Hogs Haven Attending Minicamp on Sunday
by Kevin Ewoldt on May 2, 2009 9:52 AM EDT
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PrintSugar and myself will be attending minicamp on Sunday, so if there's any story lines you'd like us to ask/follow, please comment below. So far our priority will be on how Orakpo will be used, how the Oline is coming along, Malcolm and Devin's progress, and Colt (since so many people own $76 Colt jerseys)...we'll be twittering from camp too.
Rich Tandler gave a great recap of minicamp on Friday...
The best-looking receiver out there was Devin Thomas. He certainly seems to be in excellent shape and he's running sharp routes. It appears that, unlike last year, he "gets it"
As most of you know, I'm not much of a Colt Brennan guy but I have to say that I was impressed during seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 drills. He fired a few intermediate passes over the middle with great accuracy and authority and showed good touch on deep passes.
Other mincamp reviews: Washington Examiner, JLC's (scary) review of the Offensive line, how Blache will use Haynesworth.
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Tryon
I would love to hear how he is progressing. Is there a chance he ever breaks into the starting lineup, or is he a nickel/dime guy at best??
by matthiasstephan on May 2, 2009 10:30 AM EDT reply actions
Offensive Line
A concern yes but only because it’s unsettled with potential but nothing proven.
Scary, alarmist, pessimistic reportings provide nothing more than the same attitude which weatherman bring when a winter storm is approaching. Recommend the Redskins close camp, shutdown the team and allow all the fans to pick another NFL team because the Redskins have unproven players WHO are mostly undrafted free agents!
NFC east talk has been fixated on Philly signing of Jason Peters
-Rookie Free Agent in 2004, as a TE
-Moved to Tackle in 2005 and started 10 games as a tackle for the first time
-By 2007 and 2008 selected as an All-Pro Tackle
The list of Guards which Zorn was able to list for JC was nothing more than a opportuntiy for another “slam”, without experince one of them have a better opportuntiy to become a pro bowl player than Jason Peters when he changed positions…Maybe the Buffalo coaches saw something, I would guess one of the Best Offensive line coaches can find that unique NFL line man too.
Which team is set at Line? Who has the best line? Let’s take a quick look at 2008 NFL Pro team as selected by the AP:
Tackle Jordon Gross: 1st Round pick(2003)
Tackle Michael Roos: 2nd Round selection, didn’t start for 2 years before becoming LT
Center Kevin Mawae, Another 2nd round selection, of course he’s too old at 38 to be any good…not!
Guard Steve Hutchinson-1st Round pick (2001)
Guard Chris Snee-Another 2nd rounder
Samuels: 2000 1st Round
Dockery: 2003 3rd Rounder
Rabach: 2001 3rd Rounder
Thomas 1999 2nd rounder
Jansen/Heyer/Williams:2nd/Undrafted/1st
The guys learning show promise too!
One good thing,
everybody on our O-Line will be more improved practicing against Haynesworth.
"He got a big push up the middle and almost ran me over," quarterback Jason Campbell said. "I didn’t say anything. I had to look up for a second and, ‘Oh, that’s the jolly green giant.’ I’ll leave him alone for the first day."
Haynesworth, Orakpo, Carter, Griffin = UNSTOPPABLE.
JC is ALL CLASS!
It’s hard not to root for that guy.
How many 260+ lbs. OLBs in a 4-3 defense are there in th NFL? There aren’t many MLBs (4-3) that big. Orakpo may grow to 275-280 lbs. I think he will be better suited for a 4-3 DE but trying him at OLB will hopefully make us versatile.
On that note:
With the flexibility that players like Haynesworth, Orakpo, and Wilson afford, could we see some 3-4 formations this year?
With the “No Wedge Rule” change, will they continue to use Rock as a KR?
Haynesworth, Orakpo, Carter, Griffin = UNSTOPPABLE.
No 3-4
I just don’t see us playing the 3-4 Haynesworth is a DT not a nose he is a much better player at his dt postion imo.
Long Live Jason!
by RedskinCali63 on May 2, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
AND...
John Madden wants to know: Has Snyderrato had any conversations with Brett Favre lately?
Haynesworth, Orakpo, Carter, Griffin = UNSTOPPABLE.
From Washington Examiner:
Haynesworth had his own first impression.
"Here I’m not the only big guy on the team," he said. "We’ve got Phillip Daniels; that guy is huge. And [Cornelius] Griffin and [Anthony Montgomery]. We’ve got a lot of big guys and we all can move. You’ll see a lot of different stuff from us. You’ll see us in the backfield more, freeing up the linebackers and making a lot of plays.
"We have big ends and fast ends. We’ve got everything. In Tennessee we had fast ends who turned the corner. Here we have big ends, fast ends, quick tackles, big tackles. We can do it all and adjust to what the team we’re playing with and be effective."
Haynesworth, Orakpo, Carter, Griffin = UNSTOPPABLE.
Cowboy practice bubble collapses...
Jerry Jones just told Bob Costas that there was one minor injury to a UFA player.
Haynesworth, Orakpo, Carter, Griffin = UNSTOPPABLE.
I hope I am right not to be too concerned about this.
Sounds like extra precaution here, with them not wanting to make it worse.
Thomas doesn’t need to fight for a place on the team, so, I for one want to see him healthy and raring to go on for Game One.
by matthiasstephan on May 3, 2009 8:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Agree
Looking around at the other Mini Camps almost every team’s WR are somehow “dinged” up.
I’m thinking his performance on Friday showed the Coaches how hard he has worked during the off-season and any little bruise/tweak it was better to side-line him than to have him get injured this early..
Zorn
had some good things to say about our WRs (and Fred Davis) in this interview.*
Roughly 10 minutes long.*
Haynesworth, Orakpo, Carter, Griffin = UNSTOPPABLE.
about the colt jersy sales
… how many people would be buying the colt jersey if his name was “john”?… colt is a cool name- i watched him play at HI, he was pretty good- but I doubt that’s the reason they sale so many of his jersies.
JJ Fe
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