If You Ran the Redskins...

1) Get rid of Vinny Cerratto and bring in a real GM. Let that new GM do his job and not micro-manage his every move.

2) Try to renegotiate J. Taylor, S. Springs, Washington, Antwan Randle El $6.1m in 2009 and Andre Cater $6.6M in 2009. If they say no, release Taylor, Springs and Washington in 2009 and release Carter and Randle El in 2010.

Wow, I didn't know ARE was due $6.1M next season. That's laughable. That's like at least $100K for every little dance step he does after he fields a punt.

Thats why we need to get rid of him, he is over priced (ARE) and he make starter money, we all can sit here and say what we want, but I think the board agrees.......Haynesworth, will be worth the gamble, and adding Birk, will be fine, I have no problem with, T. Jackson, or Wallace coming in, I have a QB comp. at training camp.

I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out a warning...

I think they need to make some serious changes for next year starting by firing Vinny for not addressing needs at the lines.

I would clean house and get rid off on Offense:

Jansen
Fabini
Kendall
Randle-El
Yoder
Thrash

On defense:

Washington
Griffin
Springs
Smoot
Taylor (trade if possible)
Hall (or sign him to a 2-3 year contract, no more)
Wilson
Khary Campbell
Doughty (trade if possible, Moore can take his place)

Special teams:

SUISHAM

Coaches:

Danny Smith
Stan Hixon
Blache (Offer retirement and promote Jerry Gray to DC)
Bugel (I love the man to death but this team is going to kill him and he should retire gracefully and Russ Grimm should be his replacement)

We need some serious changes and might even have to trade players like Rogers, Portis, Moss who can offer value to acquire draft picks cause this team is going nowhere soon. *note: I don't if this is possible due to cap ramifications.

I would be highly surprised if Grimm took the job.

Time to get rid of Suisham for sure, Washington, Springs, Daniels and maybe Griffith. We need to start injecting youth into both lines otherwise we are going to be having this same discussione next year.

Zorn deserves another year. If we bring in another coach we just set ourselves back again.

I think they need to make some serious changes for next year starting by firing Vinny for not addressing needs at the lines.

I would clean house and get rid off on Offense:

Jansen
Fabini
Kendall
Randle-El
Yoder
Thrash

On defense:

Washington
Griffin
Springs
Smoot
Taylor (trade if possible)
Hall (or sign him to a 2-3 year contract, no more)
Wilson
Khary Campbell
Doughty (trade if possible, Moore can take his place)

Special teams:

SUISHAM

Coaches:

Danny Smith
Stan Hixon
Blache (Offer retirement and promote Jerry Gray to DC)
Bugel (I love the man to death but this team is going to kill him and he should retire gracefully and Russ Grimm should be his replacement)

We need some serious changes and might even have to trade players like Rogers, Portis, Moss who can offer value to acquire draft picks cause this team is going nowhere soon.
How exactly are we suppose to replace all of these players? We have like 4 draft picks, so the rest would have to come via FA. I agree that a lot of those players need to go, but there is just no way we can replace that many players in one offseason.

What steps would you take between now and opening day 2009 to improve this team?

Here's what I would want to see happen

1. Don't Quit on Zorn

I've talked about this in greater detail in another thread, but I think unless he goes totally Norv on us these next three weeks then it's in the best interest of the team to keep him

2. Give the Chief New Indians

If we are going to commit to Zorn as the head coach, even if only for one more year, then we need to entrust him with the responsibility of deciding what staff he wants surrounding him. And I'm going to guess it's going to include maybe 40% of the current staff

3. Trust the Youth

Thank you Kendall, Griffin, Thrash, and Washington but they need to take a back seat now-if not leave the team entirely-for some of the younger guys. These younger guys are going to make mistakes but at this point there is no room for improvement with the four aforementioned guys (when they are even healthy) and if we're seeing that we hover around .500 with these guys then it's time to start moving forward

4. Fortify the Offensive Line

This is our biggest weakness. We went from experienced linemen to old linemen seemingly overnight (though to be fair, many on this board saw it coming from a mile away). I'd love for us to sign Jordan Gross from the Panthers and draft Duke Robinson in the first round. If we can add another lineman (Unger, Herman Johnson) in the 3rd round that'd be huge. Bottom line we need at least two new offensive linemen.

5. Veteran LB

Karlos Dansby. He's my new Justin Smith :)

6. Move He Who Shall Not Be Named to #2 QB

I'm tempted to say make training camp an open competition. But I'm more inclined to say we should know by now if Campbell is our guy. If he is, committ to him long-term this off-season and firmly establish him as our guy for the next 5-7 years

7. Renewed Focus on Special Teams

I can't pinpoint exactly what the problem is but something needs to change right away, and it may probably have to start with letting Danny Smith go

8. Continue to Give Scott Campbell an Expanded Role in Player Personnel

I think this is happening regardless

9. Re-Sign DeAngelo Hall

I think they blew it last year when they didn't take advantage of a deep draft class at DB by selecting Justin Tryon. Hall has fallen into their lap and they shouldn't let him get away. They really can't do all that much better at this point

What would you do?
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Definitely shore up the lines and you got to give Z another year. We CANNOT get into the habit of bringing in a coach for a year then letting them go. Consistency does not happen over night.

How exactly are we suppose to replace all of these players? We have like 4 draft picks, so the rest would have to come via FA. I agree that a lot of those players need to go, but there is just no way we can replace that many players in one offseason.


we have five picks. The sixth round pick added into the Taylor deal is for 2010

How exactly are we suppose to replace all of these players? We have like 4 draft picks, so the rest would have to come via FA. I agree that a lot of those players need to go, but there is just no way we can replace that many players in one offseason.

Make trades on draft day, we have players like Alex Buzbee, Matt Sinclair, players on the practice squad, sign FA (Pro and college players not drafted).

If not Cowher then strongly consider hiring Grimm as our head coach. As I've said before Grimm has learned under Gibbs and Cowher. On top of that he's part of a staff that has the Cardinals going to the playoffs. The only thing I'm unsure about will be Grimms ability to shake up the front office and get the organization away from it's desire to find a Reciever.