ESPN: Archuleta: 'I don't like getting lied to'

[BDBohnzie]

I was one of those guys who gave Archuleta the benefit of the doubt. He's had a roller coaster of a career, and figured, in the right role, he could be a positive thing for the defense. He's a hard hitter, and had some very good seasons in St. Louis.

Looking at things, Archuleta is better suited for the 04 and 05 versions of the Redskins defense, when the primary goal was to blitz, and blitz often. Because of injuries, and the lack of depth in the secondary, G-Dub has had to scale back his blitz coverages tremendously this season, hence hanging Archuleta out to dry.

However, with this media coverage, he has pretty much written his ticket out of town. I'm torn when it comes to the situation. While the coaching staff should say something, any Joe off the street could look at the film and see that Archuleta has played very poorly this year.

A proactive player would have approached the staff to see what he could do to get back in good graces. Archuleta chose not to, and I think that eats at the coaching staff more than his on field play.