SKINSnCANES
09-06-2011, 04:05 PM
Ummmm, I think we had 100% draft retention in 2008. You know, that really bad draft class....
For reference: SI.com - 2008 NFL Draft - Washington Redskins Draft Picks (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/2008/draft/teams/redskins.html)
I was just looking to see if anyone mentioned this. Im not sure keeping a player really means anything.
Even if you look at this year, did we keep them because they are good? Or becuase the players we have from previous drafts were that bad so it owuldnt be hard to make the team....
Plus with our 'youth movement' we had plenty of old guys that needed replacing
Can't compare 2008 to now.
Vinny kept his picks, nuff said.
Alvin Walton
09-06-2011, 04:16 PM
2008 was an idiotic draft.
The first three picks should have been offensive linemen.
polywog
09-06-2011, 04:27 PM
2008 was an idiotic draft.
The first three picks should have been offensive linemen.
Redskins weren't interested in winning, then....only selling jerseys.
You are correct about the linemen - only thing is, they would have all been big, maulers. They would have been cut by now because of the switch to ZB.
Every time we bring in a new regime - we start the roster from scratch. If we had kept Norv Turner as coach [OMG!], we would have had the stability to have won a SB by now. Switching coaches all the time is suicide.
SirClintonPortis
09-06-2011, 04:54 PM
2008 was an idiotic draft.
The first three picks should have been offensive linemen.
If you mean three OL in the place Thomas, Kelly, and Davis, then **** no, unless you have strange romantic fantasies about Chilo Rachal, Mike Pollack, and John Greco. I'd rather have Jackson and Rice, thank you very much.
Skins4L
09-06-2011, 05:29 PM
I agree... at the time I didn't know what the heck we were doing trading down so many times but...
we really had a solid draft I like the overall upside of this skins draft class and so many to look forward to see develop.
Alvin Walton
09-06-2011, 05:32 PM
Another part that burns me about 2008 is the lack of players we had in critical positions and we draft a damn punter.
A freakin punter!
CultBrennan59
10-15-2011, 10:22 PM
Speaking of drafting, I did that email bruce allen thing on the Redskins page, and asked him about what he thinks about next years draft, and he basically said expect us to get a QB with the amount of good ones that are coming out next year...
That Guy
10-15-2011, 10:56 PM
Redskins weren't interested in winning, then....only selling jerseys.
You are correct about the linemen - only thing is, they would have all been big, maulers. They would have been cut by now because of the switch to ZB.
Every time we bring in a new regime - we start the roster from scratch. If we had kept Norv Turner as coach [OMG!], we would have had the stability to have won a SB by now. Switching coaches all the time is suicide.
with norv? he's the master of turning gold into crap. no thanks. schotty i could see though... and we let brad johnson and trent green go and opted against trying to land brees, so boo on that.