Player's Weight

Boys,
I was just browsing through the Redskins roster on redskins.com and it looks like they keep player height and weight data up to date. Three things stood out to me.

First Sean taylor at 212. This has already been discussed, he's dropped a lot of weight to be faster and a better ball hawk at the free safety position.

Second Clinton Portis at 223. Thats a lot heavier than what I was expecting. I think Portis is best at about 210 to 215 that way he is explosive but also hasthe power and pass protection strength that he does so well.

Third and most concerning Jon Jansen 297. I'm sure lots of people like myself have noticed a big dropoff in Jansens play. I think this number best describes the issue. He was lost his power. I don't know if it's because he can't lift weights with his injured thumbs or what. But Jansen playing RT should be at least 15 pounds heavier.
Discuss further!

theu will be fine by training camp i am not worried at all.

First time I've noticed those weights. All the O-lineman look to be hovering around 300-310. And then you've got Will Whit clocking close to 360!

Whit is a fat ass

Still not sold on Sean dropping 20lbs., that (his weight) was the one thing that made him unique.

Jansen is all about technique, not power. the thumbs could be hindering that. none of this is anything to get too worked up about

Still not sold on Sean dropping 20lbs., that (his weight) was the one thing that made him unique.

Ummm huh?

The thingS that makes him unique is the fact that he is faster than CBs and hits like a linebacker. His weight is not an issue.

Still not sold on Sean dropping 20lbs., that (his weight) was the one thing that made him unique.

I gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you here. Taylor was incredibly fast for how much he weighed. and now he's going to be even faster. In addition, losing weight does not necessarily mean that he's lost strength, I guarantee he can still lay it on somebody. There are a lot of hard hitting safties in the league that do not weigh as much as Taylor does, even now. Ed Reed weighs 200lbs and Bob Sanders weighs 206lbs.
Those guys both hit very hard.

Taylor is going to be a true free safety this year so he's obviously focusing on coverage vs. run support. Losing the weight should only make him faster which is scary.

Good thread for a dull time in the offseason. Talk about attention to details!

Jansen seemed to always play about 300 -305, maybe 310. This does seem a little light for him, but I think it sounds encouraging. It could go either way, he may have lost weight cause he's not maintaining muscle mass & is out of shape, or he might be fit & has slimmed down to get as quick as he can. DEs are always lighter the OT's so he'll have no problems matching up in the run blocking. He's slower w/age as all are, so it will help him if he's a little lighter.

ST's weight says to me that maybe he'd gotten a little fat last year & that affected his play in coverage. Good news that he's lost it. He's got to stop thinking he's a linebacker.

Portis is the one that concerns me. He may be getting fat due to his recovery limiting his activity. He could be slow to get into shape. Good thing Betts is signed.