Rabblerouser Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Went looking to see what others thought of our draft (only not including the FA's) Dave Moore/Fox Sports Three picks in two days usually qualifies as a failure on any scale. The Redskins, however, chose to do their heavy off-season lifting in free agency. Losing a first round pick to steal receiver Laveranues Coles away from the New York Jets is one of the most significant acquisitions since the season ended. So what if no one knows who Washington took in the seventh round. By the way, who is quarterback Gibran Hamdan? GRADE: C- Len Pasquarelli/ESPN Notable: Uh, you mean besides the fact the Redskins had just three picks, a league low this year, largely because they acquired four restricted free agents and traded for tailback Trung Canidate? Will start as a rookie: No one, but Taylor Jacobs (No. 2) as a viable chance to be the third wide receiver. That's in part because he played for coach Steve Spurrier at Florida, but more so because he is a talented guy. Best value: Most teams ranked Jacobs a first-round playet but he slipped when some scouts perceived he isn't quite tough enough. To land him in the second round is a real steal. Boom or bust: Quarterback Gibran Hamdan (No. 7) is big and strong-armed but still a developmental project. Grade: C- Pete Prisco/CBS Sportsline Best pick: They had only three picks, so we'll go with second-round pick Taylor Jacobs, a receiver from Florida, even though he wasn't a real need. Worst pick: Third-round pick Derrick Dockery is a guard coming to a team that signed four in free agency. It makes no sense. Reach: Dockery. They'd have been better off taking safety Julian Battle. Comment: They traded away their first-round pick for Laveranues Coles and then used a second-round pick on another receiver? That doesn't make sense. It's not like they don't need help at other spots. Grade: C Bpb Glauber/Newsday Washington Redskins (: Coach Steve Spurrier wasted no time grabbing another Florida receiver. This time, it was second-rounder Taylor Jacobs, a first-round projection by many scouts. Seattle Times The Redskins used most of their picks to sign restricted free agents, including a first-rounder for WR Laveranues Coles. With their Round 2 choice, they couldn't help but give coach Steve Spurrier yet another ex-Florida receiver, Taylor Jacobs. Grade: B Ken Murray/Baltimore Sun (Scale 1-10) NFC East Dallas 7 Secondary should be top-flight now N.Y. Giants 5 Satisfied defensive line requirements Philadelphia 7 Eagles had a big needs draft Washington 3 Taylor Jacobs' fall was a blessing KEN SUGIURA/Atlanta Journal Constitution WASHINGTON REDSKINS -- C Washington basically had its draft during the free-agency period, giving first-, fifth- and sixth-round picks to get WR Lavaranues Coles, RB Chad Morton and S Matt Bowen in free agency. Big surprise -- Steve Spurrier spent his first pick on a Florida WR, Taylor Jacobs. PAUL NEEDELL/Newark Star Ledger Redskins - C Comment: Only three picks in the entire draft, but you can't take giving up their No. 1 pick for former Jets WR Laveranues Coles out of the equation. Coach Steve Spurrier also grabbed his former Florida recruit, WR Taylor Jacobs, in Round 2 - and he has first-round talent. Third-round G Derrick Dockery could eventually energe as the other guard with ex-Jet Randy Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Brasi Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I can't tell if these guys are including the restricted free agents in consideration with the grades or not. If they are, then these reports are a joke. #1 Coles #2 Jacobs #3 Dockery #4 Candidate #5 Morton #6 Bowen #7 Hamden 3 game breakers on offense, a potentially starting guard, one of the best kickoff returners in the league, a starting safety, and a project 3rd string qb. This is an "A+" no matter how you look at it. Surely these rankings don't include the free agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Even Madder Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 theyve got a strange way of rating drafts. Shouldnt you rate drafts based on how well you did with the picks you have? The fact that the skins only had 3 picks shouldnt have anything to do with how wlel they did with them. "Three picks in two days usually qualifies as failure" acording to the doofus from Fox. Why does it qualify as failure? Its not like they gave the picks away or traded them for a ham sandwich (they drafted one in the 7th instead - lol). They got starters for those picks. The only way you can knock the skins draft is syaing they didnt fill any holes on the roster. they needed DTs, DEs, S, P but didnt get any. OK thats fair criticism. But to me, if they reached for a player just becase it filled a need, that would be a bad draft. They didnt. They got one good player who will play right away (OK Jacobs won't start but he'll get some playing time) and one project who might be a stud someday (Dockery). Thats pretty damn good. Yeah they wasted the 7th rounder but who really cares about 7th rounders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 By the way, who is Dave Moore anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 As we all know, draft grades are really incomplete until at least 1 season is completed. Then, they'd probably change every year then anyway (for instance, you get a guy who blows up big as a rookie and then fades away) and depend on whether you believe in pure-BPA, pure-need or (as is more likely the case) somewhere between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathByLinebacker Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 It's seems clear that they were rating us entirely on the 3 picks from the weekend. I know we all want them to count the RFA's, but I can see why they wouldn't. Should Miami get credit for Ricky Williams again, Buffalo for Bledsoe, and Tampa for Gruden since they all gave up picks out of this draft for them? Maybe, but it would make evaluating the draft a real pain. So they just base their evaluation on the picks that were actually used over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Brown #43 Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 At least 6, if not all 7, of these guys will make our team. How many teams can say that? #1 Lavaraneus Coles #2 Taylor Jacobs #3 Derrick Dockery #4 Trung Canidate #5 Chad Morton #6 Matt Bowen #7 Gibran Hamdan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coles the clutch man Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 why don't the include the FA that is so stupid and a c insn't what we should have gotten 2/3 draftees will probobly be starting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevea Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Guys ... I love our offseason, but if we're going to evaluate our use of draft slots let's do it fairly. Stai was a wasted pick and Morton cost us a 4th, not a 5th: #1 Lavaraneus Coles #2 Taylor Jacobs #3 Derrick Dockery 2003 #4 Trung Canidate 2004 #4 Chad Morton 2003 #5 Brenden Stai #6 Matt Bowen #7 Jermaine Haley #7 Gibran Hamdan (using the pick obtained from Miami for Sage) HTTR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I looks like these idiots gave the Skins C's because there were only 3 draft pics and the Hamster isn't a household name... The could not have factored in the traded picks and the players we received. How can you say that picking Jacobs was not smart because we picked up Coles?? Sure we have other needs, but we now have 3 legit WR's rather than 2, and last time I checked, we have a pass happy coach... I give these draft grades an F for F*cking Stupid!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 The Monday USAToday graded the Skins draft at 4/5 stars (no link, I read it on the plane)... but they did acknowledge that the majority of our draft was 'proven' free agent players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Ken Murray/Baltimore Sun (Scale 1-10) NFC East Dallas 7 Secondary should be top-flight now N.Y. Giants 5 Satisfied defensive line requirements Philadelphia 7 Eagles had a big needs draft Washington 3 Taylor Jacobs' fall was a blessing A Baltimore writer giving us a 3? Go figure. BALTIMORE SUCKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmate running the asylum Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Although grading drafts the next day is fun and every sports writer likes to do it, in actual fact the grading of drafts is meaningless until 3 or 4 years later. It is only then that you can really tell and evaluate how well the 32 teams succeeded and even then a grade of A, B, C, D, or F, is so subjective, it is also meaningless. And basing our grade on only the 3 draft picks is ridiculous. Especially when we purposely traded picks #1, 4, 5, 6, and 7, for specific players, all of whom are proven and several of whom are stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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