Happy Birthday Pete Kendall

For two seasons Pete had Jason's back despite playing in front

Please join me in wishing former and hopefully future Redskins left guard Pete Kendall a happy birthday, Pete turns 36 today.

After the departure of future boomerang Redskin left guard Derrick Dockery to the Buffalo Bills after the 2006 season and the subsequent failure of the Todd Wade Experiment in 2007 training camp, Washington shelled out what turned out to be a fourth round draft pick to the New York Jets for unhappy left guard Pete Kendall.

Pete was given a raise and moved into the starting position immediately. And all Pete did was start every single one of his 32 games in Washington. Pete was especially effective in run blocking, at one point early last season as right guard Randy Thomas continued to recover from his 2007 triceps injury and Stephon Heyer and Jon Jansen teamed up to bungle the right guard position it was almost like a punchline how much the Redskins were running to the left, Dillweed or someone else out there has the numbers, it was classic Redskins: we are running to the left, you know we are running to the left, we know you know and you know we know you know and you still can't stop us.

Derrick Dockery came back from Buffalo this offseason and Pete's contract expired. As far as I know Pete is still looking for a starting, job, well it is second week of July and Pete is still on the street, if I were his agent I would be exhorting him to pick up the phone and see if the Redskins are still on the market for depth at left guard. Pete could extend his career and the Redskins could be set for a couple of seasons along the Offensive Line of Great Uncertainty.

Happy birthday Pete!



Pete Kendall and Jason Campbell: DB King from here, DB is a local photog with an incredible stream on Flickr and a photo blog here.