Laron Landry Grinds My Gears

[saden1]

Oh please, he's a football player. Get off of his nuts.

[EternalEnigma21]

I've been bitching about his attitude and lack of discipline since he got here, and have been jumped all over because I am a big ST fan. They aren't the same. ST played football like a madman. He knocked out when appropriate and he arm tackled when he had to, and he played coverage like a hawk. Landry is too much a loose cannon. Between that and Moss getting into it I'm wondering if the leadership from the coaching staff may be lacking in the behavioral basics dept.

[GridIron26]

Originally Posted by EternalEnigma21

I've been bitching about his attitude and lack of discipline since he got here, and have been jumped all over because I am a big ST fan. They aren't the same. ST played football like a madman. He knocked out when appropriate and he arm tackled when he had to, and he played coverage like a hawk. Landry is too much a loose cannon. Between that and Moss getting into it I'm wondering if the leadership from the coaching staff may be lacking in the behavioral basics dept.

Bingo.. ST would have had him under control.. It looked like Laron idolized Sean, he cried when Sean died.. That says something..

[saden1]

Zorn said in the presser that he was cool with the late hit even though it cost 15 yards. Said LaRon didn't know he was out of bounds and continued to play football. LaRon is a baller.

[Trample the Elderly]

Someone needs to pull that stud out of his lip and shove it up his ass.

[Coff]

Fair or not, I'm just never going to forgive Landry for getting steamrolled by Jacobs. That has to be one of the nastiest hits of the decade, and the clip is going to be shown for the next twenty years (at least) whenever these two teams play. It's hard enough living in Giants country and having to watch the Skins lose nearly every time they play (6 of the last 7), but getting embarrased in the process is just too much.

[dblanch66]

I'll give him a few more games before I throw him under the bus. His play to cause the INT was sick. I wonder if he went up to London after he absolutely plastered Jacobs and said "thanks dude".

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Coff

Fair or not, I'm just never going to forgive Landry for getting steamrolled by Jacobs. That has to be one of the nastiest hits of the decade, and the clip is going to be shown for the next twenty years (at least) whenever these two teams play. It's hard enough living in Giants country and having to watch the Skins lose nearly every time they play (6 of the last 7), but getting embarrased in the process is just too much.

Just rebut it with Fletcher's hit on Jacobs Sunday, along with his stat line.

[skins89moss]

If you watched the Steelers vs Titans game , Troy Polamalu did the same thing when Chris Johnson had a 34 yard run and he hit him late out of bounds. Laron is not Troy P. but he is very agressive. He needs to become a better tackler and leader.

[jdlea]

I was thinking, when he missed on the knockout shot on Boss, that he's looking a lot like the year Sean Taylor had that was a "down year." Sean had a year (I'm thinking the one before he was killed (not the one during which he was killed)) where he took a bunch of bad angles, only went for kill shots and never really tried to get any picks. That reminds a whole lot of Laron right now and I'm a little concerned. I just hope that a coach can get through to him that if he played more under control, he'd be an absolute monster.

I also think he'll always suffer because it's tough to lose a Sean Taylor and then have a perfectly good player replace him. He's not Sean Taylor and he probably never will be. That's difficult to accept. He can be very good, but Sean was well on his way to becoming one of the greatest safeties of all time. The year he was murdered, he was definitely coming into his own and it seemed like he was making every play. We all know what happened after that. Landry steps in and he's perfectly capable, if a bit undisciplined, but he's not Sean and he's going to have a tough time erasing/living up to that. He may never live up to it.

None of this is to suggest that Landry can't play the game, I really like the guy, I just hope that he can start to play a little more under control.

Also, let's keep in mind, that Laron was supposed to be the blitzing, down in the box SS, not the 25 yards away from the line FS, so that takes an adjustment as well. Laron can't really play to his instincts because he's always been down in the box with a FS to cover for him if he misses the big shot, he wasn't the last line of defense, now he is, he'd do well to remember that.

[warriorzpath]

I think Landry will be a great player. He just needs to spend more time on film and study up on coverages. He's a free safety. His job this year and last is more about coverage and interceptions rather than getting the big hit.

As much as Jacobs running over him hurt his image and his pride, hopefully he can put it behind him and just learn that lesson.

[MTK]

You know what grinds my gears? The Redskins waterboys. They've gotta be the worst in the league. I can't count how many times I saw thirsty Redskins and the waterboys just dragging their asses. C'mon hustle, get that water dished out!

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

You know what grinds my gears? The Redskins waterboys. They've gotta be the worst in the league. I can't count how many times I saw thirsty Redskins and the waterboys just dragging their asses. C'mon hustle, get that water dished out!

You notice that too? Some of those punks didn't even have towels ready for players as they came off the field.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by saden1

You notice that too? Some of those punks didn't even have towels ready for players as they came off the field.

See, that right there is totally the fault of Vinny and Lil' Danny with a little help from Zorn. Did you know that we traded three young waterboys that we had been developing to New England for Brady's personal towel washer? Then, Zorn has the guy sitting in the locker organizing towels rather than keeping Jason's hand's dry. You know what happened - Jason's hands weren't "Brady soft & dry", Osi strips the ball, game over.

Epic, epic fail.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

You notice that too? Some of those punks didn't even have towels ready for players as they came off the field.

I saw one miss the guys mouth and squirted water right in the players face. Not sure if was because we were loosing or he was just a bad shot.