Core of the Redskins problem: Greed

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

We didn't have that much turnover this year. We have two new starters defensively. That shouldn't tear a defense apart.

There are a lot of guys hurt right now, so there were 3 on the line yesterday, 2 in the defensive backfield and kinda 1 in the linebacking core. When you lose Springs and add a guy who can't cover it's gonna hurt. I think Springs getting back would help...a lot. However, Clark was much better in coverage than Archuleta and they were fine against the run last year, so why replace him?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by jdlea

There are a lot of guys hurt right now, so there were 3 on the line yesterday, 2 in the defensive backfield and kinda 1 in the linebacking core. When you lose Springs and add a guy who can't cover it's gonna hurt. I think Springs getting back would help...a lot. However, Clark was much better in coverage than Archuleta and they were fine against the run last year, so why replace him?

GW obviously sees AA as an upgrade. It's not like Clark was an all-pro or something. He's an average DB in this league. Do you really think having Clark right now would make them an entirely different defense?

Our front seven was shredded yesterday and hasn't held up well all season. You can't pin that on AA.

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

GW obviously sees AA as an upgrade. It's not like Clark was an all-pro or something. He's an average DB in this league. Do you really think having Clark right now would make them an entirely different defense?

Our front seven was shredded yesterday and hasn't held up well all season. You can't pin that on AA.

dude...all I said was they'd be better in coverage with Clark. I didn't say he was some great safety, but he's underrated. He was kinda like Chris Hope (maybe why he replaced him) in the sense that he wasn't all about making huge plays, but he was usually in the right place at the right time. That's all Marshall does and people love him. He was good because he was solid. AA is horribly inconsistent and he wasn't really tackling that well yesterday. I never said AA was the reason they got run on. I actually said in another post that they had 3 different starters from the last season on the line yesterday. And Holdman got replaced last year cause he was bad, so don't try to act like I put it all on Archuleta.

Okay, I kinda see where you got that from...so what I'm saying is that Clark wasn't really a liability against the run. So, there was no need to put a linebacker at SS.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

GW obviously sees AA as an upgrade. It's not like Clark was an all-pro or something. He's an average DB in this league. Do you really think having Clark right now would make them an entirely different defense?

Our front seven was shredded yesterday and hasn't held up well all season. You can't pin that on AA.

Clark was fast and worked well with ST. they vibed really well. AA is an older, slower, weaker ST and doesn't add anything to the mix.