Haslett defends Doughty

By Rich Tandler

One of the complaints that Redskins fans had about Sunday’s win over the Giants was the play of safety Reed Doughty. He was in for injured strong safety LaRon Landry and his issues started in the first quarter when New York receiver Hakeem Nicks got behind him and hauled in Eli Manning’s pass to set up the Giants’ first touchdown.

Today defensive coordinator Jim Haslett defended his player. “It’s not strictly one guy’s fault,” he said when asked about the play. “We didn’t get a good rush that time, the quarterback stepped up in the pocket and the No. 1 thing you don’t want Eli to do is step up and throw the ball.

“We got too high as a defensive end, the tackles were washed, the quarterback stepped up and started running and chucked it.”

Haslett did not try to make the case that Doughty was without blame on the play. “Obviously, Reed took his eyes off the guy and tried to make a play, but we had three guys over the top of two,” he said.

However, Haslett again emphasized that all of the blame should not fall on Doughty. “I know everybody has been killing Reed on the play, but it’s not all Reed’s fault because when you have that much time to throw a pass, you’re going to complete balls in this league.”

 

Comments

[Allen]

Everyone misses one play here and there, but in Doughty's case, it is a consistent problem. Did you see the move Bradshaw put on him to get in the endzone last week? How about the deep throw to Ballard the TE. Yes, Doughty knocked him down after his 41 yard catch, but his tackling technique was horrendous - never even thought about wrapping him up, but rather just hoped that running into him would work - it did, that time. Look, he's on our team, so I want him to do well, but he should have never made the squad (again). He is physically not able to play the pro game. Any play he makes is going to be because of instincts. But when his instincts are wrong, see Nicks TD, it's bad news, because he can't recover.

[JOHN WILKINS]

WHY IS REED DOUGHTY GETING ALL THE PRESS AT LEAST HE NOWS HOW TO TACKLE AND DOSNT TRY TO GET ON ESPN WITH SOME KNOCK OUT HIT.I WAS WATCHING TRENT WILLIAMS GET BEAT LIKE A DOG ALL DAY OR IS IT SILVERBACK MAYBE YOU SHOULD WAIT AND GIVE YOUR SELF A NICKNAME WHEN YOUR IN THE LEAGUE FOR LIKE 5 YEARS BETTER GET THE O-LINE TO ROLL COVERAGE AWAY FROM TRENT WILLIAMS HE BETTER BE LOOKING AT FILM INSTED OF SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT MALLS.

[VECK D.(SKINZ MAN)]

REED MISSED ASSIGNMENTS,WILLIAMS WAS SLOW ON SOME BLOCKING,SPECIAL "K" OVER SHOT SOME PLAYS,HALL LOOKED IN THE BACK-FIELD AND GOT GOT. THE LINE BACKERS TOOK SOME WRONG GAPS,REX WAS BETTER BUT HUNG OR BOYS OUT TO DRY WITH HIGH PASSES ALL DAY! SO WHAT,WE WON A GAME THAT,NO MATTER WHAT THEM WEAK,SORE LOOSING A** GIANTS SAY,WE WERE NOT FULLY LOADED FOR EITHER AND DID IT THE RED SKIN WAY!THINK PEOPLE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE LOOK LIKE A TIME NOW EVEN WITH THE MISTAKES.NOW WAIT TILL THE BOYS GET IT TOGETHER,THE NFC-EAST?,HELL SUPERBOWL! WE CAN BE AND WILL BE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chris]

Writing in ALL CAPS is really lame dude. The Caps lock key is available for use on most keyboards.

[Mgginva]

For a backup Reed Doughty is pretty damn good. He doesn't have great cover skills but he's smart, reliable, isn't a hotdog and doesn't take any plays off. He's not anywhere near as good as LL but that's because he's a backup. And as a backup he gets a hell of a lot of snaps and starts. If he was any better he would be playing for someone else as he would have left as a free agent. Great safeties are damn hard to find. Sure, he's gonna make mistakes and get beat but that's just what happens to backups. The real concern here is what the hell is going on with LL? Is he ever going to get healthy? RD has had to play the role of starter in a position where he's too far from the box too often.
I think Reed's a great addition to this team overall. If we had more solid guys like him - so much the better. Who had the most tackles in that game?
I love this new blue collar - no super star - no egomaniacs style Shanahan is promoting.
So, all you haters need to just let it go. You're just hating on RD because he's no LL but he isn't meant to be.

[RENKO]

YOU SUCK FOR THAT. WRITING IN ALL CAPS IS THE SAME AS CELEBRATING AFTER A GOOD PLAY. THE KID IS OBVIOUSLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS SKINS, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT ON CSN AND ALL YOU CAN MUSTER IS A LAME TAKE ON SOMETHING UNIMPORTANT. GETCHA HEAD IN THE GAME "KRISSY-BOY"!

[TYRONE]

REED YOU IS GOOD PLAYER DON'T OVER PLAY YOUR GAME KEEP EVERY THING IN FRONT OF YOU

[TCO]

They got too fancy with moving OJ and Reed around. They need to keep Reed in the box and minimize his coverage assignments (OJ is better at covering, Reed better at run support). Yes, it is more predictable if we segregate their roles, but we're better off that way. Same thing when Landry is back. The safeties (other than the very best like ST or TP) are not interchangeable. For obvious passing situations, consider bringing in a physical corner for Reed, or just moving him around the LOS, to disguize his blitzes, but blitx him a lot. Blitzing OJ seems "neat", but is a luxury that we can no afford given our SS coverage problems.

[Fred]

Agree on some points. RDoughty isn;t the best cover guy, but he is one of the best on the team at being where he's supposed to be. He may not have the speed to match up to the receivers he's covering, but at least he's in the general area and not wrongly across the field in blown coverage. Did he miss on some plays? H3ll yes, but his tackling is next best to London Fletcher.

RDoughty is good enough to fill in...as soon as LL gets back, then RDoughty makes a great 5th DB.

[Jaye]

Reed Sucks! He shouldn't made the team last year either. I think the coaches have pity for him because of his family situation. Chris Horton should have his spot!!!!!

[WildBill1952]

Horton couldn't figure out where he was supposed to be all preseason after a year in this defense. Sorry. Horton had a great rookie season, but you can't live off your laurels. The free safety should have had the primary coverage responsibilities on Nicks, not the strong safety. He came in late, too, and no one seems to notice him. Lot of hate by the pro-Horton crowd. It looked like Doughty was fooled by play action and made a couple of steps in the wrong direction and couldn't catch up. Dirty Thirty has the same tendency, even though he has greater catch up speed. It happens to strong safeties. Get fooled - get ruled.

[RICK JOHNS]

I totally agree wit u WILDBILL its like last year when we was suppose to beat HOUSTON he grabbed ANDRE JOHNSONS arm instead of knocking the ball out of his hands.BUT i hope he will get better as the season go forward hurry back DIRTY THIRTY.HTTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wago]

Why is no one talking about Trent Williams? If he keeps getting beat like a drum, Sexy Rexie won't last another game.

[leonard kirby]

Laron Landry and Buchanon will both be back there soon,so its a mute point.

[John Wilson]

Trent Williams is not a mute point! The left side is the blind side, Rex fumbles when he is blind sided and he fumbles when he is rushed too quickly. Having the other teams player in your face doesn't help you get rythm or complete passes. If Trent Williams doesn't hold up his end of the deal on the Offensive line we are going to see fumbles, incompletions, and some possible interceptions. You think the cardinals haven't seen that game film. Ha!

Hail to the Redskins, come on team, let's prove them all wrong this year.

[George H.]

Truth be told Reed Doughty is, and has always been a BUM. I wouldn't start him on an all female infant team in fear he would get beat. Yeah, he has learned how to tackle, but that's because he just plain can't cover. What was Shanna-Zorn and that " I don't win at any level" Hasslet thinking about when they let Chriss Horton go, and kept the bum. Speaking of Hasslet, how many of you out there think his defense is a good defense. I for one don't think so. The 3-4 is staring to so a lot of loop-holes in it, and the 4-3 is really an all around better defense. Teams look at NE, and often follow suite. Let's see what happens in the next few years. I think they will be going back to the more traditional 4-3, after all, you can truthfully run more sets out of that formation. I say the Redskins go back to the 4-3, and for GODS sake cut that bum Doughty.

[Mgginva]

To all you moronic Doughty haters I have just one question; Who has the most tackles on our team? Now shut up and do your homework before you run your ignorant pie holes.