Studs
DE Phillip Daniels. Shined in the one-on-one drills this morning. Beat up Artis Hicks, with strength and technique (and got inside him with a good first step) and bulled his way through Chad Rinehart. Daniels wasn’t facing Pro Bowlers, but he continues to show that he can still muscle guys. He does not look his age. The trick will be when offenses try to get their ends on the move.
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OL Edwin Williams. Saw him stopping guys in the one-on-ones. Again, good anchor and does a decent job with his hands (long arms). I like him better as a center, though he did a good job a couple times at guard vs. Adam Carriker. And the big fella even got out in space on a screen pass to block Perry Riley. I didn’t like how he had his head down on one block of Lorenzo Alexander; that’ll get him in trouble. What we don’t know is how he would handle line calls, etc., at center and that’s a major, major part of the gig. It’s why Casey Rabach is so respected by his linemates and coaches. And why he’ll start.
QB John Beck. Made a few nice throws, though one was helped by a major defensive breakdown. Still, he’s starting to get comfortable. He hit Brandon Banks on a go-route down the right side (Banks dusted Ramzee Robinson) for a score. He also rolled to his right and found Lee Vickers with a sidearm toss; there was a narrow window and he squeezed it in. Beck definitely missed on some throws, but considering when he came here, he’s doing fine. Better than Colt Brennan, that’s for sure.
CB DeAngelo Hall. Nearly had another pick, but instead settled for tight coverage on Terrence Austin and a deflection of Donovan McNabb. Earlier, he picked off a wobbly deep ball by McNabb – the pass was about 10 yards underthrown. McNabb wasn’t awful today, but that was just an ugly, ugly pass. Felt like we should have gotten out a rifle to pick that one out of the air. But the point is: Hall always seems to find his way around the ball.
CB Kevin Barnes. Keeps improving. Does need to work on better angles to the ball in pursuit, but the handful of times he was thrown at today, he had his man covered – or played the zone well. Curious to see how he’ll handle a live game – and against better receivers.
LB Chris Wilson. When he stays low off the edge and gets a step, he’ll get to the quarterback. He did this vs. Trent Williams in the one-on-one and he got inside Will Robinson another time when the tackle was too high; he couldn’t react to Wilson’s third step. Earlier, Wilson stayed home and stopped a cutback run.
Duds
RT Stephon Heyer. Took the day off Thursday from watching him, but back at it today. Had a couple decent blocks – Chris Foerster even shouted after one, “That’s what I’m talking about Steph!” which caused me to start thinking, “Hmmm, stud?” Uhhhhh, no. Andre Carter got around him one time and Heyer fell. Just a speed rush in which Carter was real low. Then Darrion Scott got inside him. In full-team work he was OK, but struggled to reach the linebackers.
RG Artis Hicks. A good guy who is having an inconsistent camp. We’ll give him time, but it’s a bit troubling to see him so upright at times. In the one-on-ones, Darrion Scott beat him off the first step. That can’t happen. Another time he was bending too much at the waist, which results in this: lunging arms and Phillip Daniels driving him back. Later, Daniels got inside of him. Now, you can adjust your scheme to compensate and the Redskins are huge on moving the line – so they’re no always in straight-up man battles. But Hicks needs to improve.
FS LaRon Landry. On a deep ball down the right side to Joey Galloway, Kareem Moore was up on the right side and released the receiver. He expected help from Landry. But Landry played it wrong and went inside. And the coaches shouted, “Oh, not again! You go that way!” Galloway caught it for an easy score.
RB Larry Johnson. Dropped a swing pass from Donovan McNabb. OIt only matters because his hands have been bad in the past.
CB Ramzee Robinson. Got beat by Banks on a go-route – all speed. Banks pulled even with him, they stayed in stride for a couple feet and then Banks dusted him. He allowed Terrence Austin to get inside for a slant route.
Offense. The starters are way too inconsistent overall. Too many drops in seven on sevens, by Larry Johnson, Ryan Torain and even Santana Moss and Chris Cooley. I like what they’re trying to do offensively and I’m sure this staff eventually will put together a good offense, but I’m not feeling it right now.
