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I would have liked to see the FO address the O-line with the 3rd round pick in the draft, but selecting Orakpo at #13 overall was a no-brainer. The guy was far and away the best player available, and he will improve our pass rush significantly, especially lining up next to Haynesworth on passing situations.

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they are getting younger on the defensive side of the ball,and offense will be focus next year.Vinny,outside of all the critisism,is doing a good job with the talent pool.

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[quote=SouperMeister;570301]I would have liked to see the FO address the O-line with the 3rd round pick in the draft, but selecting Orakpo at #13 overall was a no-brainer. The guy was far and away the best player available, and he will improve our pass rush significantly, especially lining up next to Haynesworth on passing situations.[/quote]

I gotta agree there, we would have been crazy not to take Orakpo when he was still available at 13.

It's my thought that having a young defense with lots of upside is always a good thing, the rest of the nfc beast qbs are in store for many years of pain.

hail!

Re: Are the Skins too focused on defense?
 

You can never be too focused on defense. Our D will be one of, if not the best defense in the NFL this season.

We did address the o-line and Campbell will have more options this season, so we improved on both sides of the ball.


Added for emphasis about the joys of having a great defense:
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You can never focus too much on defense i agree whole heartedley. Football Gibss style run the ball stop the run.

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[quote=joethiesmanfan;571499]You can never focus too much on defense i agree whole heartedley. Football Gibss style run the ball stop the run.[/quote]

would that be Gibbs II style? Even then, Joe wanted his qb to be able to air it out, which we got to see some of (cowpokes 05 :) ) , just not enough. But I almost agree, the focus on the D makes a lot of sense considering draft position & f. agents out there.

IMO, just because our D was #4 at year's end, doesn't mean they didn't need help. I read somewhere recently that in the last 4 losses, the D gave up something like 8 2nd half drives of 12 plays or more. I know the O couldn't maintain the ball & clock, but I really think the D was worn out & not that good by year's end. They overachieved if anything. The front 7 would have looked really weak if not for a very strong secondary. The additions to the d-line have been long overdue & LB was a weakness aside from LF by years end.

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When you can't stop a team from running and you have to adjust your defensive scheme, then all of a sudden Ricky Sanders 80 yards touchdown!!!!