Department of Bad News: Carlos Rogers

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Redskins cornerback Carlos Rogers went down awkwardly in the first quarter of the Patriots game on a tackle colliding with London Fletcher, he tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee, this is a nine month recovery injury and barring setback Carlos should be back next season and ready to go.

This is not a good sign in a season filling up with not good signs.

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After the dreadful 2006 season when Carlos Rogers dropped 1427 potential interceptions and Shawn Springs was fully healthy for 0.003% of all plays the Redskins had a problem. Somewhat to my surprise the team did not jettison Shawn Springs and go for a high ticket free agent corner like Asante Samuels or Nate Clements, they instead chose to work with their players and figure out how to get better.

Anecdotally through seven games it has worked. The team has added LaRon Landry and removed Adam Archuleta, added London Fletcher and removed Lemar Marshall, added some young young linemen and cut two older ones so you figure it out.

Whatever it is it was working. Now the team needs to figure out what happens next. In the offseason the team added a former top drawer player in Fred Smoot, two lower tier corners in David Macklin and Jerametrius Butler, to go along with returning youngsters Leigh Torrence and John Eubanks.

Jerametrius was let go right before cut day and later signed with the Buffalo Bills so he's out of the question and John was allocated to the practice squad. Jason La Canfora speculated John Eubanks aka Bob Eubanks would be signed off the squad and he was.

Loveboat Freddie moves into the number two spot behind Shawn Springs with Leigh and David rotating at the number three with Leigh having maybe a slight advantage and Bob Eubanks at the bottom. Byron Westbrook is the emergency, still on the practice squad.

But hey, good thing we kept all those receivers right?



Carlos Rogers limping off the field in Foxborough: Peter Lockley / Washington Times from here.