#26 Landon Collins

[SunnySide]

Last season, seventh-round pick Kam Curl not only stepped in for Collins but outplayed him. Curl won fans with his instinctual play and blitzing prowess, and in March, a fan direct-messaged Collins on Instagram to ask if he’d move to linebacker. Collins replied, “Not happening my guy,” though a month later, Coach Ron Rivera said Collins had spoken for himself, not the team. Two weeks later, defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio told the team’s website he expected Collins to remain at strong safety.

“I was just laughing at it,” Collins said of the linebacker speculation. “I was drafted as a safety, and that's where I was going to be. If somebody was to come talk to me about it, we would talk about it. That's about it. If we have packages to put me into play [at linebacker], I'm always open to it. I'd rather have us all DBs on the field anyway. The more DBs, the more merrier.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...ry-linebacker/

This is from May 2021, only thing I can find re him saying he wont move.

I heard RR in PS interview say the team approached him about moving to LB and Collins said no so they didnt push it.

Just play him near the LOS, get whatever you can out of this bad situation, move on in the offseason.

Grid Iron -- yeah I think Ive lost respect for him as well. We will see if he stays a quiet team player like Josh Norman when he got phased out in his last season here. Keep him on the active roster so he accrues his NFL pension in return for him being quiet and not a distraction.

[AnonEmouse]

Tell him where he's playing or sit him if he refuses. If Curl can play better, what do you lose over 11 remaining games where the situation is salvageable rather than keeping LC in purely because of how much he's paid? Assuming you can't trade LC ($) how much damage can you do by benching him the rest of the year? We're 2-4 with a tough stretch coming up, not 4-2. If they don't try new stuff soon, to turn this around, it will be too late to make it worth bothering.

[AnonEmouse]

Blackmon in Indy is out all year with torn Achilles. Wonder if they can ship Collins and do a cap deal that helps Indy out? I doubt it, but no harm in wishful thinking...

[BaltimoreSkins]

Landon Presser: https://www.hogshaven.com/2021/10/21...-im-good-at-it

[skinsfaninok]

I asked Landon why he cares so much about being labeled a safety as opposed to a defender/linebacker/whatever other term.

Landon: "Because I was drafted as a what?"
Me: "Safety"
Landon: "I went to high school and I went to college as a... safety right? OK"

Pete Hailey

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I asked Landon why he cares so much about being labeled a safety as opposed to a defender/linebacker/whatever other term.

Landon: "Because I was drafted as a what?"
Me: "Safety"
Landon: "I went to high school and I went to college as a... safety right? OK"

Pete Hailey

It's because he sees it as a demotion, like he's not good enough to play safety anymore.

Maybe if he just embraced it like when some corners make the change to safety late in their careers, it could be a very good thing for him.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

I asked Landon why he cares so much about being labeled a safety as opposed to a defender/linebacker/whatever other term.

Landon: "Because I was drafted as a what?"
Me: "Safety"
Landon: "I went to high school and I went to college as a... safety right? OK"

Pete Hailey

With a bit of luck he will keep opening his big mouth enough for Ron to have enough and cut his sorry ass ?

[sdskinsfan2001]

You were drafted as a good football player. You are now a bad football player.

[MTK]

I also find it hard to believe he's really 110% back from the injury. That injury can usually take 2 years to come all the way back from.

[skinsfaninok]

Yeah it doesn't look like he is willing to accept the LB role, in fact he mentioned it in the off season too when he said "I'm a safety not a linebacker"

[skinsfaninok]

This is also the difference in losing teams / culture and winning ones.

Jamal Adams plays LB and S and never bitches about it. That is because Pete Carroll has created a winning , all about the team culture.

CeeDee Lamb recently said " I don't care who gets the ball the most, as long as we win"

Stephon Diggs has said the same stuff.

You never hear that stuff in D.C.

[MTK]

Are we overreacting here just a bit? He said he'll do it.

Landon Collins doesn't like new LB role but is willing to play it

"I'm a team player," Collins said. "Do I like playing down there? I'm good at it. If I'm good at it, I'll play there. If I need to be played there, cool. Other than that, do I like playing linebacker? No. No I don't. I don't like hitting big linemen, getting big linemen off me. I'm undersized for being a linebacker. So yeah, I don't want to play down there, but if need to, yeah, I'll do so. I'm good at it."

[Defensewins]

He needs to be benched. He should not be on the football field. Opposing QB's look for #26 and exploit that weakness. Why put a player that is that bad on the field?
I don't care what he has to say about it. Frankly I am not sure why he is being forced onto us? Did Bruce Allen give the Landon Collins the pictures of Dan Snyder before Bruce left? I don't want to see #26 on the field anymore. It is time for him to go. The salary cap hit is the only reason he is still on them team.

[Chief X_Phackter]

I think William Jackson has been worse than Collins. At least Collins can fill another role at LB and be serviceable. Jackson, as much as I really liked the signing when it happened, has been the worst player on the field in my opinion, and there's no where else for him to go except the bench.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I think William Jackson has been worse than Collins. At least Collins can fill another role at LB and be serviceable. Jackson, as much as I really liked the signing when it happened, has been the worst player on the field in my opinion, and there's no where else for him to go except the bench.

Collins has been worse. Also it remains to be seen if Collins can be a serviceable linebacker. Plus I dont think Jackson is getting paid what Collins is. I hope he isn’t.
Jackson sucks too, don’t get me wrong.