Skins officially pick Rocky McIntosh

Look, we needed an LB, and this is the guy the coaches wanted. Drafting is NOT an exact science, to say the least. If this is the kid they wanted, I'm good with it.

As for the late rounds and undrafteds, we can make a lot up there, if we do a good job. That's where the scouts earn their money. Remember Joe Jacoby!

Who cares about the low draft picks, the Skins can't seem to pick any winners past the 2nd or 3rd round anyway.

Who cares about the low draft picks, the Skins can't seem to pick any winners past the 2nd or 3rd round anyway.

That's not so bad--most other teams can't figure out the first three rounds. Thank goodness we didn't take Winslow Jr.

...and speaking of the late rounds, does anybody know whatever became of Manuel White? He's still on the team, right?

Who cares about the low draft picks, the Skins can't seem to pick any winners past the 2nd or 3rd round anyway.I'm hoping we get David Pittman in the fith. If we have a fith.

Who cares about the low draft picks, the Skins can't seem to pick any winners past the 2nd or 3rd round anyway.


They did once, and I wouldn't be surprised if they do again. One thing Gibbs mentioned in his presser (up now athttp://www.redskins.com) is that they've added resources to the scouting department. But what about Lemar, Pierce, Evans, etc? In a system like Williams, he slots in a lot of guys and makes it work. Can't say about the Offensive guys (Molinaro, White, Nemo, etc.) because Gibbs doesn't very often go with rooks, and we have good depth at RB, for example. So I think the jury is still out on the CURRENT skins and the late rounds and undrafteds.

If we get just one good player tomorrow, that would be a success, IMO. We'll see. I think that we all get caught up in Kiper-style draft hype, and think that it's obvious how these things will work out. For every Samuels and Taylor, there's a Brady or Jacoby. And I think the strategy of relatively young (24-28) FAs is a much safer way to go, if you are a team willing to spend the dough. And god knows we are!

So 07 we have a 1st,3rd,5th,6th and 7th! Free agents next season can't really be a way to get players becaues of the money short fall! So I have to say it. We need to hit a home run on a late round pick on Sunday with the 5th,6th[2] and 7th[2]!!!!!! When will the madness end????

Maybe next years 1st round pick(32 overall) We will package with the rest and move up to the #1 over and pick QB Quinn from ND or what ever his name is..

isn't skinscanes our resident U guy? where's he been lately?

This is as good a day as any to start posting again!

McIntosh wouldnt have been there at 53, its the guy they wanted. Yes, we gave up a 2nd for next year, but who cares if they got who they have been targeting. Pretend we had all 7 of our original picks this year, we wouldnt need to sign 7 players, we dotn even have room to.

Roger will be great for williams and gives him more flexability. He has the physical tools to be used to blitz and create pressure on the QB. And he'll actually listen to Williams and fit into his system..

And as a side note...its getting hard to fit all my canes on my icon :)

Look, we needed an LB, and this is the guy the coaches wanted. Drafting is NOT an exact science, to say the least. If this is the kid they wanted, I'm good with it.

As for the late rounds and undrafteds, we can make a lot up there, if we do a good job. That's where the scouts earn their money. Remember Joe Jacoby!

I totally agree with you... If this is what Coach Gibbs and Coach Williams wanted, then I'm 100% behind it. do you remember the days when Danny Snyder would jump in and say I want so and so , so pick him....? Glad they are over... I see this as a good pick. Its what the coaches wanted and they know what they are doing..

you know, theres a lot of players that snyder has wanted, that we didnt draft becuase of our other coaches, and he went and got them anyways... We had a bunch of early round busts before Gibbs got here and made a point of going after canes early and often :)