HTTR24-7:Redskins Review: Safeties ..OP UPDATED (2/5): FA REVIEW: Corey Lynch, Kenny Phillips

[darrelgreenie]

For the life of me I cannot understand why people have so much faith in Tanard Jackson and Brandon Meriweather.
I think we should aim to upgrade from both the FS and SS position. And mo neither TJ nor Brandon represent a large enough upgrade.
If Meriweather comes back in the offseason/training camp he can compete for a spot against the players brought via FA/draft.

[Lavarleap56]

OP is updated with Kenny Phillips

[Hitman21ST]

OP is updated with Kenny Phillips

Not that I think we will go after Phillips, but if we do, I think it would work out a little better than the review suggests. Meriweather, in his very limited time, looked to be fairly versatile, playing both in the box and deep. He played FS against the Eagles, with Doughty (I'm pretty sure) playing the SS. I think he and Phillips would be interchangeable, and we would be able to somewhat mask who would be doing what. Meriweather and Phillips played together at the U, so they would also have some familiarity with each other and what they are capable of.

[Lavarleap56]

Not that I think we will go after Phillips, but if we do, I think it would work out a little better than the review suggests. Meriweather, in his very limited time, looked to be fairly versatile, playing both in the box and deep. He played FS against the Eagles, with Doughty (I'm pretty sure) playing the SS.

Check the OP Safety Review.. Meriweather is a pure SS and the Redskins had him playing forward for a majority of his time on the field. Madieu Williams was the FS that played with him. I captured every play with Brandon on the field.. Mostly attacking underneath routes on his way to the LOS, 1 play as the deep safety, rest were in cover 2.

Haslett played Laron and Meriweather in identical roles just like OJ and Madieu played the same FS role.

You do not want to rely on Meriweather deep in coverage very often. He is a aggressive player that trusts his eyes vs his role in the defense at times. You maximize Brandon as a player by putting him in positions to be aggressive.

I think he and Phillips would be interchangeable, and we would be able to somewhat mask who would be doing what. Meriweather and Phillips played together at the U, so they would also have some familiarity with each other and what they are capable of.

Even at the U Meriweather was used attacking underneath and not so much in deep coverage.

[Hitman21ST]

Check the OP Safety Review.. Meriweather is a pure SS and the Redskins had him playing forward for a majority of his time on the field. Madieu Williams was the FS that played with him. I captured every play with Brandon on the field.. Mostly attacking underneath routes on his way to the LOS, 1 play as the deep safety, rest were in cover 2.

Haslett played Laron and Meriweather in identical roles just like OJ and Madieu played the same FS role.

You do not want to rely on Meriweather deep in coverage very often. He is a aggressive player that trusts his eyes vs his role in the defense at times. You maximize Brandon as a player by putting him in positions to be aggressive.





Even at the U Meriweather was used attacking underneath and not so much in deep coverage.

Fair enough. I'll defer to you, seeing as how you've done the research

[Lavarleap56]

Fair enough. I'll defer to you, seeing as how you've done the research

Lol.. I think Brandon has the physical tools to play the deep middle but his mindset is too aggressive. He really is very similar to Laron in a lot of ways.

[STBonecrusher21]

I love the thought of reuniting Phillips with Merriweather.

You gotta think those U boys would love to ball out together for us. That is if they can both stay healthy.

[RWJ]

OP is updated with Kenny Phillips

Phillips is in the top 3 S's in the NFL. Only issue is he can't stay healthy. How do you keep him healthy if he can't stay healthy?

[NLC1054]

If Meriweather comes back in the offseason/training camp he can compete for a spot against the players brought via FA/draft.

Meriweather's coming back and the ACL should be long healed. It's pretty much his spot until he does something to lose it.

[RWJ]

Meriweather's coming back and the ACL should be long healed. It's pretty much his spot until he does something to lose it.

As our starting FS or SS?

[Hitman21ST]

As our starting FS or SS?

Depends on who we sign/draft, but most likely the SS.

[NLC1054]

As our starting FS or SS?

Strong safety. Like LL said, Merriweather does his best work in the box.

[RWJ]

Strong safety. Like LL said, Merriweather does his best work in the box.

I would think we may want to draft a SS too as Merriweather can't stay healthy.

[skinsfan_1215]

I would think we may want to draft a SS too as Merriweather can't stay healthy.

Has he ever had injury problems before this year?

[NLC1054]

Has he ever had injury problems before this year?

Nope.

Seems more like bad luck and two bad fields than him being injury prone. No one could expect to get taken out by your own teammate in pre-game like that.

I also think people don't realize we basically have nothing but strong safeties on our roster, and that's the whole problem with our safety group in general. Not sure adding another strong safety to that group would fix anything, especially if/when Meriweather is healthy and playing again.