Is Carlos Rogers Benched?

[SEANTAYLOR=HITMAN]

Anyone else notice that Rogers hasnt been in the game since the first Marshall TD. Smoot and Hall are out there.
I searched about this and didnt find it, sorry mods if this was posted.
Just thought it was something interesting.
Thought?

[Saqs]

Yep. Deservedly so. Mr. I Bite On Double Moves is on the bench and Smoot has played well in his place.

[Clark84]

Anyone else notice that Rogers hasnt been in the game since the first Marshall TD. Smoot and Hall are out there.
I searched about this and didnt find it, sorry mods if this was posted.
Just thought it was something interesting.
Thought?

Yeah but they will say he was fighting an injury, but he was benched. His inconsistency has finally caught up to him.

[2006Skins]

He should be. He has shown more and more he's not a top tier corner, hence the long term deal for Hall. He's a #2 corner on his best day, he couldn't catch a flu in 4 degree weather in a crowded hospital.

[IbleedBnG83]

Yep. Carlos has not been nearly as good as many have made him out to be since last year. This is why the team has made no attempt to sign him long term.

[authentic]

i guess no big contract for him.

[authentic]

wow!!! 27 points for us feels like 50. HTTR!!!

[StillUnknown]

if you're going to bench players as punishment, be consistent

landry should've been on the bench a long time ago

[Genghis Khan]

if you're going to bench players as punishment, be consistent

landry should've been on the bench a long time ago

Not really Landry plays with a lot of heart but makes mistakes. Carlos has been playing like he could care less what the outcome of the game is.

[Burgold]

If so, finally. I agree that it's late, but finally someone is being held accountable for being brain dead on the field. It should have happened to at least ten other guys this season.

[JeepRyder]

Zorn just confirmed it on Comcast Postgame that Carlos was benched.

[LifeTimeSkins98]

Yup Zorn just said it was like a QB change just to give im a breather.

Im glad maybe he'll get back to the level he was at last year!! Nd make him run receivers drills to help with them hands of stones lol

[CM916]

Zorn said Carlos needed to take a little break and then Smoot really stepped up so he stayed.

[seanyt]

Yep. Carlos has not been nearly as good as many have made him out to be since last year. This is why the team has made no attempt to sign him long term.


Just say it man LOS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

[RenegadeTK]

carlos has just seemed uninspired. i've defended him as a player. i think he is solid. but if he isnt gonna play like he wants to be out there, then we need to bench him. good move by the coaches in my opinion

[skinsfanjoe]

Time for Los to be deactivated. He obviously doesn't want to be here anymore so give his spot to somebody that does. Put Barnes in!!!!

[Bat~man]

if you're going to bench players as punishment, be consistent

landry should've been on the bench a long time ago


Not really, besides who would we put back there? Moore? No thanks.

Landry screws up some major plays, but he plays good most of the time so he deserves his chance to tighten things up I guess...

[WhoRUSupposed2Be]

This team has been late in every aspect of this year.

[Vladimir L]

Carlos is coming off a big injury.

[IbleedBnG83]

Carlos is coming off a big injury.

He is?

[SirClintonPortis]

I think he needs to reunite with Springs for another year.

[lesto17]

I have always been a big fan of Smoot, so it was nice to see him come in and play at a high level, especially after struggling a bit last year.

[veteranskinsfan]

Number 22 is not going to ever be a super duper corner and he proved it big time today. Glad Blache benched him. At least Hall came up with an interception after blowing one big pass play.

[Vladimir L]

Hall blows alot of plays but he redeems himself with his ints.

[BadKarma]

I would trade LoS for a couple of clipboards at this point, he clearly doesn't want to be a Skin anymore and is one of the guys who gave up weeks ago. Eff him and let him play special teams until he gets his head back in the game.

[bricucci]

Falls for the same move everytime. Smoot proved he has gas in the tank, great to see. Tyron is stepping up to. Secondary was fine other than Rogers and 1 blown assignment. Still don't understand why we don't ever blitz? At 3-6 you need to get Barnes on the field. Get him ready for next year.

[bricucci]

Carlos is coming off a big injury.



From 2007??? Isn't 2 years enough time to recover?:chair:

[rdskns n 05]

wow!!! 27 points for us feels like 50. HTTR!!!

You are right there.....:hysterical:

[Staylor21]

Hall shut down his opposition and he is a playmaker. Carlos Rogers was a bump and run corner in Auburn i have yet to see him utilize those skills he needs to bump these wideouts because he lacks speed to catch up if a wideout hims him with a slant and go

[Hitman#21]

Hall is a playmaker, the money the Skins gave him is justified. Giving "los a big deal is not justified.

[bowhunter]

Carlos is coming off a big injury.

Yes, apparently to his ego....

[Monrovia_Redskin]

Carlos Rogers has always been a weakness to me. He's never done anything to impress me. He should be a nickel corner or something.

[DCskinFAN]

stone hands has always sucked.. big hitter for a corner but nothing else...

I am glad to see the coaching staff making some tough decisions

[knowledge316]

need to get some playing time for Barnes, a 3rd round pick should not be sitting on the bench for a team that's playing for nothing

[Buford]

I still remember sitting at FedEx during that draft. When our pick came up and Merriman was still on the board...it seemed like such an easy pick to make.

Then we took Rogers.

Man, that was a sad day.

[HLF]

I think I lost all my support for #22 today. He'll prolly be gone next season and I think Im ok with that.

[Bat~man]

I still remember sitting at FedEx during that draft. When our pick came up and Merriman was still on the board...it seemed like such an easy pick to make.

Then we took Rogers.

Man, that was a sad day.


To be fair, Mister Lights out Merriman was roided up when he was tearing QBs apart, he has been really quiet since coming off the juice. I know he is coming off an injury but so is carlos.

[freetimmysmith]

Glad they benched him. I can overlook the "hands like buttered bricks" but getting burned by pump fakes and stutter steps every week is too much. Good move by the coaches on this one.

[paintrain]

Rogers has always been a bum and a quitter. I remember J. Reid saying something last year about his play had finally started to catch up with his ego when he was hot early on. Once he started to play to his normal level during our 2-6 slide he started quitting on his teammates vs. Cincy (told Smoot to take his reps) and was an afterthought in the last couple games of the year. I wish they had traded that scrub in the offseason when he had some value.

[21forlyfe]

Everyone on here blamed Horton in the Philly Game...Funny how he does the same thing today.....Yes ,Its Los fault

[icbmayday]

Carlos can't force turnovers and bites on every little move..........hope we can replace him next year

[RaleighSkinsMann]

He should be. He has shown more and more he's not a top tier corner, hence the long term deal for Hall. He's a #2 corner on his best day, he couldn't catch a flu in 4 degree weather in a crowded hospital.

and eating a Klondike bar with water slapping on his *****................

[paloffs]

Not really, besides who would we put back there? Moore? No thanks.

Landry screws up some major plays, but he plays good most of the time so he deserves his chance to tighten things up I guess...
I don't understand your logic. Yeah, nobody behind Landry is very good. Landry is probably better than Moore... But who's behind Rogers? The not so great Smoot? The tested and failed (against nobodies in preseason) Tryon? The untested Barnes?

Also, your description of Landry, "Landry screws up some major plays, but he plays good most of the time..." I think that's more of a description of Rogers. But really, what cornerback DOESN'T give up a major play? Any play he gives up is a major one.

Landry, on the other hand, I feel gives up a lot of plays and will make one occasionally. The one he makes (on the occasion) will be erased by the very next play he's on because he'll surely miss the tackle.

[RandyHolt]

smoot got to play tight man. LOS is always so far off if he even steps forward his coverage is blown. half the time he is in cover 2 and he may space when that is.

I think we can all agree LOS playing soft coverage does little for this team. And most any corner. you play soft when all your DB's suck. are's arent THAT bad. Our scheme sucks too.

[MrJL]

stone hands has always sucked.. big hitter for a corner but nothing else...

I am glad to see the coaching staff making some tough decisions

he shut down TO last year.

[Grumpy Vet]

Hindsight is 20/20....but this is gonna make you wanna cry:

[mi6]

Time for Los to be deactivated. He obviously doesn't want to be here anymore so give his spot to somebody that does. Put Barnes in!!!!

Agreed.

Carlos is a bust as a 6th pick in the first round. He has not lived up to his billing as being a good cover corner. And, he certainly is not a play maker, and has poor recovery speed.

[HigSkin]

He has such a poor attitude..he probably does need to sit down for a few games. If you can't play your butt off in a contract year than there's something wrong with you.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/how-long-will-rogers-benching.html#more

"It's nothing new to me," Rogers said. "Anything that happens around here ain't nothing new to me. I went through it last year. I was benched after the first half of the season I had. ... "I didn't really worry about it, and I'm not really going to think about it. I ain't even going to think about no future here."

[MrJL]

Agreed.

Carlos is a bust as a 6th pick in the first round. He has not lived up to his billing as being a good cover corner. And, he certainly is not a play maker, and has poor recovery speed.

It's amazing how many people can see different things in the same players.

But look at it this way, the less likely Carlos will be here next year, the more likely we draft a first round DB

[lesto17]

He has such a poor attitude..he probably does need to sit down for a few games. If you can't play your butt off in a contract year than there's something wrong with you.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/how-long-will-rogers-benching.html#more

"It's nothing new to me," Rogers said. "Anything that happens around here ain't nothing new to me. I went through it last year. I was benched after the first half of the season I had. ... "I didn't really worry about it, and I'm not really going to think about it. I ain't even going to think about no future here."

I had started to suspect that Carlos no longer gives a **** about this team and this quote only seems to confirm those suspicions. It is really unfortunate because he is capable of playing so much better than he has this year.

[tr1]

It's pretty bad if a player was trying to give a game away.

I'm sure his teammates can't be happy with him.

[Bang]

He has such a poor attitude..he probably does need to sit down for a few games. If you can't play your butt off in a contract year than there's something wrong with you.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/how-long-will-rogers-benching.html#more

"It's nothing new to me," Rogers said. "Anything that happens around here ain't nothing new to me. I went through it last year. I was benched after the first half of the season I had. ... "I didn't really worry about it, and I'm not really going to think about it. I ain't even going to think about no future here."


I volunteer to give him a ride to the train station.

~Bang

[Leonard Washington]

i don't have a problem with him getting beat, its when he doesn't even hustle after the guy is what pisses me off.

[authentic]

wow, Carlos you are really a clown...see ya loser.

[No Excuses]

he shut down TO last year.

TO was done as a player last year. That's not really a big accomplishment.

[IceDragon38]

Meh. Smoot is actually a better corner anyways. He may be lacking in the speed department, but is way better in run support and tackling.

[BadKarma]

I wish the NFL trade deadline was later in the season so we could deal off players like this and at least get something in return for them, his comments today it really makes me wonder about the guy, he can't be stupid enough to think this isn't going to effect his paycheck next season.

How is it a guy can admit he doesn't care anymore and still get a chance in this league.

[CRogersGuy]

I used to like this guy. I even have his jersey. But it is obvious this loser doesn't want to be here so lets grant him his wish and sit him for the rest of the season and cut him after.

"Rogers spent the rest of the game on the sideline without his helmet nearby. He caught passes from quarterback Jason Campbell to help Campbell keep warm"

That was my favorite part of the WP article. Since when could Carlos catch a pass?

[That Redskins Fan]

never was a fan of stone hands

and people on here are right he quit week 2

send the hime packing for a draft i would take anything from a 3-6th rounder.. just get him out of dc...

[BlackBush]

I'm done with a lot of people in the secondary. Can't cover; can't tackle; fourteen yards of cushion; and Carlos and others biting on pump fakes with no safety help. Royal had a sure TD if Orton didn't suck. I hope they make some changes to our scheme before the Dallas game.
/Can Hunter play DB? He is doing everything else better than the starters.

[MrJL]

I'm done with a lot of people in the secondary. Can't cover; can't tackle; fourteen yards of cushion; and Carlos and others biting on pump fakes with no safety help. Royal had a sure TD if Orton didn't suck. I hope they make some changes to our scheme before the Dallas game.
/Can Hunter play DB? He is doing everything else better than the starters.


can't catch maybe. He's the only corner we got who'll play up on the reciever it seems like.

[B&GBlood]

Hindsight is 20/20....but this is gonna make you wanna cry:

Yea, well we could have ended up with Pacman just the same. Neither Fabian Washington (since traded to Baltimore) or Antrel Rolle have turned out to be shutdown corners either.

Doesn't make me want to cry at all. Its just a reminder of how picking players in the NFL is an absolute crapshoot.

[Redskinscub]

I agree with the benching. Not only does he get burnt but he ran like a kid who has to pee real bad when chasing the receiver.

When he gets burnt healways looks around like what just happened?

[redskns21]

This bums me out, he has such potential, he's a physical corner with above average cover skills. His hands are terrible and now he has an attitude to match. It's a shame that we couldn't get more out of him and I really don't want anything to do with him now that he's quit on this team!

[mcarey032]

Not surprised that he was benched for the first half, but I was rather surprised that he was benched for the whole game! I guess now all of the sudden players have to be accountable, but I guess on which player it is who messed up because I really don't know if the coaches can go after the owners pets. I assume that Carlos Rogers is not one of the owner's pets.

[jkypoo]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/how-long-will-rogers-benching.html#more

"It's nothing new to me," Rogers said. "Anything that happens around here ain't nothing new to me. I went through it last year. I was benched after the first half of the season I had. ... "I didn't really worry about it, and I'm not really going to think about it. I ain't even going to think about no future here."

Wow, way to fight through adversity, buddy.
What a loser attitude.
No wonder our team has looked like crap this year, with all these immature, negative attitudes going around.

Maybe this is why he can't catch footballs? He dropped a few and said "I'm not really worried about it, and I'm not really going to think about it. I ain't even going to think about no future catching footballs."

[SirClintonPortis]

He's missing Springs' veteran presence and experience.

[ciresolstice]

Pretty Poor attitude...should fall into the eating crow thread, but I thought Los would be and is better than this...but apparently he isn't.

[Brandon Lloyd Christmas]

those comments are pretty crappy. i knew he was gone next year but i didnt think he'd meltdown like this. oh well, if he wants a big contract from another club he better figure out how to play for the next 7 games.

[CM916]

he shut down TO last year.

That was Springs, who accomplished the same feat earlier this year before the Bills imploded. They are actually buddies and train together. Springs stayed behind in Dallas to hang out with him and visit his dad in the hospital after we beat them last year, said TO wouldn't say a single word to him while they watched the Monday game.

Anyway, after seeing that quote I never want to see Carlos take the field for us again. Smoot proved he can still play and if you've been paying attention you'd know that Tryon has been playing a lot recently and hasn't been screwing up either. We'll be fine with Hall, Smoot, and Tryon. You have to start working Barnes in too but I'd take it slow, that approach seems to have worked out with Tryon. Westbrook could be in the mix too but I think he stays on special teams for now, this is his third season but it's his first on the actual roster.

[Main-Maine]

What a shame Carlos... I guess him and Jason both talking to each other about this wanting to be gone from this organization.

[SirClintonPortis]

That was Springs, who accomplished the same feat earlier this year before the Bills imploded. They are actually buddies and train together. Springs stayed behind in Dallas to hang out with him and visit his dad in the hospital after we beat them last year, said TO wouldn't say a single word to him while they watched the Monday game.

Anyway, after seeing that quote I never want to see Carlos take the field for us again. Smoot proved he can still play and if you've been paying attention you'd know that Tryon has been playing a lot recently and hasn't been screwing up either. We'll be fine with Hall, Smoot, and Tryon. You have to start working Barnes in too but I'd take it slow, that approach seems to have worked out with Tryon. Westbrook could be in the mix too but I think he stays on special teams for now, this is his third season but it's his first on the actual roster.
I think I remember Springs being out in the second half of the first Dallas game and was definitely inactive for the second one.

[SonnyJ]

The Redskins can either cut Rogers or Keyshawn him. Whatever. Don't care. I don't want him on the field anymore. He's just dogging it out there. Play Smoot, Tryon, and Barnes. They'll at least hustle when they get beat and act like they give a damn.

I could forgive him his hands of stone. While frustrating, it really seemed that he was coming into his own with coverage, and I loved the way he came up and hit people on WR screens and supported the run. But I was wrong about him. He's exactly the type of guy you don't want on the team.

[stickyshooZ]

It's probably best for him and for the organization if they part at the end of the season. Let both parties get new starts, because I don't know if you can win with that kind of a toxic attitude. But it'd be nice to get some value for him.

[veteranskinsfan]

Carlos with those quotes after the game makes himself look even worse than his boneheaded poor play today. I would cut him now and not even let him finish the season. I think Zorn needs to re-think his statement that Carlos will be back in the lineup and that he was only benched for this game. We could go out and find an offensive linemen that could help us more now than Carlos occupying a spot on this roster next week. No other team will give up a decent player for Rogers so his trade value now after today's game just sank to zero. Every team in the league will have seen the replay tonight on either ESPN or NFL Network. Deion and Mooch were laughing when they showed it on NFL Network.

[BadKarma]

CBA doesn't get signed and he walks we probably would get a late 3rd round pick as compensation so we would have a full complement of draft picks on our hands again.

-or-

Assuming the CBA gets signed he is an RFA we get to match any offers for him which means he is sign and trade bait or he is stuck playing here next season.

Did I miss anything?