Mark Tauscher?

Next year Reinhart will produce (mark my words), I think you move Reinhart to RT, Samuels stays as LT and Heyer and Jansen will be your backups instead of Fabini. You draft Mack (can't miss pick) to play C.
I'm sorry, but no player is a "can't miss pick." Samuels has LT locked down, resign Kendall and give us another year to find his replacment, Rabach is a serviceable Center but we need to start looking for his replacment, RG Thomas see Rabach, Jansen is done at RT we need to find a player at this position.
Starting 2009 O-line:
LT Chris Samuels
LG Pete Kendall
C Casey Rabach
RG Randy Thomas
RT Draft/FA

Backups:
Stephon Heyer
Chad Rinehart
Jon Jansen (Not ideal but too big of a cap hit if we let him go)
Draft/FA

He's one year younger then Jansen. No thanks I'd rather us pursue a young guy like Jordan Gross or at least draft a promising young player like Michael Oher.

I'm sorry, but no player is a "can't miss pick." Samuels has LT locked down, resign Kendall and give us another year to find his replacment, Rabach is a serviceable Center but we need to start looking for his replacment, RG Thomas see Rabach, Jansen is done at RT we need to find a player at this position.
Starting 2009 O-line:
LT Chris Samuels
LG Pete Kendall
C Casey Rabach
RG Randy Thomas
RT Draft/FA

Backups:
Stephon Heyer
Chad Rinehart
Jon Jansen (Not ideal but too big of a cap hit if we let him go)
Draft/FA

I wonder if we should re-sign Kendall. I'd say given our lack of better options, yes, although he'll be 36 with chronic knee arthritis. He's been solid as hell all year, but I worry....

I'm the president of the Jordan Gross in '09 Campaign as far as RT...

I'm sorry, but no player is a "can't miss pick." Samuels has LT locked down, resign Kendall and give us another year to find his replacment, Rabach is a serviceable Center but we need to start looking for his replacment, RG Thomas see Rabach, Jansen is done at RT we need to find a player at this position.
Starting 2009 O-line:
LT Chris Samuels
LG Pete Kendall
C Casey Rabach
RG Randy Thomas
RT Draft/FA

Backups:
Stephon Heyer
Chad Rinehart
Jon Jansen (Not ideal but too big of a cap hit if we let him go)
Draft/FA

Joe Thomas T Cleveland, Ryan Clady Denver T, Jeff Otah T Carolina. They've all been productive in their first years (Thomas 2nd year now).

SFRedskin:

Thank you for noticing how some teams draft offensive linemen and they actually play in real games in their first and second years - - and some of them do really well. If you find a good offensive lineman in college who doesn't get by merely on his physical skills - - and therefore often ignores his mechanics - - he can often play productively in year ONEW.

Didn't Miami draft a bunch of O-linemen last year? Haven't some actually played already? Hasn't Miami won a bunch of games this year?

Hell, even the sorry-assed Lions drafted a very good OT - - Gosder Cherlius - - who is playing RT decently for a horrid team. Cherlius could have started at RT for the Skins easily this year.

Joe Thomas T Cleveland, Ryan Clady Denver T, Jeff Otah T Carolina. They've all been productive in their first years (Thomas 2nd year now).
I understand that and Mack certainly seems like a solid prospect, but I would just be careful about calling a player a "can't miss pick." I have seen way too many busts in this league to consider that their is such a thing as a "can't miss pick."

I wonder if we should re-sign Kendall. I'd say given our lack of better options, yes, although he'll be 36 with chronic knee arthritis. He's been solid as hell all year, but I worry....

I'm the president of the Jordan Gross in '09 Campaign as far as RT...
It definitely is a risk, but Kendall has stayed healthy and played solidly for 2 seasons in a row now. I think he has another solid season left in him and re-singing him buys us some time to develop a replacment.

So a 31 year old offensive lineman who is average at best is going to solve our problems??

hes definetly not the answer. thats why i said HELP solve our problems. we seem to have injuries up front every year. sign em, draft somebody. have a little depth at the position.

SFRedskin:

Thank you for noticing how some teams draft offensive linemen and they actually play in real games in their first and second years - - and some of them do really well. If you find a good offensive lineman in college who doesn't get by merely on his physical skills - - and therefore often ignores his mechanics - - he can often play productively in year ONEW.

Didn't Miami draft a bunch of O-linemen last year? Haven't some actually played already? Hasn't Miami won a bunch of games this year?

Hell, even the sorry-assed Lions drafted a very good OT - - Gosder Cherlius - - who is playing RT decently for a horrid team. Cherlius could have started at RT for the Skins easily this year.

The Redskins should take a look at Miami's draft list from last year and just follow it (they drafted a whole bunch of offensive and defensive linemen).

Someone had a good point on the postgame show on Redskins Radio yesterday -- Joe Jacoby was able to extend his career by about 5 years when they moved him from left tackle to right tackle. Could the same be true for Chris Samuels? Maybe draft a LT high and move him over?

If or when Samuels shows he's just able to protect against top-notch DEs anymore -- which I don't think is the case just yet -- that sounds like an interesting option.