NFL Note - Washington Redskins Swearinger, D.J.
S D. J. Swearinger was critical of defensive coordinator Greg Manusky's calls on the drive that ended with a go-ahead score for the Tennessee Titans on Saturday.
Swearinger took issue with the team playing man-to-man on a third down play that resulted in a holding penalty on cornerback Fabian Moreau. He was also angered about the decision to put Moreau in that position against Titans backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert. "I felt like we should have been more aggressive," the 27-year-old Swearinger said after the 25-16 loss.
"I feel like on the third down and 6, third down and 7, we're playing a backup quarterback, why would you put us in man-to-man? We are our best on defense when we look at the quarterback. When you go one high on a backup quarterback, that's easy, man. It'll go backside every time.
I feel like if we look at the quarterback with all this time we've got on the back end, man, we can dominate every team, every week. I'm not the defensive coordinator though, so. .
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