Great SI Article on Chris Horton

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

After the crushing loss of Sean Taylor, the future suddenly looks much brighter now in our defensive secondary with our young tandem of Horton and Landry. (chalk one up for the what's right about the Redskins column)

I forget which TV announcer referred to Horton as being a poor man's Polamalu, but I think that's a pretty good comparison.

Kereem Moore has also looked great lately, he has made several great plays on kick off coverage. In a year or two he might be pushing for a starters job. He is a big guy and very athletic.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

Kereem Moore has also looked great lately, he has made several great plays on kick off coverage. In a year or two he might be pushing for a starters job. He is a big guy and very athletic.

True, but I still don't know what the logic was behind drafting two safeties.

But I have been quite happy with Horton

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

True, but I still don't know what the logic was behind drafting two safeties.

But I have been quite happy with Horton

Safeties are very important. Look at how much our defense improved when we got Sean Taylor. But more importantly it is a very physical and violent position. We have been lucky, probably because our safeties are young, but Safeties like LB's get hurt pretty regularly. It is important to have competent back ups.

[GhettoDogAllStars]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

True, but I still don't know what the logic was behind drafting two safeties.

But I have been quite happy with Horton

I think they were just hedging their bets.

[InsanePianist]

I had expected Landry to have a few more picks this year. What does he have now, 3? He's played well all year, but the last 2 weeks he's made a couple of big plays. I hope to see more of that.