NFL Live: Dilfer says Washington had the worst offseason

[SkinsAllDay34]

Ok so they had a segment where Mark Schlereth and Trent Dilfer were asked who had the worst offseason.

Schlereth surprisingly did not pick us and said the Bills

-Let Peters go (Dilfer said he is overrated)

-Brought in TO, which will hurt Edwards confidence

Dilfer picks us

-Overpaid for Haynesworth

-Overpaid for Hall

-Tried to get rid of Campbell twice

I think he is dumb for 2 reasons:

1. Whoever got Haynesworth would have to had paid relatively the same amount. I guess if the Giants got him and paid that money it would have been an awesome signing.

2. Did anyone see the money that the CB David got (I think thats him) he got in the same neighborhood as D hall. I think we overpaid a bit but we had to or else our CB situation would have been really screwed up.

The Campbell stuff I agree with, but I think Campbell has made that motivation for a good year.

[SMOSS89]

The game is played on the field. On the FIELD.

[BuryYourDuke]

Dilfer thought Sanchez was a perfect fit here...he's just seeing the obvious.

[terrifNick21]

Trent who? Lol. Who cares what that chump says?

[Siven]

i think if you try and trade your starting qb not once but twice and fail, that is an epic failure for an offseason.

After the first attempt, and if they really meant to go for Mark Sanchez, they should have made damn sure that they got him.

[mnb123]

1. Got the most dominant DT in the league.

2. Resigned a pro-bowl CB, who people forget played great for us.

3. Got one of the best, if not the best pass-rusher in the draft.

4. Tried to upgrade the QB position, which has been one of the weakest spots on the offense for the past few years.

Oh noes, we did terrible.

[terrifNick21]

1. Got the most dominant DT in the league.

2. Resigned a pro-bowl CB, who people forget played great for us.

3. Got one of the best, if not the best pass-rusher in the draft.

4. Tried to upgrade the QB position, which has been one of the weakest spots on the offense for the past few years.

Oh noes, we did terrible.

Sure did. This team can't do anything right it seems.

[jnhay]

He makes valid points, and the team just has to prove him wrong.

[usapatriot]

I'm not wild about the Hanesworth signing but he was going to get that kind of money no matter where he went. DH was a GREAT signing. He caused turnovers I don't understand why no one in the media likes that signing. He is exactly what we needed at CB. I agree with the JC stuff although I really liked Cutler. I think the only arguement for us having the worst offseason is that we didn't address the needs, OL or LB. Other than that I think we had a pretty good offseason.

[Koolblue13]

That's awful. Please Trent freaking Dilfer, tell us how to fix everything.

What a bunch of noobs we were to sign the best DT in the game for less than other teams offered and by keeping Hall, one of the better CBs in the league with a contract smaller than the top CBs make.

We are such noobs. The way we stacked our 4rth ranked D this year, after working on our O last year.

Well, lets just all pack it in now. Good thing football games aren't played by commentators and played inside little tvs instead.

[bubba9497]

Redskin media coverage (hype and rumors) had the worst offseason

reality was quite a bit different

[AKM311]

I will say this, our team is in no position to clog the amount of money we did into two players.

We had to restructure Randy Thomas, Randle El, Carter, and Griffin. Three of those four should be cut soon, but now with the restructures, they can't be until 2013. All this for 2 players and no depth.

Did we have the worst offseason? Who knows. But ours is not as pretty as some of you make it out to be. Especially with the lack of depth at almost every position on this team.

[Califan007 The Constipated]

Trying to trade Campbell doesn't make for a bad offseason...going after Sanchez doesn't make for a bad offseason, either. It's not the things you TRY to do that make for a bad offseason, no more than "trying" to go after Haynesworth, but failing, would make for a good offseason simply because "hey, we tried"...It's what you DO that makes for a good/bad offseason.

The only way we overpaid for Haynesworth is if we could have gotten him for a significantly smaller amount. I doubt anyone alive would think that. And I'd rather "overpay" for Hall than overpay for Springs, which we have been doing for a few years now.

[THE HAMMER'IN HOG]

Dilfer was a poor mans game manager, that's all.

Still mad we picked Heath over him. A lose, lose proposition.

Nothing wrong with the free agent signings, we could have used O-lineman but we had little to work with picks wise, of coarse that is our own fault, but we did get significantly better this off season.

[TheLongshot]

i think if you try and trade your starting qb not once but twice and fail, that is an epic failure for an offseason.

After the first attempt, and if they really meant to go for Mark Sanchez, they should have made damn sure that they got him.

Last I checked, they didn't try to trade Campbell, but investigated a couple opportunities to upgrade the position (one of which may have involved Campbell in trade).

Course, our position wasn't unique. Cleveland had two guys which seemed to be dangled in trade rumors for most of the offseason, then they get Jay Ratliff in trade. The Jets kept saying that Clemmons was their guy for most of the offseason, until they traded up for Sanchez. Both teams were rumored to be in the running for Cutler.

The only difference between them and us was the amount of press that was generated. Lots of FUD for something that didn't have a huge amount of fire behind it.

Personally, I'd put Denver up there for one of the worst offseasons, trading away a talented QB (at a pretty good price, admittedly) and replacing him with Simms and Orton, then proceeds to trade one of those picks that they got for a player in a weak draft, not to mention passing on Orakpo.

[mnb123]

Imagine if we would have made the exact deal for Jason Peters as Phili did. We would have been crucified.

[SWFLSkins]

Trent Dilfer, still trying to get attention when outmatched even on his own team.

[MWCREDSKINS]

I liked Trent Dilfer till that comment, I can name at least 5 teams with worse offseasons than the Redskins. Oakland, Tennessee, Cleveland, Minnesota, Indianapolis all stand out

[addicted]

Dilfer picks us

-Overpaid for Haynesworth

-Overpaid for Hall

-Tried to get rid of Campbell twice

Getting Haynesworth was a great move

Overpaying for Hall could cost us big time. He was terrible in Oakland once he got paid. When he's played for a contract the guys done great. The juries out on him this year since he just got paid again. If he stays hungry he's worth every penny. If he doesn't he's crap. It's a risky move to me

Trying to get rid of Jason twice and failing is an epic failure. No matter how you look at it we screwed up here

Drafting Orakpo? Great move

Not drafting offensive linemen or signing any starters besides Dockery after last years collapse is an epic failure. The downfall of the season is going to be not addressing the offensive line.

Our offseason ranks up there as sucky and grades out poorly. Sure we got a better Defensive line but how does that answer any of the problems we had in the second half of the year last season? We've alientated our starting QB who won't re-sign with the team after the way we've treated him. And we've got an old Offensive Line that needs replacements all around and only got one guy whos play was the reason he became availible to us (not good).

[AKM311]

Imagine if we would have made the exact deal for Jason Peters as Phili did. We would have been crucified.

Difference. Philly makes that trade and still had 11 picks left.

We make that trade and we have 2 left. See the difference?

[mnb123]

We've alientated our starting QB who won't re-sign with the team after the way we've treated him.

I can't stand seeing people saying that. We got a franchise tag, and if the CBA dies, hes a RFA.

Hes not going anywhere if we don't want him to.

[ExoDus84]

I liked Trent Dilfer till that comment, I can name at least 5 teams with worse offseasons than the Redskins. Oakland, Tennessee, Cleveland, Minnesota, Indianapolis all stand out

dont forget tampa. They pretty much gutted that team, from the coaching staff down.

[Califan007 The Constipated]

Our offseason ranks up there as sucky and grades out poorly. Sure we got a better Defensive line but how does that answer any of the problems we had in the second half of the year last season?

Shorter fields, more turnovers, possibly some defensive TDs, better field position.

We've alientated our starting QB who won't re-sign with the team after the way we've treated him.

Then again, the team may not want him back...they sure tried to find his replacement this offseason, didn't they? So whether or not Campbell wants to come back might be a moot point.

And we've got an old Offensive Line that needs replacements all around and only got one guy whos play was the reason he became availible to us (not good).

This is assuming Rinehart is already a bust and wil never be anything other than depth at best. But if Rinehart CAN play well enough to step in and do well, then that's three O-linemen we have that are under 30 (Heyer, Dockery and Rinehart). And Mike Williams may turn out to be a huge surprise as well, not to mention the OG we recently signed. Nothing's guaranteed in what I mentioned, but it's not as if the Skins have done nothing with the O-line.

[paloffs]

Especially with the lack of depth at almost every position on this team.

I really don't know why I see this as often as I do.

QB: Collins is the backup. Adequate? Very.

RB: Betts is the backup. Adequate? Very.

WR: Outside of our top 3 receivers, we have two rookies that haven't proven anything. Depth is short here but these guys have to prove (or disprove) their worth at some time. Adequate? If the two rooks can pass Trash and Randel El on the depth chart, yeah.

OLine: We have a lot of filler bodies. Most of which won't make the team. The two definite backups are Heyer/Jansen and Reinhart. Some hopefuls are the center from MD and Mike Williams. Heyer and Jansen both started at tackle. Reinhart's gotta prove (or disprove) his worth at some point. I don't remember Rabach ever missing games. Adequate? Yes. Not stellar but it's adequate.

TE: Fred Davis and Todd Yoder. Solid backup and a young guy with potential. Adequate? Very.

FB: Nobody outside of Sellers. One drafted that may or may not make the transition to FB. Adequate? Not at all. But how important is FB anyway?

DT: Montgomery and Golston both shared plenty of time in the game. Adequate? Very.

DE: Asuming Carter and Orakpo are the starters, Daniels and Wynn were former starters (both are also run stuffers). Wilson is a rush specialist. Adequate? IMO, very.

LB: Assuming Thomas is starting SLB... Blades/Wilson (both have seen time on the field) and Fincher. Adequate? Barely.

CB: Smoot, Tryon, and Barnes. One solid veteran and two young guys with a lot to prove. Adequate? Yes.

S: Doughty (former starter) and Moore (showed potential). Adequate? Yes.

No, I don't think we're tooooo bad of with depth. Sure, more depth at WR, FB, and LB would be nice. However, I think our depth looks worse because of our starter. Still don't know who's our SLB. Still don't know RDE. Also, our receivers just aren't good (yet).

[deejaydana]

We clearly didn't have the worst offseason but we were hamstrung once again during Draft Day w/only 4 or 5 picks overall (at least we dropped back to gain another pick).

I have to say that the Gmen and Eagles look like they did great w/their drafts and they were already both deeper than our team. Dallas flubbed it which was nice to see but man, the NFC East is going to be really tough this year. I see us finishing in 4th in the divsion, maybe 3rd if Romo sits to pee screws up again (sorry to say, I hope I'm wrong).