One player the Skins cannot afford to lose to injury in '09

[Beemnseven]

I'll be on record as saying that losing either Rogers or Hall would be devastating. I have lost faith in Fred Smoot.

[Skinny Tee]

Clinton Portis.

He is the only thing that gives our offense respect. We barely get off pass plays now with him as a legitmate threat. If he went down we wouldn't be able to move the ball at all and defenses would have an easier time stopping our attack.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

as JoeRedskin might say --"Karma be d*****! Let the discussions begin!

for historical purposes only - JR's karmatic influence

OMG. JoeRedskin, please predict that the entire Redskins team will be badly injured!

In all fairness, I too was enjoying the Iggles temporary demise at that time.

[wilsowilso]

Casey Rabach.

What does the fact that he is an actual NFL starter say about the backup plan at center? It would be very very very ugly.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm not hating on Blades but Fletcher to me would be a pretty big loss. What gets overlooked is how he is almost like a coach out there getting everyone where they need to be and in the right calls.

Losing Portis would suck but I don't think it would spell doom for the season, Betts has proven he can step in and carry the load full time.

I don't worry so much about Blades moving up to a starting role at MLB, I'd worry more so about someone like Robert Henson for example suddenly having to fill Blades' role and play major backup minutes at all linebacker positions.

[Daseal]

Beemn, we're on the same page. My vote is for Rogers with Hall a close 2nd. If we lose one of those guys, our CBs will be hurting.

[Schneed10]

Nobody else thinking Landry? He's the one guy whose absence would dramatically alter the defensive scheme.

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Beemn, we're on the same page. My vote is for Rogers with Hall a close 2nd. If we lose one of those guys, our CBs will be hurting.

That said, we don't know what we have in Barnes, he could end up beating Smoot for the nickel spot and we may not have much to worry about if he had to spot start a few games.

That's purely speculative, but it could happen.

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Nobody else thinking Landry? He's the one guy whose absence would dramatically alter the defensive scheme.

It's because the D is already pretty good. I looked at the offense because last year it was middle of the pack at best, if it were to get worse, they wouldn't be able to win games (look at the end of last season). I don't think there's anyone on the roster who could fill in for Landry,but he's almost gameplanned out of having a huge impact on the game other than taking away the deep ball which is frustrating for me, but that's the gameplan as of right now.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Overall: Samuels

Offense: Samuels
Defense: Fletcher
Special teams: Hunter Smith

Hunter Smith is actually a really good choice. If he gets hurt, we're screwed. I mean I know we didn't have him last year like we didn't have AH. But if Haynesworth gets hurt we still have Griff, Golston, and Montgomery.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Hunter Smith is actually a really good choice. If he gets hurt, we're screwed. I mean I know we didn't have him last year like we didn't have AH. But if Haynesworth gets hurt we still have Griff, Golston, and Montgomery.

And look where our punting game was last year without him...does anyone really want to bring back the likes of Frost, Brooks, etc.?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by jdlea

That said, we don't know what we have in Barnes, he could end up beating Smoot for the nickel spot and we may not have much to worry about if he had to spot start a few games.

That's purely speculative, but it could happen.

I thought really hard about Rogers. It would suck to lose him for a significant time. But, yeah, I think that Barnes will be taking Smoot's spot by Halloween and we have some depth at corner. We would be hurtin' without Carlos, for sure, but IMO we'd be hurting more without Fletcher's leadership.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I've got to agree with the general consensus and go with Samuels is the one player we can't afford to lose, with London Fletcher just barely trailing him.

[vallin21]

Offense- Samuels
Defense- Fletcher
ST- Albright

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I've got to agree with the general consensus and go with Samuels is the one player we can't afford to lose, with London Fletcher just barely trailing him.

Dude I just told everyone in the parking lot (NCAA10 thread) you'd be back in the fall. So please...go away for a few more weeks