When Washington kneels this out, they’ll improve to 3-1 in the preseason. Mack Brown finishes with 149 yards rushing and Robert Kelley 99, each on a carry count in the high teens. Both averaged more than six yards per carry.

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3:31 fourth quarter — I’m still here, there just hasn’t been much worthy of an update in a while. Tampa Bay just kicked a field goal at the end of a 17-play drive, also by Roberto Aguayo, and made it 20-6 at the 3:59 mark.

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Washington is outgaining Tampa Bay, 298-151, and outrushing the Bucs 249-50.

5:44 third quarter — Rashad Ross catches a touchdown pass, and got his foot down in the back of the end zone, for a 20-3 advantage. Ross’s catch survived a replay review.

8:40 third quarter — T.J. Thorpe has a big gain, tiptoeing down the left sideline with a Nate Sudfeld pass for a 41-yard play.

10:23 third quarter — Maligned Bucs kicker Roberto Aguayo makes a 50-yard field goal to get the Bucs on the board. It’s 13-3.

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Halftime — Washington leads, 13-0. Mack Brown is the star of the first half.

1:03 second quarter — CSN just showed a graphic that said total yards are 187-3 in the Redskins’ favor. Dang.

Which reminds me, here are the live stats.

6:02 second quarter — Mack Brown is going to mess around and make the roster. He just went for 23 yards; he’s up to 11-130-1 on the day. Brown wasn’t so far out of the roster mix that he couldn’t play well enough today to earn a spot, but of course coaches go by everything they’ve seen all offseason, training camp and preseason too.

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10:45 second quarter — Ryan Griffin throws off his back foot on a play action rollout and Deshazor Everett pops it up into the air, and Duke Ihenacho comes down with the interception.

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Mike wrote this 25 minutes ago:

13:44 second quarter — The roster battle at running back might have just gotten more interesting. Mack Brown takes a handoff, cuts back, stiff-arms a Bucs defender on his helmet and gallops to the goal line, diving over for a 60-yard score. Brown now has eight carries for 101 yards. And that run would have been nice on a dry day, with the cutback and all.

It’s 10-0.

Or maybe it didn’t get more interesting?

Or maybe it did?

14:53 second quarter — Anthony Lanier, a potential roster surprise on the D-line, makes a nice play, spinning back from an unsuccessful rush and leaping into the throwing lane, nearly intercepting a pass. A Bucs punt follows.

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1:04 first quarter — Finally an interesting thing happened. Punt returner Bernard Reedy mishandles the punt, picks it up and tries to run before Lynden Trail strips it and Deshazor Everett recovers in the end zone. The touchdown was short-lived though, as officials ruled that Reedy’s forward momentum has stopped and whistles had blown.

The first quarter ended with Washington up, 3-0, instead.

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5:07 first quarter — Mack Brown breaks a 21-yard run, but a sack and a penalty push Washington back to a third and 21, and a Tress Way punt soon follows.

8:05 first quarter — Northern Virginia native Mike Glennon starts at quarterback for Tampa Bay. He actually got to throw a pass on third and five, and he hit Russell Shepard in the hands before Washington cornerback Kendall Fuller knocks it loose.

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9:34, first quarter — Dustin Hopkins gets Washington on the board with a field goal.

8:11 p.m. — As an ex-football player, I’m willing to admit there are a few other sports that might be harder to master. But football in general is absurd sometimes. A baseball game in this weather would have been called hours ago. These guys are playing the least-meaningful game of the season while dripping wet, like it’s totally normal.

8:07 — We’re underway with a Robert Kelley carry. Between the rain and the fact that three of the running backs are back at home, Kelley and Mack Brown will get heavy work tonight.

Not that there are many other options, but Mike has a point. Matt Jones and Keith Marshall are currently injured. Chris Thompson isn’t often healthy, and is more of a third-down back. But, Kelley still has to lock down his roster spot.

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7:57 — Three-hundred more than I’d have expected. Although there are always some people who will go just to say they did.

7:35 — Here’s something to chew on, regarding the defensive line:

6:50 — The fourth preseason game is the territory of die-hards to begin with. You want to see players earn those eight or nine roster spots that are still up for grabs, or impress you enough that you’ll be excited when they’re cut and re-signed to the practice squad. Future starters and key contributors play in this game. Will Compton was once an undrafted free agent fighting for a job. Quinton Dunbar was not that long ago a converted wide receiver trying to show he could make it at cornerback.

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Still, it’s not the most compelling football you’ll watch over the next few weeks. And add in the rainstorm, and … well, be glad we get to watch. Some people have to be there. Though not, of course, Washington’s starters, many of whom hung back with the game moved up a day. Here are the 26 players the team announced did not make the trip and won’t play:

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No. 8 QB Kirk Cousins, 11 WR DeSean Jackson, 20 CB Greg Toler, 23 S DeAngelo Hall, 24 CB Josh Norman, 25 RB Chris Thompson, 26 CB Bashaud Breeland, 30 S David Bruton Jr., 31 RB Matt Jones, 51 LB Will Compton, 54 LB Mason Foster, 61 G Spencer Long, 64 NT Kedric Golston, 71 T Trent Williams, 73 DE Ziggy Hood, 75 G Brandon Scherff, 76 T Morgan Moses, 77 G Shawn Lauvao, 78 C Kory Lichtensteiger, 80 WR Jamison Crowder, 85 TE Vernon Davis, 86 TE Jordan Reed, 88 WR Pierre Garçon, 91 LB Ryan Kerrigan, 92 DE Chris Baker, 94 LB Preston Smith.

There are your first 26 locked-up roster spots.