Prioleau Out for Season
 

The sky is not falling and yes we still have 15 of 16 games to play, but losing Prioleau for the season is going to affect us more than most might think. Not only was Prioleau a solid and versatile back-up safety, but he was also a good special teamer. I think he's going to be missed.

Any guesses as to who steps up and fills his role? Stoutmire, Bowen, and the other experienced safeties are gone.

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I agree totally. Prioleau was a good versatile safety that could play both safety spots and cornerback when needed. He was essentially the backup at both safety spots. This is gonna severely hurt our depth in the secondary.

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Ryan Clark, maybe? Oh yeah, he's gone, too. We're looking thin in the secondary. Once Springs is back, things should improve. I hope Shawn came come back strong.

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I wonder if we'll be able to pick up a free agent safety a la Ryan Clark. Does anyone know of any FA safeties out there?

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They could bring back Antuan Edwards, who was here for a couple of weeks in August.

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not at this point. maybe if the skins tried back when they were available...

best hope is doughty learns fast or rumph can pull it off. PP was going to play a lot because arch can't cover, so it's a bigger blow than just DB depth.

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What about Stoutmire? I thought he played well last year. I can't imagine that the Saints would want too much for him. Throw them a 7th rounder!

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Gibbs said something about submitting the play on which he got hurt to the league. I don't recall seeing anything fishy, does anyone else?

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I thought he just slipped?

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Gibbs said that Danny Smith saw something... something about someone going after him, but he really didn't elaborate much.

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reed doughty looks like he has some potential, throw him in there every once in a while. i feel for pierson, he is a vt alum :), and it was the first kickoff of the whole season. has to be so frustrating and infuriating for him. heres to a sucessful and speedy recovery

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turf gremlin, he just took two steps (no contact) and fell down. same thing that happened to jon jansen (and more recently, JAC's DE hayward). I saw all three and they all looked more or less the same.

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Damn, not good. I mean he was our #4 guy in the secondary, but he was still important to this team. Thats really not a good injury...I could almost feel the bad omen coming as soon as I saw him go down.

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I had no idea who it was laying on the field until he got up. I was concentrating on the play down the field. I didn't really think at the time that it was that big a deal, but now I am really concerned with our secondary. Pearson was our nickel back and Archs replacement on third down. Arch is a good run stopping safety but his cover skills leave something to be desired. So now we are down to Reed and Burns at safety and who at back up corner? Oh by the way Rumph is terrible and worth about as much as taylor jacobs was to us. You know what on second thought he is much more costly of a player because he is going to give up big plays and touchdowns. Shit I hope we can get a secondary!!

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matty, coach gibbs said someone was going after him? its a football game, for christsakes. and P.P. going down hurts, bigtime. very good on special teams and understands our defense. probably part of the reason the skins felt comfortable letting ryan clark go. seems like he is always around the ball