The Redskins signed free agent safety Justin Hamilton on Friday, as reported by Yahoo.com. Hamilton made 15 tackles for the Browns during the 2006 season. He was cut from the Browns on September 1, 2007, and did not play in the NFL last season.

Gregg Williams had several former colleagues at practice Tuesday, most of them watching him work with his new team for the very first time. They got to see the Redskins' new D-Coordinator put his players through various drills, formations, and schemes. Speaking publicly for the first time since joining the Jaguars, Williams refused to talk about his awkward departure from the Redskins, according to an Associated Press report.

The Redskins released former Pro Bowl kick returner Jerome Mathis on Thursday and signed undrafted rookie defensive end J.T. Mapu as reported by the Associated Press.

Miami prosecutors claim that a fifth person has been charged in the murder of Redskins safety Sean Taylor, according to The Associated Press. Sixteen-year-old Timothy Brown has been charged with first-degree murder and armed burglary of an occupied dwelling. Taylor was killed during a botched robbery in November of 2007.

Prosecutors said on Monday they will not seek the death penalty against the four people charged with murdering the Redskins' Sean Taylor because the accused shooter was a minor when the crime was committed, according to an Associated Press report.

Redskins wide receiver Antwaan Randle El underwent 'minor' arthroscopic knee surgery on Monday but is expected to be ready to return to the field in June, according to The Washington Post. "He'll be here for the next set of OTAs," said coach Jim Zorn, who did not mention Randle El's surgery. "This should be a three to four-week deal, I think. I haven't heard any report. This is just what the preliminary thoughts were when they went in." Last week Randle El expressed his excitement in the new offensive philosophy of Zorn. "There are just a lot of options," Randle El said. "You run to get open and the quarterback plays off of you. The passing game, the offense, is up-tempo. He [Zorn] wants to get in and out of the huddle, get to the ball and get moving."

Washington's second round pick Fred Davis overslept and missed the team's practice on Sunday just his third day in the NFL, according to the Associated Press. The tight end failed to wake up at his hotel and met with Coach Jim Zorn in his office. "Everybody was scouring," Coach Jim Zorn said after the practice. "Nobody heard from him, so there was one of two scenarios: either there was some real trouble and we needed to find him, or he screwed up. I haven't even got to talk to him yet. I know he has been found. I believe it is more in the 'I screwed up' category." He was the 48th pick out of Cal in last weekend's NFL Draft.