Secondary a Primary Concern

I hope so, we havent had good safety play since Sean Taylor which has felt like a long time.

As a miami grad and lifelong skins fan he was my guy. Wear my number 21 every sunday ( sometimes my 44 :)). God needed a safety.

Same here. Trouble is if you don't get pressure on the QB just by rushing 4, then you give the opposing QB and WRs plenty of time to get open against our bum secondary. Orakpo and Kerrigan are so key for us. If they can get pressure without having to send the house, then the LBs can drop into a zone and take away the underneath outlets, while the QB won't have time to go deep over our bum secondary.

But if we have to send the house to get pressure, we're in trouble. It's all up to Orakpo and Kerrigan (and the D Line) to hide the secondary problems.

They play a major part in the pass rush but the inside guys need to step it up as well. I think we have a good defense, but I'm not sure I see one that can dominate.

Because of our poor offense, the Redskins have typically not being able to take advantage of turnovers. However, you are correct...when Hall whiffs, he whiffs big time. And he also can't tackle, yet somehow he ends up 2nd or 3rd in team tackles (at least way back).

D Hall must be given some credit for putting his helmet in opposing ball carriers chests in the last two years. He has gotten alot more physical than he used to be. I would say he went from a below average tackler to an average tackler. He had a fairly good year (or alot better than previous years) last year. I'm not afraid to give him a little credit for getting a bit more physical.

This year, I expect him to be more improved as a tackler than last year. I guess they plan on putting him on the slot receiver some this year, due to Barnes inability to line up on the inside. With Hall being closer to the ball, I could see him snag a few more INT's this year as well. And with him playing under the umbrella, and closer to the line of scrimmage a little more frequently, he should have more tackles as opposed to previous years as well.

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..and we don't need 3 threads on the same subject...

I hope so, we havent had good safety play since Sean Taylor which has felt like a long time.

A safety like Sean comes along once every 100 years. Very few safeties in the NFL can play the way Sean played.

Madieu Williams plays (great) like a veteran in practice but, looks old come game time. He shouldn't make the final 53.

A safety like Sean comes along once every 100 years. Very few safeties in the NFL can play the way Sean played.

Yeah when people talk about difference making safeties only a few come to mind.

Lott
Reed
Woodson
Taylor
Atwater

For me

Yeah when people talk about difference making safeties only a few come to mind.

Lott
Reed
Woodson
Taylor
Atwater

For me

ummmmm, Ken Houston anyone???

Yeah when people talk about difference making safeties only a few come to mind.

Lott
Reed
Woodson
Taylor
Atwater

For me

Polamalu.....