Brian Cushing

I'm actually more of a fan of Cush than Rey... Cush was way more consistent outside, but he can play inside or out. Rey's definitely got potential, but the question is his field smarts.

I hear mixed things on Rey depending on who is speaking. As for Cush, I think he's got a lot of talent and potential to be a great player in the NFL but I'm not convinced that we can get him later in the first or even early in the 2nd. Of course that means someone has to trade up with us.

I think there is a concern that the Saints are eyeing him at 14, which is possible I suppose. But if you can trade down with say Detroit and get the 20th and 33rd picks and get something like Sintim and Britton out of it (just throwing two possible names out there), I would think that's better than just Cushing

The name to remember who is just as good and will be a value pick maybe in the 3rd-4th round. Zack Follett LB out of Cal Berkeley, this guy is a playmaker that has a nose for the football and is playing in the Senior bowl.

NO WAY is this guy worthy of the 13th pick. NO WAY. He's 2nd round talent.

Remember Dallas Sartz? He had better numbers than Cushin at SC. He's now selling car insurance.

I think when all is said and done and the Redskins really start doing their research, they won't take Cushing so high as 13. They'll see that there will be other BPAs at that point who also fill needs

Ya everyone wants to drop Washington, but I think we have to keep him for another year b/c A. we need LB depth (even though he might only be able to play half the season) and 2. Our OL is a higher priority than OLB. See now if we trade down to get more picks back, then we might be able to pick up one of the low 1st round LBs like Clint Sintim from UVA and use the two 3rd round picks (from trading down) to pick up two interior lineman. But i think we could wait till the 3rd round for an OLB, and get ILB in next years draft.

If we don't trade down, use our first pick on LT Jason Smith from Baylor, or if we trade down, either OT Britton from Arizona or OT Steven Beatty from UCONN, his stock is rising to a late 1st, early 2nd round..also OT Troy Kropog from Tulane's stock is rising...those two or three could be used as a back-up this year, and be ready to start in a year or two when samuel's contract is up

on the flip side, we could draft Jason Smith if he's available at 13 and have a LT for the next 12 years, but wat would we do for this year? have him play RT? do we have him as a back-up or have him and samuels split time right down the middle? Plus we'd only have a 3rd, 5th, 6th, picks left, and we need some depth...i hope we can hit on one of the low draft picks or undrafted FAs (a la Horton) but I wouldn't count on it

Also, whoever posted the youtube clip of Cushing....u see the teams he was wreckin' on? Oregon State won 9 games, but Michigan? and i didn't even recognize one or two of the jerseys (prolly from their lame duck non-conference schedule) and the last Michigan highlight where he rolls into the QB, that was a HORRIBLE block by RB...if that was Portis doing the blocking, Cushing would've been stopped in his tracks. I say wait till 3rd or 4th round for a OLB and get a value pick...either way he most likely will get some PT, even though Zorn don't like playing rookies, he might have to...

Also, whoever posted the youtube clip of Cushing....u see the teams he was wreckin' on? Oregon State won 9 games, but Michigan? and i didn't even recognize one or two of the jerseys (prolly from their lame duck non-conference schedule) and the last Michigan highlight where he rolls into the QB, that was a HORRIBLE block by RB...if that was Portis doing the blocking, Cushing would've been stopped in his tracks. I say wait till 3rd or 4th round for a OLB and get a value pick...either way he most likely will get some PT, even though Zorn don't like playing rookies, he might have to...
One thing I noticed is that they never showed him dropping back as a defender.

According to these list Zack Follett has a higher rating than Cushing, he ranks as the 2nd highest LB in the Pac10.

Scout.com: 2008 CFN All-Pac 10 Team & Top 30 Players (http://cfn.scout.com/2/829549.html)

Redskins representatives are reportedly talking a lot to the USC guys (Rey, Clay, and Fili) at the Senior Bowl.

Cushing is reportedly doing a pretty decent job in coverage at the practices

Alright just to be clear this thread is not an endorsement of Brian Cushing on my part. Personally I'm pro O-Line all the way. I mean I think it's easy to say that we can easily survive a year without a new OLB. It's another year with an aging O-Line that proved they can't last a whole season that scares me. If anything the front office should go after Karlos Dansby or maybe a value guy in the $1-$2 million dollar range like Channing Crowder (though he seems like he could get slightly more then $2 million).