Kendall Fuller and Virginia Tech praised by DC of Redskins

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2016/10/20/rooki...

Kendall Fuller, finally fully healthy from his knee injury has gotten a chance to solidify his hold on the Redskins Nickel corner position with the injury to Dashaun Phillips. He has obviously made a great impression on his Defensive Coordinator in the larger role he has been playing.

Joe Barry had this to say about Fuller and Virginia Tech:

"You know, I'm going to give Virginia Tech a little plug right here because I said the same thing about Kyshoen Jarrett last year. He was just very mature, very football savvy, and Kendall is absolutely in the same mold," Barry said. "He is a rookie. He's obviously young, that's obvious. But he's very mature for his age, football mature I'm talking about. Very detailed, asks great questions.

Usually young guys say, 'Oh, I get the call, I've got to play the call.' You know, 'I've got to play my leverage, I've got to do my job.' But you learn as you're in this league, you've got to approach every single wide receiver different. And it's cool that Kendall already understands that.

Fuller, alongside Duke Ihenacho at Safety has also been getting plenty of mention by analysts and the sports radio guys here in DC as the Redskins defensive performances have improved dramatically the last couple of weeks. One of the big keys they are being credited with is improving the tackling, especially on running backs that reach the second level. Good to see him doing well.

Only sad note about this is Joe Barry's mention of Kyshoen Jarrett, who has yet to come back from the nerve damage in his shoulder that happened in the last game of last year. Jarrett was coming off an awesome rookie year, which makes it all the worse.