turtle28 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, mike23md said: What does he do well? Play FB? C'mon Turtle, for a 2nd round pick, Anderson should have been more of an impact than he has been. And if he is that good of a player he could have beaten out Preston Smith. And Anderson has never been a double digit sack guy in anyones eyes. Most of us can just see the mediocrity that looms around him. So many different ways the Redskins could have gone with that 2nd round pick. But hence we now have Anderson. This is such a dumb conversation. You expect a rookie OLB who played LOLB in college to come in and beat out the ROLB they already had in place who had two 8 sack seasons? huh? That was never going to happen, even if we had taken an OLB higher in the draft. Anderson is a stud run defender, something we've lacked at 3-4 OLB/4-3 DE since Phillip Daniels retired. Also, from what I've seen of him in college he always seemed to be around the ball and forcing turnovers, getting turnovers himself or making plays. Yeah, he's not a flashy top tier athlete, but as far as being a solid fundamental football player who's cerebral and forces/makes turnovers and good football plays, Anderson has always been that guy. Of course they could’ve gotten other players. I wouldn’t have picked Anderson either but I don’t think we can call him a bust or a bad football player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: I want him to be better than below average at anything besides playing fullback for a 2nd round pick. Well it’s a good thing he is. He’s our best run stuffing OLB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, turtle28 said: Well it’s a good thing he is. He’s our best run stuffing OLB. He did a good job on the dozen tackles he got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 At least we now know which underachieving player turtle is going to defend till he's blue in the face is for 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostnote Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, turtle28 said: This is such a dumb conversation. You expect a rookie OLB who played LOLB in college to come in and beat out the ROLB they already had in place who had two 8 sack seasons? huh? That was never going to happen, even if we had taken an OLB higher in the draft. Anderson is a stud run defender, something we've lacked at 3-4 OLB/4-3 DE since Phillip Daniels retired. Also, from what I've seen of him in college he always seemed to be around the ball and forcing turnovers, getting turnovers himself or making plays. Yeah, he's not a flashy top tier athlete, but as far as being a solid fundamental football player who's cerebral and forces/makes turnovers and good football plays, Anderson has always been that guy. Of course they could’ve gotten other players. I wouldn’t have picked Anderson either but I don’t think we can call him a bust or a bad football player. Can't call him good either. Also, you used to call Trent Murphy a stud run defender. Just sayin. Don't be surprised if Anderson doesn't see another players name ahead of him on the depth chart this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezy Fanatic Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Ryan Anderson is without question a bust. His whole thing coming out of college was that he peaked physically, but was a "football player". Clearly that "football player"-ness didn't translate well to the NFL - and he lacks any NFL differentiating skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 I think it was time to see what we had in Anderson. Smith moving on works for me and we can still possibly add someone for cheap like Shane Ray. If Anderson isn’t any good we just move on but he was a second-round pick and it’s time to find out if it truly was wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezy Fanatic Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, turtle28 said: Well it’s a good thing he is. He’s our best run stuffing OLB. He has 2 TFLs in his career. What runs is he stuffing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: He did a good job on the dozen tackles he got. Dude he doesn't freakin play bc he's stuck playing behind our only pro bowl defender! How is anyone supposed to put up snaps if you're playing behind Kerrigan who plays almost every snap every year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Jeezy Fanatic said: He has 2 TFLs in his career. What runs is he stuffing? That would require you to actually watch him when he's on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, turtle28 said: Dude he doesn't freakin play bc he's stuck playing behind our only pro bowl defender! How is anyone supposed to put up snaps if you're playing behind Kerrigan who plays almost every snap every year? I think the point is, if he was good, he'd find the field... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jeezy Fanatic said: He has 2 TFLs in his career. What runs is he stuffing? Considering he had like 18 tackles last year, I assume he did it 100% of those tackles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, mike23md said: Can't call him good either. Also, you used to call Trent Murphy a stud run defender. Just sayin. Don't be surprised if Anderson doesn't see another players name ahead of him on the depth chart this season. I’d say with Anderson its a TBD. I'm not sure how we can call him good or bad at the point in his career. If a guy doesn't get snaps bc he's playing behind Kerrigan, how are we supposed to truly evaluate what kind of player he is going to be in the NFL other than what he was in college? Trent Murphy is a stud run defender. I was right about him. Everything I ever said in my analysis of Trent Murphy was spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle28 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: I think the point is, if he was good, he'd find the field... Not over Ryan Kerrigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostnote Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 @turtle28 I would love to say I admire your passion to see the good in things, and maybe some day I could, but sometimes you just have to pick your battles. Most of this board is likely to not have the patience you do considering where this team is and who is running it. Your views are certainly different than a lot of ours, and at some point you might just have to admit being wrong. I just can't see any flash from Anderson that says, yep he needs to be on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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