Marcus Washington gone?

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Remember, Holdman's postion in Chicago was SLB. Roosevelt Colvin played the WLB. Back then, the general consensus on Holdman was that he was really solid. My theory is that his position and responsibilities masked his ineffectiveness.

Playing WLB here he was just too poor of a player to shoulder that extra responsibility.

I guess my theory also assumes that Marcus Washington is overrated because he doesn't have the responsibility of the other two linebackers. My response to that would be that as the defensive captain, it's quite important that we keep him in a role where he is comfortable. If we were to move him to the weak side, and he were to end up getting beat a lot by slot receivers as opposed to TEs, and was unable to account for the extra space he has to cover running lanes, it could have an effect on his leadership skills. Leading by example becomes a lot harder when the example isn't a good one.

He's certainly one of the key's to the defense, but I'm guessing the general lack of responsibility (compared to the other LBs) masks a lot of his weaknesses.