Nov 12th 2008 12:00PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Redskins, NFC East, NFL FansRedskins safety Reed Doughty might be on injured reserve, but rehabbing a bad back hasn’t affected his keen business sense. Or maybe he’s just extremely lucky (other than not being able to play because he’s hurt, obviously). Whatever, he’s been a beneficiary of the club recently signing Shaun Alexander and DeAngelo Hall.

Alexander wore No. 37 in Seattle before his inglorious departure, and that just happened to be Doughty’s number in Washington. One financial transaction later and Alexander had 37 and Doughty had moved on to 23. Fast-forward a few weeks, the Redskins sign Hall to a one-year deal, and he wanted to keep the number that brought him such good karma in Oakland.

Yep, that would be No. 23. Doughty dutifully obliged because, as he told the Sports Bog’s Dan Steinberg, “I want to have my number, I like 23 … But at the same time, we’re building a house. I’d rather have furniture than a number.” Fair point.

Meanwhile, Doughty’s teammates’ reaction ranged from incredulous to, well, just incredulous:Continue Reading