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6 TDs! 400 plus yards passing. Making Jeremy Shockey relevant again :hysterical:

This is a mistake of management not getting this guy to DC

Why?

Well, a good front office staff would have seen what we had in the QB situation in 2004-2005, and paid attention to the pipeline.

Brees, in a Coryell like offense in 2004 had a breakout season for the Chargers.

Gibbs clearly had no faith in Ramsey by the end of the 2004 season.

The FO, as opposed to looking down the pipeline and clearly deducing that a team that picked a QB 4th overall would not be able to keep Brees, would have set things up to acquire Brees once he hit the FA market. The good young QB we were looking for, with the big arm to throw downfield (and apparently now eat pancakes off other teams defenses)

Instead, 3 picks blown on Jason Campbell

Is it hindsight 20/20 here? Yea it is. But thinking back now, this looks like a no-brainer, and something a good GM would have thought about (or made a move for after the 2005 season, with probably fewer picks needed)

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Just curious if anyone knows what the Chargers were looking for Brees when they franchised him?

Anyway, at least we weren't the Dolphins in 2006... Choice between Culpepper and Brees, hmmmm.

Probably 2 picks fewer then what it took to get JC :hysterical:

I think a first gets Brees back in 2005, considering they had no leverage with Rivers sitting back there as well

Sigh, I drive myself nuts thinking back the "what if" moves the Redskins should have made. (I have a whole spreadsheet set up with draft picks they should have made the last 10 years)

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When Brees was available in 2006, he was fresh off a shoulder injury in the pro bowl and the Redskins, coming off a playoff run, thought Mark Brunell could get them to the Super Bowl. The QB of the future was already anointed in Jason Campbell the year prior.

I don't really recall much noise on the board about acquiring Brees back then, though there was some. But that happens with every free agent that's been to the Pro Bowl.

But, yeah, if only. There are probably a dozen teams kicking themselves. A QB like that doesn't usually hit free agency. If he had caught on sooner, the Chargers wouldn't have felt the need to draft a replacement and he'd still be in San Diego.

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6 TDs! 400 plus yards passing. Making Jeremy Shockey relevant again :hysterical:

This is a mistake of management not getting this guy to DC

Why?

Well, a good front office staff would have seen what we had in the QB situation in 2004-2005, and paid attention to the pipeline.

Brees, in a Coryell like offense in 2004 had a breakout season for the Chargers.

Gibbs clearly had no faith in Ramsey by the end of the 2004 season.

The FO, as opposed to looking down the pipeline and clearly deducing that a team that picked a QB 4th overall would not be able to keep Brees, would have set things up to acquire Brees once he hit the FA market. The good young QB we were looking for, with the big arm to throw downfield (and apparently now eat pancakes off other teams defenses)

Instead, 3 picks blown on Jason Campbell

Is it hindsight 20/20 here? Yea it is. But thinking back now, this looks like a no-brainer, and something a good GM would have thought about (or made a move for after the 2005 season, with probably fewer picks needed)

The fact that we haven't had a decent quarterback in 10 years (and I'm being very generous by calling Brad Johnson a decent QB) proves how badly our front office has been in acquiring players... aside from all the other obvious flops.

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6 TDs! 400 plus yards passing. Making Jeremy Shockey relevant again :hysterical:

This is a mistake of management not getting this guy to DC

Why?

Well, a good front office staff would have seen what we had in the QB situation in 2004-2005, and paid attention to the pipeline.

Brees, in a Coryell like offense in 2004 had a breakout season for the Chargers.

Gibbs clearly had no faith in Ramsey by the end of the 2004 season.

The FO, as opposed to looking down the pipeline and clearly deducing that a team that picked a QB 4th overall would not be able to keep Brees, would have set things up to acquire Brees once he hit the FA market. The good young QB we were looking for, with the big arm to throw downfield (and apparently now eat pancakes off other teams defenses)

Instead, 3 picks blown on Jason Campbell

Is it hindsight 20/20 here? Yea it is. But thinking back now, this looks like a no-brainer, and something a good GM would have thought about (or made a move for after the 2005 season, with probably fewer picks needed)

He's only 6 feet tall and can't see over the O/D lines! Jeez, don't you listen to the mediots?:doh:

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Sigh, I drive myself nuts thinking back the "what if" moves the Redskins should have made. (I have a whole spreadsheet set up with draft picks they should have made the last 10 years)

Okay, THAT may be the nerdiest thing I've ever read on here.;):geek:

But it was definitely good for a laugh the day after a loss.

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6 TDs! 400 plus yards passing. Making Jeremy Shockey relevant again :hysterical:

This is a mistake of management not getting this guy to DC

Why?

Well, a good front office staff would have seen what we had in the QB situation in 2004-2005, and paid attention to the pipeline.

Brees, in a Coryell like offense in 2004 had a breakout season for the Chargers.

Gibbs clearly had no faith in Ramsey by the end of the 2004 season.

The FO, as opposed to looking down the pipeline and clearly deducing that a team that picked a QB 4th overall would not be able to keep Brees, would have set things up to acquire Brees once he hit the FA market. The good young QB we were looking for, with the big arm to throw downfield (and apparently now eat pancakes off other teams defenses)

Instead, 3 picks blown on Jason Campbell

Is it hindsight 20/20 here? Yea it is. But thinking back now, this looks like a no-brainer, and something a good GM would have thought about (or made a move for after the 2005 season, with probably fewer picks needed)

As badly as people kill Vinny, Snyder, etc. around here, Gibbs set this franchise backwards a decade in his 4 years here.

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When Brees was available in 2006, he was fresh off a shoulder injury in the pro bowl and the Redskins, coming off a playoff run, thought Mark Brunell could get them to the Super Bowl. The QB of the future was already anointed in Jason Campbell the year prior.

Did anybody believe Brunell in 06? For real? I knew we were doomed in the playoffs in 05 when they decided to play Brunell hurt, a repeat of 2004 regular season with Ramsey on the bench. What a joke.

FYI, Brees could have been had in 04 after the draft. The Chargers wanted to start Rivers, but with Brees on the roster and no takers they stuck with the proven QB for 2 years.

Proof: http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=135845

More Proof: http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=134535

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Did anybody believe Brunell in 06? For real? I knew we were doomed in the playoffs in 05 when they decided to play Brunell hurt, a repeat of 2004 regular season with Ramsey on the bench. What a joke.

FYI, Brees could have been had in 04 after the draft. The Chargers wanted to start Rivers, but with Brees on the roster and no takers they stuck with the proven QB for 2 years.

I'd rather have Brees throwing with his left arm then a healthy JC

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