Predict the 2011 Opening Day 53 Man Roster

For those with either Sundberg or Dearth at LS, please no! Gano will not reach his peak until we have someone else who can reliably long snap.

Absolutely. Sundberg was a disaster. In fact, HE could be blamed for a couple of Gano's "game losing" kicks.

QB: Rex Grossman, John Beck, Vince Young

RB: Ryan Torain, Roy Helu, Royster

FB: Darrell Young, *Sellers

TE: Chris Cooley, Fred Davis, Logan Paulsen

WR: Malcolm Kelly, Anthony Armstrong, Leonard Hankerson, Terrence Austin, *Brandon Banks, Robinson, Paul

OL: Trent Williams, Kory L., *Casey Rabach, Will Montgomery, Ryan Harris, Jammal Brown, Kasey Studdard, Selvish Capers, Cook

K: Graham Gano

DL: Adam Carriker, Anthony Bryant, Jeremy Jarmon, Jarvis Jenkins, Kedrick Golston,

LB: Brian Orakpo, Ryan Kerrigan, Lorenzo Alexander, London Fletcher, Chris Wilson, HB Blades, Perry Riley, Robert Henson

DB: DeAngelo Hall, Carlos Rogers, Philip Buchanon, Kevin Barnes, Byron Westbrook

S: OJ Atogwe, Laron Landry, Reed Doughty, DeJon Gomes

P: Josh Bidwell

LS: Nick Sundberg

Practice Squad:
Hurt, White, Thompson, Neild, Terrance Tolliver, Henry Hynoski,

*First to be released

I will up date the list a little later.

IMO Lorenzo Alexanders combination of fearlessness, strength, speed and hitting ability makes him perfect for ILB position and IMO better then those two. Anyone that can play Guard, NT, DE and OLB and do it well, is an incredible football player in my book. I have always been so impressed with Lorenzo's fearless one man wrecking crew type of play. Riley and Henson are good and will compete for a starting position with Alexander, but they do not have the on the field NFL playing experience that Lorenzo brings to the table.
We are strong at LB. Yes.
We will see who is starting in 2011.

The thing is he doesn't have the same range to move from sideline to sideline that you get from the more natural linebackers in Riley and Henson, and personally I believe that if Henson is healthy he wins that job hands down.

IMO Lorenzo Alexanders combination of fearlessness, strength, speed and hitting ability makes him perfect for ILB position and IMO better then those two. Anyone that can play Guard, NT, DE and OLB and do it well, is an incredible football player in my book. I have always been so impressed with Lorenzo's fearless one man wrecking crew type of play. Riley and Henson are good and will compete for a starting position with Alexander, but they do not have the on the field NFL playing experience that Lorenzo brings to the table.
We are strong at LB. Yes.
We will see who is starting in 2011.I agree with you, with one caveat: our ILB positions are complementary, not identical. Lorenzo can play inside, on the strong side against the TE in coverage. But that was Fletcher's position, not McIntosh's. If Alexander plays ILB in 2011, Fletcher is going to need to have a different set of responsibilities (he'll still call the defense, obviously). And as good as Fletcher is, when he's in space against RBs or WRs ten or more years younger than him, I would imagine that those are battles the offense has to imagine it will win.

He won't be quite as poor as McIntosh was in the same role, but the Redskins don't have a true cover linebacker whose best days are in front of him.

I'm so glad we got Atogwe btw.

Excellent pickup without seeing results yet.

Jeez, I think I totally forgot about Rob Jackson

Jackson looked good in the J'ville game. He's a guy that I could see having a 'breakout' year & by that I mean maybe he makes the team & gets pt as a reserve. I could see him beating out C. Wilson.

He's got a year on Kerrigan in the learning curve & he seems pretty athletic. If Kerrigan struggles in the transition to OLB that spot is gonna have some stiff competition.

Jackson looked good in the J'ville game. He's a guy that I could see having a 'breakout' year & by that I mean maybe he makes the team & gets pt as a reserve. I could see him beating out C. Wilson.

He's got a year on Kerrigan in the learning curve & he seems pretty athletic. If Kerrigan struggles in the transition to OLB that spot is gonna have some stiff competition.

You seriously think they would start Rob Jackson over Ryan Kerrigan at OLB?

Ex-Mountaineer Chris Neild Hopes To Bolster Redskins Run Defense (http://swinginggatedc.com/2011/06/20/ex-mountaineer-chris-neild-hopes-to-bolster-redskins-run-defense/)

I like this guy, IMO he will make a great Redskin.

Ex-Mountaineer Chris Neild Hopes To Bolster Redskins Run Defense (http://swinginggatedc.com/2011/06/20/ex-mountaineer-chris-neild-hopes-to-bolster-redskins-run-defense/)

I like this guy, IMO he will make a great Redskin.

I'm hoping at least for a long term Joe Salvae type player that can bring energy and hard work. Would love though for him to develop into a solid B grade starter.

I'm hoping at least for a long term Joe Salvae type player that can bring energy and hard work. Would love though for him to develop into a solid B grade starter.

I'll take that.