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last year lavar/holdman came out first, then lemar.... you leave marcus on the field for every snap. he has the best field awareness, he can make the calls, and he's the best in coverage.

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they said they'd keep 4 DEs and 5 DTs, so golston or boschetti in, jacobs out.

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. [QUOTE=scowan]Beem, is your thinking on this that the Weak-side LB is a better pass defender than the Strong-side? Just curious, I agree with you that Greg Williams uses a lot of different "packages" but I am just wondering what the general substitution rule is when an Offense shows you a 3-WR set.[/QUOTE]

It may not even be a situation where you'd leave in the weak side linebacker and take out the strong side -- I suppose you'd just put whoever plays the pass better. Example: In our last Super Bowl against the Bills, I remember Matt Millen not even suiting up against the old "Run 'n Shoot" teams like the Lions and Falcons during the playoffs. He was a much better run stopper than a pass defender. Consequently, Monte Coleman saw a whole lot of action. Millen, I believe was the middle linebacker when he played.

So I think GTripp is right in that the there really isn't a weak or strong linebacker out there. You're going to have an extra cornerback at least (maybe two) and somebody's going to come out.

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[quote=jamf]GJ on the list but I disagree with a couple of choices.
Thrash or jacobs: I cant see them keeping 6 WR's even if one is a special teams star. I think jacobs finally gets the boot. Thrash has too many skills to be let go.
Safety: I think we will have more than 4 safeties. Im thinking a possible 6 but more likely 5 since Williams likes to use His safeties to cover/blitz from the slot.
RB: I think nemo and white are gone. Just not enough spots for those guys since we will carry FB's and H-backs.[/quote]

I don't think Nemo will be gone, he seemed to be very sure that he was being moved to FB, and seemed like him and the coaches were working on a lot of things. As for LB, Williams usually goes with his Vets. On the TE comment, under Gibbs HB and TE are very simalar and Cooley was more of a TE last year, I think he'll do fine. Agree with Jacobs being released.

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Welcome Somebody509!

[url]http://www.redskins.com/team/[/url]

Some of these FAs are a mystery! Who is Junta Woodard, Atavious Cash, Sean Guthrie, Steven Harris, Ron Johnson, Jim Jones, Tyler Jones, Nick McNeil, Calen Powell, Karon Riley, Jayshon Sykes, LaShaun Ward, and Aric Williams?

I never heard of any of them!

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After this, I have only 100 more posts until I give BSB his ovation.

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[QUOTE=backrow]Welcome Somebody509!

[url]http://www.redskins.com/team/[/url]

Some of these FAs are a mystery! Who is Junta Woodard, Atavious Cash, Sean Guthrie, Steven Harris, Ron Johnson, Jim Jones, Tyler Jones, Nick McNeil, Calen Powell, Karon Riley, Jayshon Sykes, LaShaun Ward, and Aric Williams?

I never heard of any of them![/QUOTE]

Well, Ron Johnson was a character on A Diff'rent World (he was Dwayne Wayne's best friend), Jim Jones made them all drink the Kool-Aid in Guyana, and Calen Powell used to be Secretary of State

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I love Kool-Aid.

OH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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[quote=backrow]Welcome Somebody509!

[URL="http://www.redskins.com/team/"]http://www.redskins.com/team/[/URL]

Some of these FAs are a mystery! Who is Junta Woodard, Atavious Cash, Sean Guthrie, Steven Harris, Ron Johnson, Jim Jones, Tyler Jones, Nick McNeil, Calen Powell, Karon Riley, Jayshon Sykes, LaShaun Ward, and Aric Williams?

I never heard of any of them![/quote]

jashon sykes played 8 games and had 50 tackles for the broncos two years ago. jim jones we got off waivers from the steelers, tyler jones kicked in camp for the bears last year... aric williams and cash both have had time in NFL Europe, etc etc.

some have NFL experience, most have NFLe or training camp experience from other clubs. I think robert johnson also spent time with the bears.

Jashon sykes is the best (as far as production) on that list, and a good pickup for LB depth.