Redskins sign Calvin Armstrong and Kevin Sampson

[skinsnut]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

The O-Line is a major concern obviously. I just went back and watched the first part of the Green Bay game and watched Wade and Fabini on the right side. In my opinion they are a major liability even when they were healthy. Fabini is ok in pass pro, but still plays too high and could get overpowered pretty easily if he faces an elite DT. He is below to far below average in the run game and he is slow getting out in front of run plays (and struggles in inline blocking too, the movement stuff is just more obvious), though the Skins don't seem to be asking him to do that much, probably because they realize he is not able to do it very well. Every time the Packers brought pressure with their LBs from the right side they got through easily. They ran a couple of stunts with the Mike and Sam, Sam crashing inside, Mike looping over the top of him. Once Portis picked up the backer, the other time both Wade and Fabini both went with the DT and both LBs came free. It's an obvious point, but that right side was a problem before the injuries. The guys are serviceable but I think some might give them more credit than they probably deserve. There's obviously nothing the Skins can do, injuries are killing them, but I think if anyone goes back and really watches that right side you wouldn't say that they looked promising. The Skins are surviving despite those guys, not thriving because of them. Just my opinion.

Great analysis....tell us your opinion on Wade, we all kinda knew Fabini was marginal.

[RobH4413]

Nice post SC.

I think you alluded to my general point, that despite catastrophic injuries we are managing to survive. I'm curious to see how DeMuelling (or however you spell is last name) contribute to the system.

He's not known to be a bruiser, so maybe we should expect more outside runs to compliment his speed? It will definitely be an interesting watch on Sunday.