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Breaking Down Dashon Goldson's Role in New-Look Washington Redskins Secondary

Dashon Goldson, do you need some help with that? After all, you're carrying on your back the hopes of a Washington Redskins fanbase who want to believe its franchise still deserves good safety play.

It's got to be a heavy burden, even for a 6'2", 200-pound former two-time Pro Bowler.

Yet it's hardly overstating things to to say this is the level of expectation facing a player whose career has, at best, plateaued during the last two seasons. After making consecutive trips to Hawaii as a member of a star-studded San Francisco 49ers secondary in 2011 and 2012, Goldson joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.