Redskins Reportedly Bringing OLs Elton Brown and Ray Willis in for Visit

Well, if we're bringing in Willis, it's not to play RG.

I do doubt Smith's ability, to an extent, but if he's there at 13, I'm taking him and putting him in the best position to succeed no questions asked.

Assuming that Oher and Orakpo aren't there.

I guess training camp could sort things out, but id have a hard time justifying drafting a guy at 13 to play guard. If i'm chosing between drafting Smith to play Guard and drafting almost any other postion, i'd draft another position. Smith has too many questions marks to take a chance on playing a position as easy to fill as guard.

lets not even pretend about what's going to happen:

the FO will sign TO to a 2-year deal on this judgement: he can command double teams, open up Moss, ARE, Cooley, and let Portis run to the left. If we're putting up more points, defense doesn't have to be as stellar- so we can get away w/ not addressing either LB or DE.

PISSES ME OFF.

Someone doesn't read the news.

I guess training camp could sort things out, but id have a hard time justifying drafting a guy at 13 to play guard. If i'm chosing between drafting Smith to play Guard and drafting almost any other postion, i'd draft another position. Smith has too many questions marks to take a chance on playing a position as easy to fill as guard.


I agree with this, you do not draft one of those guys at 13 to be a guard. We have two good starting guards right now. If you draft a tackle at 13 you need him at RT now and hopefully he is talented enough to be your LT of the future.

lets not even pretend about what's going to happen:

the FO will sign TO to a 2-year deal on this judgement: he can command double teams, open up Moss, ARE, Cooley, and let Portis run to the left. If we're putting up more points, defense doesn't have to be as stellar- so we can get away w/ not addressing either LB or DE.

PISSES ME OFF.
How can you get ticked off at
a) something that hasn't even happened yet
b) is not something that happened last time TO was a free agent
c) unlikely due to cap availabilty (notice i did not say impossible, just unlikely)

Maybe the WP figure includes the amount set aside for the draft and the article didn't.

Our guru's here have already figured that the draft amount will be about 2.5-3 mill. If we are 12-13 under the CAP then I'll agree and say 6 mill is a lot to be off by?

Maybe the WP figure includes the amount set aside for the draft and the article didn't.

Maybe the folks that cover the Redskins for the WP are friggin idiots??

The team is taking a look at young offensive lineman with potential and I bet some people are going to be upset about it. I swear, you can't win with the fans.

I'm glad the team is looking at these players. I hope they can sign two players of this caliber to add youth and depth to the line.

No way Rabach is worse than Jansen, Heyer, Thomas or any of our backups. At worst, he was our third best lineman behind Kendall and Samuels. I'm not saying I think Rabach is a stud - Center needs to be upgraded... its just the rest of our line is so bad. I think Rabach would play better with Dockery and someone other than Thomas beside him... whereas i dont think Randy would benefit much from having a better RT and Center beside him.I don't think there's anyway you could say this if you've seen what I've seen. Jansen's flaws are based in age and agility limitations. Not great, but we could surivive another year of Jansen. Thomas, he had a down year for sure last year, but more because he looked lost in the new system than he looked overmatched.

Rabach can't block players he lines up against. You have to double every defensive nose we play. He's simply not good enough. He wasn't in 2008, and he wasn't in 2007 either.

Our line was pretty good in 2006, but he's been in severe decline since then. He's the very definition of a liability, and while we could decide to suck it up and let Jansen play RT another year, we can't act like we're serious about improving the pass protection, and then have a guy who can't protect right in the middle of the line for a third year in a row.

Maybe the folks that cover the Redskins for the WP are friggin idiots??

I think WP meant Warpath, not Washington Post- who are of course friggin idiots.

The Warpath number is now 11.1 million, and does not include any money allocated for Rookies. so 6 million probably includes the rookie allocation, and they probably used a higher number then Warpaths because the Warpath guys actually looked at who we might draft, and the others just ballparked.

Obviously the Warpath crew is right on, and the other guys just tried to get close to make a good story!

No way Rabach is worse than Jansen, Heyer, Thomas or any of our backups. At worst, he was our third best lineman behind Kendall and Samuels. I'm not saying I think Rabach is a stud - Center needs to be upgraded... its just the rest of our line is so bad. I think Rabach would play better with Dockery and someone other than Thomas beside him... whereas i dont think Randy would benefit much from having a better RT and Center beside him.



Is that because you doubt Smiths ability or you have some supreme confidence in Willis?

What does this have to do with "supreme confidence in Willis" The guy let up 1 sack in his 10 starts. I could easily say the same about with you're "supreme confidence" in Heyer. You're blaming the rest of the line for Rabach's medocre play? WOW. Who else would you put ahead of Thomas at RG, Reinhardt? It's ridiculous that your blaming Thomas for Rabach's average play.



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