Should we have signed Mason off Ravens PS?

Great post..all you rock lovers silence until he does something to prove hes not just danny smiths shower buddy.

Who's that? I knew a Danny Smith in elementary school? :confused-

Good read on Rock

Redskins' Rock Cartwright Leads Special Teams Against Browns - washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102325.html?sub=AR)

I have nothing against Rock, but he's a one demensional player. When he is relied upon to play the RB role he usually will fumble atleast once a game. Yes he did well filling in for Betts last week. Rock is not a threat to take one to the house. He will get you to the 30 yrd line most of the time on kick offs but usually nothing more. When they first hired him he was fast, shifty and elusive. Now he is just a straight ahead...hope someone makes a hole to plow through KR.

I'm not saying his job is easy either. Why don't they have him returning punts also? He's better at returning kicks then Randle El.

and from what I'm hearing Mason was one demensional also. Apparently he was not a good pass blocker but I like to think the team could have taken some more time and tried to train him to do extra stuff...ie, pass block, KR or PR and train him to be a better RB. I agree he was young and fast. The key being he was young.

the guys has had 150 career carries and fumbled 3 times what is it with everyone talking about how much he fumbles. That is far from once a game. As a matter of fact he has fumbled the ball no more than once a season while carrying the ball. The only time he's fumbled 2 times in one season is in 03, once on a run and once from a pass.

btw if he was fumbling as much as a lot of people say he wouldnt be returning kicks either.

the guys has had 150 career carries and fumbled 3 times what is it with everyone talking about how much he fumbles. That is far from once a game. As a matter of fact he has fumbled the ball no more than once a season while carrying the ball. The only time he's fumbled 2 times in one season is in 03, once on a run and once from a pass.

btw if he was fumbling as much as a lot of people say he wouldnt be returning kicks either.

Please don't let the stats fool you. Everytime he was given a chance to be the #1 featured back he would fumble during the game and then be taken out of the game to ride the bench. So if you are going to go with those stats keep in mind on NFL.com they have him as having 5 fumbles through his whole career. If I remember correctly he probably had 5 starts would fumble and be benched. I'm not kidding. As far as his KR abilities...he's awsome. Meaning he does not usually fumble and will usually get the team to the 20 or 30 yard line. Once in a while he gets to the 50. Try finding out how many KR he broke for a touch down through his whole career. I'm guessing you will not be impressed.

He's a nice fill in and pray not to fumble RB but he will never be a featured back. He found that out when he was a free agent and resigned with the Skins. Can they teach him not to fumble...sure. They taught Betts how to do that. but if you are going to have to teach someone the game why not pick a younger RB who can take over when Portis hangs up his cleats.

Funny on the main page for Rock they have him with 5 fumbles when you look at career stats they have him at 3 so go figure. I got it 3 rushing fumbles which was his whole career for featured back. One receiving fumble and one KR fumble. He's only had 8 TD's his whole career also. One KR TD, one receiving TD, and 6 rushing TD's. That's good considering he's been with the team 7 years. Hmmm.

Can we see some links to back up this claim that he had 5 starts and he was benched each time? What the hell is that?

The guy is a solid teams guy for us. Not sure why that's not enough for some people.