Redskins trade for Free Safety Dashon Goldson

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

As usual, excellent write up by Keim:

Washington Redskins scouting report: Dashon Goldson - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN

The crux of it is that he is a solid tackler and plays well when he keeps the plays in front of him. He is not good in coverage and asking him to man up on WR's or pass receiving TE's does not play to his strength. His skills are very scheme related. From the article:

I really hope someone out of this group of safeties that we have (or someone we draft) comes out to be a solid pure free safety. It seems that we have a lot of guys that are good at tackling and help against the run game. But we need a pure free safety that can cover the top of the field and provide help to the CBs.

I don't like this attitude that our team has about having guys that can play either position. It seems that every year we cannot get a safety, I hear this line from the coaches. I know it is good to have versatile players that can play either position, but this whole approach of having safeties that can play either position continues to not work.

Maybe an improved pass rush can help the secondary, but I hope McC can find longtime FS in the draft.