Redskins News & Notes Chapter 6

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

good post. DefenseW, what do you see within our own defense we need to fix to be more effective? When I think about it, I dont know where to begin. I think consistency in every department: tackling, pass rush, man coverage, over the top coverage, gap discipline, etc. One thing we cant complain about is turnovers...we seem to get them.

Getting Orakpo and Carricker back and giving time for Jarvis Jenkins to fully recover from major knee surgery is really going to increase our pass rush and sack numbers. Our secondary will benefit greatly.

But the single #1 biggest need for improvement from last seasons defense is solidifying both safety positions. Getting the Safety positions filled with NFL caliber athletes will go a long way to solidifying our defense. The additions of Tanard Jackson, B. Rambo, Phillip Thomas and a healthy B. Meriweather is huge.
Safety is such an important position on defense and last year we were severely understaffed. This new group, if they can get healthy and/or return from suspension will give a bump to the whole defensive unit almost as comparable as the addition of RGIII to the offense last year.
You are only as good as your weakest link in the chain and that is particularly true for NFL defenses. You can not hide a sub-par shitty player on defense. Good offenses will go after them. You fix the safety positions and we no longer have a glaring weakness on defense.
For the first time since the 1991 Sb season I might be able to say we are close to solidfiying our defense.
HTTR! It took a long time to finally fix it. I am just glad we are close, and it looks like we have depth! Thank you ShanAllen.