artmonkforhallofamein07
07-26-2013, 06:28 PM
We are dangerously thin at inside LB. Could be a serious problem if Fletcher or Riley get hurt. This is where you miss a Lo Alexander.
I thought te same thing. Now with AC possibly out for the year then we could have afforded Lo if we had cut Carriker.
Stunned that we are losing Jenkins as well, and if it is for something stupid like painkillers then that's pretty dumb. RobJax is being suspended for his use of painkillers. These guys can get a script for those things without any problem.
Could we see both Baker and Nield kept at the beginning of the year with the plan of moving our best NT to DE in Cofield for the first four games?
skinsfan69
07-26-2013, 06:30 PM
Yes I'd try and get Seymour now
Are you guys serious? Oakland let him go. He's washed up. No thanks.
The Goat
07-26-2013, 06:37 PM
I don't see the hits to AC, Robinson and Jenkins as big deals. The FO had to of know AC was a long shot to return. He's long in the tooth and it was a flat nasty injury. Robinson was nowhere near ready to backup Fletcher, let alone start. He showed almost nothing last year and already had bad injury history. Our FO may well have written him off already. We'll bring in a solid FA to backup Fletch this season and look to a long term solution after this season, though I think Rob Jackson is still interesting to look at there.
Jenkins is a disappointment but we have options with Cofield moving over and Baker or the other big guy playing NT those first four games. Or Jenkins may even get to appeal, who knows.
HailGreen28
07-26-2013, 06:39 PM
His statement says he was shocked and confused because the supplements he was taking made no reference to any banned substance. I wonder whether he will try to appeal this (whether his statement is true or not).
Separately, I don't know why teams don't have a standing rule that no one is to take a supplement without running it past a Redskins trainer first. I know they're ostensibly grownups, but this kind of thing should be preventable.(Bold mine) Agree 100%. Where the trainer investigates the drug to make sure the ingredients are kosher, then asks a league official to make sure that drug is OK.
Jenkins, Jordan Black last season, are cases like these really a case of innocent "over the counter" or even "off the shelf" medicines tripping the NFLs drug tests? Or is that more likely an excuse a player uses when caught knowingly taking something against NFL rules?
GridIron26
07-26-2013, 06:50 PM
Worthington? How?
What do you mean by that? Unless he is still on the team?
Jenkins, Jordan Black last season, are cases like these really a case of innocent "over the counter" or even "off the shelf" medicines tripping the NFLs drug tests? Or is that more likely an excuse a player uses when caught knowingly taking something against NFL rules?
From what I read, Jordan Black was actually a scapegoat for NFL office - he had medical reasons and has been using the medicine for a while.
JoeRedskin
07-26-2013, 08:16 PM
So, upon reflection, I think the end result of the Carriker injury and Jenkins suspension is that both Baker and Nield make the team. With Baker and cofield able to switch out to DE in the 3-4 set, it allows the team to keep a pure NT like Nield for the additional depth.
Getting really tired of these drug suspensions. Losing Jenkins on top of Carriker is a big hit.
artmonkforhallofamein07
07-26-2013, 08:31 PM
So, upon reflection, I think the end result of the Carriker injury and Jenkins suspension is that both Baker and Nield make the team. With Baker and cofield able to switch out to DE in the 3-4 set, it allows the team to keep a pure NT like Nield for the additional depth.
Did you steal that from my post one page back. :)
But yeah I agree unless we really can get something out of Branch? and Merlling.