Home grown talent

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Champ and Smoot didn't like to tackle. That's a major reason why they are not here. Look at how effective Springs is on a blitz

Champ was a fine tackler, he just wasn't a big hitter. And Champ isn't here because he wanted to leave. I doubt very seriously that either Gibbs or Williams said anything remotely close to "The defense is better off without Champ Bailey. I want him gone".

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

Champ was a fine tackler, he just wasn't a big hitter. And Champ isn't here because he wanted to leave. I doubt very seriously that either Gibbs or Williams said anything remotely close to "The defense is better off without Champ Bailey. I want him gone".

Seriously, Champ gets guys down. That's all that's important. He goes low and gets guys to the groud. I don't care if it looks pretty, he gets the job done. And I really can't think of any time when Champ Bailey came on a blitz at any point in his Redskin career. The defense would be much better off with Champ than it is with Springs. However, I could care less being that we got Portis out of the deal.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

Champ was a fine tackler, he just wasn't a big hitter. And Champ isn't here because he wanted to leave. I doubt very seriously that either Gibbs or Williams said anything remotely close to "The defense is better off without Champ Bailey. I want him gone".

I must concede that Champ can tackle. However as you point out, he's not a hitter in Greg's model. I don't know if the D is better off without them or not. Nor does anyone else. I can also say I trust in Greg, as he is in the process of bringing the kind of D we want. He has delivered much on that issue in the last couple of years