How Scouting College Players Has Evolved Under Shanahan

That was the lesson I got out of this thread, presented by SmootSmack. I had never considered trying to do rebuttals in Twitter form, but sometimes entities need to see new ideas in action before they see the error in their ways.

Right on. I agree with Schneed. Your analysis, particularly the game tape breakdowns, lend great value to this message board. But I think a lot of the time- and this thread is a perfect example- less is more. I think your points might carry a lot more weight if they are made in a more succinct fashion. I can tell you for sure members around here are much more likely to read every word of a 100 word post than they are a 500 word post. And that fact alone will get your points across to more people.

Dallas Sartz. No THERE'S a name I haven't heard in a while. Nice memory.

Oh oh. I love this game. Lets see. Robert McCune, Darerius McCants, Ifeanyi Ohalete, Joe Salavea, Lamar Marshall, Warrick Holdman, Ryan Boschetti.

So many role players and never weres forgotten in the blink of an eye.

Brevity is the soul of wit

Brevity is the soul of wit

Based on careful analysis of this thread, I think Smoot just called GTripp witless.

Maybe a little harsh, eh?

That was the lesson I got out of this thread, presented by SmootSmack. I had never considered trying to do rebuttals in Twitter form, but sometimes entities need to see new ideas in action before they see the error in their ways.
Intervention is useful......but never pretty

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Twitter version: Be brief.

With that said, there are very critical elements of the approach that have remained consistent. We still have a tendency to trade draft picks for middling veterans (McNabb in April 2010, Jammal Brown in June 2010, Hightower in July 2011). I do think they are less careless with picks, but saying the Redskins have a newfound emphasis in the draft isn't entirely accurate. Are the days of trading second rounders for Jason Taylor over? Probably. I don't think that ends the player evaluation issue or the tendency to trade picks for middling veterans, but it is a start.
Ok, just what is the average quality of a sixth round player? Hightower has contributed about just as much as a 6th rounder, if not more to the table even if his season was cut short.
Not only that, we traded away the aging Vonnie Holliday.