Great Blog about the D--Jason LaC

Great read! Now that its ruined my day I am going to go drink some whiskey.

It bothers me that we can pay $10M bonuses for both Archuleta and Carter, but couldn't pony up when Pierce was a free agent. He was the QB and leading tackler on the #3 defense in the league, yet Gibbs let him walk, to a division rival no less. Ryan Clark should have been even easier to keep. I fine mess we have with Archuleta - the highest paid safety in the league, and he can't play a lick.

It bothers me that we can pay $10M bonuses for both Archuleta and Carter, but couldn't pony up when Pierce was a free agent. He was the QB and leading tackler on the #3 defense in the league, yet Gibbs let him walk, to a division rival no less. Ryan Clark should have been even easier to keep. I fine mess we have with Archuleta - the highest paid safety in the league, and he can't play a lick.

The worst is that these guys (Pierce, Smoot, Clark) would sign for even less than their FA deals if they were signed during the season. But you don't get to fly existing players in on Redskin 1.

This is a marketing maching, not a football team. I have a feeling that at least one bad thing is going to happen during the offseason (Williams leaves, Taylor holds out or both).

Like everyone else has said, he's right. It's gonna take a lot to fix our defense.

i think we really need to start troy vincent at SS right now...he could actually cover

It bothers me that we can pay $10M bonuses for both Archuleta and Carter, but couldn't pony up when Pierce was a free agent. He was the QB and leading tackler on the #3 defense in the league, yet Gibbs let him walk, to a division rival no less. Ryan Clark should have been even easier to keep. I fine mess we have with Archuleta - the highest paid safety in the league, and he can't play a lick.
And you ain't just whistlin' dixie SouperMiester!

It bothers me that we can pay $10M bonuses for both Archuleta and Carter, but couldn't pony up when Pierce was a free agent. He was the QB and leading tackler on the #3 defense in the league, yet Gibbs let him walk, to a division rival no less. Ryan Clark should have been even easier to keep. I fine mess we have with Archuleta - the highest paid safety in the league, and he can't play a lick.

Agreed. I've mentioned this a couple times before. We don't sign these guys because we're being frugal w/ spending (ex. we don't pay smoot more than springs) but then turn around and sign these other guys for more. Do we not have any intellegent scouts?? Doesn't make sense.

None of this should be a shock to anyone. I ripped the current defense several weeks ago and said that the 2004 unit was head and shoulders above this and the 2005 unit. All I heard was "Lemar is as good as Pierce... We don't need Smoot". Well guess what, the truth hurts and I wouldn't be surprised if we win 4 games this year.


if that's all you heard, you weren't listening very well, cause people have been saying letting pierce go was a mistake right as it was happening, and i've been saying it since, but i don't think i've been the only one.

I didn't find the post particularly interesting. He started out the post with a discussion of how Williams got things done in 2004 with the likes of Jermaine Haley and Garnell Wilds. Even if our free agent additions are overrated busts, they're certainly better than Wilds, Haley et al. So, it doesn't seem to explain why our defense is playing so poorly.

What was the point of the post? I simply do understand. All it seems to say is that the free agent acquisitions are bad.

I didn't find the post particularly interesting. He started out the post with a discussion of how Williams got things done in 2004 with the likes of Jermaine Haley and Garnell Wilds. Even if our free agent additions are overrated busts, they're certainly better than Wilds, Haley et al. So, it doesn't seem to explain why our defense is playing so poorly.

What was the point of the post? I simply do understand. All it seems to say is that the free agent acquisitions are bad.

It also mentions that maybe after three years of being here, GW's message is getting tired and worn out, and that maybe the players aren't buying in anymore.

EDIT: I'm not sure I buy that, but I do think it's possible that some of our fringe players aren't responding the way our old fringe players once were.