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Irn-Bru
FanFromAnnapolis
Joined: 20 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| Redskin in Canada wrote: | | CanesSkins26 wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | Laron was a victim of two situations:
1) His unwillingness to undergo surgery; and
2) Reduced cap space after the NFL cap penalty.
I had tremendous high hopes for him when he first arrived. He never delivered the way I expected. Good? Yes! Pro-bowl? Definitely not. He was never an elite safety in the NFL.
Not going to enter into the speculation of what couda, shouda, or wouda happened IF Sean Taylor had been around. I have no question in my mind that the history of the Skins, including Joe Gibbs II, would have been different. But that is another painful story. Living in the present, not in the past.
He wanted out. It was time. Thanks and good luck. |
I don't think that the reduced salary cap had anything to do with this. |
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Deadskins
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Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Location: Location, LOCATION!
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| Irn-Bru wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | | CanesSkins26 wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | Laron was a victim of two situations:
1) His unwillingness to undergo surgery; and
2) Reduced cap space after the NFL cap penalty.
I had tremendous high hopes for him when he first arrived. He never delivered the way I expected. Good? Yes! Pro-bowl? Definitely not. He was never an elite safety in the NFL.
Not going to enter into the speculation of what couda, shouda, or wouda happened IF Sean Taylor had been around. I have no question in my mind that the history of the Skins, including Joe Gibbs II, would have been different. But that is another painful story. Living in the present, not in the past.
He wanted out. It was time. Thanks and good luck. |
I don't think that the reduced salary cap had anything to do with this. |
We will agree to disagree. |
I disagree! |
^ I agree with this. |
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Redskin in Canada
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Joined: 08 Apr 2004
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Location: Canada
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| Deadskins wrote: | | Irn-Bru wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | | CanesSkins26 wrote: | | Redskin in Canada wrote: | Laron was a victim of two situations:
1) His unwillingness to undergo surgery; and
2) Reduced cap space after the NFL cap penalty.
I had tremendous high hopes for him when he first arrived. He never delivered the way I expected. Good? Yes! Pro-bowl? Definitely not. He was never an elite safety in the NFL.
Not going to enter into the speculation of what couda, shouda, or wouda happened IF Sean Taylor had been around. I have no question in my mind that the history of the Skins, including Joe Gibbs II, would have been different. But that is another painful story. Living in the present, not in the past.
He wanted out. It was time. Thanks and good luck. |
I don't think that the reduced salary cap had anything to do with this. |
We will agree to disagree. |
I disagree! |
^ I agree with this. |
Too many drinks to figure this one out. Cheers!  |
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jwmann2
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Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| Irn-Bru wrote: | I agree with keeping Doughty away from a starting role, but let's be honest: Laron Landry wasn't going to be keeping him on the sidelines.
Best of luck to you, Landry. Now you can take about a hundred pictures of yourself shirtless in front of the mirror in New York instead of DC.  |
Lol, I know, right? Keep lifting weights buddy instead of getting achilles surgery. An achilles isn't serious or anything but bicep curls make you a better football player. |
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Redskin in Canada
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It is getting NASTY.
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cowboykillerzRGiii
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| Was wandering why this was still getting posts.. alls I gotta say is dueces homey |
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SkinsJock
08 Champ
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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Location: New England
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for what it's worth ....
Just heard on ESPN980 that the Patriots passed on Landry because his achilles injury did not look very good |
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riggofan
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Location: Montclair, Virginia
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I don't know. I didn't think those Landry retweets were especially bad. They were from fans saying "we wish the Redskins had kept Landry". Not that big a deal IMO.
I read that thing about the Patriots passing on Landry too. They said specifically that his medical exam was "iffy". |
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The Hogster
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We weren't stupid for letting him go. But, we are stupid for letting him go when all he got was a 1 year $4M deal.
That's just ridiculously cheap for a potential All Pro caliber player. WTF |
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Countertrey
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| Ummm... the league sabotaged our cap. Keeping Laron became a luxury. We could not afford to keep him when we are struggling to find a way to keep Fletch. That's not cheap... that's reality. It is not at all a given that Laron will be productive this year. |
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The Hogster
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| Countertrey wrote: | | Ummm... the league sabotaged our cap. Keeping Laron became a luxury. We could not afford to keep him when we are struggling to find a way to keep Fletch. That's not cheap... that's reality. It is not at all a given that Laron will be productive this year. |
This was not a cap decision. We signed Brandon Merriweather to a 2 year $6M deal in the same week. This move was either based more on Laron's attitude or his health because the market for him wasn't cost prohibitive.
We will see what he produces this year. Quite frankly, I don't care because he's gone. I only hope Merriweather plays up to his capabilities because the 3-4 defense is predicated on having a playmaking Safety. |
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Countertrey
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Hogstyer, that only works if we only need to replace 1 safety... We have yet to replace one of the two open positions...
And, why would you waste precious cap space on a player whom you don't expect tol last the season? It is, of course, moot... but the decision was NOT stupid, even in light of the price to sign in NY... Not a risk the team could afford this year. |
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KazooSkinsFan
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| The Hogster wrote: | | This was not a cap decision. We signed Brandon Merriweather to a 2 year $6M deal in the same week |
Of course it was a cap decision. If we sign Laron to 4 large to sit on the bench we still need to sign someone to play. We can't afford both.
I know what you're saying, but did we have the option though to sign him for what the Jets did? That's a question not a statement, I don't know. |
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DarthMonk
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Maybe LL was one of the guys Carlos Rogers was talking about:
| Quote: | | “People say I wasn’t happy,” he said. “It’s just because I spoke out. But it was the truth. It was the truth. And I’m gone. So what is it now? It’s still stuff going on. I know the guys on the team, so many guys is ready to leave. So many guys.” |
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Red_One43
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| DarthMonk wrote: | Maybe LL was one of the guys Carlos Rogers was talking about:
| Quote: | | “People say I wasn’t happy,” he said. “It’s just because I spoke out. But it was the truth. It was the truth. And I’m gone. So what is it now? It’s still stuff going on. I know the guys on the team, so many guys is ready to leave. So many guys.” |
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Doesn't sound like Fletch was one of them.
Rocky was probably one of them. And what does Rocky have in common with LL and Carlos? Not performing on the field or in LL's case not being on the field.  |
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