NFL Live: Dilfer says Washington had the worst offseason

[Braxford]

Dilfer is compeletely wrong. The Skins signed the best DT in the game. Signed a pro bowl 25 year old cornerback. The Skins brought in an an under 30 solid offensive guard who is familiar with the team. The Skins drafted a great prospect in Orakpo for DE/LB and brought in some quick return guys to compete to return punts.

The Skins did mess up IMO in not resigning Demetric Evans but he wanted a chance to start. The Skins also messed up in not getting a proven starter/potential starter at RT ( I like the potential of Mike Williams but he has a lot to overcome). Trying to get rid of Campbell for Cutler and not getting him, failure. Overall I say a C plus but by no way the worst offseason in the league.

[Skinsfor4]

He said all the Shannahan stuff circling around Zorn couldnt coach for having to put out fires everywhere.I never heard that Much about Mike coming here.It was always just talked about in the case that Cutler landed here,he would follow.Pretty bad analasys by him on all the reasons he gave.Imagine Mark not saying Skins?He must have known Dilfer was going to or he would have.

[LeftCoast Skinz FAN]

And he was a GM for which NFL team?

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[That Redskins Fan]

blah blah blah blah... it is espn do you expect anything else

[Redskins:Victory_or_Death]

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

Don't forget the Broncos - next to Oakland - quite possibly will be one of the worst drafts EVER.

[DCDiesel44]

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.

+1, Dilfer had his points, I just thought these ones were better.

[morpheusmeyers]

I think most would agree that with the players we have added we are a better team heading into the 09' season than we were at the end of the 08' season. Not sure how that puts us in dead last out of 32 teams in Dilfer's eyes as it relates to this offseason.

Maybe it has something to do with us not trading the farm for Mark Sanchez. Dilfer loves the guy and said he would have picked him #1 overall in the draft. Today on ESPN he said he thinks Sanchez will win a Lombardi Trophy within 5 years.

[maskedsuperstar]

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.

Name the positions?

[kiingspadee]

OH OK!

So getting a PRO BOWLER who wants to win a championship and demands double and even sometimes triple teams and paying him what ANYONE would was bad.

Getting the BEST player according to Skip Bayless in the Draft who will only be better with that said Pro Bowler that we "overpaid for"

Paying a CB who made PLAYS for us and will only get better with the SAID Pro Bowler.

Hmmm I dunno - I seem OK with everything

[AKM311]

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

QB: Collins is the backup. Adequate? Very. AGREED

RB: Betts is the backup. Adequate? Very. DISAGREE. Injured more than Portis.

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. AGREED, with the IF

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. DISAGREE!!!! None of those guys would be on any other roster. Thomas (always injured), Jansen, Heyer, would be backups on most teams.

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

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? AGREED

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

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. DISAGREE. Mainley because we are forcing Orakpo into a position that he won't work well in our system. Unless Blatche changes his scheme (didn't do it for Taylor), it is below average. Mainly because Daniels/Wynn should not be starting on any team.

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

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

S: Doughty (former starter) and Moore (showed potential). Adequate? Yes. DISAGREE, losing Landry will cripple this team. He will make Horton look like his real talent.

Outside of QB, our RB, OL, DE, and LB are hurting bad in the depth department. We are one of those teams that if we stay healthy, we can be a playoff team, but a couple of injuries will make us a very BAD team. You cannot say that about the very good teams (GMen, Patriots, Steelers, etc.)

[SWFLSkins]

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

Uh Tampa had one of the worst easily, and I agree with Cleveland even if they have not made all of the moves they intended. Marvin Harrison is going to be missed by more than Peyton Manning.

[SWFLSkins]

S: Doughty (former starter) and Moore (showed potential). Adequate? Yes. DISAGREE, losing Landry will cripple this team. He will make Horton look like his real talent.

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Not sold on that Paloffs, we have more depth at safety than most teams, Landry for all your praise was not all-world Taylor style IMO. What makes you think Horton drops off with Landry out? Kareem was picked ahead of Horton for a reason. I feel if any spot on the team is in good hands it is safety. DB, not so much, our third DB is a mystery right now, we are going to see alot of those extra safties this year.

[erock353]

Damn, this is a big blow to how I felt about this upcoming season. I was looking forward to it, guess there is always next year?

[usapatriot]

guess there is always next year?

We've had that engraved above the lockers ever since Danny took over the team. We need to figure out how to start winning now or soon at least.

[cphil006]

He makes some points... but they are obvious...

But, we had a bad offseason because we OVERPAID for two proven probowlers.... yet unproven rookies may get more than what Hall got????

no sense... no cents?

[MumboSauce]

Trent Dilfer BWHAHAHAHAH who cares.

[Redskins:Victory_or_Death]

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.

Turrible. Just turrible.

[Burgold]

I can see Dilfer's perspective.

We had a strong D last year and we improved it (how much is arguable)

We had a weak O last year. Limited production from the receivers, poor o line, declining qb and rb play as the year went on and did nearly nothing to solve the problem. The

Redskins clearly are hoping that some of the Redshirts are ready to step up and if they do than both the Oline and receiving corp will be deeper and much improved. However, if they can't... oh boy....

So, while I wouldn't choose us as the team that did the worst, I can see where the logic arises from. More, because we're such a vocal fan base dissing our team will improve ratings metrics and therefore keep their paychecks coming.

[cphil006]

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

I wonder how much credit he takes for his SUper Bowl win?

[corrupt3d]

I wonder how much credit he takes for his SUper Bowl win?

None, Ray Lewis would hunt him down if he even tried.

[DieselPwr44]

None, Ray Lewis would hunt him down if he even tried.

You forgot to add: and kill him.

[Laron Burgundy]

I can see Dilfer's perspective.

We had a strong D last year and we improved it (how much is arguable)

We had a weak O last year. Limited production from the receivers, poor o line, declining qb and rb play as the year went on and did nearly nothing to solve the problem. The

Redskins clearly are hoping that some of the Redshirts are ready to step up and if they do than both the Oline and receiving corp will be deeper and much improved. However, if they can't... oh boy....

So, while I wouldn't choose us as the team that did the worst, I can see where the logic arises from. More, because we're such a vocal fan base dissing our team will improve ratings metrics and therefore keep their paychecks coming.

I'm of the opinion that our offense can't get worse than last year. If we improve our scoring to where our yardage rankings were, that is about 5 more points per game. 5 more points per game is easily 2 or 3 more wins.

Our defense was ranked 4th but anyone who watched our games didn't get the kind of feeling of dominance you get from watching the raven's or steeler's d. We held other team's offenses down in yards, but we simply did not make the kind of plays that change games in our favor. Hall, Haynesworth, and Orakpo should all change that.

[Da_Truth]

This guy speaks no sense. How can you overpay the best DT in the league lol. But a rookie can get 40+ mil guaranteed who hasnt even played a down in the NFL. You want to talk about overpay, talk about that

[1972FAN]

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

He usually talks good about us. But I do think he's partly right, we paid a pretty penny for Haynesworth, so I hope he produces. I think Hall was worth the money. Don't feel either way about Campbell In my eyes he still has to prove himself, so I don't think we were losing a franchise QB or anything. Plus he was trade bait and there was NO takers, hmm.

[BayouBrave86]

Who the hell cares if Dan overpaid, it isn't Trent's money and it isn't ours! BFD, and Orakpo, Dockery, and Haynesworth are money additions. We let go of deadweight in Springs and Washington. LETS ROLL.