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Marshall to be realeased in favor of Godfrey
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:39 am
by everydayAskinsday
'SKINS SHUFFLE LINEBACKERS
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the Washington Redskins have signed linebacker Randall Godfrey. To create room for Godfrey, the Redskins released linebacker Lemar Marshall.
Godfrey, an 11-year veteran, has spent the last three seasons with the Chargers. Before that, he played for the Titans, Seahawks, and Cowboys.
Marshall entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2001, and has spent his entire career with the Redskins. He has been a starter for most of the past three seasons, and he was due to earn $1 million in 2007, the final year of his contract.
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i cant even begin to understand this move.. just when you think the team has a grasp on things.. AND our D has been looking good why tinker now..
and lastly I would release a unproven rookie like Sartz before I ship out Lemar who will now probaly sign with the Eagle,Giants, or Cowboys to spite us
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:41 am
by Chris Luva Luva
No....
This is a joke right?
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:42 am
by Irn-Bru
Rule number 1: consider your source.
Rule number 2: consider your source.
Rule number 3: consider your source.
Rule number 4: consider your source.
Rule number 5: consider your source.
Rule number 6: consider your source.
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Rule number 8: consider your source.
Rule number 9: consider your source.
Rule number 10: consider your source.
It's possible, but I won't give any credence to it until someone else picks it up.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:43 am
by Mursilis
Chris Luva Luva wrote:No....
This is a joke right?
Quite shocking if it's not. I always thought Marshall was a decent back-up LB who was versatile enough to play all three LB positions. Seems wrong to cut him for an older vet.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:43 am
by Fios
Irn-Bru wrote:Rule number 1: consider your source.
Rule number 2: consider your source.
Rule number 3: consider your source.
Rule number 4: consider your source.
Rule number 5: consider your source.
Rule number 6: consider your source.
Rule number 7: consider your source.
Rule number 8: consider your source.
Rule number 9: consider your source.
Rule number 10: consider your source.
I thought 1 and 2 were "Don't talk about fight club."
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:44 am
by Irn-Bru
Fios wrote:I thought 1 and 2 were "Don't talk about fight club."
Shhhhhh. . . .
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:48 am
by everydayAskinsday
Vinny strikes again
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:50 am
by Mursilis
everydayAskinsday wrote:Vinny strikes again
I'm not believing Vinny has the power to cut a player without the approval of JG and the rest of the staff.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:50 am
by blchizzleke
why are you guys so suprised....im suprised it didnt happen sooner....marshall was the biggest tackling liability for us last year...and it has carried over re-watch the second half of the steelers game if you doubt me....i applaud the front office
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:52 am
by Mursilis
Fios wrote:Irn-Bru wrote:Rule number 1: consider your source.
Rule number 2: consider your source.
Rule number 3: consider your source.
Rule number 4: consider your source.
Rule number 5: consider your source.
Rule number 6: consider your source.
Rule number 7: consider your source.
Rule number 8: consider your source.
Rule number 9: consider your source.
Rule number 10: consider your source.
I thought 1 and 2 were "Don't talk about fight club."
I always thought Rule 1 was "Thou shall have no other team but the one true team, the Redskins" and Rule 2 had something to do with "thy neighbor's wife" or something.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:52 am
by blchizzleke
and godfrey did nicely last season filling in for the many lb gaps left buy the roided up merriman being suspended and other lb injuries....more than can be said of marshall
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:56 am
by Irn-Bru
Mursilis wrote:I always thought Rule 1 was "Thou shall have no other team but the one true team, the Redskins" and Rule 2 had something to do with "thy neighbor's wife" or something.
Yeah, I think it was something like "Thou shalt convert thy neighbor, thy wife, thy neighbor's wife, and all of thy neighbor's household: the children, and plow-beasts, and every dog, cat, or crawling thing under his name", or something. Needless to say I didn't pay attention to well in prep school.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:57 am
by Chris Luva Luva
For some reason I feel lied to, almost betrayed...
*somebody hold me
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:09 am
by everydayAskinsday
blchizzleke wrote:and godfrey did nicely last season filling in for the many lb gaps left buy the roided up merriman being suspended and other lb injuries....more than can be said of marshall
I see what your saying and Im not saying Marshall was a world beater but he was solid depth none the less.. but I guess his play has fallen off that much.. I did notice K. Campbell going in for Washington instead of Lemar but I still find this move shocking at this point in the preseason..
also I was always under the impression Godfrey played MLB.. did he fill in for Merriman on the outside last year?
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:10 am
by Skinna Mob
WOWSERS...is all I can say.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:15 am
by REDEEMEDSKIN
Has this rumor been confirmed yet?
Oh, and, Chris, this ought to help:
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:20 am
by everydayAskinsday
CONFIRMED...
if you go to
www.redskins.com .. on the redskins tv portion you will see breaking news with a pick of Lemar.. click on it to watch and you get Larry saying the team has signed Godfrey and released Lemar
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:20 am
by BernieSki
I just heard it on WTOP NEWS 103.5 It appears to be true.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:24 am
by SkinsFreak
I have no idea if this is true, but here are some things to consider:
Lemar Marshall seems like the logical candidate to replace Washington, but Gibbs said the team's defensive coaches were still deliberating about whether to use Marshall, Khary Campbell, H.B. Blades or Dallas Sartz.
Linebacker Khary Campbell suffered a season-ending knee injury in the ninth game of 2004, his first in Washington. Every spring since, the Redskins have drafted two linebackers to threaten his job. In 2005, it was Robert McCune and Jared Newberry. In 2006, it was Rocky McIntosh and Kevin Simon. This year it was Dallas Sartz and H.B. Blades.
And yet, Campbell not only survives, he thrives. In 2005, Campbell led the special teams with 34 tackles. Last season, Campbell did it again with 37 despite missing the finale with a tender hamstring. While McIntosh is starting, McCune, Newberry and Simon are long gone. So Campbell didn't worry when outside backer Sartz was chosen in the fifth round in April and middle man Blades in the sixth.
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"It happens every year," said Campbell, 28. "It's part of the job. Coach [Joe] Gibbs called and said they wanted to get depth at the position and it was nothing against me."
The only effect the arrivals of Sartz and Blades have had on Campbell is to give him more snaps at the two outside spots. Campbell worked mostly in the middle last year as he was the only true alternative to starter Lemar Marshall. With the signing of London Fletcher, Marshall is now the leading reserve, but Campbell is next in the pecking order ahead of the rookies, one of whom figures to be cut.
"We tried to give Khary more snaps outside because he had so many in the middle last year," said assistant head coach/defense Gregg Williams. "The more you can do, the better you are. Khary's a smart football player. We're just getting ready for the inevitable [injuries]. Whomever we have to throw in there, we don't want to feel like he's not ready to go. We want to throw in the next-best athlete as opposed to the next guy on the depth chart."
Campbell, who made the first start of his five-year career in place of the injured Marshall last Oct. 22 at Indianapolis, wishes he saw more time on defense but has come to accept reality.
http://washingtontimes.com/article/2007 ... 005/SPORTS
I'd also add that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, spoke of how Fletcher was a MAJOR upgrade at MLB. Marshall is a back-up and if Williams thinks he is not up to par, then I'm with Williams. K. Campbell may be impressing the coaches.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:31 am
by VetSkinsFan
I'm flabbergasted.....He can be a fill in LB or fill in LB in pretty much any position(not starter mind you), but quality experienced depth. He must have pissed someone off big time.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:33 am
by Irn-Bru
Well, it appears as though this is true. I have to wonder what exactly is going on with this. . .
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:36 am
by Redskin in Canada
everydayAskinsday wrote:CONFIRMED...
if you go to
www.redskins.com .. on the redskins tv portion you will see breaking news with a pick of Lemar.. click on it to watch and you get Larry saying the team has signed Godfrey and released Lemar
It is actually true. Totally unexpected because Lemar knew the system and his true position was WLB and not MLB.
I can only speculate if he wanted out to start elsewhere but otherwise, it just makes very little sense to me. He was a decent backup for one of several LB positions. He suffered last season but all defense, including the DL did anyway.
I am sad to lose him.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:38 am
by everydayAskinsday
now lets just hope he doesnt sign somewhere in the NFC EAST
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:48 am
by CooleyAsIce
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 21, 2007
REDSKINS SIGN LB RANDALL GODFREY AND WR JEREL MYERS
Ashburn, VA - The Washington Redskins announce today that they have signed free agent veteran linebacker Randall Godfrey and free agent wide receiver Jerel Myers.
Terms of the deals are not disclosed.
Godfrey, 6-2, 245, is an 11-year veteran having spent the past three seasons in San Diego. Last year he played and started in 13 games for the Chargers and recorded 58 total tackles, four sacks and two forced fumbles. He also started their playoff game against New England (Jan. 14, 2007).
Godfrey was a second-round draft selection (49th overall) by Dallas in 1996 and spent the first four years of his career with the Cowboys. He spent three years in Tennessee (2000-2003) before making a stop in Seattle for the 2003 season and then joined the Chargers in 2004. For his career, he has played in 159 games with 145 starts and recorded 834 total tackles, including 634 solo stops, 17 sacks, 17 forced fumbles, and six interceptions. Godfrey played his college football at the University of Georgia with current Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels.
Godfrey will wear #57.
Myers, 5-11, 180 joins the Redskins from the Arena Football League where he spent the past two seasons with the Kansas City Brigade. Myers was a four-year starter in college for LSU and left the Tigers as the fourth ranked receiver in school history with 149 career receptions and his 1,843 career receiving yards ranked eighth in school history. He graduated LSU in December 2002 and spent portions of the 2003 and 2004 seasons with the Buffalo Bills. Myers played for the B.C. Lions of the CFL in 2005 before making the move to the AFL in 2006.
Myers will wear #13.
In addition, the Redskins announce that they have released LB Lemar Marshall.
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:02 pm
by Redskin in Canada
CooleyAsIce wrote:... He spent three years in Tennessee (2000-2003) before making a stop in Seattle for the 2003 season ...
I have an idea who brought him in.
