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Rabach & Daniels could've easily been cut in last year's housekeeping from a personel (not cap) standpoint. Good guys but old. Vets w/some tenure on team are now Cooley, Fletch & Moss. Some of our FAs, Doughty & Heyer e.g., will be old-timers in terms of years w/the team if they re-sign.

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Again, I think last year was Shanahan saying - "Okay, I'll give you guys one more shot while I find out who is willing to play the game MY way" and that the majority of the house cleaning is going to be done this year. I expect that the majority of the Gibbs/Zorn roster, with a few notable exceptions (Hall, Cooley, Fletcher, Moss) will be gone by the first game.

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so far, sounds good.

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I think as a team, just getting rid of Fat Al and Rabach does wonders in the locker room, not to mention getting an actual body that can block out on the field as opposed to rabach.

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[quote=Mechanix544;815120]I think as a team, just getting rid of Fat Al and Rabach does wonders in the locker room, not to mention getting an actual body that can block out on the field as opposed to rabach.[/quote]

Rabach was never a locker room problem, his release does wonders to the o-line.

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Glad Roydell won't be getting in the way at practice. He was not making this team...let him go.

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I think I like this thread more than all the other ones about all the other players we've signed in the past two days haha. It's nice to see that this coaching staff had the same opinion as us fans about the performances of these players. Rabach could've left at least a couple seasons ago. Phillip Daniels brought leadership to the team and I thought it was encouraging reading about his weightlifting exploits, but you can't fight age that much. Kemoeatu was clearly not the player we expected him to be, and Roydell Williams wouldn't even have made the roster last season if we had one of the guys we've signed in the past few days.

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Phillip Daniels is the one that will be most for his leadership in the locker room, but the team is getting younger and I am not surprised he was released. Good luck to him.

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Thank you P. Daniels and Rabach for all you gave! Both were consummate pros who got a little long in the tooth. The reason Rabach stuck around so long after his skills started to diminish is because what he had between his ears.

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Watch Daniels come back mid-season

Seriously though, he's had quite the career. I mean not dynamic stats or anything like that but his longevity has been impressive. I don't think he's ready to call it quits yet

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Praise the lord. Lichtensteiger has me in his corner. Unlike Montgomery he is mean.

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I think way too many people are sleeping on Kory, way too many people

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[quote=SmootSmack;815880]I think way too many people are sleeping on Kory, way too many people[/quote]

I feel like he would be fine at G, not sure at center though, but if only because he's never played center in the NFL yet. I definitely don't have as much confidence in Will Montgomery though, I think we need a bigger sample size from him. I watched him play in college at VT and he was never that impressive there either.

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[quote=SmootSmack;815880]I think way too many people are sleeping on Kory, way too many people[/quote]

I think so too. He was solid last year.

In fact I think people are sleeping on our OL in general. They were solid down the stretch and with a QB that will actually get the ball out on time they'll look even better.

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Daniels will be back as a coach.

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glad to see they're cuting some dead weight. daniels and rabach needed to go. both good guys but it was long over due.

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I agree. I think our offensive line suffered more from a lack of offensive continuity in general more than it did from lack of effort or talent. Too many parts were constantly changing. New running back week to week, new wideout combinations, McNabb never seemed to fully grasp the system and playbook. We never settled on one lineup although you got the feeling that given the chance this group could really play well together, and I think they will.

All of that is behind them now and they'll be more comfortable with the way Shanny does things.

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Smoot, if Daniels is back I hope it's not with the Redskins. Under any circumstances.

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[quote=Mattyk;815939]I think so too. He was solid last year.

In fact I think people are sleeping on our OL in general. They were solid down the stretch and with a QB that will actually get the ball out on time they'll look even better.[/quote]

This.

I saw more issues at the QB position last year than I did with the OL. People see what they want to see, and blame it on who they want to blame it on. Many of those horrible McNabb games had solid OL play in it. (Detroit game is the exception)

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[quote=NC_Skins;815966]This.

I saw more issues at the QB position last year than I did with the OL. People see what they want to see, and blame it on who they want to blame it on. Many of those horrible McNabb games had solid OL play in it. (Detroit game is the exception)[/quote]

Seriously?

The team gave up about 50 sacks and we can't even count the number of botched snaps and QB trips from Rabach.

All of our QBs were running for their lives. Less than a month into the season, McNabb was limping around like he stepped on a porcupine. We all remember Rex's first play behind that line (Suh).

Now, McNabb was horrible himself also, did not grasp the offense and did not seem to want to learn and he often looked like a point guard throwing bounce passes into the post...past his prime obviously, but a little more time to throw and less scrambling on a bum ankle would have at least helped a little.

The O-line was atrocious...which helped a bad QB (for this system) be worse.

Rex knew the offense and was able to get the ball out quicker, thankfully.

The line seemed to grasp the run-blocking schemes very well, we had a great running game with whomeverwas at RB (Portis, Torain, Williams...) but pass protection needed some work, especially in the middle with Casey "Turnstile" Rabach.

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Wow, I can't believe how anyone can praise the original offensive line from last year. Only at the end, when they move people around they did pretty good.

SIDENOTE: Other cuts, including Macho Harris

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/redskins-sign-all-12-draft-picks-macho-harris-among-six-players-released/2011/07/29/gIQAVRn0gI_blog.html]Redskins sign all 12 draft picks, Macho Harris among six players released - The Insider - The Washington Post[/url]