Offseason personnel strategy

---------------------------Taylor------------Fox/XXXXX------------------
--Rogers---------------------------------------------------------Springs--
------------McIntosh/Marshall---------XXXXX------------Washington------
--------Carter------------Griffen-------------Golston------------XXXXX---

here i think is where our defense needs to be adressed, maybe moving springs or rogers to nickel and bringing in a good cb, and i dont think our offense needs to be improved at all, just time to gel with campbell, and add some depth, through the latter rounds of the draft or maybe a mid-level free-agent o-lineman. you present a good plan for the skins, i wish they could read it

---------------------------Taylor------------Fox/XXXXX------------------
--Rogers---------------------------------------------------------Springs--
------------McIntosh/Marshall---------XXXXX------------Washington------
--------Carter------------Griffen-------------Golston------------XXXXX---

here i think is where our defense needs to be adressed, maybe moving springs or rogers to nickel and bringing in a good cb, and i dont think our offense needs to be improved at all, just time to gel with campbell, and add some depth, through the latter rounds of the draft or maybe a mid-level free-agent o-lineman. you present a good plan for the skins, i wish they could read it

I tend to agree that Marshall may not be best suited for the role inside although I don't view it as a total handicap. I actually think Daniels is a solid End but the age is definitely a concern. I wouldn't see him playing past his contract, which I believe expires in two years. Also, there is a good chance Wynn may be a cap casualty at the end of the year given that he has a big number and only one year left on his contract. I think Demetric Evans was a solid re-signing though.

Funny you mention that - when my Dad commented how old the Redskins are as a team, I pointed out all of those young guys that had a major impact in the win Sunday. Even Rocky with the blocked punt and several special teams tackles came up huge (can we get him on the field on D? Please?). Gibbs must adopt a cap strategy that emphasizes keeping the young core intact. I don't want to ever see us lose another Antonio Pierce for reasonable money and see him become a team leader elsewhere. He should offer Cooley and Sellers extensions before they can even reach free agency at the end of next season.

The Pierce loss was pretty big I think. I really wonder how that slipped through the cracks, because it is not like he got franchise-type money.

Consider this:

Pierce signed a 4-year, $7.4 million contract
Clark signed a 4-year, $7.1 million contract

vs.

Archuleta signed a 6-year deal worth about $30 million

Doesn't it make you sick that we could have both Pierce and Clark for a fraction of the price we paid for Archuleta?

One thing to note: Smoot was demoted recently and people are talking about him possibly being cut this year. If he were to be cut, I think the Skins would have to think long and hard about bringing him back to play in the nickel.

A lot of people on the boards are talking about Rocky taking over the middle this offseason and moving Marshall back to the outside where he was when they were third in the league in defense.

A lot of people on the boards are talking about Rocky taking over the middle this offseason and moving Marshall back to the outside where he was when they were third in the league in defense.

i would be pleased with that, but id also like to see what briggs and fletcher are going for. fletcher is an absolute beast, and knows the williams system i believe, both were together in buffalo

I only want one big offseason signing. I'd rather look within since Rocky played that position in college.

I'm still on the Nate Clements bandwagon for our big FA move, and that is all.

Then we ACTUALLY SAVE draft picks and draft DE, OL and more DL.

The Scouting Department is divided into two parts. College scouting and pro scouting.

The college scouts have done a great job, IMO. Golston, Taylor, Cooley, Campbell etc. The ones we complain about haven't gotten to play (Mcintosh) or have been injury plagued (Manuel White).

The pro scouts have been more of a mixed bag. Marcus Washington was good call. I think Randle-El has done what I expected. Those expecting 80 receptions were unrealistic. That's why they signed Lloyd as well. I thought Lloyd was soft at first, but he seems to be playing with more confidence now. Defensively, Archeleta and Carter look like mistakes at this point. I think Carter may be redeemable if he is used as a 3rd down rusher, but Arch was just a case of poor evaluation. You can't play safety in this league if you can't keep up with Jason Whitten. He just doesn't have the physical skills to play the position. The scouts need to be able to see that and say, "Hold on a minute." Perhaps they did and the coaches overruled them. We don't know.

But I don't think we can say at this point that we need to completely overhaul the personell department. I think we will be surprised by how much talent there is on this team these next few weeks. It gives me hope when I see Golston, Fox, Rogers, Mcintosh, and Holdman play like they did against Carolina. Perhaps they are getting into a groove and will get on another run.

One thing to watch in young players is how they show up in road games. I am firm believer that winning on the road is the difference between playoff teams and average teams in the NFL. We have been bad on the road. We have two road games left and we need to overcome that adversity if we are to get going. I know it's early to talk like that, but even if it doesn't happen for us this year, we can still learn who's who by watching how those young guys play in the away games.

BTW, we are 3-2 at home this year. 1-5 on the road.

I don't even want to write Archuleta off yet, he was brought in for a reason, and if Gregg Williams gets the defense to start pressuring the QB, why couldn't he play the safety opposite Taylor?

I think a lot of those points are right on the $. The scary part for me is that I hope to dear God that the $ we wasted in WAY overpaying for AA and Carter do not prevent us from being able to sign the likes of Dockery Fox Sellers, Cooley, and either Betts or Duckett. These mistakes may make signing our internal core very difficult in 07 and 08.

I don't even want to write Archuleta off yet, he was brought in for a reason, and if Gregg Williams gets the defense to start pressuring the QB, why couldn't he play the safety opposite Taylor?


I don't think our goal should be to build the defense back up to the point where we can get away with having him in the game. Fox is better. I respect your defense of Brunell but no one will buy it with A.A. He's done. Too slow.