mardi gras skin Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 LaRon Landry: Leader of the LSU secondary Dallas Sartz: 2 time team captain at Pitt H. B. Blades: 2 time team captain at USC Jordan Palmer: “He’s the best leader I’ve seen bar none.” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/sports/football/25palmer.html London Fletcher: "He's just a natural leader," Vermeil said. "I think initially it's by example and then it's by presence. He has tremendous self-confidence. He can influence people in the locker room." It looks like we're picking up smart, charismatic players that know how to function as a team. I think we're on the right track here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Wow good find. I think you're absolutely right! I can't wait til the season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ect4 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 For any of you who remember the 80's Eagles, Sartz reminds me of OLB/Pass Rush Specialist Jody Schulz, who was productive for two years before a career ending injury.... Quick, lanky, good leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I heard they're all super-smart and fight their guts out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CustomApparelDirect Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 LaRon Landry: Leader of the LSU secondaryDallas Sartz: 2 time team captain at Pitt H. B. Blades: 2 time team captain at USC Jordan Palmer: “He’s the best leader I’ve seen bar none.” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/sports/football/25palmer.html London Fletcher: "He's just a natural leader," Vermeil said. "I think initially it's by example and then it's by presence. He has tremendous self-confidence. He can influence people in the locker room." It looks like we're picking up smart, charismatic players that know how to function as a team. I think we're on the right track here. Please allow me to correct your typographical error(s) - from your post; as follows (see: bold & italicized words/phrases/etc.): LaRon Landry: Leader of the LSU secondary Dallas Sartz: 2 time team captain at USC H. B. Blades: 2 time team captain at Pittsburgh Jordan Palmer: “He’s the best leader I’ve seen bar none.” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/sports/football/25palmer.html London Fletcher: "He's just a natural leader," Vermeil said. "I think initially it's by example and then it's by presence. He has tremendous self-confidence. He can influence people in the locker room." It looks like we're picking up smart, charismatic players that know how to function as a team. I think we're on the right track here. Otherwise: Good F.Y.I.!!! Thanx!!! :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boysetsfire Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I can't wait to see how Blades develops. If all goes well he can be the next Fletcher for us. He looks like a natural leader. Sartz I can see being like Chris Clemons. Situational 3rd down blizter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEavyJumbo85 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I can't wait to see how Blades develops. If all goes well he can be the next Fletcher for us. He looks like a natural leader. Sartz I can see being like Chris Clemons. Situational 3rd down blizter. true, but Sartz will most certainly be a force on special teams and that's why he'll make the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardi gras skin Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Please allow me to correct your typographical error(s) Dallas Sartz: 2 time team captain at USC H. B. Blades: 2 time team captain at Pittsburgh :doh: thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I can't wait to see how Blades develops. If all goes well he can be the next Fletcher for us. He looks like a natural leader. Sartz I can see being like Chris Clemons. Situational 3rd down blizter. true, but Sartz will most certainly be a force on special teams and that's why he'll make the team. Agree with both assessments. I can't wait for Blades. I hope he sees a chunk of playing time this season. The kind of PT that Golston got last year. Golston played in 12 games. Hopefully Blades gets that amount or more. We need to develop him into a beast. He's was a steal in this draft. He's gonna be special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDRedskinsFan Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I heard they're all super-smart and fight their guts out too.:laugh:That may be the real common denominator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunClintonRun26 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 The leadership that Landry has will hopefully make an immediate impact in the secondary . . . Although he will be the rookie of the bunch, he seems to command a presence about him that can only benefit the team. Regarding the other players, I too noticed that both LBS we drafted were captains (at high-profile schools mind you . . . with high-profile players). Their leadership is a huge asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDETHEWALRUS Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Don't forget we also brought back Smoot...a former Captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I was about to post a new thread about another common denominator before seeing this one...beat to the punch yet again. While I agree that leadership is important, I think Gibbs and Williams were actually looking for something different this offseason. I think they made a concerted effort to go after guys that are smart and know how to play the game. Now they may not all have prototypical size, quickness or speed, though Landry obviously is the whole package. However, to a man all of them seem to understand the mental side of the game and shouldn't have any problems grasping our scheme(s). In spite of his status as the resident board man crush, I strongly suspect this may have been the problem with McCune. If any of these guys don't make it, it won't be because they couldn't pick things up This, IMHO is a great sign. It means Gibbs and Co. are making some progress in personnel management and our stocking up on smart players reminds me a lot of the Skins during Gibbs 1.0...and yes, the Patsies too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I was about to post a new thread about another common denominator before seeing this one...beat to the punch yet again. While I agree that leadership is important, I think Gibbs and Williams were actually looking for something different this offseason. I think they made a concerted effort to go after guys that are smart and know how to play the game. Are you saying that all the guys on the team now don't necessarily own football smarts? Are you saying that until now, we've lacked any kind of leadership type players on this roster? Because if you've listened to Gibbs for the past 3 years.... our roster is laden with them. And the results aren't necessarily speaking for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I'm not necessarily talking about the guys on the team. I was alluding more to those that didn't make it. I mentioned McCune but I think it also applies to LaVar, PRam and a few others as well. Mind you, that's not to say these guys are "dumb" but that they may have had problems processing things quickly enough at game speed or with picking up the scheme etc. Most of the guys that have stuck here do have the smarts, but are getting older, been injured etc. As for leadership, I don't have the kind of internal access you do to be able to judge that too well. However, anytime you'd like to get me a sideline pass I'd be happy to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 As for leadership, I don't have the kind of internal access you do to be able to judge that too well. However, anytime you'd like to get me a sideline pass I'd be happy to check it out. Come on... we've all read of examples whereby team captains (like Wynn and Daniels) have approached Gibbs concerning team issues (like working out, etc). And if they're not the team captains... then I suppose Clinton Portis, Santana Moss, Jon Jansen, Chris Samuels, Chris Cooley, Marcus Washington, or Shawn Springs might have something to say about it. And if they aren't leaders... than I say we need to scrap this entire team because it's entirely overpaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Oh god, here we go. Next we are going to hear how all these players "are clutch" too. I am actually intrigued by the Blades pick, but - at the end of the day - all the leadership ability in the world is not going to help him gain 25 pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever21 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Good find! Landry is a leader but I read where he said he leads by example. I would prefer he was a more vocal leader because that seems to be what ST needs more to help him out but none the less...any kind of leader is a huge positive for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimster Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightbird Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I'd like to see Sartz come out like a Monte Coleman type...kind of a do-it-all blue collar guy who plays a lot in the nickel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailSkinz1 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 LaRon Landry: Leader of the LSU secondaryDallas Sartz: 2 time team captain at Pitt H. B. Blades: 2 time team captain at USC Jordan Palmer: “He’s the best leader I’ve seen bar none.” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/sports/football/25palmer.html London Fletcher: "He's just a natural leader," Vermeil said. "I think initially it's by example and then it's by presence. He has tremendous self-confidence. He can influence people in the locker room." It looks like we're picking up smart, charismatic players that know how to function as a team. I think we're on the right track here. Yep, I posted the same thing in a different thread yesterday. I like this direction. And even the TE we picked up is a high character guy. For this reason alone, I like this draft. And, I happen to think these guys can contribute to the talent level of the team. Hail, H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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