"What more could you ask?" said receiver Santana Moss, who sprung Randle El by taking a cornerback and a safety with him. "Yeah, it's just preseason, but I don't think we're going to do anything less than this. All we can do is get better."

That didn't happen the next week as Washington followed its 30-16 victory over Indianapolis in the Aug. 3 Hall of Fame Game with a 17-14 escape of Buffalo on Aug. 9. But in any event, the Redskins are 2-0 in preseason for the first time since 2002, the last time they had a first-year NFL head coach, Steve Spurrier.

After the victory over the Colts, running back Rock Cartwright, one of just five players from Spurrier's last season, said there is a major difference.

"We showed everything we had then," Cartwright said. "Tonight, we ran the same stuff over and over."

--Quarterback Jason Campbell, who had a 125.6 rating after two games, was pleased that right tackle Jon Jansen was beaten for a sack by the Colts Raheem Brock during his second series because he wanted to see how his knee would withstand its first contact since he missed the final four-plus games of 2007 with a dislocated left kneecap.

"I was glad I got hit," Campbell said. "Got it out of the way so now I can just play football."

--In a surprising move on Aug. 4, the Redskins cut safety Stuart Schweigert, a Raiders starter the previous three years.

"Because he ... didn't show signs of being able to adjust quickly enough, we didn't give him a year to do it because we want now," coach Jim Zorn said. "He's a good athlete and he can do a lot of things, but fitting into our scheme, we didn't feel like he necessarily fit as quick as we need him to."

--Jon Jansen center? Jon Jansen guard? If cornerback Shawn Springs can start at free safety after 11 years as a No. 1 cornerback, why can't a 32-year-old right tackle shift inside?

Former backup center Mike Pucillo wasn't re-signed so Jansen has been trying his hand at snapping. Before reserve tackles Stephon Heyer and Todd Wade were hurt in the Hall of Fame Game, coach Jim Zorn said that he might even let Jansen play some center in preseason. Jansen has also contemplated a shift to guard if it would prolong his career.

"I would love to be able to show that I can do more than just right tackle," Jansen said. "I've never (played center) in a game and it would definitely be a great opportunity. If the team needs (a guard), I'll be ready to do it."

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I have my own soap opera. I don't watch any of that stuff. Did he get traded? Really? The Jets? And we'll see him next week. Wow. It will be a real circus. Certain guys carry that circus with them and Brett is one of those guys. Not in a bad way. He just has that aura about him." -- DE Jason Taylor after being informed that Brett Favre had been traded to the Jets.