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He also practiced with his hands in his pockets, refused to play in the preseason and was a constant diva distraction. His lack of preperation played a big part in his constant injuries towards the end.

Totally agree that he brought it on game day. But he wasn't worth the baggage, especially after his legs gave out and he was no longer able to explode through the hole. Oh yeah, and that part about going down untouched against the Rams kind of bugged me too.

Give me team guys vs. prima donnas every time.

This. He was also Sheriff Gonnagetcha.

That's racist.

And I think I'm more offended by "Viva Los Redskins" than I was about the Pitbull/Wyclef Jean/Gloria Tañon spanish Star Spangled Banner.

Not sure if serious.

Running back is the position least needing of a pre-season. I wouldn't let my lead back even in the stadium during the pre-season.

Do you think it was a healthy situation to allow the star RB to dictate when he will or won't play or practice? Can you think of one situation where that would be a good thing? He was Alan Iverson part II. Players practice for a reason, to get the timing down with the OL and to get in shape. On top of the divisive nature of his attitude he was constantly hurt and there is a very good probability that his lack of practice played a part.

And then there was the off field stuff. He complaining to the owner that the coach (Zorn) was too tough on him for (get this) yelling at him for practicing with his hands in his pockets. Then Snyder and Vinny The Rat called Zorn in and demanded the coach apologize. Again for yelling at a player for practicing with his hands in his pocket.

This was not a winning formula.

@kjohnsoncsn

Despite being limited in practice & a gametime decision..I'm sensing that Laron Landry will play Sunday from talking w/him & players#hopeful
Twitter for iPhone • 9/15/11 4:27 PM

For some reason, and I know i'll get a bunch of shit for it... But I'm not as down on Reed Doughty as everyone else. Is he Laron Landry? Absolutely not. He's a pretty good safety against the run and plays pretty well along the line of scrimmage. He can't cover for shit but, playing to his strengths as a backup safety, I think we could do much worse.

Maybe it's me being a nice guy too...Maybe I know that he's terrible so I can't get mad at him when he lets Nicks run 20 yards behind him on 3rd and long...

He did have 9 tackles and 2 assists last week, good for 8th in the league for the week.

Yeah hes decent against the run but hes always getting torched for atleast one long pass play. But then again so is Landry..

Not the first game that Silverback has struggled, I agree.

Agree, Trent Williams did a Heyer impersonation last week. It seems to me like he struggles against the Giants more than any other team - I remember Osi just eating him up last year too. He has to play better or a shift to right tackle or even guard is in his future.

And I like Reed Doughty, agree he seems like a nice guy, but he is not a starting quality safety in this league. I know he is a backup, but if you want to be a playoff team ou have to start getting starting quality players even in backup roles.

I do think that Pierre Paul is an absolute freak of a DE though so I am willing to take a wait and see approach on Williams this year.