2011 Redskins Free Agents Rumors and Reports-Part 3


JoeRedskin
08-03-2011, 07:07 PM
On top of that, Philly's new DC was their long time (1998 - 2010) offensive line coach and has not coached defense since being a High School Defensive Coordinator in 1986-1989. Not saying he can't do the job (apparently he is a voracious film guy), just saying that is one more piece of the puzzle (and a big one) that seems to be being overlooked as the defensive dream team is being annoitted.

Philadelphia Eagles New Defensive Coordinator Is… Juan Castillo? | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/595124-philadelphia-eagles-new-defensive-coordinator-is-juan-castillo)
(With our luck, he'll be the second coming of Vince Lombardi).

Dirtbag59
08-03-2011, 07:08 PM
Nahhh, Reggie Bush took his talents to South Beach.

Man I'm so out of the loop. By the way who does Baron Davis play for again?

On a side note I would like to claim the idiot of the year award for 2011
http://www.thewarpath.net/nfl-draft-central/12349-and-the-idiot-year-award-goes.html

Lotus
08-03-2011, 07:16 PM
SmootSmack, any idea why we didn't sign Justin Blalock? In my dream we would have signed him or Yanda. I know Yanda really wanted to stay at home, so it is hard to feel that we failed in that chase. Is the same true for Blalock?

tryfuhl
08-03-2011, 07:22 PM
SmootSmack, any idea why we didn't sign Justin Blalock? In my dream we would have signed him or Yanda. I know Yanda really wanted to stay at home, so it is hard to feel that we failed in that chase. Is the same true for Blalock?

He got paid well and gets to stay with a contender

Dirtbag59
08-03-2011, 07:23 PM
SmootSmack, any idea why we didn't sign Justin Blalock? In my dream we would have signed him or Yanda. I know Yanda really wanted to stay at home, so it is hard to feel that we failed in that chase. Is the same true for Blalock?

Blalock reminds me way to much of Dockery. Even though the Falcons play a Zone scheme. Also part of it might be that the Shanahan's are looking for continuity on the O-Line. Thats why the only new starter will be Chester. Usually the more time an O-Line gets to together the better they play. Guys learn when to come off combo blocks, who to pick up in pass protection, and many other nuances.

Remember the O-Line played much better near the end of last year, I'm pretty sure the Front Office wasn't exactly eager to blow it up so they could go through the same growing pains.

Still go back and watch the videos I posted of Torain and Williams. Kory L actually had a bit of a mean streak at LG. At this point my only concern up front is Monty and even then I feel good about his prospects. I know Shanny likes finese agile guys, but the guys up front for the Redskins all seem to have a bit of a mean streak.

He got paid well and gets to stay with a contender

Plus the cost of living as well as the weather is much nicer in Atlanta then DC. Not to mention Tryfuhls point of playing for a contender. Only thing DC has on Atlanta right now is nicer districts like Alexandria where the streets look like they're paved with Gold. Oh and FedEx field is much nicer (at least inside) then the Georgia Dome.

SmootSmack
08-03-2011, 07:25 PM
I don't even know how serious the interest was in him. Some have said the Skins really wanted Yanda. But the guys I'd heard since last fall they really wanted was Davin Joseph.

I'm not really sure there was ever a true plan B.

I don't really know when Chester fell into the equation. First I heard about the interest in him was a two or three days before we signed him.

SirClintonPortis
08-03-2011, 07:25 PM
Blalock reminds me way to much of Dockery. Even though the Falcons play a Zone scheme. Also part of it might be that the Shanahan's are looking for continuity on the O-Line. Thats why the only new starter will be Chester. Usually the more time an O-Line gets to together the better they play. Guys learn when to come off combo blocks, who to pick up in pass protection, and many other nuances.

Remember the O-Line played much better near the end of last year, I'm pretty sure the Front Office wasn't exactly eager to blow it up so they could go through the same growing pains.

Still go back and watch the videos I posted of Torain and Williams. Kory L actually had a bit of a mean streak at LG. At this point my only concern up front is Monty and even then I feel good about his prospects. I know Shanny likes finese agile guys, but the guys up front for the Redskins all seem to have a bit of a mean streak.

Not to mention that ine zone blocking, for both the running game and passing game, requires a sense of awareness of what the OL around them are going to do.

SirClintonPortis
08-03-2011, 07:28 PM
Still go back and watch the videos I posted of Torain and Williams. Kory L actually had a bit of a mean streak at LG. At this point my only concern up front is Monty and even then I feel good about his prospects. I know Shanny likes finese agile guys, but the guys up front for the Redskins all seem to have a bit of a mean streak.



I'm sure that the ideal for Shanny would be the Cladys and T. Williams of the world. Agile yet also big and strong. But if he can't have it all, then he prefers athleticism to size and strength.

Dirtbag59
08-03-2011, 07:35 PM
I'm sure that the ideal for Shanny would be the Cladys and T. Williams of the world. Agile yet also big and strong. But if he can't have it all, then he prefers athleticism to size and strength.

Well as Chester has shown me, you can be fast, agile, and nasty without being particularly strong. My guess is Schlerth was kind of the same way. He could move and understand angles and while not being Leonard Davis strong he would still use any opportunity he could to get a guy on the ground and finish blocks.

SirClintonPortis
08-03-2011, 07:41 PM
Well as Chester has shown me, you can be fast, agile, and nasty without being particularly strong. My guess is Schlerth was kind of the same way. He could move and understand angles and while not being Leonard Davis strong he would still use any opportunity he could to get a guy on the ground and finish blocks.

"Nastiness" is a mental thing. A strong body is a...body thing that might not be used to its full potential without the proper attitude, with nastiness being one of them. I'm sure every coach wants guys who don't play like pansies, regardless of their physical gifts (or lack thereof).

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