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S LaRon Landry, Washington Redskins

HT: 6-2, WT: 205, Born: 10-17-1984, College: LSU, Drafted: Round 1, Pick 6

2008 Projections

Best Case

Landry has DB1 potential if he's used to support the run on most downs. His physical style of play would produce plenty of solo tackles in that role, while his premier coverage talent would add a number of big plays and coverage stats on passing downs.

Worst Case

Landry, unfortunately, will likely be used primarily to help out in deep coverage. With the Redskin secondary aging and injured, Landry may be the best cover option on the team. Aligned so far from the line of scrimmage, Landry isn't likely to have a major impact in run support and his tackle numbers, like that of former teammate Sean Taylor and Baltimore's Ed Reed, may suffer for it. It's not unthinkable to project Landry to finish with 55 or less solo tackles, which would be nearly impossible for him to overcome with enough big plays to be trusted as an every week starting option in most scoring systems.

Outlook

Landry's outlook is entirely dependent on how much opportunity he can find within the responsibilities he's given by Blache. If Landry is left to roam the secondary as a centerfielding FS behind a stud tackling MLB like Fletcher, he's unlikely to be better than a DB3 in most IDP formats. If he's used in-the-box often enough, or at least interchangeably, he's got much better potential. Most likely, he'll be another casualty of the trend to use your better covering safeties (regardless of their run support talent) in primarily deep coverage roles.

Writeups last modified: 2008-06-14 13:25:14