Who says that preseason games don't count?They count to Stuart Schweigert ... a former safety for the Washington Redskins. I say "former" because he was released by the team yesterday.
Originally signed by the Redskins on June 2, Schweigert was late getting over in coverage as Indianapolis quarterback Quinn Gray connected with Onrea Jones on a 30-yard touchdown in Sunday's 30-16 victory over the Colts in the Hall of Fame game.
Schweigert played four seasons in Oakland before being released on May 21. For his career he has made 42 starts in 63 games, recording 315 tackles, four interceptions and 18 passes defended.
It doesn't help when another guy fighting for the backup safety gig ... Chris Horton ... played well in the same game. It also doesn't help ... and I'm not kidding about this ... that when searching for a picture of Schweigert, I found a bunch of photos of him getting beat by a receiver or shoved to the ground by a running back.
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8-06-2008 @ 10:06AM
Cold_Steel said...
Oh Snap...when you're waiting for the opportunity to show what you got...when the opportunity does arrive...you have to deliver the trauma...you want to show those coaches why you should be on that 1st team's roster. The "Skins" should have known something was wrong with that kid if "The Raiders" just cut him...The Raiders will sign all sorts of..."Has beens"...so is that suggesting that..."Schweigert"...was worse then a Has been.?!? Hhmmm.....
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8-11-2008 @ 11:11PM
toec said...
Raider fans have been calling for his head for years
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