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Redskins missing person report

Dawn Holton — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:11:26 +0000

Have You Seen Me?

The Redskins rushing attack has been virtually absent the past couple of months and there’s been a lot of shuffling of personnel because of it. Even to the point of signing a back from Dallas (did I just say that?). Even going into the fourth quarter of games with a lead, the Skins run game drops off from the first half, as if clock management won’t win you a game or two. And in games where the pass attack doesn’t exist, we have RBs struggling to find holes. Our most effective all around back went down a few games back against Philly with an ACL injury that ended his season. It was very unfortunate because he not only did a great job running the ball but also on pass protection. So then the rushing jobs have been shuffled back and forth between Roy Helu and Ryan Torain. I’m glad Torain is staying healthy as long as he has this year (knocking on wood). I’m also glad that Helu is having the early success he is having. He’s getting better at pass blocking and has great vision on the field.

A couple of weeks ago, Redskins signed RB Tashard Choice and then didn’t activate him. Which means, they only had two guys prepared to run the ball the last few Sundays: Torain and Helu. Nothing wrong with going with two backs… if you’re anyone else’s team. But this is a Mike Shanahan program. A team run by a man who believes the era of a one-back league is over. The same man who had at least 3 backs activated most of last year in every single game.

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Redskins who could be ready to break out in 2011

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:54:03 +0000

Every year each and every NFL team has players that rise from relative obscurity to become significant contributers. Whether it is from the bench, the practice squad, or because of a second chance, the Redskins will have players who may have had insignificant roles in 2010, make an impact in 2011. Last year players like Anthony Armstrong at WR, Lorenzo Alexander at OLB, and Ryan Torain at RB come to mind. This year their will inevitably be a new crop of players who make strides to become important pieces of this team and these are a few of the candidates.

Jeremy Jarmon

Jeremy Jarmon has the potential to be a significant improvement to the D-line

Jarmon was basically our third round pick in last year’s draft after we forfeited it to get him in the third round of the supplemental draft in 2009. It blows my mind that Vinny Cerrato and Jim Zorn could be so boneheaded to spend a third round pick in the supplemental draft but hey, it’s not the only time they blew my mind with stupidity. The fact of the matter is that they picked Jarmon for a reason, and while they probably gave up too much for him, he can play. Through his first two years he has experienced a season ending knee injury, a coaching staff telling him to lose weight to be a line backer, and then gain it all back to become a 3-4 end. At 6-3, 295, he has the size to play end in Haslett’s 3-4 scheme and if healthy, provides an injection of youth and an improvement to a D-line of which no member contributed more than 2.5 sacks last year. If we don’t draft a DE with our first pick in the draft, Jarmon should be starting and should have a chance to break out in 2011.

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The Redskins NFL Draft splurge: If you could, you would….

Ryan John Estorninos — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:40:03 +0000

The Redskins are not in any position this year to take a skill position player to help bolster any type of defensive or offensive fireworks. I’ve recently changed my tune to the defensive line and away from the quarterback, but that doesn’t mean the Redskins wouldn’t get either. But if they could, who would you [...]

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