JimmiJo Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 http://www.warpathconfidential.com/?p=1427 Friday Notes – 10/02/09 By John Pappas Warpath Confidential Editor Doughty gets the nod Safety Reed Doughty has been promoted to start ahead of second-year player Chris Horton. Doughty, a sixth round draft pick for Washington in 2006, started for the Redskins in 2007 following the passing of Sean Taylor. Last year however, Doughty was injured in the early part of the year, then was eventually placed on IR to have surgery on his back. We noted in training camp that Doughty looked better than ever. This week, Defensive Coordinator Greg Blache gave Doughty the job. “Reed has actually played better the last couple of weeks,” said Blache. “Chris [Horton] has struggled a little bit. He had a play last week with bad eyes; we got a big interference call. It’s not that we’re down on him, but the fact that you have a guy, in Reed, that’s so close [in talent], it gives you an opportunity to get a guy who gives Chris a chance to catch his breath, re-focus and come back strong. It’s a long season. And at the same time, it gives Reed a chance to get out on the field more and gives us some opportunity to make some plays. It was just a decision we made. It’s not that the problems we had were Chris’ fault.” Blache takes the blame Greg Blache took the blame Thursday for the overall poor play of the defense this year. In speaking to reporters, Blache said the following: “Quite candidly, in 2009, if things go bad, somebody’s got to go under the bus. Being the leader of the defense, I should be under the bus. If someone wants to throw me under, I’ll dive under. Going under the bus, you get your feelings hurt a little bit, and at worst, you might end up with skidmarks on both sides of your shorts. You do, it’s true. I can deal with the hurt and stuff, and we can just go on and play. “Because I’m the leader and quite honestly, if the calls aren’t real good, that’s my fault. If the players don’t play with detail, that’s my fault because that all comes back to coaching. If we didn’t have talent, you’d say, well, there’s a talent issue. We have talent. In our league, the most talented teams don’t always win. The teams that play the best win. And like Sunday, I thought we were a better football team, but we didn’t play better. When you stop, look in the mirror and you go through all the details, that comes back to coaching. Quite candidly, I have no problem accepting that. I’ve talked to the players about it. I’ll do a better job of giving them calls. I’ll do a better job of helping them on third downs, putting them in situations where they can be successful. I’ve got to be a little bit more of a maverick; not necessarily a McCain/Palin maverick, but a Bret or Bart kind of maverick – a little bit more of a riverboat gambler.” Click the link to read the entire article... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST is my boy Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Im questioning this whole Reed thing. I kinda thought that Horton call was BS. (Im sure thats not the only reason though.) We'll see what happens Sunday........im sure we'll see some of Horton as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekc4 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Let's trade Landry and keep what we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zCommander Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Let's trade Landry and keep what we have. LL looked promising his first year. Not so much now. I am with you on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikie Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 reading zorn's rebuttal of blache's mea culpa and then fletcher sticking up for blache, I can't remember another team in any sport that has preached the mantra that everything is perfect but the execution as much as these skins... this "execution" excuse seemingly has no bottom with this team and has to eventually have a boiling point of "can you?" or "can't you?" if I'm snyder hearing this, I start holding players accountable for this inability to execute... it's like this one job I had, when we got trained in something, we had to sign off that we were now capable of performing the task... if we failed to execute, we got fired... if we failed at something we hadn't been trained in but were asked to do, the manager who assigned us to that task was held liable... the bottomline with this team has to one day reach the point where these "details" or lack of "execution" has to conclude in some accountability, either with the roster or the coaching staff... and if 2010 is an uncapped year, it will probably be both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight for ole DC Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 LL looked promising his first year. Not so much now. I am with you on this one. Agreed. He's a high draft pick who plays every down and makes more negative game-changing plays than positive ones....bad penalties, missed tackles. He is a better SS than FS IMO....let him get after the QB and stuff the run near the LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney26 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 When Doughty has been in there this year he has been all over the field. Hopefully it continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjrugger Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Theyre both going to play a lot, I think it's going to end up being much ado about nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paredskinsfan Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I believe Blache want the Bucs to THINK we are going to blitz more with his comments and the Reed movement. Edit: I wish we actually would but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiJo Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 I believe Blache want the Bucs to THINK we are going to blitz more with his comments and the Reed movement.Edit: I wish we actually would but I doubt it. You make a good point CC. Why is Blache telegraphing? Unless, as you suggest, it is really subterfuge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST is my boy Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Wonder if Randle El is play practice squad QB? To prepare for the speedy Johnson....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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