Chris Horton Benched

Really? For this?Redskins safety Chris Horton has been benched for this week's home game against the Buccaneers, Reed Doughty will start in Chris' place at the strong safety position. I have strong doubts as to whether this benching is a good idea, and it is not about Reed at all.Reed was a 2006 sixth round selection out of Northern Colorado at free safety, a position already occupied by incumbent Sean Taylor. With the Adam Archuleta experiment going very poorly, Reed was trained up to play closer to the line and saw the bulk of his 2006 minutes at strong safety.When the Redskins picked up strong safety LaRon Landry in the 2007 draft, Reed was again off the starter's card, after Sean's shooting death in 2007 LaRon moved to free safety and Reed was once again moved into the starting lineup at strong safety, in the second half of 2007 Reed registered two eight tackle games and one with eleven tackles.Heading into 2008 Reed was named starter at strong safety, Chris repl...