ASHBURN, Virginia -- The question gets asked because of the leaders the Washington Redskins lost: Jason Hatcher and Dashon Goldson in particular. Even Terrance Knighton was a strong voice for the defense. But Hatcher retired; Goldson remains unsigned, and Knighton is with New England.
That doesn’t mean the Redskins are worried about a leadership void -- nor should they be.
"We have got a lot of guys on defense that are really good, because they are maybe not the vocal-leader types," Redskins coach Jay Gruden said, "but the lead-by-example types.