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SouthLondonRedskin wrote:In summary, IF we stay injury free across the line then we may well get away with it....
IN SHANNY WE TRUST!
Deadskins wrote:SkinsJock wrote:we are not exactly ready to be a contender here
Sure we are. With RGIII at the helm, we would have been a contender last year.
we might have been a contender with any decent QB .. so what - the teams we're playing this season are different too
SkinsJock wrote:This QB will not be allowed to make risky plays or risk injury
Not be allowed? Just exactly how do you propose they inforce that? Are they going to bench him?
Redskins put in a claim on a center Cody Wallace, per a report on Pro Football Talk. Wallace is a journeyman lineman who has spent time with the 49ers, who drafted him in the fourth round in 2008, Lions and Jets. However, the Bucs also claimed Wallace and they had priority so the 28-year-old is headed to Tampa Bay.
Waiver priority is based on 2011 records.
The Redskins also were beaten out on a claim for former Texans guard Shelley Smith. Adam Schefter reported via Twitter that Washington, Seattle, Tennessee and St. Louis put in waiver claims on Smith, a 2010 sixth-round pick of Houston’s. The Rams have waiver priority over every team except the Colts so they were awarded Smith ...
Note that these are not necessarily the only offensive linemen claimed by the Redskins, these are just the only two that were reported.
SouthLondonRedskin wrote:In summary, IF we stay injury free across the line then we may well get away with it....
IN SHANNY WE TRUST!
Tandler wrote:None inspires great confidence but you can always hide one weak spot. If one starter is out of a game, the Redskins should be OK. Multiple injuries along the line, however, could have us seeing more 10-sack performances.
El-Bashir wrote:If Coach Mike Shanahan wasn’t worried, he wouldn’t have attempted to claim two linemen on waivers Sunday. When healthy, the starting unit is adequate. But right now, it’s not healthy. Left guard Kory Lichtensteiger says he’ll be ready for the Saints after a second surgical procedure on his right knee in 10 months. But how ready? It’s seems doubtful right tackle Jammal Brown will suit up at all this season due to a bum hip. Brown’s backup, Tyler Polumbus, had a strong preseason, but how will he fare when the games count? Questions abound
SkinsJock wrote:Deadskins wrote:SkinsJock wrote:we are not exactly ready to be a contender here
Sure we are. With RGIII at the helm, we would have been a contender last year.
we might have been a contender with any decent QB .. so what - the teams we're playing this season are different tooSkinsJock wrote:This QB will not be allowed to make risky plays or risk injury
Not be allowed? Just exactly how do you propose they inforce that? Are they going to bench him?
^^ where do you come up with these suggestions
"inforce" - not sure what that is
however ... most of us understand what we're about to see
let me help
the offensive play calling and the offensive game plan will be to take advantage of this future great QBs talent
AND
to not take un-necessary risks ... especially taking into account this O line
we now have the QB that will lead this franchise for years (NOT just this season) - Mike will NOT let Kyle's play calling put that at risk
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Behind Trent Williams at #Redskins LT is Maurice Hurt, who played primarily at LG last season. Jordan Black backs up Tyler Polumbus at RT
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Kory Lichtensteiger was asked for his level of confidence that he'll play this Sunday in New Orleans: "100 percent," he said.
Lichtensteiger said he initially considered the possibility of playing through the injury this season, but was told by doctors he would be unlikely to make it through the entire season without having arthroscopic surgery.
“It felt great at the beginning of camp, the first two days,” Lichtensteiger said. “It feels okay now. It feels like I can play on it. I feel like I’m going to play at the same level as I would have played before, and that’s all you can really ask for. Two knee surgeries in a year, it’s not going to feel great. But it feels as good as it can.”
The Hogster wrote:I'm leary about Kory based on his comments about pain. He said it feels "OK" which in the macho world of football means, my knee is "HURTING" but I can deal with it.
Hopefully he can play at a high level through pain, rather than just play through pain.
Lichtensteiger said:“It felt great at the beginning of camp, the first two days,” Lichtensteiger said. “It feels okay now. It feels like I can play on it. I feel like I’m going to play at the same level as I would have played before, and that’s all you can really ask for. Two knee surgeries in a year, it’s not going to feel great. But it feels as good as it can.”
1niksder wrote:i'm hearing the Rat Birds just cut Bryant McKinnie because of his $3M+ base salary
Who cuts their starting right tackle less than a week before the season opener
1niksder wrote:i'm hearing the Rat Birds just cut Bryant McKinnie because of his $3M+ base salary
Who cuts their starting right tackle less than a week before the season opener
Redskins aren’t the only team with O-line issues
In today’s Sunday Blitz on the National Football Post, Dan Pompei discusses the state of offensive line play in the today’s NFL.
As I went through my tour of training camps, it struck me how one theme was constant wherever I went: offensive line play is a concern. Every team had some sort of issue up front on offense. I don’t believe there is a coaching staff in the league that is completely comfortable with its offensive line.
There is no question line play has deteriorated in recent years. Neither individual linemen nor offensive line units are what they used to be.
Pompei quotes Mike Shanahan one position that has been a sore spot for the Redskins for a number of years.
“Everybody says we don’t have a good right tackle,” said Shanahan. “I say show me who does?”
One interesting reason for offensive line issues cited in the article is the lack of continuity. Only two NFL teams are expected to start the same five players in the same five offensive line positions this year as they did last year.
Other factors cited were the use of the spread offense by so many college programs, leading to linemen coming into the league who have never had to hold a block for more than a second or two, and the shortened offseason program, which leads to poor technique.
The Hogster wrote:He's 6'8 360lbs, 32 years old, and good.
We prefer Short, light, young, bad linemen.
Seriously though, he would be a Right Tackle here and would be lining up next to Chris Chester, a former Raven. Our O Line coach, coached the Ravens as well.
I doubt we pull the trigger though.
cowboykillerzRED wrote:No way our oline is worse then the pukes.... NO WAY.
Oh and Eli is doin well vs their shiny new corners... Same crappy safeties! Lmao glad they passed on Baron!
1niksder wrote:Shanny says J Brown should be back after the by week
Countertrey wrote:1niksder wrote:Shanny says J Brown should be back after the by week
That's interesting, and all.... but has he been "back" since he joined the team? I get that we don't have anything else, but I'm not hopeful that he will ever contribute anything close to his good years in the Crescent City...
