Lets overpay for Jared Allen

What about Justin Smith from Cinci? Everyone thought he was getting the tag but they ended up putting it on a backup lineman.

I'm officially on board with going after Hackett. Yes he's had injury issues but when healthy the guy is a player and he won't cost us a ton either.

He's got good size (6'2, 208) and he's only 26. I think he's a good gamble.

And he's familiar with Zorn

And he's familiar with Zorn

Yup. I hope he's on our radar.

I agree, that would be a good move. But would he be our #1 guy or would santana remain and move el to the slot? I'm not so sure hackett is that elite receiver we're desperately looking for, in other words teams wont be rolling coverage to him. Granted he is young and could develop into a monster but im not so sure..

You should also note that while the average record for a hypothetical team in a season is 8-8, that doesn't account for the fact that the median team in the NFL tends to be a 7-9 team. This is because the elite teams win more games than the awful teams lose. That is to say, that the average NFL team is inevitably more likely to lose to the worst team in the NFL than they are to beat the best team in the NFL. This makes sense, does it not?

Therefore the prototypically average NFL franchise will win about 47% of it's games in the free agency era. The Redskins have won 47% of their games in the Snyder era. I would agree with you that it would be irresponsible to credit Snyder for the success in 1999, but the Redskins are still (give or take) the average NFL franchise in his era.

Maybe average isn't good enough for you, but I don't think that's the argument you are trying to make.

U make an excellent point here. While its easy to overblow the mistakes that management makes and overlook their successes (from a qualitative standpoint), I think it's wise to take a closer look at misleading numbers. I think one of the most skewed stats is win pct, especially when people try to use it to gauge how good a team is in a given season. Unlike college football, the pro game doesn't take into account SOS and margin of victory when counting simple wins and lossesn to try to decide how good a team is. These stats really show how good a team is in my opinion. (Obviously I know the college system is flawed and the NFL does a better job, yata yata yata, i'm just making a point about the metric used.)

The skins situation is unfortunate at times b/c we are in a tough division...don't tell me that we wouldnt have had more success in the Snyder era if we were in the AFC east or NFC west (instead of New England or Seattle respectively). I don't mean to use this as an excuse for our performance but before people start tearin apart our franchise, i think we need to take a closer look at the numbers.

I agree, that would be a good move. But would he be our #1 guy or would santana remain and move el to the slot? I'm not so sure hackett is that elite receiver we're desperately looking for, in other words teams wont be rolling coverage to him. Granted he is young and could develop into a monster but im not so sure..

I'm not sure who would be the #1, it might not really matter though.

I definitely like the sound of ARE moving back to the slot. That's really where he belongs and can be the most effective.

i really don't want to do this.... but my friend told me Atlanta is trying to trade Dangelo Hall. if we could do this without losing a first round pick, i would do this in a heartbeat. he has been to the pro bowl twice, and i think he is only 24. sorry, no link

just posted this in my first reply under offseason dreams....anyways the link is under cnnsi, truth and rumors

I wouldn't touch Hall. Overrated and a pain in the ass.

You Don't think a fresh start would do him good i mean he has been stuck in the ATL for a minute