Which USC linebacker would you like the most and why?

[53Fan]

With Haynesworth up front taking on the blockers, Rey-Rey would have a field day. Look for Fletch to have even more tackles than last year.

[Redskin Jim]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

With Haynesworth up front taking on the blockers, Rey-Rey would have a field day. Look for Fletch to have even more tackles than last year.

Good call, Fletcher is a beast, I hope he can stay healthy. He IS the workhorse for our defense, I hope AH turns out to be as productive a free agent as Fletch has been.

[53Fan]

I hope so. If all our FA signings turned out to be as productive as Fletch, we'd be in the Super Bowl every year.

[warriorzpath]

Maualuga would be the USC linebacker that I would pick. His explosiveness, effort, and football IQ would be the main reasons. The only thing I would question in comparison to the other 2 would be his workout habits - does he work in the weight room because I think this plays a part to being a good linebacker.

Cushing looked good to me early on, but I am suspicious that this guy is a serious steriod user. No definitive proof, but there isn't any reports anywhere explaining his unbelievable mass growth (44%) from his college freshman year. I think I'd be fine with him, if there would be some reasonable explanation for this.

Matthews's strength as a prospect is his potential. I wouldn't draft a guy in the first round based on potential without the production to back it up; that wouldn't make any sense IMO.

[SmootSmack]

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[53Fan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

FYI

Sources: NFL doctor tells players they are clean - NFL - Yahoo! Sports

Thanks SS! I hate BS rumors.

[Nflnick11]

I think maualuga is another name we can take off the list of people the skins will get, along with mack..I say this, because:
A) maualuga is projected to be picked until the mid to late first round so we don't need to get someone that high
B) we have a MLB already and one in waiting, Blades,
C) we need OLine first (OT)
D) if we get a LB it will be an OLB
E) maualuga hasn't ever played OLB so that would be risky to put him there right away as a rookie
F) the skins have brought in Other LBs, and from what I remember they haven't brought Him in for a private workout which they have done for Matthews
G) if they go off a prospects combine numbers, his aren't anything spectacular
H) he's been known to leave the fields on third down, so your paying millions for a two down backer

Don't get me wrong, I like him,and I think he's the equivalent of troy polamalu at LB, it's just that we have other needs, specifically OT, he will be a great linebacker, but unless otherwise, I think he'll be somewhere else unless all four OTs are gone and so is Matthews (who is very high on the texans draftboard, so maybe we could threaten them that we'll draft him at 13 and force them to swap picks with them @ 15 and get their 2nd rounder) but I would be looking t someone else and quit the maualuga talks along with the alex mack talks

[53Fan]

There is no way the Texans are going to give us a 1rst and 2nd to move up 2 spots bubba.

[Nflnick11]

.. Or give us a third instead of a second I don't know I'd have to look at the draft value chart

[SmootSmack]

With June and Buster Davis on board now, Texans may not be as high on Matthews anymore

[Nflnick11]

Possibly, but those guys are just short term options I believe, and they still have an LB spot open because there LBs are June, Ryans, ?, if they don't get an LB it'll be a corner but Matthews has an uncle that works for the texans so he could definitley go there

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Nflnick11

Possibly, but those guys are just short term options I believe, and they still have an LB spot open because there LBs are June, Ryans, ?, if they don't get an LB it'll be a corner but Matthews has an uncle that works for the texans so he could definitley go there

They also have Buster Davis, Xavier Adibi, and Kevin Bentley

[Nflnick11]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

They also have Buster Davis, Xavier Adibi, and Kevin Bentley

Their all not good or unproven (adibi)

[RIP21GOSkins]

Even though he is the most unproven player, I would take Matthews because he is the most athletic. No knock on Mauluga but we have nowhwere to put him in defense right now, with Fletcher being there. Cushing looks like to much of a pretty boy and at times looks soft on the field. Matthews has the best cover skillls of the 3 and is a hard worker seeing that he was a walk-on special teams player @ 190 pounds(now a solid 245) and earned a starting spot, plus he has his dad and uncle to teach him to how to play at the NFL level.

If we take a LB @ 13, take Matthews!!!!!

[Nflnick11]

The redskins have scheduled private workouts with Matthews AND maualuga, according to CK blog