Redskins Depth Players Put Up Stats

With two weeks left in the preseason the Washington Redskins make their presence known on the NFL stat tracker. Sure, they had an extra game to pad their stats but so did Indianapolis. And when it comes to the Colts, it's a good thing to be in their company when mentioning stats for offense or defense.

According to NFL.com the Redskins are in the top 5 in four of the six main categories (Passing Yards, Rushing Yards, Receiving Yards, Tackles). Marcus Mason leads the NFL in rushing with 233 yards, but Rock Cartwright is third with 148 yards. Matt Sinclair is second in the NFL with 18 tackles, Khary Campbell is right behind Sinclair with 15 tackles, Billy McMullen is fourth with 142 receiving yards, and Colt Brennan comes in fifth with 239 yards passing.

If you look a little deeper you'll see Shaun Suisham is fourth in kick offs. Yeah, kickoffs. Suisham was pretty lousy at that last season, so it's good to see him averaging 70.9 yards per kickoff with 2 touch backs. He'll need to keep that up when the season starts, but this is promising.

Durant Brooks in 10th in the league in punting (not bad for a rookie) while Derrick Frost is 38th. I think the writing is on the wall for Frost.

This shows that our depth players are starting to stand out in the league. It's always a good thing when your third and fourth string guys out perform the rest of the leagues third and fourth string guys, especially under a new head coach.

Again, it's just preseason, but to see our depth players make these kind of contributions is definitely a good thing and long overdue. Teamwise, the Skins are just so-so in the middle of the pack, but they have been pulling out wins this preseason and have been lucky at times. The next games against the Panthers and Jaguars will wrap up the preseason, but I think we've seen enough from the guys mentioned above...I say they all make this squad.

Hail.