such a tease!! . . . Meriweather Tore ACL

[SkinsGuru]

Source (Washington Post): (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2012/11/19/brandon-meriweather-tears-acl-done-for-the-season/)


Safety Brandon Meriweather will miss the remainder of the Washington Redskins’ season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Coach Mike Shanahan announced Monday.

It was Meriweather’s first game of the season. He had been sidelined by an injury to his left knee that he aggravated twice.

Meriweather started and played a little more than one half before injuring his knee. He had an interception in his Redskins debut.

He played like a beast when he played in the 2012 season . . . too bad it was for just a handful of snaps more than a half a game . . . hopefully he can get his knees into decent working order and be healthy next season as he looked good playing SS out there . . .

[Crazy Horse]

Looked better than anybody else has in the skins defensive backfield this year. what a $hitty way to kick off dallas week!

[PennSkinsFan]

Little more than a cruel joke.

[Seafin77]

Injuries are like a curse on this team. :(

[ISF]

Great teams have depth. The year the Packers won the SB they had 15 or so players on injured reserve. This is why drafting well, have quality depth all the way down to your practice squad, is so important. Not every player will make your 53 or 8 person practice squad, but you need players who have some exposure to your system so that when you have to sign someone off the street, hopefully they can step in and contribute.

Right now our starting O line has 1 drafted starter. Look at the great teams in this league, that is not the case there. Our position won't improve much until we have draft choices as starters everywhere you look.

[bfauble83]

I'd still vote him defensive MVP

[SkinsGuru]

I'd still vote him defensive MVP

LOL . . . sadly he will still be in the running at the end of the season . . .

[Seafin77]

Great teams have depth. The year the Packers won the SB they had 15 or so players on injured reserve. This is why drafting well, have quality depth all the way down to your practice squad, is so important. Not every player will make your 53 or 8 person practice squad, but you need players who have some exposure to your system so that when you have to sign someone off the street, hopefully they can step in and contribute.

Right now our starting O line has 1 drafted starter. Look at the great teams in this league, that is not the case there. Our position won't improve much until we have draft choices as starters everywhere you look.

Agreed and then some! I see similar thoughts expressed by legions of Skins fans all over the place. Why doesn't anyone in Ashburn figure it out??

S.

[SkinsGuru]

Agreed and then some! I see similar thoughts expressed by legions of Skins fans all over the place. Why doesn't anyone in Ashburn figure it out??

S.

not to make any excuses for them . . . but i will says its very easy to say we need depth . . . not as easy to find good depth for real though . . . maybe a few more seasons of valuing the draft will help . . . :)

[Seafin77]

not to make any excuses for them . . . but i will says its very easy to say we need depth . . . not as easy to find good depth for real though . . . maybe a few more seasons of valuing the draft will help . . . :)

I think the point ISF is making is that the team has not paid attention in the draft to the o-line and that has been a problem for a long time. Like he said only one drafted starter on the o-line.

S.

[SkinsGuru]

I think the point ISF is making is that the team has not paid attention in the draft to the o-line and that has been a problem for a long time. Like he said only one drafted starter on the o-line.

S.

and the point i'm trying to make is that since Shanny has been brought in (and everyone is clamming for his head) that has not been the case . . . we have been using our draft picks and finding some valuable contributors . . . problem is that years of neglect have made it a time consuming process and we need to stay the course or we take a step back IMO . . .

[Seafin77]

and the point i'm trying to make is that since Shanny has been brought in (and everyone is clamming for his head) that has not been the case . . . we have been using our draft picks and finding some valuable contributors . . . problem is that years of neglect have made it a time consuming process and we need to stay the course or we take a step back IMO . . .

I think the problem is that Shanahan is not focused on the offensive line by way of the draft, free agency or anything else. He isn't a good GM.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2012/11/15/michael-lombardi-on-shanahan-the-gm/

S.

[SkinsGuru]

I think the problem is that Shanahan is not focused on the offensive line by way of the draft, free agency or anything else. He isn't a good GM.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2012/11/15/michael-lombardi-on-shanahan-the-gm/

S.

while i agree that Shanny is not the greatest personal man he is far better than what we had prior . . . and while some of his o-line draft picks have not been my first choice, he hasn't completely ignored them . . . out of this list:

Trent Williams
Selvish Capers
Maurice Hurt
Josh LeRibeus
Adam Gettis
Tom Compton

so far only 2 of them have completely busted . . . the jury is out on the 2012 picks, but as most of them were considered projects we won't know what we have in them until we get to see them play (or unless they don't play at all) . . . Shanny chose these as he believes they fit his blocking scheme . . . we'll see . . .

also, don't forget that Shanny had to basically replace the entire team and while most players have been replaced, some of the replacements will need to become backups for new players . . . replacing an entire team and having them not only be good starters, but to also have good depth will take some time . . . i will say Shanny's first year was bad and not really the rebuilding he should have started with, so unfortunately we are really in year 2 of the rebuild . . .

[Seafin77]

I'm not saying he has ignored it, it just hasn't been a priority and to me it should have been. And I don't think it was necessary to "replace the whole team", the defense wasn't bad at all. It's much worse now. I have never been in a Shanahan fan anyway, as soon as he hired his son I figured he wasn't playing with a full deck. And he is here because he had no place else to go and no other big names would have gone to work for Snyder. Much of the problems we see out there week after week are the result of poor coaching. I don't know who else would be willing to work for Snyder who has any stature though so we will stay the curse it seems but Snyder is anything but predictable.

S.