Cerrato wants more draft picks

Washington Redskins Examiner: Redskins 2008 part 2: Stumbling through the draft (http://www.examiner.com/x-450-Washington-Redskins-Examiner~y2009m1d18-Redskins-2008-part-2-Stumbling-through-the-draft)

Washington Redskins Examiner: Redskins 2008 part 2: Stumbling through the draft (http://www.examiner.com/x-450-Washington-Redskins-Examiner~y2009m1d18-Redskins-2008-part-2-Stumbling-through-the-draft)

Wow, that is a sobering article. Seems like Mark Newgent did a lot of research for this article. A few of his points are a reach, but you cant get around some of the statistics and points he tries to make.

He brings up one interesting point: a lot of the excuses according to Cerratto for drafting so many (three) receivers was they were the best players at the time in the draft, almost implying it was fate. But yet it was clear that by their earlier pursuit of Ocho Cinco and Anquan Boldin that acquiring receivers was at the top of their wish list. Getting the three receivers might have been more by design than the claims they make now.

Another interesting point:
"Let's look more closely at the short term. Dead cap totals for the past three years:
1 Tenn - $65 million
2 Houston - $57 million
3 Redskins $55 million
4 Miami - $50 million
5 Denver - $49 million
Now, as we went over, the Titans got rid of Reese - who has had a long and distinguished career and has a strong coaching backround along with his front office work - and went with a new regime. Houston parted with Charley Casserly, who ran and put together that expansion team. Denver fired its GM a few weeks back - though much of the blame must go to the ubber-powerful head coach there as well - and Miami completely overhauled its front office a few months back, with The Tuna ushering in a new regime."

Cerratto is the only remaining guy left on that turd laying list.
Snyder who is quick to fire under performing employees, will not fire Ceratto.
That is a funny caption under the photo of Snyderratto, "Do they look like they know what they are doing?"
Funny.

it might take us to take signs to the games saying fire vinny. if gets enough air time during the game over a season, this will eat away at danny boy and make him fire him.

One season? What do you think he's been doing for the past nine years?

Yes for one season he was clearly the one calling the shots. In the past it was never clear if it was him, Snyder, Gibbs, Snyder's father, the janitor, etc.

Totally...it's like the promotion last year somehow cleansed him.

No it didn't cleanse him, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is we now know who to blame. It's all on him now. In the past that wasn't clear.

Yes for one season he was clearly the one calling the shots. In the past it was never clear if it was him, Snyder, Gibbs, Snyder's father, the janitor, etc.

I bet those 20 people that were fired by the Skins were calling the shots. That's most likely the reason they were let go.

I still don't know why y'all are bashin' the FO for drafting 3 pass catchers in the 2nd round. I don't completely agree with the Fred Davis, but i guess the thought of running a WCO wit 2 passing catching TEs made them drool....but they also picked 2 WRs to A. hopefully have a Fitz/Boldin type tandum, and 2. they figured only one would be a gem, and the other would be a bust, so they were playing the numbers game.

And to the dumbass that said we passed on Avery and Jackson and look what they did, THEY ARE BOTH UNDER 6'0"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we already have 2 receivers like that, we needed TALL receivers. so shut that shit up about passing on Jackson. y'all would've been screaming if we drafted a short receiver last year

the real problem w/ the FO is our scouts/talent evaluators.....that or our coaches can't coach...like what one person said about our WR coach....think he should be looked at and fired if he doesn't make progress by mid-way point this season

No it didn't cleanse him, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is we now know who to blame. It's all on him now. In the past that wasn't clear.

I didn't mean you in particular said it cleansed him...it's just the general feeling I get that somehow becasue he was given that promotion that it re-starts the clock and he has several years to prove himself from here. I just don't see it that way. The way I see it is if he's had 10% influence or 90% influence in the direcetion of the team he was still a part of it. I know we beat the vinny topic to death on here...the bottom line is that all I want to know is that if he fails he will be fired...and the last 10+ years is evidence that he won't be. So that's frustrating to me and many others...

It's hard to blame the last 10 years on him when we don't even know the extent of his involvement in personnel decisions. Only Snyder really knows that. To me beginning last year was day 1 of the Vinny era and it's only fair to judge him from then forward.