Redskins have signed DE Clifton Geathers

Here's to hoping we can coach him up.

My first thought was to wonder if he's related to "Jumpy" Geathers too.



This kid is 6'8" and 340!




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Sure is, Jumpy was one strong MF. I remember seeing lift Guy McIntyre during a game and throw him to the side.

The human forklift!

If he makes the team will they give him the same # a BIG if I know but.

Between Geathers and Worthington there will be many batted balls.

Redskins Park must look like the unemployment office right about now.

Somebody please tell me what the what the f*ck is going on

Allen said he was going to add 30 players.
Did you think all of them were going to be Ronnie Lott?

Between Geathers and Worthington there will be many batted balls.

That would be nice.

Ahh, if only we could get Clifton to need a toothpick:

Jumpy was a big D-lineman that no one seemed to be able to motivate, control or get much out of, so they'd resorted to screaming and hollering at him. That might have worked, if Jumpy was, say, another guy. But Jumpy's early childhood trauma had been a father figure screaming at him. He went into a shell if you did that. Blew you off. And Joe Gibbs instinctively realized this. I can still see and hear him now on the sidelines, when the physically-gifted Jumpy ran out on the field for the playoff games that led to one of those three Super Bowl wins.

"Way to go, Jump-pay!" hollered Joe Gibbs. And Jumpy looks over at him, smiles, and proceeds to eat the offensive line alive, then comes off the field and asks Joe if he has a toothpick on him.
ESPN.com - Page2 - Killer coaches and playoff hunches (http://espn.go.com/page2/s/wiley/040109.html)

I loved this signing. Obviously its not a headline by any stretch, but the kid is a massive human being at 6'8 340lbs. He just turned 26 in december, he is young and large. Adds much needed depth to our older Dline and if anything can stick his hands up and bat a ball if he gets in there. Just more young depth, which is always good.

A lot of people getting hyped about his size, but it won't matter if he's Fatal Bert 2.0 on the field. Idk if he even makes it out of preseason. Given his size, I'd love it if this is the year things come together for him, but I'm in wait-and-see mode on this one.