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A DLine Highlight reel for fun as well:

[url]https://youtu.be/2yC3Z9bByoQ[/url]

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[quote=SunnySide;1283587]ASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Football Team hosted former Bears veteran left tackle Charles Leno Jr. on Monday.

READ MORE: Former Bears Tackle Leno Coming to Visit

That interest did not immediately mean a contract for Leno, who started every game over the last five years for Chicago on the blind side of the offensive line.

But if Leno does decide to join Washington, he would likely be replacing veteran incumbent Cornelius Lucas, who was his former teammate with the Bears until Lucas joined Washington last offseason.

In Chicago, Lucas was the backup/swing tackle and arrived in Washington with very little playing experience on the left side. He was pressed into that role because Geron Christian struggled and then was injured.

Leno is viewed by most as the automatic starter on the left side (if he signs) and that perception didn't sit kindly with Lucas on Twitter.

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Leno is the 3rd best FA available per PFF .. I honestly never heard of the guy. Surprised to read hes started at LT for da bears for past 5 years.

Leno (29 yrs old) had a 74.6 pff grade last year (58.6 pff for 2019), Lucas had a 78.2 in a smaller but still decent enough sample size.

[url]https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/washington-lineman-cornelius-lucas-fires-back-at-media-clowns[/url]

I was somewhat confused by the Sharpe resigning bc I thought he looked awful when given the chance last year.

Carry 9 OL

Leno, Cosmi, Sharpe
Flowers, Schweitzer, Charles
Roullier, ismael
Scherff, Schweitzer, Martin
Moses, Lucas

^^ Thats 12 right there for 9 spots on the 53.

Seems we have a self-inflicted roster issue. We signed serviceable but JAG vets like Lucas, Schweitzer, Flowers .. but also drafted depth project guys in Martin, Charles

I guess you let guys battle it out but Id guess we end up cutting Sharpe, martin and Lucas ... but I like that Lucas can swing and Leno is just a LT[/quote]

Don't forget Beau Benzschawel and Tyler Larsen

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I was hoping we sign Bobby McCain at FS Leno is good but right now a FS is more important and he would be a definite upgrade and starter for the next few years

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The Washington Football Team has its new left tackle.

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday that the club is signing former Bears left tackle Charles Leno Jr. to a one-year contract worth $5 million, per agent Ron Slavin.
[url]https://www.nfl.com/news/washington-signing-lt-charles-leno-to-a-1-year-deal-worth-5m[/url]

Well .... thats officially a crowded unit. Hopefully Martin can make it to the PS without being picked up. Christian and Sharpe are gone.

I hope this is an upgrade over Lucas. Certainly helps the T depth as we are all but certain to carry 4 now (Moses, Leno, Lucas, Cosmi). Then Flowers, Schweitzer, Roullier, Ismael, Scherff, Charles ...

10 definite roster spots barring future IR

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Just curious why people want Martin to the PS when he has had a couple of years here and has looked like absolute crap when playing. Is he really worth a PS spot? I don’t think so.

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[quote=MissouriSkin;1283719]Just curious why people want Martin to the PS when he has had a couple of years here and has looked like absolute crap when playing. Is he really worth a PS spot? I don’t think so.[/quote]


Why PS? I can think of two reasons ...

1 -- with him there, you have an emergency back up, in case someone in the 2 deep gets hurt. He's spent time in the system, and can fill in if disaster strikes. (But hopefully your back ups on the 53 man roster are flexible enough to bounce between right and left so Martin's (or any PS guy frankly) services aren't needed. So he'd really be there if BOTH our Guards went down ... not a nice thought to consider).

2 -- you see the potential of growth, and you want to see if you can develop it.


But i think if he makes the PS, it will be the last year he's here. I am not a football coach, or talent evaluator ... but I don't see a long term path for him in the NFL.

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[quote=Pervis_Griffith;1283721]Why PS? I can think of two reasons ...

1 -- with him there, you have an emergency back up, in case someone in the 2 deep gets hurt. He's spent time in the system, and can fill in if disaster strikes. (But hopefully your back ups on the 53 man roster are flexible enough to bounce between right and left so Martin's (or any PS guy frankly) services aren't needed. So he'd really be there if BOTH our Guards went down ... not a nice thought to consider).

2 -- you see the potential of growth, and you want to see if you can develop it.


But i think if he makes the PS, it will be the last year he's here. I am not a football coach, or talent evaluator ... but I don't see a long term path for him in the NFL.[/quote]
Neither do I, that’s why I question keeping him around. I think it’s just a waste of a spot myself. Guess we will see. But it is nice to see he has to fight for it instead of just being given the spot because he was drafted like previous regimes....

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[quote=MissouriSkin;1283722]Neither do I, that’s why I question keeping him around. I think it’s just a waste of a spot myself. Guess we will see. But it is nice to see he has to fight for it instead of just being given the spot because he was drafted like previous regimes....[/quote]


I will always root for Wes Martin given his commitment to dog rescue. Hopefully he can improve enough to stick around. (Don't necessarily see that happening, but I root for long shots, and he seems like a really good guy doing good things).


This is a nice read on that subject ... from JULY 2020. I copied and pasted it in full if anyone is interested.



[url]https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/archdeacon-the-tail-wagging-truth-about-wes-martin/AkHyILdj30gIqrnd2CeOTK/[/url]


Every dog has his day.

That’s not just some time-worn trope, it’s the tail-wagging truth when Wes Martin gets involved.

The Washington Redskins’ 6-foot-3, 315-pound offensive guard – who first starred at Milton Union High and then Indiana University – is a very big man.

And he has an even bigger heart.

He just bought an old winery outside West Milton and is turning the 12.5-acre property into the new home of Brave Breed Rescue, his sanctuary for at-risk dogs that are taken in, calmed and nurtured and readied for adoption by others.

He began Brave Breeds two years ago with his mom, Rhonda, and today the non-profit effort has become a family affair.

“We don’t have any breed restrictions, we take any dogs in,” said Bailey Martin, who married Wes four months ago and handles the sanctuary’s social media and its website (bravebreed.org). “We like to take those in that are in need of a lot of help: The super sad, the scared dogs, the ones that owners can’t keep any more.

“We don’t turn any dog away. If we have room for it, we want to take it in.”

Wes touched on this idea when he spoke to an Associated Press reporter last year:

“It means the world to me to be able to save as-risk dogs, dogs that if weren’t able to step in, a lot of them would be headed to euthanasia.”

He reiterated that when he spoke to me by phone from his Virginia home the other day:

“I really love helping dogs in that situation.”

Speaking of love, it’s not just the dogs that now fill his heart.

He and Bailey Spitler became friends at Milton Union High and began to date when he was a sophomore lineman at IU and she was a nurse.

They married this past March 13, just days before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of our society.

“She found a little chapel she liked in Arkansas and, well, the rest of it is history,” he said with some bemusement.

But while he is never one to toot his own horn, that assessment was just too anemic to let pass.

The couple was married in the Ozark Mountains at the famed Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs. A magnificent latticework of wood and glass that is reminiscent of the Prairie School architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, the chapel has been named one of the 12 Most Beautiful Churches in America and one of the 50 Most Extraordinary Churches in the World.

Bailey said they wanted a beautiful setting for a small wedding of just family and a few close friends.

A big reception for some 250 guests was slated for The Buckeye Barn in Piqua, but that gathering was cancelled because of the coronavirus threat.

Although the couple missed seeing their friends, they hadn’t been looking for a table-full of gifts. They had asked everyone beforehand to instead make a donation to help the rescued dogs at Brave Breed.

And before the newlyweds headed back to the home they bought on one acre just west of the Redskins training facility in Ashburn, Va., they did pick up a special wedding gift.

“We’ve built a good relationship with the Miami County Animal Shelter and they called and told us about a bunch of Brussels Griffons that had gotten surrendered because they weren’t in a good situation,” Wes said. “They called to see if we were interested.

“We got this little guy – he’s about seven pounds – and we brought him back home.”

They named him Scooter and back in Virginia he joined the couple’s other three dogs – two pit bulls (Libby, Bella) and a pit bull and Great Dane mix (Bane.)

“Scooter got along with them right off the bat,” Wes laughed. “He’s fearful of a lot of things, but he’s not scared of them. He knows he’s got a home here.”

‘Always loved dogs’

Wes and his older brother Adam were raised by their mom with help from their paternal grandmother, Alice Martin. His dad, Al, is also very much a part of his life and always has been supportive.

“Growing up we all liked dogs, but it was my mom who was always finding them, bringing them in the house and fostering them until someone else finally gave them a home,” Wes said.

“We’d come home from school and there’d be a new dog in the house.”

That prompted a question:

“So is your mom just a good-hearted person or a really soft touch?”

He started to laugh: “She’s just a crazy dog person, I guess.”

Then again he’s never been too shy around dogs either. There’s one photo of two-year-old Wes practicing his first lineman’s pancake move and as he rests on the belly of Heidi, the family’s St. Bernard who has rolled onto her back.

“I’ve always loved dogs,” Wes said. “But I got my greatest appreciation for them from our dog, Sarge. He was a German Shepherd and he was pretty awesome. He was just a super smart, super loyal dog.

“I was about eight when we got him. We lived next to a creek and a lot of times I’d go down there to catch crawdads and whatnot.

“Sarge would run down with us and he’d do the same. He’d go bobbing for fish and try to catch crawdads himself. There was a little deep spot where we’d go swimming and he’d swim, too. We spent a lot of time down there. And that kind of ingrained the love into me.”

Once in high school, he really made his name with some different dogs.

He was a star of the Milton Union Bulldogs football team which he helped lead into the third round of the state playoffs. He was named an All Ohio lineman as a junior and a senior and the Southwestern Buckeye League’s Offensive Lineman of the Year.

Including a redshirt year, he spent five seasons at IU and proved to be a heavyweight in the classroom – he graduated with a criminal justice degree and a 3.79 GPA – and in his sporting ventures.

He was considered the strongest Hoosiers player and one of the most durable, starting 43 of his 50 games. He twice won All Big Ten honors.

When it came to the 2019 NFL draft, he was initially overlooked and not invited to showcase himself at the league’s scouting combine. Instead, he and 11 other IU athletes held their own pro day on campus and representatives of 28 of the 32 NFL teams showed up.

That’s when he put on a Herculean, one-man show.

Besides highlighting his football talents that day, he raised money for his fledgling Brave Breed project. He called his bench press effort “Repping for Rescue,” and had signed up sponsors who made monetary pledges for each of the 225-pound bench presses he’d do.

He did 38 in a row, which would have been second best to everyone at the NFL combine that year.

That turned heads, especially with the Redskins, who drafted him in the fourth round. He ended up playing in nine games last season and starting five in place of injured right guard Brandon Scherff.

Being a pro has given him a bigger platform and he used it last year to launch what he planned to be an annual golf outing to benefit Brave Breed Rescue.

This year the COVID-19 threat made the event at Locust Hills Golf Club in Springfield an iffy proposition until just a few weeks before the July 3 tee off.

Once they got the OK, they drew 36 teams, doubling the field and the donations they had the year before.

Old school training

With so much of the sports world shut down by the coronavirus, Wes has been preparing for the upcoming season with his own old school, Rocky-like – lumberjack training in the Russian woods for Ivan Drago – sessions that have had some of his new neighbors staring in awe.

“I was put in contact with a farmer here in Virginia and was able to track down a pretty giant tractor tire,” he laughed. “I did a whole bunch of stuff with that: Dragging it, flipping it, pulling it down the road. A lot of people stopped and gave me some funny looks.

“I found a couple of free weights, too, and got a couple of other things at my wife’s parents’ house. I did a lot of stuff with bands, too, and with a medicine ball. I pieced it altogether as best I could and I think it worked.”

As he trained the past couple of months, he’s observed from afar how the team’s nickname has become a point of controversy.

Redskins is an ethnic slur to Native Americans, many of whom who’ve tried for decades to get the team to change the name.

Since the killing of George Floyd and the growing focus on systemic racism, many of the team’s advertisers – including FedEx, which pays $8 million a year for stadium naming rights — have pushed for a change and the NFL and the team are said to be reviewing the possibilities.

“There’s been a lot of talk about it and a lot of people have asked me about what will happen, but I don’t have a good answer,” Wes said. “So I’ve just tried to get myself as ready as I can physically and mentally for the season, and I’ll play whatever the name ends up being.”

He said he worries most about the things he can control.

That would be Brave Breed Rescue, where he said they will “take it slow,” as the company transitions from mostly his mom’s home — where she, Adam and a few others care for and retrain the dogs — to the new 12.5 acre site.

Since their first retrained, newly-comforted dogs were made available for adoption in January of 2019, they have gotten 51 of them into new homes.

After he’s done with pro football, Wes said he’d like to return to West Milton and run the rescue effort:

“I want us to be a well-functioning recue where at-risk dogs can come in and have a safe place to mentally and physically heal. I want them to understand that no matter what has happened, they can be loved by a human.

“In the end I just want them all to be able to go from a bad situation into a good, loving home.”

When it comes to Wes Martin, every dog does have his day.

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Maybe we can find a crazy cat lady to play FS.

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[quote=Pervis_Griffith;1283723]I will always root for Wes Martin given his commitment to dog rescue. Hopefully he can improve enough to stick around. (Don't necessarily see that happening, but I root for long shots, and he seems like a really good guy doing good things). [/quote]

Thanks for sharing, I didn't know that Martin created the program. That's pretty cool!

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[QUOTE=GridIron26;1283746]Thanks for sharing, I didn't know that Martin created the program. That's pretty cool![/QUOTE]I almost got a dog from them but they could not transport it across state lines. That was early on after he was signed. I hope he developed it more and is serious about it.

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[url]https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/football-team/washington-ol-wes-schweitzer-deadlifts-personal-record-765-pounds?cid=Yahoo&partner=ya4nbcs[/url]

[SIZE="5"][B]Wes Schweitzer deadlifts personal record 765 pounds[/B][/SIZE]

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More about Weston Schweitzer:

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/06/25/deck-climbing-dog-racing-breakdancing-one-nfl-players-quarantine-workout-stands-out/[/url]
[SIZE="4"]
Deck-climbing, dog-racing, break dancing: One NFL player’s quarantine workout stands out[/SIZE]



And a pancake: [url]https://twitter.com/i/status/1319002152476561409[/url]

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[quote=Monkeydad;1283792][url]https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/football-team/washington-ol-wes-schweitzer-deadlifts-personal-record-765-pounds?cid=Yahoo&partner=ya4nbcs[/url]

[SIZE="5"][B]Wes Schweitzer deadlifts personal record 765 pounds[/B][/SIZE][/quote]


What a pussy.





:D

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[quote=Pervis_Griffith;1283806]What a pussy.





:D[/quote]

Say it to his face. 😉

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Remember the days when signing the draftees was as much drama as Aaron Rodgers v Green Bay? I don't miss those days at all!

[url=https://www.yahoo.com/sports/washington-signs-entire-2021-nfl-022449229.html] Washington Signs Entire 2021 NFL Draft[/url]

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1283827]Remember the days when signing the draftees was as much drama as Aaron Rodgers v Green Bay? I don't miss those days at all!

[url=https://www.yahoo.com/sports/washington-signs-entire-2021-nfl-022449229.html] Washington Signs Entire 2021 NFL Draft[/url][/quote]

Definitely don't miss the days of training camp holdouts. One of the best changes the NFL has ever done with the rookie wage scale.

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[quote=MTK;1283829]Definitely don't miss the days of training camp holdouts. [B]One of the best changes the NFL has ever done with the rookie wage scale.[/B][/quote]

For sure

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Drink up!


[url]https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/football-team/how-washington-football-team-can-win-every-game-its-2021-nfl-schedule?cid=Yahoo&partner=ya4nbcs[/url]

[SIZE="6"]How Washington Football Team can win every game on its 2021 NFL schedule[/SIZE]

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[QUOTE=CRedskinsRule;1283827]Remember the days when signing the draftees was as much drama as Aaron Rodgers v Green Bay? I don't miss those days at all!



[url=https://www.yahoo.com/sports/washington-signs-entire-2021-nfl-022449229.html] Washington Signs Entire 2021 NFL Draft[/url][/QUOTE]Isn't this a sign coaching and scouting staffs did due diligence finding 0% diva / 100% I just want to play guys ?

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[QUOTE=FrenchSkin;1283849]Isn't this a sign coaching and scouting staffs did due diligence finding 0% diva / 100% I just want to play guys ?

Envoyé de mon SHV48 en utilisant Tapatalk[/QUOTE]Not really, I know where you are going since I used Rodgers v GB, but my point is that no rookies -diva or not- can hold teams hostage like that because of the NFL's rookie cap. I agree with Matty that was one change the NFL/NFLPA got right.

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I hadn't seen this:
MAY 13: COVID-19 ENDS THE TRYOUT:*According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, WFT will not have tryout players at its rookie camp this weekend due to COVID-19. A positive*test returned among one of the five players in the tryout group. Washington now will not have any of those players at the minicamp.*

Guess no canadian bacon in the defensive backfield.

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[QUOTE=CRedskinsRule;1283853]Not really, I know where you are going since I used Rodgers v GB, but my point is that no rookies -diva or not- can hold teams hostage like that because of the NFL's rookie cap. I agree with Matty that was one change the NFL/NFLPA got right.

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Might have missed a particular change this year, but didn't we use to have guys sign their rookie contracts a tad bit later than that even recently ? And not all at once ?

I wasn't thinking about massive contract situation like Rodgers, rather the usual small negotiation that makes it so you have to wait just a little bit before EVERY rookie has signed.

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Episode 63 of [URL="https://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/the-al-galdi-podcast/"]Al Galdi's pod[/URL] is an [I][U]absolute must listen[/U][/I] IMO.

Good takes based on Ron's comments that if you look at recent history, except Brady nobody is winning several SBs, you'll find a lot of one timers à la Nick Foles in SB QBs, that is you get Tom Brady it's great, but you can do without, and shouldn't force it if you don't get Brady.

Nice take on the fact that signing Fitzpatrick in a year everybody is giving up the farm to get a chance at [I][U]potentials[/U][/I] franchise QBs is zigging when everyone else is zagging, and there's some smartness there.

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Call me crazy but this team is starting to resemble the 1991 Redskins...right down to the QB no one thought could do it.

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[quote=Monkeydad;1283925]Call me crazy but this team is starting to resemble the 1991 Redskins...right down to the QB no one thought could do it.[/quote]

Pass the Koolaid!!!
We went 10-6 the two seasons before 1991 and had solid rosters both years. We are much improved but not a SB team.
Comparisons of FitzAverage to Rypien are ludicrous. Rypien was one of the most accurate deep ball passers in the history of the game. Lots of people thought he could do it.
We last won a playoff game 15 years ago, talk about SB run ludicrous.
Let's win the division with a winning record, beat more than one winning team, and win a playoff game and take it from there.

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[QUOTE=Scalper;1283951]Pass the Koolaid!!!

We went 10-6 the two seasons before 1991 and had solid rosters both years. We are much improved but not a SB team.

Comparisons of FitzAverage to Rypien are ludicrous. Rypien was one of the most accurate deep ball passers in the history of the game. Lots of people thought he could do it.

We last won a playoff game 15 years ago, talk about SB run ludicrous.

Let's win the division with a winning record, beat more than one winning team, and win a playoff game and take it from there.[/QUOTE]A little bit of irrelevant flavoring to make the koolaid taste even sweeter. 2014, Carolina Panthers went 7-8-1. 2015, 15-1 and made it to the SB. Rivera did it once, and this WFT team with a green QB played toe to toe with last year's SB winner.

If our schedule didn't include all 4 conference title game teams and 5 of the other 7 division winners, I could see this team doing that same turnaround. But we do, so I am not saying we will go 15-1. I am saying our roster is worthy of a deep playoff drive, IF our offense shows consistency.

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[QUOTE=Scalper;1283951]Pass the Koolaid!!!

We went 10-6 the two seasons before 1991 and had solid rosters both years. We are much improved but not a SB team.

Comparisons of FitzAverage to Rypien are ludicrous. Rypien was one of the most accurate deep ball passers in the history of the game. Lots of people thought he could do it.

We last won a playoff game 15 years ago, talk about SB run ludicrous.

Let's win the division with a winning record, beat more than one winning team, and win a playoff game and take it from there.[/QUOTE]You have a bad tendency to use ad hominem attacks. In this case the use of FitzAverage.

Here is an article on passing accuracy I found interesting, and he has a paragraph where he discusses Fitz directly.
[url]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.milehighreport.com/platform/amp/2021/2/11/22274403/throwing-deep-accuracy-nfl[/url]

And here is a chart from that article reflecting 2020 passing metrics that puts Fitz in pretty good standing.
[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210518/435cdaf0b251998662628cff4a3b853d.jpg[/IMG]

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Last year we had 16 total passing TDs. I can't imagine the offense being worse.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1283957]You have a bad tendency to use ad hominem attacks. In this case the use of FitzAverage.

Here is an article on passing accuracy I found interesting, and he has a paragraph where he discusses Fitz directly.
[url]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.milehighreport.com/platform/amp/2021/2/11/22274403/throwing-deep-accuracy-nfl[/url]

And here is a chart from that article reflecting 2020 passing metrics that puts Fitz in pretty good standing.
[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210518/435cdaf0b251998662628cff4a3b853d.jpg[/IMG]

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Look who at bottom…also Smith avg air yard 5.1 backs up those who say he checked down a lot. There is the data

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[QUOTE=Chico23231;1283969]Look who at bottom…also Smith avg air yard 5.1 backs up those who say he checked down a lot. There is the data[/QUOTE]Here is the rest of the chart. Look who is at the VERY bottom.

Fitz behind a good line, which we should have, is a huge upgrade over Haskins/Smith. And now add in the threat of Samuels, and it is easy to understand the hype.[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210518/72ffc16224ba5481448236b047d1513f.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=SunnySide;1283587]

Carry 9 OL

Leno, Cosmi, Sharpe
Flowers, Schweitzer, Charles
Roullier, ismael
Scherff, Schweitzer, Martin
Moses, Lucas

^^ Thats 12 right there for 9 spots on the 53.

[B]Seems we have a self-inflicted roster issue.[/B][/quote]

Lots of other teams' coaches would love to have this type of so-called "self-inflicted roster issue". This is what building teams do - bring in bunches of players to compete and let their performances decide the roster spots. I like this situation.

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[URL="https://twitter.com/NickiJhabvala/status/1394341942813773824"]@NickiJhabvala[/URL]
The Washington Football Team had 76 players attend the start of Phase 2 of the offseason program today. Every player, including those who didn't attend, communicated their intentions with Coach Ron Rivera beforehand, and he stressed that the workouts are voluntary.

Glad to see this, and this would be 76 out of 90 players.

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19. RYAN FITZPATRICK, WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM
Fitzpatrick continues to play his best football the longer he stays in the league — the veteran ranks 15th in PFF passing grade since 2018. Last year in Miami, he had the team rolling until Brian Flores took the QB room for a rollercoaster ride. It's rare for a veteran quarterback “placeholder” to join a solid football team, but this will be the best team Fitzpatrick has been on in quite some time. Fitzpatrick brings energy, leadership and a wealth of knowledge to a locker room, but his Achilles heel is protecting the football. If he is able to play smart and deliver on explosive plays, Washington will be a playoff contender.

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[quote=skinsfaninok;1283985]19. RYAN FITZPATRICK, WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM
Fitzpatrick continues to play his best football the longer he stays in the league — the veteran ranks 15th in PFF passing grade since 2018. Last year in Miami, he had the team rolling until Brian Flores took the QB room for a rollercoaster ride. It's rare for a veteran quarterback “placeholder” to join a solid football team, but this will be the best team Fitzpatrick has been on in quite some time. Fitzpatrick brings energy, leadership and a wealth of knowledge to a locker room, but his Achilles heel is protecting the football. If he is able to play smart and deliver on explosive plays, Washington will be a playoff contender.[/quote]

What is that from?

Protecting the football will be critical for Fitz for his career he averages just over 1 int per game (1.16),

In Miami the last 2 years he averaged, 1.05 ints/game and 1.65 td's/game. Even that should be a winning formula with our defense, but if he has time behind our line and can cut it down, I would hope we see a better split.

Just be ready for a few interceptions next season.

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[quote=credskinsrule;1283986]what is that from?

Protecting the football will be critical for fitz for his career he averages just over 1 int per game (1.16),

in miami the last 2 years he averaged, 1.05 ints/game and 1.65 td's/game. Even that should be a winning formula with our defense, but if he has time behind our line and can cut it down, i would hope we see a better split.

Just be ready for a few interceptions next season.[/quote]

pff

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[quote=KI Skins Fan;1283975]Lots of other teams' coaches would love to have this type of so-called "self-inflicted roster issue". This is what building teams do - bring in bunches of players to compete and let their performances decide the roster spots. I like this situation.[/quote]

I agree that its a good problem to have but on the contrarian side, its not a pretty road on how we got here though ...

we wouldnt have to add 3 vet free agent LTs over the past 2 years (lucas, sharpe, leno) if Christian (3R) or Charles (4R) panned out.

We wouldnt have had to add Flowers if Martin (4R) had panned out.

Charles should have a roster spot this year but it doesnt scream confidence that the team signed Leno, drafted Cosmi (2R) and added Flowers when we had Schweitzer and Scherff.

Thats a 3rd and two 4th rounders that didnt claim a starting roster spot.

We have a glut bc the draftees didnt pan out and the FO wants to compete now and not hope guys develop.

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@RapSheet

The Washington Football Team is likely moving on from long-time starting OT Morgan Moses, sources say, giving Moses the ability to seek a trade. Moses is due $7.75M in 2021 and if a team trades for the dependable player, it picks up the salary.

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Makes sense to why the OL depth has amped up lately

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I guess we know why we've been collecting tackles