skinsrbeast Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 it looks the redskins finally have a plan on the freeagency For the first time we know who we want, and are trying to keep our own players. With certain holes to fill, what little name free agents will have a big impact on the redskins next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebornempowered Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I am really liking the way this looks also but it's not even the weekend yet. I will feel better in about two weeks and we can look back and say the same basic thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEavyJumbo85 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Montrae Holland, Guard from the Saints will be Dockery's replacement if he goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidFan Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Course the Broncos want to sign bot Kerney and Holland....plus nabbed Bly from us...there is a mole in our FO.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 no it's not being done right. many teams approach the cap as a strategic reserve. the Skins never looked at it that way - spend it when if have it for immediate gain has been the Skins approach. the problem has been this short term philosophy hasn't panned out on the field. and now, when other teams are using their strategic reserve to sign the best players we are backed into a corner in both FA and the draft due to the short term return focus. we aren't seeing a new appraoch - we are seeing the consequences of the old approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Lloyd Christmas Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 no it's not being done right. many teams approach the cap as a strategic reserve. the Skins never looked at it that way - spend it when if have it for immediate gain has been the Skins approach. the problem has been this short term philosophy hasn't panned out on the field. and now, when other teams are using their strategic reserve to sign the best players we are backed into a corner in both FA and the draft due to the short term return focus. we aren't seeing a new appraoch - we are seeing the consequences of the old approach. but compare us with the 49ers. theyve been frugal, and now have 30 mil to spend. they could just as easily blow their wad on 2 or 3 players, and it might not pan out for them. how is that any different than what we do each year? its all just about what FAs work for your team and which ones dont, and its a crapshoot. sure we could be really frugal for a few years, not get anyone big, and then have 30 mil to spend, and we'd go spend it on a few big name guys, and if we lost, youd still say that our FO was stupid. its a total crapshoot with this kinda thing, all teams can do is make educated guesses as to how new players in their systems will pan out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Course the Broncos want to sign bot Kerney and Holland....plus nabbed Bly from us...there is a mole in our FO.... I'd like to see Kerney signed as long as we go after a DT in the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana87 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 it looks the redskins finally have a plan on the freeagencyFor the first time we know who we want, and are trying to keep our own players. With certain holes to fill, what little name free agents will have a big impact on the redskins next year? Gibbs & Co always have. You guys just didn't agree with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdowwe Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 7 years and Dan might finally have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankRizzo Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 We're not even through day one yet...might want to hold off on that statement. Here's to hoping, but fool me once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie5 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 no it's not being done right. many teams approach the cap as a strategic reserve. actually, i disagree. that conservative approach often backfires, too. the important thing is to get guys who fit the team, are young enough to perform, and stay healthy. i like the aggressive approach to free agency -- last year they just went undisciplined aggressive & that didn't work. Because of the lack of discipline, AA, a player who had great measurables but didn't fit, was brought in at a high price. I'll give Lloyd one more year to prove himself a good pick-up. i think every year the team knows what/who it wants and endeavors to get those guys. generally, each year, we get key mid-profile free agents like Marcus Washington or Randy Thomas while they're young. Last year was an a little bit of an aberration if we look at the off-seasons of 2001-on. no one seems to want to hear that b/c it sort of dispells the sky-is-falling din. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowplay Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 it looks the redskins finally have a plan on the freeagencyFor the first time we know who we want, and are trying to keep our own players. I could retire tomorrow if I had a nickel for every time I've heard these statements uttered on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onedrop Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 no it's not being done right. many teams approach the cap as a strategic reserve. the Skins never looked at it that way - spend it when if have it for immediate gain has been the Skins approach. the problem has been this short term philosophy hasn't panned out on the field. and now, when other teams are using their strategic reserve to sign the best players we are backed into a corner in both FA and the draft due to the short term return focus. we aren't seeing a new appraoch - we are seeing the consequences of the old approach. your statement is self defeating. regardless of the reason its still a different approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 it looks the redskins finally have a plan on the freeagencyFor the first time we know who we want, and are trying to keep our own players. With certain holes to fill, what little name free agents will have a big impact on the redskins next year? Are you kidding? The team always has a plan in free agency. It always knows who it wants. We always try to keep our own players. This year we only have ONE prominent free agent. That's the difference between this year and previous years. Nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitalDefense Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Gibbs & Co always have. You guys just didn't agree with it.Yep, they had a plan every year, but sadly none of there plans have worked so far, giving Brunell 43 million was the dumbest move Joe Gibbs ever made, so we have that going for us. Brunell would have been released and could have been signed for about 15 million, at least nobody else in the NFL would have given him more but us. Joe certainly can't do any worse than that move, right? Oh Brandon L., close but not quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie5 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Brunell would have been released and could have been signed for about 15 million, at least nobody else in the NFL would have given him more but us. How do you know that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowplay Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Are you kidding?The team always has a plan in free agency. It always knows who it wants. We always try to keep our own players. This year we only have ONE prominent free agent. That's the difference between this year and previous years. Nothing else. Yeah they have a plan. Spend ridiculous amounts of money for players on the downslope of their careers. A case can also be made that they do this at the expense of getting rid of their own players. Nobody should ever doubt that the Redskins don't have a plan when it comes to the OFF season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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