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From the GoSkins! archive:
The Skins defense will be much improved this year thanks the offseason recoverys of several key players. Arrington, Bowen, and Danials come back healthy and should make an immediate impact. While Antonio Pierce filled in admirally for the injured Barrow at MLB, the Skins were able to land thier first choice from last year - Warwick Holdman and, with some good draft day selections, picked up some solid depth for years to come in the middle.
Walt Harris appears completely recovered from the injuries that slowed him last year and his physical play fits in well with Greg Williams agressive defensive style. Still, don't count out Carlos Rogers the Skins top pick CB out of Auburn. Rogers toughness has already been praised by Williams in camp and his playmaking abilities should help the Skins D do the one thing they stuggled with last year: score on defense.
Couple these with Sean Taylor entering his second season and the overachieving d-line returning to take tops in run defense again and you will see a group poised to make a ligitamate run at the number 1 defense again.
The offense addressed it's problems from last year by adding the top two available long ball threat wideouts available in free agency. Moss, Patten, and the emerging Jacobs should be able to stretch defenses for the yardage "chunks" Gibbs so often missed last year. This, in turn, will Portis who will be facing fewer men in the box (and don't forget the addition of Rabach and the return of Jansen).
Ramsey looked comfortable in Gibbs system by the end of the season and figures to have a break out season.
Prediction: Finally an upset of the Eagles from inside the division and challenging the birds for first place in the NFC East.
07-26-2005, 09:02 PM
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