turtle28 Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 11 hours ago, MKnight82 said: Preston Smith is mediocre at best Keep ignoring the facts sir, that’s always the best course of action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Draper Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Let’s see how it goes today.bradford was terrible and the defense was putrid last week, just not very good either our “offensive genius” head coach is being exposed as the real genius is coaching the LA Rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, Doc Draper said: Let’s see how it goes today.bradford was terrible and the defense was putrid last week, just not very good either our “offensive genius” head coach is being exposed as the real genius is coaching the LA Rams That offensive genius HC did give Sean McVay a chance to be an offensive coordinator and taught him a lot. I don’t know why this is lost on some. I think what gets lost in comparing the two is that the Rams have more talent on offense except at RG, LT and TE. They have Adrian Peterson in his prime at RB - Todd Gurley - who is a better receiver than Peterson and they’ve had a true downfield threat each season McVay has been the HC - Sammy Watkins and Brandon Cooks. That’s something the Redskins haven’t had since we didn’t re-sign Djax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Mc Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Defense looked good. If Manusky can call the right plays, the defense looked terrific at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Unless something changes I’d start putting in Anderson over Smith. And I believe we’re seeing the end of Kerrigan’s dominance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Communication issues on the defense seem to be our achilles heel. Otherwise, we have a legit top 10 D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THESKINSFAN21 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 1 hour ago, lavar703 said: Unless something changes I’d start putting in Anderson over Smith. And I believe we’re seeing the end of Kerrigan’s dominance. He's getting his pressure, but he's also getting held a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 Smith is fine, the main issue I see is they have him dropping into coverage a lot, especially on 3rd downs. That makes no sense. Smith and Kerrigan have to be your DEs/OLBs when it’s 3rd and long, there’s no excuse for that not being the case. Also what I see is our interior pass rush getting home - which rarely happened the previous 5 years - so when the OLBs get outside pressure and tge QB steps up, Allen, Ioannidis or Payne are there for the sack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 We should call the Seahawks about Earl Thomas. He’s not old at 29 and should have a lot of football left in him. This would allow Swearinger to play his natural position and give Nicholson more time to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, lavar703 said: We should call the Seahawks about Earl Thomas. He’s not old at 29 and should have a lot of football left in him. This would allow Swearinger to play his natural position and give Nicholson more time to develop. He’s 29, he will cost draft picks, wants a monster contract extension, and he plays the least impactful position on defense. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: He’s 29, he will cost draft picks, wants a monster contract extension, and he plays the least impactful position on defense. No thanks. I definitely agree, there’s no doubt Thomas is elite but everything you said is true. On top of that, Nicholson is developing just fine, yes, he’s not perfect but he’s been better than average every game he’s started that I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 11 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: He’s 29, he will cost draft picks, wants a monster contract extension, and he plays the least impactful position on defense. No thanks. Knight, come on dude. Just because you undervalue the safety position doesn’t mean what you say is fact. A great safety can turn the back end of a defense into a brick wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 1 hour ago, turtle28 said: Smith is fine, the main issue I see is they have him dropping into coverage a lot, especially on 3rd downs. Less reps rushing the QB on 3rd downs makes him cheaper to re-sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 53 minutes ago, lavar703 said: Knight, come on dude. Just because you undervalue the safety position doesn’t mean what you say is fact. A great safety can turn the back end of a defense into a brick wall. IMO our defense needs an elite edge rusher, not a FS to take the next step. We’re already paying Norman $20 Mil, I can’t see us affording What Thomas wants. Now you can argue, hey just move on from Norman. Well if we do we create a hole at CB, plus we’d probably be down a top draft pick to acquire Thomas. Then consider Preston Smith likely needs to be replaced with our first next year, and things start to get really cramped capwise. Mid rather roll with Nicholson and see what we have there. He’s cheap and still very inexperienced, he’s likely going to get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 15 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: IMO our defense needs an elite edge rusher, not a FS to take the next step. We’re already paying Norman $20 Mil, I can’t see us affording What Thomas wants. Now you can argue, hey just move on from Norman. Well if we do we create a hole at CB, plus we’d probably be down a top draft pick to acquire Thomas. Then consider Preston Smith likely needs to be replaced with our first next year, and things start to get really cramped capwise. Mid rather roll with Nicholson and see what we have there. He’s cheap and still very inexperienced, he’s likely going to get better. I agree. We can’t afford to pay Thomas QB money and keep re-signing our young talent. Norman is not quite making $20M this year - that was last year - this year he’s making $16.7, next year $14.5 & 2020 - $15.5. I think it all depends on how the rest of the year goes as far as the top needs with this team, except for obviously LG. It’s way too early to tell. If Doctson doesn’t step up and a WR is the BPA in round 1, they may go WR and give Doctson competition for his spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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