Landry is MIA

Kinda funny how Springs got ripped a new one for doing the same thing, but Landry seems to get a pass. Interesting.

Personally I don't have a problem with players skipping out on voluntary workouts.

Is it the same thing though? Springs, in my opinion, shouldn't have gotten much grief. He's a proven veteran who was working out on his own in Arizona while trying to take care of sick family members at the same time. Plus, best as I can recall, he kept in communication with the team. Is the same thing going on with Landry? Doesn't seem that way.

Maybe he's out on the bayou rasslin' gators with Patrick Ramsey

Kinda funny how Springs got ripped a new one for doing the same thing, but Landry seems to get a pass. Interesting.

Personally I don't have a problem with players skipping out on voluntary workouts.

I don't generally have a problem with it, but as I pointed out in the OTA thread, he's literally the only player not there. So that's kind of a bummer. When every single player has the work ethic to show up, and one of our star players who I was hoping would have an interest in becoming a leader is MIA and doesn't even have the courtesy to return a phone call/text message.

Like SS said though, it's how he rolls. He seems like a douche.

Is it the same thing though? Springs, in my opinion, shouldn't have gotten much grief. He's a proven veteran who was working out on his own in Arizona while trying to take care of sick family members at the same time. Plus, best as I can recall, he kept in communication with the team. Is the same thing going on with Landry? Doesn't seem that way.

Maybe he's out on the bayou rasslin' gators with Patrick Ramsey

I could be wrong but I thought Springs wasn't returning calls or texts from Zorn last year.

Yea, it is voluntary. Who cares if he comes in a has a good season. This is just the only thing to talk about right now.

he is seriously on the wrong team to do that with what happened to ST.

he is seriously on the wrong team to do that with what happened to ST.

huh? what does one thing have to do with the other?

I could be wrong but I thought Springs wasn't returning calls or texts from Zorn last year.

You're probably right, I lose track of who's calling who. But i thought I remember he was in touch with someone from the Redskins.

huh? what does one thing have to do with the other?

I didn't get that either

This seems to be how Landry rolls I guess. He's also skipped countless autograph sessions and media interviews the past couple of years. It's unfortunate, but at the end of the day I just want him to show up on the field on Sundays in the fall (and the occasional Monday)

I know we probably shouldnt give this any cred at all, but more tha one person has evidently suggested to Florio that Landry's endgame is not showing up on the field for the Redskins on Sundays (and the occasional Monday) in the fall:

ProFootballTalk.com - LaRon Landry A Chronic No-Show In D.C. (http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/06/05/laron-landry-a-chronic-no-show-in-dc/)[

But is there a deeper issue? We’ve heard some suggestions that perhaps there could be, and whispers that Landry possibly wants out of D.C.

Indeed, the organization apparently assumes that Landry is working out a couple thousand miles from Redskins Park. “You don’t go to Arizona to become a player; maybe to get in shape but not to become a player,” Jackson said Wednesday.

But we’ve been told that, at least at times, Landry has been hanging out in the Washington area.

So we’ll keep an eye on this one. In the end, the player picked right before Adrian Peterson could be playing for another team.


IF (notice the bold) Landry feels, like many of us do, that Jackson isnt taking advantage of his skills in the current scheme (Landry should be playing SS, not FS), then I could see him wanting out. As a practical matter, if Landry isnt used properly, then it minimizes his ability to reach his maximum potential, go to pro-bowls, and ultimately get the biggest contract extension when his rookie deal expires.

Hopefully, this is just a baseless rumor. However, while its possible Landry may not want out of D.C., i tend to think there's more to Landrys absence than meets the eye.

the good 'ol folks over at espn seem to think theres at least a possibility.

from the rumors section:

LaRon Landry, the sixth overall draft pick in 2007, has some folks in Washington upset as he's skipped the majority of OTA's for the Washington Redskins. Safeties coach Steve Jackson remarked to the Washington Examiner that he was "disappointed" in Landry's no-shows, and head coach Jim Zorn was quoted by the Washington Post's Redskins Insider blog as saying that he thinks Landry's non-attendance is "disappointing to his teammates as well".
It's uncertain whether taking the fatherly stance of "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed" will work with Landry, a potential star player who is allegedly working out in Arizona this offseason. So far it's just been Jackson announcing his disappointment and Zorn indicating that he thinks the other players are disappointed, a far cry from being publicly called out by one of the veterans on the roster.

In spite of this, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk thinks that Landry could be angling to be traded, and has heard "suggestions" that there could be a more substantial issue with Landry's non-attendance at voluntary sessions during both preseasons of his NFL career.

As for 'Skins secondary coach Jerry Gray, he'd rather that Landry stick around, telling the Examiner, "LaRon can become an elite safety. He has the tools."