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Originally Posted by freddyg12
I certainly won't second guess the LL pick. At the time the coaches, GW in particular, loved him & he came in immediately and contributed. This thread would be so different, if it even existed, had he not torn his achilles. Since then, everything's gone south w/him & all of his flaws look that much worse.
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Me personally, I expect more out of a 6th overall draft selection. Gibbs and GW saw great potential with Landry and that they foresaw teaming him in the defensive backfield with Sean Taylor, making them an unbeatable tandem. But after Taylo're untimely death, LaRon Landry had to become a safety that he wasn't really meant to be in Sean's shadow.
Playing out of position at FS, he got scorched on two Drew Brees bombs in a 2009 game against the New Orleans Saints and that's when I began to "go south" on him as you would say. When Shanahan and Haslett came after Zorn's firing, Landry played okay. Things happen in the NFL with injuries and things of that nature. Landry was the best defensive player in the NFL for the first half of the 2010 season before his injury. But he ended that year on IR and really didn't contribute much to the 2011 campaign and again went on IR. Now, he opted not to have the surgery and he actually should have had it but hey, it's his body.
I just feel it's time for the Redskins to move on from Landry. Mike Shanahan and Bruce Allen has to do what's in the absolute best interest of this team.