Grade the Redskins Draft!

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Lotus
04-26-2009, 10:07 PM
That is a pretty low expectation level. When the Giants won it they nailed something like 7 picks.

GMScud is right. The Giants got 7 contributors, not 7 starters, out of that draft. They also had 10 or 11 picks that draft and we had about half of that this year. No one starts 7 rookies unless they are the Lions.

If every team got 7 starters out of every draft, there'd be even more turnover in the NFL every year.

Two starters is a reasonable expectation and we may have gotten two.

Lotus
04-26-2009, 10:08 PM
Duke Robinson in the 5th would've been a steal.

Maybe. Duke is wrapped in red flags. He does us no good if he's on suspension, as he was in college more than once.

The Goat
04-26-2009, 10:11 PM
I'm thinking we're going to make a trade for a bomb right tackle...I can feel it.

Shouldn't have to trade for a bomb OT w/ all the studs getting taken in the draft...some talented vets are bound to be cut. But I get your drift SU...if the FO is serious about giving JC and the offense consistency we need to add a very talented OT to our roster.

SBXVII
04-26-2009, 10:15 PM
I was kinda shocked. I could not get on this web site all day. busy, busy, busy. Oh well. lol.

Now I graded it a C. I love the 1st round pick I guess. This a long with AH should make us a beast on defense. Then I kinda expected some OL. Only cause offense was our weakness last yr. Defense was ranked 4th. Go figure. All in all I figured since they went mostly offense last yr they probubly felt they should go mostly defense this yr.

I'm excited to see what CB Kevin Barnes brings. He seemed like a real hitter but the mags said he injured his colar bone and had a pin put in. Wonder how well it will hold up.

I know nothing about the two LB's we picked. I thought they had ideas of moving Chris Wilson to LB. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

I never saw that they picked a TE/FB. I don't know why. They have Davis and Cooley. Unless they are trying to see if this guy is better then Sellers or Yoder.

I'm excited about the WR. Even though he's a late pick and most likely camp fodder, I like the fact their bringing someone else in, in case Kelly has a set back.

dan_snyder69
04-26-2009, 10:18 PM
I hope the cornerback, Barnes, can put some weight on but keep his speed. If so, he could be a great.

I give the draft a B by the way, it will produce 2 starters with the few picks we had and I think we passed on the O-line talent in the 5th for a reason (we have a plan), but only time will tell.

SmootSmack
04-26-2009, 10:23 PM
Robinson's performance in the Natn'l Championship against a fast SEC defense was downright pathetic. He got blown by multiple times, drew 3 or 4 penalties, and even got benched for a few series. It hurt him significantly I think.

But this thread isn't asking you to grade the off-season.

I know, not grading the off-season here. Just giving the draft a C. I give Orakpo and Barnes both A's. Glenn a B-, Henson and Mitchell Ds, and Mitchell a C+. I give more weight to the early picks because they are higher picks so they (the team) should hit on those. So somehow that averages out to a C, :)

Lotus
04-26-2009, 10:26 PM
Shouldn't have to trade for a bomb OT w/ all the studs getting taken in the draft...some talented vets are bound to be cut. But I get your drift SU...if the FO is serious about giving JC and the offense consistency we need to add a very talented OT to our roster.

Bingo. The problem is that there weren't any of these after the second round. Overall it was one of the weakest OL classes in years.

We could have drafted Oher instead of Orakpo. We could have not traded for Jason Taylor and used that pick to get Beatty or Loadholt (it's a bit late to rescind that trade, though). We could have traded back from #13 but apparently we tried but did not get good offers to do so.

That leaves us with doing our offensive line shopping elsewhere. I think that is now the plan. IMO it is not a bad one.

Boston Brave
04-26-2009, 10:27 PM
I gave us a C, might should have given us a B...not for what we got, but that we did not trade any of the 2010 picks away. Other quick comment...getting a top 3 pick to too expensive for unproven talent

Boston Brave
04-26-2009, 10:29 PM
Who could realize at it at the time...but Daniels knee injury equalled a second round pick.

Lotus
04-26-2009, 10:33 PM
I gave us a C, might should have given us a B...not for what we got, but that we did not trade any of the 2010 picks away. Other quick comment...getting a top 3 pick to too expensive for unproven talent

You are right! Next year's draft is intact (for now) and should be richer in talent. That's COOL.

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