Rufus T Firefly Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 HighOnHendrix, an older club like the Redskins coming off 9-7 has NO business trading a #2 pick for a 34 year old defensive lineman. Even if Taylor had posted 10 sacks this year it would not have been enough to propel this team to contender status.Giving up those draft picks to Bill Parcells was silly. Meanwhile, Parcells ships Taylor and Zach Thomas out of town and goes 11-5 with a roster rebuilt with younger players Learn a lesson from the guys who really know HOW to do it That's absolutely dead-on. The team stayed completely out of the FA market last year, supposedly building thru the draft, for the future, and stressing "patience". And then they give up draft picks for a stopgap solution. That kind of inconsistency in philosophy is what keeps so many teams trapped in mediocrity or worse. Either you're going for it now (which we had no business doing) or you're building for the future. Trying to do half of each is pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 the observation that Cerrato overruled the Redskins medical staff in regards to the future prognosis for Malcolm Kelly before the draft is troubling to me. with such high stakes riding on #1 and #2 picks, as a GM you have to be very wary about making a pick that carries this kind of downside risk. the one thing even a great coach can't control is injuries to key players. why potentially saddle Zorn and the Redskins with a player that has these kinds of problems getting on the field? DeSean Jackson, Sean Avery, Eddie Royal were all available as Round 2 started and the Redskins could very easily have made moves instead to secure one of these three AND Devin Thomas and kept that extra #2 pick for a linemen (instead of Davis) and passed on the injury-prone Kelly. I'm not really going to go into the too-quick analysis of many that the rookie WRs who outperformed ours are definitely better picks. It's going to take some time to determine that, and also those players were all kind of redundant on a team with Moss and ARE. However..... What really bugs me is that we passed on good players who filled needs in the 2nd because the guys we took were supposed to be so much better than anyone else available. And yet one of those guys had such knee problems that teams felt he might not be able to last more than a few years in the league. I just don't see how ignoring needs and drafting the "best player" when that player might only have a 3-4 year window for success in the league is excusable. Even if he beats that projection, the point is that his medical red flags make him, at best, highly questionable as the "BPA", not to mention such a great value that you can't pass on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 In 1999, Charlie Casserly nailed his first 2 picks - Champ Bailey and Jon Jansen. We don't go to the playoffs without those players. Jansen in particular solidified the Oline. RT that was a sieve for years - Joe Patton, Shar Pourdanesh??? If Cerrato/Snyder/Zorn did their jobs and nailed our first 2 picks and brought an impact Dlineman and OT who could play a little (I suggested Sam Baker who has been terrific in Atlanta, most of you scoffed) - we'd all be singing a different tune right now as we're preparing for the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeen80 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 In 1999, Charlie Casserly nailed his first 2 picks - Champ Bailey and Jon Jansen. We don't go to the playoffs without those players. Jansen in particular solidified the Oline. RT that was a sieve for years - Joe Patton, Shar Pourdanesh???If Cerrato/Snyder/Zorn did their jobs and nailed our first 2 picks and brought an impact Dlineman and OT who could play a little (I suggested Sam Baker who has been terrific in Atlanta, most of you scoffed) - we'd all be singing a different tune right now as we're preparing for the playoffs. Was it Casserly that also drafted Arrington and Samuels 2 and 3 in 2000? It all went downhill in 2001 with Rod Gardner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal2Washington Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Was it Casserly that also drafted Arrington and Samuels 2 and 3 in 2000?It all went downhill in 2001 with Rod Gardner No Casserly was let go shortly after the 1999 draft. As mentioned where we got Bailey, Jansen, and New Orleans first round pick, turned out to be #2 overall. Snyderrato first draft was 2000, Marty ran the 2001 draft, then back to Snyderrato for 02 and 03, 04-07 draft were the Gibbs years with Cerrato still being apart of the process, and finally back to good ole Snyderrato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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