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Fox, Oshinowo and Smith Released
The Redskins have released three players: Vernon Fox, Babatunde Oshinowo and Dorian Smith. Fox, a 28-year-old safety who also played in Detroit and San Diego, had played in 30 games with the Skins over the last two seasons. He started six games and had 44 tackles and one interception. Oshinowo, a defensive tackle, had signed with the team July 29. Smith, a defensive end, had been signed, released and re-signed Aug. 12. This is cutdown...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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First set of cuts are in
Hogs Haven — [Note by Skin Patrol, 08/25/08 9:59 AM EDT ] Promoted, enjoy. From the Redskins Insider The Redskins have released three players: Vernon Fox, Babatunde Oshinowo and Dorian Smith. To be quite honest the only person on this list I had heard of was saftey Vernon Fox.  Further research shows me that both DE Dorian Smith and DT Oshi..errr Oshen ahh Oshin..whatever haven't been on the team very long at all.  Dorian Smith infact had been signed, released and re-signed Aug. 12 so who knows ...

Now Arriving Gate 75: Cuts
The Curly R: A Washington RedskinZ Blog — ... With Tuesday's dealine to cut rosters down from 80 to 75 the Redskins announced three cuts yesterday, safety Vernon Fox, defensive tackle Babatunde Ashinowo and defensive end Dorian Smith (also link ...

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