E-Dog Night Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 http://sonofwashington.com/2013/03/20/shoestring-budget-begets-competition-at-right-tackle/ We wanted Eric Winston. We could have really used Sebastian Vollmer. We held out of hope for Andre Smith. They’re the fine wine of this year’s free agent crop of right tackles. Unfortunately, the Redskins are on a Boone’s Farm budget. Instead, there’s Tyler Polumbus, Tony Pashos and Jeremy Trueblood, one of whom is likely going to be the starting right tackle for the Washington Redskins in 2013. Every NFL team has a few positions each year where the talent is thin, and the hope is to find lightening in a bottle. The tried-and-true formula is to bring in multiple players, encourage competition in training camp, and let the best man win. Mike Shanahan has relied on that formula throughout his NFL coaching career; competition brings out the best in people. When all things are equal, the hungrier player usually ends up being the better player. Shanahan likes hungry players. He’ll take a desperate player of marginal talent any day over someone with elite skills who acts like he’s already arrived (see Haynesworth, Albert). With that in mind, who among the Polumbus-Pashos-Trueblood triumvirate will emerge as Robert Griffin III’s right hand man? It might be too early to make predictions, but it’s not too early to start placing bets. Here’s a little tiny scouting report to help you figure it all out. Tyler Polumbus: Polumbus is the devil... Click link to continue reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongshot Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 So, basically it is the situation in 2009 all over again where we collected a lot of scrubs, including the guy the previous year who proved he couldn't be the starter. Course, we know how that worked out before. I guess we can hope that Compton is the guy people hope he is, or that we draft someone, but there are a lot of holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 I guess we can hope that Compton is the guy people hope he is, or that we draft someone, but there are a lot of holes. I think if he was, they wouldn't have brought in Pashos and Trueblood. It's probably a pipe dream to think that a 6th round pick from South Dakota can be a highly effective starting tackle in the NFL, but stranger things have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 So what you're saying is...we have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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