McIntosh Vs. Marshall

[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...