Redskins 2011 Defensive MVP

but a lot of the players mentioned are worthy…our defense has a bright future

as the undoubted leader of this defense or Cofield because without his impact at nose tackle, the defense isn’t anywhere near as good. But I had to take Kerrigan. For a rookie making a transition from 4-3 DE to a stand-up OLB in a 3-4, given about a month of an off-season that was shortened still by a knee injury, to not only start every game but to play every snap and have such an impact is unbelievable for me.

The scary thing is, How good can this front 7 be with a whole off-season of work together, and potentially some more weapons added?

Not even close. The truth is, as much as we complain about everyone else not giving London his due respect, we really take him for granted. If you want to ask how much of RyKer’s success due to Rak, you have to think about how much BOTH of them depend on Fletcher to do the “grunt work” so they can rack up the “sexy stats”.

After that I say RyKer. Yes, his stats might be helped by Rak, but you could say the opposite is true as well. And, at the end of the day, RyKer’s numbers were better than Rak’s pretty much across the board. Frankly, if anyone else deserved to go to the Pro Bowl, I’d argue it be him.

Is the guy you miss most when he is not their… like Peyton Manning for the Indianapolis Colts.
That guy for the Washington Redskins defense is London Fletcher, is not even close.
the distant runner-up is Ryan Kerrigan

also adam carriker is a big part of rak and kerrigans sacks. plus he got a career high 5.5 sack this year

Mark my words, from the interviews I have seen with that guy this season I think that he will replace London as the teams leader on the field for the next 15 years. Rack may be a better and more talented OLB over the next decade but something about Ryan strikes me that he will be an amazing leader for this roster, and the two will be the PB& J of the redskins sack sandwich

He played so tough inside. While Fletcher is at least as deserving, some of London’s success is due to the strength of Barry’s season.

That’s what’s so impressive and encouraging about this team for me. And who thought going into this year that our front seven would be our strong point on defense and not secondary with OJ and Landry? I thought our linebackers would be great but Kerrigan surprised the shit out of me and so has Riley, I wasn’t sold on our rotation up front especially with Jenkins going down but they proved they were more than capable.

how much of Kerrigan’s success is a result of Orakpo being on the other side?

Why worry as long as we have both? :)

And I think right now ‘Rak is a better player or at least more of a threat. I’d say more teams were gamplanning against Brain, at least early on. They are both great players and I think it’s important we find a way to keep both of them. You need good ’backers on both end if they want to stay dominant in the 3-4.

Also, they should think about using a high pick on a high risk guy like Burfict. London would be a perfect mentor for that guy.

But for honorable mention Kerrigan, with a nod to Cofield.

i really though he did a hell of a job this season.

Always plays at a high level and is the leader of the D