MartinC Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 The Redskins still could have drafted Ryan Mallet because he was still available in the 2nd round. But Allen and Shanahan decided to select Jarvis Jenkins after drafting Ryan Kerrigan in the 1st round. Mallet was selected by New England five picks before the Redskins drafted Leonard Hankerson. So, they could have definitely drafted Mallet. Right because Jarvis Jenkins looked terrible in preseason before he got hurt while it's totally clear Ryan Mallet is a can't miss QB prospect. Also having drafted one OLB it made zero sense to also draft a DE - I mean it's a different position and all but still! Just in case it's not totally clear I am being VERY sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddub52 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 After we draft RG3 we wont even be thinking about Gabbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Note: The author of this thread is not me, but burgundy burner who is a friend to both ES and BGO. I thought this might be a nice diversion from the topics we've been beating our head's over and besides, we need something to feel positive about. ------------------------------ This thread will be used to compare specific draft choices from 2011. The Redskins passed on a chance to take QB Blaine Gabbert. As a result, they were able to pick Ryan Kerrigan and add five additional players by continuously trading down with that one extra pick (49th in the 2nd round). It netted six players overall - five more from that 49th choice. Redskins Ryan Kerrigan Leonard Hankerson Roy Helu Dejon Gomes Aldrick Robinson Maurice Hurt Jaguars Blaine Gabbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Bailey Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Awesome decision and trade. I never liked Gabbert and am glad we passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks N Stuff Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Thank God we made that trade ---------- Post added December-6th-2011 at 07:09 AM ---------- P.S. I just realized the team we traded down with in the 2nd round was Indianapolis. Too bad we didn't just trade for their 2012 first rounder straight up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 4 starter for 1....I will take that, I loved how we worked the draft last year but i wont lie i kept getting mad when it was our turn to pick and we would trade back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin01fan Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Best draft the Skins have had since they drafted Arrington and Samuels. (Too bad Vinny screwed that up) Hoping the Allen / Shannahan team can get us another super draft like this past draft with the first pick being Matt Barkley. Looks like we will be sitting 4th or 5th in the draft with 3 of the 4 teams already having a QB from last years draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probos Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Yup -- In retrospect trading back was a great move and I loved it when the Skins did it. But I will admit there was a part of me that had that feeling of "did the Skins pass on a future franchise, stud QB?",...and I'm sure most on this board felt the same way whether or not they'd care to admit it or not. The jury is out on Gabbert though, he's young and can still end up being a good QB -- it was a bad situation he was going into. They'll have a new coach next year and there's a good chance they go another direction QB-wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 i was going to be happy if we had drafted gabbert. having seen him play now, yikes. that man made some of the worst throws and had the worst pocket presence i think i've ever seen in an NFL QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I was not sold on Gabbert and was happy with acquiring the picks and the players that should be on the roster for the next 3 years. Now if we have similar results with trading down our second round pick that while addressing our offense that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 The draft is looking better with each subsequent week too... at least the Gabbert selections are... who'd have thunk that Hurt would be stabalizing the line? Gomes doesn't seem like a weak link when he's inserted (by the way, I saw him get helped off the field last week. Anyone know how he's doing). Hankerson... well, hopefully he comes back full strength from his injury, but that was a heck of a nice debut. Kerrigan clearly was a good choice, a strong effort guy who even is pretty good in coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paloosa Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Hindsight is 20/20 and no one knows who is going to be good or bad. The player could be the #1 overall pick in the draft and never amount to a hill of beans (Ryan Leaf) or get drafted in the 6th or 7th and become a Superstar player (Tom Brady). So no one really knows because sometimes the player you pick never gets beyond the college level of play and ends up on the street. Then you can have a guy like Walter Payton who was told he was too small to play in the NFL but became one of the greatest RB's of all time and held the NFL rushing record and is a Hall of Famer. So we did very good in last years draft and I think that Shanahan is getting too much credit for that draft when Bruce Allen is the GM and had some say in who was drafted. But the results are encouraging. At the end of next year will be the telling signs of either a resurrection or a new burial plot in the long list coaching ranks of the Washington Redskins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rypien1191 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Didn't we actually move up to get Helu too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paloosa Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 DUH! What do you think? (I wanted to reply with just the word DUH but it said my response was to short) enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botched Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Gabbert is Brady Quinn 2.0 Not drafting him was our best pick of the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlinginSammy HOF '63 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Great move. Another example of why we need to give Shan-Allen some time. Vinny killed this roster. We all would have loved to have taken a QB but look at what we got by not taking one. Look at how many needs we filled by passing on this last draft and waiting on a better class for this year. Now, we can go after a QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Our rookie class has been lights out and that is without Jarvis Jenkins. This 2010 draft will go down as the beginning of a new era. I am expecting 2011 to be the sequel. :fingersx: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'll admit I was disappointed when we didn't select Gabbert. But with how he's looked so far and how our draft picks have played, I'm very glad we passed on Gabbert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Didn't we actually move up to get Helu too? Yeah we traded up for Helu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecardiacrll Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 After we draft RG3 we wont even be thinking about Gabbert I hope youre right. The last time I was pumped up this much for a player was Sean Taylors draft...I wanted the skins to draft Taylor so bad and when they did I was super excited. If you remember we were also thinking about drafting Kellen Winslow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 It depends on what happens with our QB situation. This. Won't know until after the upcoming draft when we pick up a QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drexen Del'Sangre Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Didn't we actually move up to get Helu too?I believe so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Gabbert is 6'6 right? Is it me or does he shy away from any sort of contact? I wouldn't call him a bust yet, but his 1st year is not looking good. Jags suck as a team, and with a young QB like him, you need more pieces around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocskins Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Maybe he needs Zorn's medicine ball drill lol (or whatever type of ball they used)... I lol'd at this comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins4ever Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'd take Tyler Gabbert over Blaine Gabbert any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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