2009 Redskins Season Preview: Secondary

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Published: August 3, 2009

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... of remodeling to their front seven. The team dropped nine figures on uber tackle Albert Haynesworth, drafted three linebackers, and grabbed a potential starter at end in the supplemental.

But curiously, if anything, the team took a slight downgrade in the defensive backs department.

Sure, the team drafted Kevin Barnes in the third round, but it also released veteran Shawn Springs. Springs’ release had more to do with his high salary rather than his performance. Certainly age is catching up, but as a third or fourth corner and locker room leader, there are none better, and the Patriots snatched him right up.

Barnes might turn out to be a good cover man, but certainly he’ll be no Springs in 2009.

Everyone else, however, was brought back.

The Skins may have overpaid a bit for DeAngelo Hall, signing him to a six-year, $55 million contract only months after the Raiders inked him to a seven-year, $70 million deal. But they like...

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