Meet the Beast: Brian Orakpo

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

NFL.com draft profile

National Football League: NFL Draft 2009 - Brian Orakpo

I suppose I am just gunshy after last years injuries:

Injury Report

2007: Suffered a right knee sprain in the season opener vs. Arkansas State (9/01), missing the next four contests vs. Texas-El Paso, Rice, Arkansas and Colorado.

2008: Left the Texas Tech game (11/01) in the third quarter with a left knee sprain, sitting out the next game vs. Baylor and only appeared for a handful of plays vs. Kansas (11/15).

2009: Could not complete the agility tests at the NFL Combine due to a hamstring strain.

[Swarley]

I'm loving this pick! I would of been happy with Oher too, but I cant complain.

[nimbh2]

are you kidding me those are every day injuries can happen anybody

[MTK]

I like the pick. With him and AH if we can't get to the QB this year we never will.

[The Goat]

The knee injury is recurring...not random.

[Lotus]

I wish we had gotten an OT but the chips did not fall that way. I think the FO did a good job of maximizing value for the pick.

[jsarno]

A+ pick...he was the one guy I really wanted but thought it was unrealistic to have him there at 13. I was getting more and more excited every time a team took another player. Make no mistake, this kid is a beast, and we got a steal. Yes, he was at 13, so how much of a steal can he be? Well, he will put up numbers worthy of a #1. Smart pick...thank you FO for not kicking the team in the nutts with a dumb trade for Sanchez! We are MUCH better off! This gives us an amazing line. I am super excited for our pass rush this year! I don't recall the last time it looked this good!

[GusFrerotte]

Yeah that is why I wanted Oher. THis guy is a beast, but if he has a weak knee that might come into play sooner than later. The combine stuff doesn't faze me though. Since we were smart and kept JC and didn't go for Sanchez, you would have thought we would have decided to give him some help up front. Still we addressed a glaring need of ours and I give the pick an A!!!!! Just hope that knee crap can be chalked up to "shit happens".

[theJBexperience]

Do you mean every day injuries in the sense that he seems to be injured every day?

[CRedskinsRule]

I do like the pick, also he said first thing he is going to do--- Buy a BIG bed. Great answer. With our DL rotation I think our D will be fierce.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I suppose I am just gunshy after last years injuries:

Just sprains. Don't ever look too deep into "combine injuries", they are often ways to get out of doing the combine. Sprains are common, he has no structual issues, and with professional trainers, he will only get stronger.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

Yeah that is why I wanted Oher. THis guy is a beast, but if he has a weak knee that might come into play sooner than later. The combine stuff doesn't faze me though. Since we were smart and kept JC and didn't go for Sanchez, you would have thought we would have decided to give him some help up front. Still we addressed a glaring need of ours and I give the pick an A!!!!! Just hope that knee crap can be chalked up to "shit happens".

Which KNEE are you referring to? He's sprained both.

[NM Redskin]

So best starting front four in the NFL, Cater Grif, Hay, and Rak? On paper looks like it.

Also gotta love Rak's answer to what he was gonna buy with his first pick. A huge bed, nice. Also he looked generally happy to get pick by Wash.

[MTK]

I wouldn't say the best front four, but I will say it's a considerably improved front four. The best we've seen here in quite some time.

[itvnetop]

Haynesworth is going to help his progress a bunch- both on the practice field and on gameday.