re: FWIW Laron Landry..

Not many on this board seemd to mind. Infact, I remember reading threads about who you would pick to win a street fight and how Landry could 'curb stomp' any receiver in the SEC.

FWIW - I didn't agree with it either.

Let me repeat, Laron Landry is a great Strong Safety. He was excellent his first year when he said Sean Taylor to play Free. Right now he's the only safety on the roster with the athleticism to play Free Safety in the NFL, so he's stuck there. A square peg in a round hole. If the Skins can pick up a decent Free Safety to take the spot from him, he will explode.

Take it from someone who has watched his entire NFL career.

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Not many on this board seemd to mind. Infact, I remember reading threads about who you would pick to win a street fight and how Landry could 'curb stomp' any receiver in the SEC.

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I dont remember it being this bad back then. I think if he would have been shaking his head around and flexing after a 7 yard gain while at LSU, he would have gotten shite for it.

He would routinely stand over a tackled players and mouth off. He was also the quick to taunt the opposing sideline after a big defensive play. He would also hit out of bounds and lead with his helmet - and was flagged plenty of times for this.

It's worse now, but it was pretty pronounced when he was here. People just chose to either look the other way or celebrate it.

FWIW, I don't think this was a very good thread.

Laron needs to celebrate after a big play and then move to the next play. He has uncontrolled emotion which will hinder him until he learns how to harness that energy for the next play. However, I would rather a player have too much emotion than not enough emotion.

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Laron plays the run well, but for my money I would take Ed Reed over him everyday.

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Who wouldn't ???

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It just looks silly to celebrate a tackle on a Pierre Thomas first down

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Yep, worse than silly. He used to do this at LSU all the time. Tebow almost killed him one time on a run and that shut him up for a little bit.

Landry is out of position at FS - he simply can't play there. He's a terrible liability and teams exploit him every week.

And regardless of what position he plays, he can't tackle to save his life. He's far more interested in trying to lay a big hit on the ball carrier.

He's also a huge POS. Having to watch the Redskins games each week and see this low-class punk make a fool of himself game after game is amusing since I'm not a Skins fan. If I was, it would be maddening.

i agree w/ orig post, he kept them in the game early, he caused some of the fg's...... the NFL is all about smack talking he was no worse then any others. I did notice though that he didnt talk smack to Devery, they were constantly patting each other on back/but...... but he def was a big overboard smack talker at LSU too......