Is the new Redskins Front Office Gun Shy?

^ good point

You know whose fans are like this most offseasons, the colts, chargers, vikings, saints, steelers, cardinals, ravens...you see a trend here.

I don't think gun shy is the word. I'd say prudent is more like it. With all the tenders around the league, many of the "available" players would cost us a pretty penny in draft picks. I for one am happy with the way things are going thus far. I would have liked us to make a move for Dansby, but that's pretty much it as far as the big name FA's.

I think we're so accustomed to the same ridiculous spending season after season that we just feel weird when we act like most of the other teams around the league.

Gun shy?

Allen and Shanahan have both been around the block a few times, pretty sure they know what they are doing.

It will take a couple of years (at least) for the new regime to overhaul the roster. We fans might as well be patient, grab some snacks, and enjoy the slow ride.

Mass amounts of Redskins fans are having to kick their "Vinny Crack" addictions this year of 2010 free agency.

Mass amounts of Redskins fans are having to kick their "Vinny Crack" addictions this year of 2010 free agency.

It was like an abusive relationship. Now that he's gone people miss the abuse.

Why do you say they are gunshy, just because they didn't take any "sexy" picks? Most of the FAs taken are 30 and older. The FO obviously is thinking long term ie youth mixed in with some serviceable FAs like Hicks. We might yet land a good LT, G, or S via free agency.

Per John Clayton:


The Redskins dropped $63 million of dead salary cap pro-ration with the retirement of Chris Samuel and the releases of veterans Rock Cartwright, Todd Collins, Randy Thomas, Latrell Betts, Cornelius Griffin, Antwaan Randle-El and cornerback Fred Smoot. If there were a $123 million salary cap, the Redskins would have been $39 million over the cap after those transactions. For cash, the Redskins cut their payroll to $70.6 million, fourth-lowest in the league. Knowing Snyder, that number will grow.

The FO has a plan and it looks like its take more into account than how fast ink takes to dry. To me it looks like they are making moves for the future. I don't care if there's a cap or not, fiscal responsibility is much more important after seeing all the empty seats in FedEx this year. A couple million here and there for mediocre/stopgap players will limit what we will spend when some one we want/really need does come along. Like a few others said earlier the skilled FAs are older than what we need to reload, or whatever you want to call it.

There really isn't much quality available out there. Do you want the Skins to sign players just for the sake of keeping up with the Joneses? This is what should have been done in the last 10 years.