How will our defense hold up next year?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

It will be mediocre. 15th place in scoring and awful against the pass.

Mediocre providing 16 start seasons for both Orakpo and Kerrigan.

Fans often associate a long injury list with bad luck, but never consider good luck when star players have healthy seasons. Orakpo and Kerrigan were really quite healthy all year. At least til Orakpo got hurt in Philadelphia to end the season.

[That Guy]

so, should we have paid $10mill this year (to LL and OA) to watch gomes and doughty start another 13 games for us? that doesn't sound like a better idea at all.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by That Guy

so, should we have paid $10mill this year (to LL and OA) to watch gomes and doughty start another 13 games for us? that doesn't sound like a better idea at all.

No that's not a good plan. If I was going that route, I would have moved on from Doughty, upgraded to a starter, and turned Atogwe into a sub package player who is reliable if he needed to start. Then if the special teams unit requires it, I would roster a fifth safety.

That player would have been Dwight Lowery, Brodney Pool, or Mike Adams, but all are signed now. I also would consider signing a corner and moving him.

Gomes is more than enough of a contingency plan for Landry at this point in his career.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by That Guy

so, should we have paid $10mill this year (to LL and OA) to watch gomes and doughty start another 13 games for us? that doesn't sound like a better idea at all.

Lol no. With their recent history, Doughty and Gomes would be starting anyway for a good portion of the season because Landry and Atogwe are rather injury prone.

[DCtoAZ]

this defense will be just fine and better than mediocre ... we continue to make smart moves .. resigning Carriker (check) .. letting Landry be Landry (check) ... Get Jenkins healthy (hopeful check) ... Keep D-Hall (check even though he gets hated on big time) ... Let OJ go (check) ... umm Orakpo, Kerrigan, Riley, Gomes, Neild all solid young players .. Josh Wilson will be better this year ... signing Merriweather was a great move .. love this team

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by DCtoAZ

this defense will be just fine and better than mediocre ... we continue to make smart moves .. resigning Carriker (check) .. letting Landry be Landry (check) ... Get Jenkins healthy (hopeful check) ... Keep D-Hall (check even though he gets hated on big time) ... Let OJ go (check) ... umm Orakpo, Kerrigan, Riley, Gomes, Neild all solid young players .. Josh Wilson will be better this year ... signing Merriweather was a great move .. love this team

You forgot Fletcher. Therefore, your defense fails.

[SmootSmack]

Did you also give Grossman pneumonia during the bye week?

[fanarchist]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Did you also give Grossman pneumonia during the bye week?

That happened prior to the Carolina game.

[Chico23231]

offense will help the defense, less time on the field and more points to play a little more loose. Defense will be about the same stat wise, maybe a little stronger. It WILL NOT be worse.

[T.O.Killa]

A friend of mine told me that the Redskins were talking to Jameel McLain to take Fletchers place. Has anyone else heard that.

[SmootSmack]

Hadnt heard anything

[SmootSmack]

Right, sorry. Did you give it to him then?

[fanarchist]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Right, sorry. Did you give it to him then?

That was me....and the voodoo doll.

[SmootSmack]

So where have you been for the past 5 months?

[fanarchist]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

So where have you been for the past 5 months?

Are questions like this intended to gauge devotion, and loyalty? And then when you infer that I'm disloyal does my voice lose all volume? Seems like a very domineering approach to human interaction.