Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan values desire over pedigree

[MTK]

If you want to turn a locker room around in a hurry, fill it with a bunch of guys who really need the jobs. Pack it with players who are just happy to have contracts, who don't think certain work is too menial for them, who have a sense of sweaty desperation. That's the secret to how the Washington Redskins have been playing. A team that a year ago was overpaid and too precious for its own good is now leading the league in hard-fought victories.

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