2009 Skins Off Season Plans Ideas, Draft and FA plus cuts

Coaches surround themselves with "their guys". Not sure why anyone is surprised over this.

Coaches surround themselves with "their guys". Not sure why anyone is surprised over this.

My surprise is that he's getting his guys in certain spots but not others i.e. for all the struggle our receivers have gone through i'd expect a "Zorn guy" for a WR coach... can't speak for anyone else though.

Apparently the fans are the only ones up in arms over Hixon. He's not going to be replaced so we might as well move on.

Apparently the fans are the only ones up in arms over Hixon. He's not going to be replaced so we might as well move on.

But a closed mouth doesn't get fed. We should continue to talk about it until he does get replaced. Hell, it stopped Fassel from becomming our HC.

I haven't heard anything definitive about Hixon staying on board... his continued employment will definitely dampen my enthusiasm for the upcoming season... i just don't understand how a guy w/ no proven track record, not single NFL WR ever developed under his tutelage, can be the best available option.

It's actually sort of mind-boggling IMO.

Two questions,
1) should we go after Florence or bodden
2) when is the day we'd find out marcus Washington will get cut... Like this week or at the start of free agency??

Two questions,
1) should we go after Florence or bodden
2) when is the day we'd find out marcus Washington will get cut... Like this week or at the start of free agency??

Bodden ? I think we have more pressing needs and less money than we've had in other off seasons.
I believe it is February 26th for all clubs to be under the cap. I'm not certain. With that said we're not over the cap right now by a huge amount. If I we're the front office I wouldn't broadcast to the rest of the league that we're letting Marcus or anyone else go that's a starter. They'll then know what we intend to do in the draft and in FA.
That's just me. Some of the more knowledgable posters might have a better answer.

Bodden ? I think we have more pressing needs and less money than we've had in other off seasons.
I believe it is February 26th for all clubs to be under the cap. I'm not certain. With that said we're not over the cap right now by a huge amount. If I we're the front office I wouldn't broadcast to the rest of the league that we're letting Marcus or anyone else go that's a starter. They'll then know what we intend to do in the draft and in FA.
That's just me. Some of the more knowledgable posters might have a better answer.

Makes sense to me.

So, hopefully by the end of next week we may know something about Hall's future with the Redskins:

Washington Redskins interested in keeping DeAngelo Hall - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3902683)

So, hopefully by the end of next week we may know something about Hall's future with the Redskins:

Washington Redskins interested in keeping DeAngelo Hall - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3902683)

This is good news. We should not overpay for hall, but a six year deal with about 15M garaunteed and a total value of around 45M would be very reasonable in the long-term picture. He would average less than 8M/year, and while that may seem somewhat steep now, its reasonable for a starting cornerback. I would certainly rather pay Hall 15M garaunteed for the duration of his contract than pay Springs 8M to play in 2009. We certianly cant afford to let both of them go. We have to pick one or the other, and the smart moneys on Hall.

And when you consider how new contracts for positions seem to inflate 10-20% every year, the contract would look like a real bargain in 3-4years. And with 2010 looking almost certain to be an uncapped year, i imagine we could pay him all his garaunteed money in that year, so if his play declines later on, we can cut him without paying much of a penalty. Hall also gives us another option for a chance-of-pace guy returning punts.