McIntosh Vs. Marshall

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by RMSkins

Lemar "Catfish" Marshall will start the season, and Rocky will come in on certain packages, and if Fletcher or Washington get injured Marshall will take their spot leaving Rocky to start at weakside.

i gotta agree with you 100%. marshall should have a huge advantage over rocky when it comes to knowing this defense.

[BeastsoftheNFCeast]

I believe that Marshall will start, I want McIntosh to but he definately did not prove to be a starter last year backing up warrick holdman. There has got to be some issues when you are the backup to holdman. I hope he will be a stud, but my gut tells me otherwise.

[stu_nna]

Originally Posted by BeastsoftheNFCeast

I believe that Marshall will start, I want McIntosh to but he definately did not prove to be a starter last year backing up warrick holdman. There has got to be some issues when you are the backup to holdman. I hope he will be a stud, but my gut tells me otherwise.

Considering the fact that Dale Lindsey has never been satisfied with any linebacker play, i don't think its fair to judge McIntosh off his rookie campain. There was no chance Lindsey would start him over Holdman, regardless of his performance on the practice field.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by stu_nna

Considering the fact that Dale Lindsey has never been satisfied with any linebacker play, i don't think its fair to judge McIntosh off his rookie campain. There was no chance Lindsey would start him over Holdman, regardless of his performance on the practice field.

and that kind of stupid thinking is exactly why he is no longer with the team and as for our linebacker situation i see marshall starting the first 2 or 3 games and then rocky will emerge (he better seeing all what we gave up for that guy)

[sportscurmudgeon]

If you look at "performance on the field" and not a lot of gibberish from draft geeks and Combine Crazies, Marshall has shown that he is better than average as an outside linebacker. He cannotplay middle linebacker in a 4-3 defense without at least one monster in front of him to keep blockers off him - which is what he had to try to do last season - but he has shown that he's more than adequate as an OLB.

So far, Rocky has shown on the field that he can forget when he's supposed to be in the lineup and that he can bite on play-fakes really badly. Oh, he can also run around like a madman and jump on a tackling pile as the fifth man in.

Based on demonstrated performance, Marshall is so superior as an OLB, it isn't even worth discussing. But just like the backup QB in most towns is the most popular guy around, Rocky seems to enjoy the same reputation here.

He MIGHT be really good; it is also possible that you've seen already the best he has to offer. And what you've seen so far ON THE FIELD is that he's way below adequate as a full-time linebacker at the NFL level.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Gmanc711:

I assume that you want Marshall to be the Skins' starting OLB and not the starting quarterback next year.

If Marshall has to play QB for 16 games, the Skins might be fortunate to be 2-14...

Just saying...

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Gmanc711:

I assume that you want Marshall to be the Skins' starting OLB and not the starting quarterback next year.

If Marshall has to play QB for 16 games, the Skins might be fortunate to be 2-14...

Just saying...

[89moss89]

I am in no way saying that he will be another Monte Colmen but wouldn't it be great if Marshall would turn into a Colmen type do everything super sub for the Redskins.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by 89moss89

I am in no way saying that he will be another Monte Colmen but wouldn't it be great if Marshall would turn into a Colmen type do everything super sub for the Redskins.

To have that type of return, we would have to have drafted Rocky in the equivalent of the 11th round of the draft -- where Monte Coleman was taken -- 289th overall. Can you believe that?

[Redskins_P]

With Marshall's experience at WLB and MLB gives us great depth. Lets remember that Marshall had a decent year in 2005 and made some plays that helped us win some games.

I wouldn't write off Marshall yet. He played banged up last year and still did an alright job.

I think we have good depth at the LB position.

[PorterHouse]

What about a linebacker by commitee situation?

[Redskins8588]

Originally Posted by PorterHouse

What about a linebacker by commitee situation?

Or would there be a chance that Williams will want to run some 3-4 packages during the a game???

[chrisl4064]

ummm rocky macintosh is nowhere close to marshall. i see rocky on the bench for a while, maybe every now and then come in to give breathers.

i like rocky but i think we messed up going after him like we did.

marshall is a beast. bottom line.

[That Guy]

marshall is not a beast, but he's serviceable when healthy and he can be good if the DL can protect him from getting washed out on blocks, which didn't happen last year.

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by That Guy

marshall is not a beast, but he's serviceable when healthy and he can be good if the DL can protect him from getting washed out on blocks, which didn't happen last year.

this is a good point. most productive linebackers have a very good front four keeping linemen from getting to them