> "fox5" kickoff show kicks off right now. great to have you with us this friday night. jim lokay jim. >> i like the frame on that song. don't let me down. >> that's whatever red skins fan feels sglel we're back and a lot of guys back a lot of familiar faces right? >> it's good. with a team like this you need consistent players and toch coaches and faces i'm excited about it. >> we have new faces including one guy everybody is talking about. >> absolutely new editions coming to washington josh norman is the guy to headline and vernon davis will play a lot. david gruden protected on starting teams and local guy maryland high school player several years ago back in d.c. home like vernon daviscy think he will play big role on the defense as well. >>

people talk with adding a guy like josh norman what does it do when you go out to passing. >> the dig thing the quarterback here is 1, 2, 3, throws ball if it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 because you have a great cover guy especially from the outside you get a chance to hit him. good question. people sometimes don't understand the whole working of the team and everybody working together. >> in with the new and out with the old. nace positive longer with the team let's ruvr them down. >> leading tackler as deshawn goldson and alfred morris rookie year couple 1,000 yard seasons to begin his career and key than robinson and terrance knightian. >> this is one of my question marks. parents night was not replaced. they couldn't stop the run last year. he didn't play all that well he had a different

the pass and generating pass rush and stopping run. this he did not invest early draft picks later on and they're bark r banking on chris baker new edition sdiky hood. four teams in the last four years. that scenario they think they're set and put a lot of eggs in baskets of returning players. >> who will face this team pittsburgh steelers monday night. first, grant has access. >> i know, more for me. >> we were calling it grant's garage. >> coming up, one-on-one with widery sever pierre garson. you're watching the "fox5" evening show.

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well and right now it's just talk. >> one of the things that works in kirk cousins papers he has a lot of familiar faces to throw to and familiar target. >> he has a lot of help. when he looks around the offensive huddle he may have the most dynamic group of weapons around him as offense in the league i caught one pierre garcon at red skins park and talked about how prolific the red skins offense may be. one of the reasons a lot of people feel like they have a good chance do good this year that as a pass catcher you may be biggest group in the league. have you ever played with a group that th dynamic. >> we have good weapons in our sever room we're active about that. we want to make players and get into the end zone. we are a good strong group of young guys and veterans that have been arouchbld a long time. we have to show up and p

>> the mma in a gauge george st. pierre back in the day i see a guy that wants physicality low blocking running game and back one of the reasons he wanted to sign you seems you almost revel in that. >> that's what makes me keeps me around i can do whatever the team needs work better and get better atty enjoy plague football and enjoy hitting and run past you and whatever the team wants to do i enjoy doing it you. >> mentioned you are the one that first publicly endorsed him you said this guy with play, how do you know. >> i watch him every day he's trying to learn and communicate and still is communicating with everybody on the team and offense, defense, things keep getting better. when the guy gets comfortable sky is the limit. >> what's the hope as you try to taet take another step forward. hot in the december. one of the better

of the season how do you do better. learn from it and keep going and going further and going to the super ball tired of getting playoffs and out first round never fun. >> it's like khaitsing the water fountain and you want to get away. >> it's tough to win a gain in the league. we have the potential and talent and we know we can do i it. so first round and out. >> all right. so, you brought it up while we were listening to pierre garcon talk he was marquise player and his role minimized a little, reduced maybe. >> it's tough. at one time i was a bad as rus rushing line packer and then they take it and make it toed in backer and you make it. he's a good team player and wants to win. seems like the attitude, righting. >> i like there are defined roles. in a bullpen what evening do i work

throwing. pierre garcon does dirty work underneath, 4, 5 yard catches at a time. deshawn jackson strikes up the band. jamison crowder in the slot. working in between hash marks. everybody kind of knows and the weapon that makes this whole thing work best guy on offense in my opinion that present the most problems tightened jordan reed. >> it's a case you only have one ball and a lot of guys out there that want the ball. how do you stop this from being a problem. is it just on the guys their personality. >> what do you is take quarterback out to dinner all the time and all of a sinned -- >> it depends are where you go to dinner. >> whoever picked up the tab. >> they get the target. >> what is ideal place to take quarterback and take receivers to dinner? >> where i live at d.c. prime. through go. >> it's a nice place. >> are you saying if anyone from d.c. prime is watching. >> i'm getting

>> he's putting it out there. >> i'm throwing it out there. >> if are you quarterback and somebody treats to steak that's. >> let's talk about josh talk sunday for a second. first round pick we have not seen much of him because of nagging leg injury. is there disappointment or let's this work its course. >> there's a lot of disappointment. general manager of the team reportedly punched a while when he found out how long dot son is going to be out. number 18 doing what he did for a couple months he was not back at practice discuss this week and they can use a smaller one this season and remember we talk about depth of receivers they don't nosily this season. they're not going to happen until a month in the campaign. >> buy the way grant talked to ryan kerr i began we'll check in with you and minimum when

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>> after all that talk about the offense got to change the page here a little bit. >> defensively i think this is where the team will make its money this year. they'll win a division title for the second time in as many years and got to be better on that side ever the ball they didn't add a lot up front. josh norman in the secondary we have to talk about. who gets to the water back. one will liver in the opponen opponent's outfield. at red skins park we talked how this group may look on second year under defensive coordinate nature joe barry. >> a lot of people win divisions they assume we'll win division next year. does the way 2013 went antebottom falling out does it help in

year. >> i think sovrment we know nothing is guaranteed and we have to work for what we get and we have the team to repeat as giveition champs. we have done that. now we want to take that next step. >> how about defense. you guys spent a lot of money to bring in josh norman. the way i kind of defense anymore you have to get to the quarterback and stop the pass. if you do those two things it would be pretty good you're the most important guy on the pressure part and guy on the back end for all pro and secondary. what you have seen from him and how do you think he can impact things. >> he's been great to far. our secondary as a whole they all move on the safety and breyon the other side and david and guys rick that we have a chance to have a good secondary. that makes me hungrier up front because i know opportunities will thereby for for myself and other pass rushers. >> do you feel any refresh you're on defense at all. there's so many expectations the offense will be great with the passing gim

played and it hinges on if you make the jump forward you win sdivition and if you struggled you don't. is there more pressure for a normal year. >> i would not say more pressure. more excitement especially as a guy that rushes passer you are facing different offenses than in a close game. if our offense can do it and we think we're capable of it it we'll face a lot more passing and that's dieted for us as defense. >> how do you feel about the season big picture, you guys for the first time in long time around here i think people are quietly and calmly optimistic. it's a different feel. >> it's exciting because we're good on paper now. and i can't wait to put it together on -- in a live, full live game on you know "monday night football". it will be awesome and i can't wait to see the guys play. >> everyone has been talking about since junior

down again where do we get the pass rush. kerrigan can provide that. it's steady. who else on the front 7 will bring the pass rush. >> i'm glad you asked. >> my shoulder. >> and i watch technique right? what does he dovrment i think smith will be a secret people won't notice but come out and make big plays and as far as pass rushing you need it from both ends. both of them have to step up. >> my guess is they're hoping improved secondarys will play a big role in this. preston smith last year led all rookies in sacks. chris baker here has the best sack dance on the team for big fellow and he's the only one on the offensive line that will have five or six. this is about getting coverage on the back end. and the longer they hold that the better chance you can get home. >> i've about watching film and looking

he understand throws and that why he makes his killing at it's really kind of if they can work together they'll be pretty special this year. >> there you see josh -- obviously talking a lot about josh norman. how many eggs red skins put in basket and brought on board really it's the sign of a lot of people talking. >> we're talking about the pass defense and this team last year was terrible stopping run. where do you get that this year. up front? front 7? is that defensive line job. >> they need to stop the run there were gaping holes last year. >> that's the big question mark this year. that could be the problem if they cannot stop the run. and you know, pittsburgh, they should be able to stop the run. it will be a big question mark. >> here's one name will cometon looks good in the preseason and taking range of quarterback of defense great running game and downhill and physical human wrecking ball i want to see more from

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>> ken as a former redskins yourself people ask you what do you think the team can do. >> i think the team will do 1 10-6 i know it's way out there but this is offensive league and i think we have a good offense. i think we can out score teams 10-6. i think the cool aid you've been drinking is as burgandy as your tie. >> why are you making me look like the bad guy. >> you're saying they'll be 500 club here. >> i'm saying 8-8 if they were kanye west album. >> they're as good

but the schedule is tougher. they very with cowboys and eagles getting worse at the quarterback position they have to get me there. they're playing afc north tough every schedule even though tem is a little better. >> you figure giants have by all accounts a pretty cakey schedule it looks like. >> it's like 200 million of their team. >> ben mcadoo fever. >> 7 and 9 is team that ended up being as good as 9 and 7. i don't want to take anything away from 2015 group they won four consecutive games in december, they're 5-7 at one point. the division may be atic better than last year and for me they can be as good or better and have worse record. every time they won division with winning streak, the next year the bottom is falling back out. >> w

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>> right now at 11:00 a tragic accident in ellicott city as cleanup from the historic flooding continues. we're live. plus as 15 anniversary draws near a woman who lost her husband on 9/11 talks about life since that dark day. and will we see storms along with record-breaking heat wave. your news starts right now. >> and first up tonight new details about a deadly accident in ellicott city. thanks for staying up with us i'm jim lokay in for shawn. >> and i'm tone ton a shop owner died today while making flood repairs to his business on main street. the building was one of several damaged during the severe floo flooding this past july. "fox5" lauren demarco is liver on main street with more. lauren. >> tony, police are calling thiscy tragic accident and say the 67-year-old man died after falling from scaffolding