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OMG switching to inside linebacker
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:52 pm
by 1niksder
Lorenzo Alexander switching to inside linebacker
With London Fletcher freshly inked to a new contract and fellow inside linebacker Perry Riley set as the other starter, the Washington Redskins plan to groom Lorenzo Alexander as the primary backup at both positions.
The Redskins last season used Keyaron Fox and Rocky McIntosh (after Riley took McIntosh’s starting job halfway through the year) as backups at the two inside spots. But both had inconsistent 2011 campaigns and are free agents.
Enter Alexander -- the team’s special teams captain and jack-of-all-trades player (he has played seven different positions during his five-year career).
Alexander, who in 2010 started 12 games at outside linebacker, experimented with the inside linebacker position last offseason during player-led workouts and off and on during training camp. He did that to help make himself more versatile after the addition of 2010 first-round pick Ryan Kerrigan, who last season never missed a snap at the outside linebacker position opposite Brian Orakpo.
Now, it appears Alexander showed coaches enough in those practices for them to move him to the inside.
Special Teams, OL, DL, OLB and now ILB = One Man Gang
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:31 pm
by riggofan
That dude is amazing.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:35 pm
by HarleyHog
Emergency place kicker too, as I recall.
Clone this guy!
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:58 pm
by cowboykillerzRGiii
Glad 'Lo does what it takes to stay on the team.. seems like a great vet to teach and groom our youth movement
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:12 pm
by KazooSkinsFan
riggofan wrote:That dude is amazing.
He is, but ultimately he has to become a force at one position and not a fill in for a bunch of them or he'll end up with no position.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:25 pm
by Deadskins
HarleyHog wrote:Clone this guy!
Wrong
thread.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:27 pm
by 44diesel
May have to add him to the list of players considered in the
thread about the "clone" teams.
hahaha!
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:29 pm
by 1niksder
KazooSkinsFan wrote:riggofan wrote:That dude is amazing.
He is, but ultimately he has to become a force at one position and not a fill in for a bunch of them or he'll end up with no position.
He's a force on teams, combined with his ability and willingness to multiple positions, he's been around for six years, that's longer than a lot of players that enter the League.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:31 pm
by 44diesel
It's smart. Make yourself a valuable commodity and you increase your chances of being kept around year after year.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:34 pm
by 1niksder
44diesel wrote:It's smart. Make yourself a valuable commodity and you increase your chances of being kept around year after year.
+1
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:42 pm
by Countertrey
I predicted 2 years ago that this would eventually happen. This guy is the Swiss Army Knife of Redskins.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:27 pm
by langleyparkjoe
obamamustgo is switching??????
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:13 pm
by fetus
why have we been in such QB trouble these past few years when we obivously have a player on the team who can play every position... Lorenzo to QB if for some ungodly reason Griffin doesn't work out........
hahaha jk of course
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:05 pm
by Hooligan
^ Can he kick?
Imagine if he actually could kick? OMG on kickoff coverage as the kicker? Talk about hitting the I WIN button on special teams.
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:20 pm
by Deadskins
Not only can he kick, but he's his own holder.
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:45 am
by emoses14
. . . and long snapper.
Re: OMG switching to inside linebacker
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:10 am
by yupchagee
1niksder wrote:Lorenzo Alexander switching to inside linebacker
With London Fletcher freshly inked to a new contract and fellow inside linebacker Perry Riley set as the other starter, the Washington Redskins plan to groom Lorenzo Alexander as the primary backup at both positions.
The Redskins last season used Keyaron Fox and Rocky McIntosh (after Riley took McIntosh’s starting job halfway through the year) as backups at the two inside spots. But both had inconsistent 2011 campaigns and are free agents.
Enter Alexander -- the team’s special teams captain and jack-of-all-trades player (he has played seven different positions during his five-year career).
Alexander, who in 2010 started 12 games at outside linebacker, experimented with the inside linebacker position last offseason during player-led workouts and off and on during training camp. He did that to help make himself more versatile after the addition of 2010 first-round pick Ryan Kerrigan, who last season never missed a snap at the outside linebacker position opposite Brian Orakpo.
Now, it appears Alexander showed coaches enough in those practices for them to move him to the inside.
Special Teams, OL, DL, OLB and now ILB = One Man Gang
I think he also lined up at TE.
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 1:13 am
by yupchagee
fetus wrote:why have we been in such QB trouble these past few years when we obivously have a player on the team who can play every position... Lorenzo to QB if for some ungodly reason Griffin doesn't work out........
hahaha jk of course
No, Banks at QB. He had the highest passer rating on the team last yr.
Re: OMG switching to inside linebacker
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:55 am
by 1niksder
yupchagee wrote:1niksder wrote:Lorenzo Alexander switching to inside linebacker
With London Fletcher freshly inked to a new contract and fellow inside linebacker Perry Riley set as the other starter, the Washington Redskins plan to groom Lorenzo Alexander as the primary backup at both positions.
The Redskins last season used Keyaron Fox and Rocky McIntosh (after Riley took McIntosh’s starting job halfway through the year) as backups at the two inside spots. But both had inconsistent 2011 campaigns and are free agents.
Enter Alexander -- the team’s special teams captain and jack-of-all-trades player (he has played seven different positions during his five-year career).
Alexander, who in 2010 started 12 games at outside linebacker, experimented with the inside linebacker position last offseason during player-led workouts and off and on during training camp. He did that to help make himself more versatile after the addition of 2010 first-round pick Ryan Kerrigan, who last season never missed a snap at the outside linebacker position opposite Brian Orakpo.
Now, it appears Alexander showed coaches enough in those practices for them to move him to the inside.
Special Teams, OL, DL, OLB and now ILB = One Man Gang
I think he also lined up at TE.
I'm pretty sure you're right
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:45 am
by FanofallthatisGibbs
Chuck Norris has nothing on this guy.