Redskins Training Camp '16

[skinsfan69]

Compton and Foster are just journeymen type of players. At some point over a 16 game season they are going to get exposed, especially trying to cover TE's and RB's. Daniels is kind of in the same mold as our starters. We badly need an athlete and a playmaker at ILB. Maybe Spaight turns into that guy. It will also be interesting to see where Cravens lines up.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Compton and Foster are just journeymen type of players. At some point over a 16 game season they are going to get exposed, especially trying to cover TE's and RB's. Daniels is kind of in the same mold as our starters. We badly need an athlete and a playmaker at ILB. Maybe Spaight turns into that guy. It will also be interesting to see where Cravens lines up.

You're saying it better than me! And I'm not saying Riley JR is THE guy, just that I would feel more comfortable with him healthy, more depth, more choice, more competition between the players etc...

[30gut]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Compton and Foster are just journeymen type of players. At some point over a 16 game season they are going to get exposed, especially trying to cover TE's and RB's. Daniels is kind of in the same mold as our starters. We badly need an athlete and a playmaker at ILB. Maybe Spaight turns into that guy. It will also be interesting to see where Cravens lines up.

I agree that we don't have any playmakers at ILB, and imo its a major part of struggles in run defense.
In my eyes a healthy Riley is better then Compton. Riley doesn't have the best instincts but is physical player that gets downhill. Compton is faster, but gets caught in the wash gets blocked/stays blocked more then I want. I like Foster for his run defense.
If I'm choosing from the batch we had last playing last year I would go for:
(healthy) Riley + Foster

I really like Stephen Daniels kid and it wouldn't surprise me if he really makes a name for himself in training camp and in preseason. Physical, downhill thumper with good instincts.

I was a big fan of Spaight too, don't remember what his injury was but if he's 100% i'll be excited to see what he can do.

I don't want Su'a playing ILB, we're weak in run defense playing a S at ILB isn't gonna help.

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by 30gut

In my eyes a healthy Riley is better then Compton. Riley doesn't have the best instincts but is physical player that gets downhill. Compton is faster, but gets caught in the wash gets blocked/stays blocked more then I want. I like Foster for his run defense.
If I'm choosing from the batch we had last playing last year I would go for:
(healthy) Riley + Foster

I don't want Su'a playing ILB, we're weak in run defense playing a S at ILB isn't gonna help.

I've reached my views limit on the Washington Post article so please correct me if I'm wrong.

I've read, and I believe it is in the WP article linked above that Riley is splitting reps with Foster rather than Compton.

[30gut]

Originally Posted by DYoungJelly

I've reached my views limit on the Washington Post article so please correct me if I'm wrong.

I've read, and I believe it is in the WP article linked above that Riley is splitting reps with Foster rather than Compton.

Yup, the article says that Riley is splitting with Mason.

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

And as far as Compton keeping the starters job, well there really isn't anyone who is going to take it from him. Riley was always going to replace Mason not Will. He has become the defenses QB, I could see him making a big leap in that role this year as well.

Iirc Compton was inserted into the line-up when Riley got banged up?

I am worried about stopping the run and for me Mason must play because he's the best against the run. So the other spot is between Riley and Compton.

When its all said and done I expect Stephen Daniels to challenge for a starting spot. If they are serious about being stout against the run he's the man.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by 30gut

Yup, the article says that Riley is splitting with Mason.

Iirc Compton was inserted into the line-up when Riley got banged up?

I am worried about stopping the run and for me Mason must play because he's the best against the run. So the other spot is between Riley and Compton.

When its all said and done I expect Stephen Daniels to challenge for a starting spot. If they are serious about being stout against the run he's the man.

Compton took over after the other guy was ineffective. The Redskins we're excited to see Riley and Compton work together till Riley got hurt. He took over for Keenan Robinson

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Murphy played with his hand in the dirt at Stanford. To me it's his more natural position.
Remember when we all pined for Rak to convert back to DE? Not even saying Murphy is going to be what I thought Rak could be at end, but I still think he's going to be our Justin Smith type guy.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Murphy played with his hand in the dirt at Stanford. To me it's his more natural position.
Remember when we all pined for Rak to convert back to DE? Not even saying Murphy is going to be what I thought Rak could be at end, but I still think he's going to be our Justin Smith type guy.

Murphy was a very good player at Stanford, I think this move will greatly benefit him.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

And as far as Compton keeping the starters job, well there really isn't anyone who is going to take it from him. Riley was always going to replace Mason not Will. He has become the defenses QB, I could see him making a big leap in that role this year as well.

[Chico23231]

Agree with what is being said about Trent...he is more a strength, leverage guy.

Another unicorn fart to cup: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...html?tid=ss_tw

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Agree with what is being said about Trent...he is more a strength, leverage guy.

Another unicorn fart to cup: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...html?tid=ss_tw

Great read. The top picture though in the article is a shot of Dunbar falling down at the line with his pads off as #13 slides the other way. Good article and I agree that our secondary could be very strong

[FrenchSkin]

Looking for other than unicorn farts, I fell upon this:

Josh Norman Gets Burned Over & Over By Redskins WRs On First Day Of Camp | Daily Snark

Obviously this is not a serious article, I'm excited to have him on our D and I'm confident Josh Norman will keep being an excellent player, every corner gets beaten on some plays, so there's nothing here... But with everybody talking trash, I'm asking the question: how confident are we that he'll be worth the 8M he'll get this year?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

Looking for other than unicorn farts, I fell upon this:

Josh Norman Gets Burned Over & Over By Redskins WRs On First Day Of Camp | Daily Snark

Obviously this is not a serious article, I'm excited to have him on our D and I'm confident Josh Norman will keep being an excellent player, every corner gets beaten on some plays, so there's nothing here... But with everybody talking trash, I'm asking the question: how confident are we that he'll be worth the 8M he'll get this year?

Josh Norman's work habits impress Redskins teammates - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN

take a whiff of this...

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Josh Norman's work habits impress Redskins teammates - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN

take a whiff of this...

"During one-on-one drills Saturday, Norman only received one repetition. That didn't sit well with him: Nearly 10 minutes later he was overheard on the sidelines complaining about that fact. He wanted the work. After one practice, as safety DeAngelo Hall spoke to reporters about Norman, he pointed to him working out off to the side, performing backpedal drills among other aspects."

Good to read this!
Personally I'm not worried, I was asking the question because as said above people are trying to make a big thing of this.

I played corner so I know no matter how good you are you're gonna get beaten on some plays, even by some not so good receivers (mainly because you don't know where the receiver's going, while he does, obviously...). A corner can be evaluated on a whole game, or season, based on how many times he got beaten and how many times he didn't, not on one play.

[skinsfan69]

I'm glad we have some football news but I just can't get excited over this camp stuff. I mean one of the lead stories on Yahoo was how Norman got burned by Garcon and Jackson. Sigh.... It's like a 12 year old is writing this shit. It's camp, Qb's are going to throw int's, corners are going to get burned and so on. Who's the next Marco Mitchell this year???????

I'm debating whether or not to go to Richmond on Friday. Not sure I want to drive 2 hours to sit out in the heat to watch a camp practice. Wish they still had it over in Ashburn.