Redskins Linebacker H.B. Blades Not Happy with Current Situation
by Kevin Ewoldt on Aug 8, 2011 12:59 PM EDT
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PrintUpdate: Apparently the tweet below does not mean Blades has been cut, only that he is unhappy and that the "writing is on the wall" as Grant Paulsen reported.
Blades is not happy about the news either:
Right is right wrong is wrong. Don't ask people to be loyal when ur not. It's been real dc appreciate ya
The Redskins gave Rocky McIntosh a $1.5 mil bonus, so consider his roster spot is safe. The current list of Redskins LBs are: Lorenzo Alexander, London Fletcher, Kerrigan, Orakpo, Rob Jackson, Obi Ezeh, Edgar Jones, Eric McBride, Keyaron Fox, Perry Riley, and Markus White.
Last year the Redskins carried 8 Linebackers on their roster. It appears the signing of Keyaron Fox, a backup ILB and special teams captain for the Steelers may make Blades' expendable. By my count the Redskins have 12 LBs on the squad now.
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I can't blame players for that if they were promised a shot and now won't get it
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Promised to get a shot?
They have 4 YEARS of game tape on HB. He’s a special teamer and the 4th ILB on the depth chart. Players like that should never buy a house and play their ass off and not take their whinning public.
@Callahan_9 on the twitter machine.
How is he not getting a shot?
It’s the Redskins job to put the best possible players on the roster. If Blades proves in training camp and the preseason that he’s better than guys like Riley, Fox, McIntosh, and Alexander, then he’ll get a spot on the roster. In reality, all he has to do is prove that he’s better than TWO of those guys (assuming 4 ILBs make the 53 man roster). If he can’t beat those guys in an open competition, why should he feel like the Redskins owe him anything?
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by Mr PotatoHead on Aug 9, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
What will Rocky do with all of that $$$ ?
The Redskins gave Rocky McIntosh a $1.5 bonus, so consider his roster spot is safe.
one and a half dollars- don’t spend it all in one place…
Bruce Allen drives a hard bargain.
fixed. ha.
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." -Groucho Marx
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If your not one of the best Linebackers in camp then "Bye Bye"
It’s as simple as that. He’s had a couple of years to prove himself and apparently he has not done that.
This isn’t the NBA where you can sign a big contract and then COAST until your contract year.
You gotta earn it in the NFL.
All this does is make the Skins want to get rid of him more (just like big mouth Carlos Rogers who found out that no other team was willing to pay him what he THINKS he is worth).
alot less than he was looking for
A one year contract
by jmpalomo on Aug 8, 2011 6:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Not sure about that edit.
Seems pretty clear that Blades is unhappy about whatever “news” he received.
My guess is he’s primarily on the 3rd team.
"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." -Groucho Marx
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Advice to professional atheletes:
If you’re not happy about your situation with the team, DON’T tweet it for the whole world to know. Chances are that it will make your situation WORSE. Coaches are MORE likely to cut you if they know you’re not happy.
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I doubt this is true
Coaches keep around the players that they feel are most likely to help them win football games, bottom line.
I agree
The time that a coach worries about what someone tweets about or makes a decision based on a tweet is the exact time that that coach needs to be fired 10x!
by KonartistNupe on Aug 8, 2011 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
So you don't think that a player's attitude should factor into the coach's decision?
An unhappy player is more likely to be a distraction and a negative locker room presence. Don’t you think that the negativity that Carlos Rogers expressed to the media has something to do with why the Redskins didn’t make any effort to re-sign him?
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by Mr PotatoHead on Aug 9, 2011 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I think having a bad attitude
can affect a player’s performance and how well they receive coaching. I think this is a bigger issue than a player simply being a bother. If you’re the best at your spot—then you’re going to get to play.
Carlos’ fate was sealed when we found someone younger, cheaper and more productive. If Rogers gave us the best chance to improve our defense, then he’d still be here. He wasn’t giving us any discount, and we went out and found a better player at a price that fit our rebuilding plans better.
This is what happens when competition is brought in
Players get uneasy abouth their job security. It’s about time that started happening at Redskins Park.
"If a man speaks and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong???"
by ThuGodfather on Aug 8, 2011 3:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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Its about time that this happened at Redskins Park! I am so sick of players thinking that they have a guaranteed spot on the team. This should tell you a little about how competitive he is. Every last one of the players knew that there would be comptetion for spots when Shanahan got here. If you can’t tough it out and earn your spot, you aren’t worthy of the burgundy and gold!
HAIL!!!
by KonartistNupe on Aug 8, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
H.B. Blades
May have just sealed his own fate…CUT!!
just read a story on armstrong on yahoo
they said armstrong will have to earn his job back? was the coaches even at the games last year? if armstrong gets cut im not watching redskins till mike shanahan is out of DC!
haha
Agree. Armstrong was good last year but not great. His balance always bothered me. He’s a good teammate and a guy to stash, but there’s a lot of room for improvement at that #2 spot, so whether that comes from AA or one of our new guys…so be it.
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Surprisingly
No one is bringing that up. He will be 30 this season won’t he?
by KonartistNupe on Aug 8, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
He's not that old
I wanna say he was 26 last year, just older for being a new face
by DoWork on Aug 9, 2011 9:36 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i just did
.thats fine with spots that we dont have alot of good players. but armstrong is alot better then a 5th or 6th string wr. no idea why shanahan wasted draft picks or cap money on FA WRS when we needed help much more in other postions. im just really shocked at shanhans work i guess. we are rolling with beck or grossmen too bad we didnt have some more comptetion there….
I agree with your assessment on help with other positions
however, to say that we didn’t need more talent on the skill positions is being a bit short-sighted. Yes, the whole world believes that we needed to get stronger on the Oline (myself included), but maybe just maybe Shanahan knows what he is doing. Maybe he sees something in continuity along the Oline in the ZBS. He has been a success for a reason. Also, as far as the QBs are concerned, I am willing to reserve judgment until I can get a larger sample from Beck. He really hasn’t been given a fair opportunity to come in and have a chance at a starting position. People keep saying “well he was traded to twice”. Both times, the teams that got him had an established starter and needed a backup QB. Why not take a flier on Beck this year and see what happens. Give Shanahan and Allen some credit. They are cleaning up 10+ years of mess!
by KonartistNupe on Aug 8, 2011 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
It was just one practice,
but I came away from the training camp today quite impressed with our offensive line. Shanny was always able to piece together a strong unit without alot of talent in Denver. Hell, Mark Schlereth was their leader and by the time he got to Denver he was pretty much being held together by dirt and athletic tape.
I believe
That there are a lot of fans out there who are so used to how things were run in the past, that they can’t accept whats happening now. I am completely sympathetic to this notion. We are so used to one thing and then “boom goes the dynamite” on the whole broken operation. I am coming around, but will continue to reserve judgement.
by KonartistNupe on Aug 8, 2011 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions
ZBS is more about discipline than talent
And if there’s one thing that Shanahan and Foerster can do, it’s coach discipline. Aside from a fight between McIntosh and Montgomery today, there was NO nonsense going on at training camp.
Who won?
I’m assuming Monty was doing well or else he wouldn’t be matched up with McIntosh at the second level?
"You're fucking out!"
It was on an outside zone-left
I wouldn’t say anybody won, it was just a pushing contest and then they wrapped each other up.
umm Schlereth was still an All-Pro when he went to Denver and a major signing by them
Steveospeak - Content Manager of Fanspeak.com
And apparently no one remembers Gary Zimmerman
who was an All Pro selection 2 or 3 times before coming to Denver.
You're right, I should have said
“by the end of his time in Denver” but my point remains the same. He was the leader of a solid line after his physical ability left him, and he was forced to perfect his technique in order to remain effective. The ZBS is uniquely suited to these types of linemen.
are you the same munson i see on Yahoo's shutdown corner saying you won't watch any of the games untill Snyder is gone
AA needs to earn his spot just like everyone else. If he does not perform or gets out performed in camp he should not start. Plain and simple.
No positions should be guaranteed
by PAinfUL on Aug 8, 2011 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
nope. ive only said untill shanahan and crew is gone
the guy seems to be trying to grow a clinton portis so he can trade him and look good. we needed help more on the online since he got here and he keeps taking wrs and rbs. we shoulda loaded up on o-linemen then draft a qb next year. then draft a rb and wr. if we go 9-7 this year and that dont get us in the playoffs all that does is give us a bad draft pick. im hoping im wrong and we have a good year and the raiders do bad* dont we get their number 1 pick?*… but with our luck the raiders wil do good and we wil win 2 extra games then we did last year. then be forced to trade up or over pay in FA to get a franchise qb.
We get the Raider's 4th round pick.
from the Jason Campbell trade.
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by Mr PotatoHead on Aug 9, 2011 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Not against AA, but a couple of days ago Ryan O'Halloran ventured that he might be cut
and you look at the competition, it could happen. Furthermore, remember that before the start of last season, nobody thought he had a chance to make the team. He got in as the best of a very shaky group (behind Moss), and did well as #2 receiver. But he has to beat out about four of Gaffney, Stallworth, Hankerson, Paul, Kelly, Austin, Robinson (and several others).
He'd better
Beat out Stallworth. I don’t mind the guy earning his spot, but there’s no way in hell Stallworth should make it over AA. Stallworth is as washed up as Joey Galloway. AA did more last year than Stallworth has done in about 4 years.
Odd reaction.
Presumably this is about Fox being brought in, but that doesn’t necessarily imply he was brought in as a replacement. In fact looking at the list of linebackers, even with Fox there, he shouldn’t have a problem making the 53 man roster. But if a dude is that averse to competing against another guy to earn the job, he problem doesn’t have it in him. If Blades falls under Fox on the depth charts, it isn’t because the team doesn’t want him, it’s because Fox outplayed him.
He’s just lucky he doesn’t have to compete with Henson as well.
by DrLove3006 on Aug 8, 2011 4:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Really odd for Blades to complain like that
Could be the stress of the lockout, then the let down in the heat of the camp.
Sounds like
A little kid who didn’t get the firetruck he wanted for his birthday. Blades is a body on the field. He was a good story as a rookie, and his build made me think maybe he could be the next Fletcher, but those thoughts were dashed a long time ago. Frankly, I don’t care if he’s here or not. Personally, I would’ve rather had Henson.
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