Redskins agree to trade for No.2 overall pick in 2012 Draft

Trade has been submitted to the NFL by the Rams and is now official. See updated sig!

Why hasn't this trade been made official yet?

What's the hold up?

Anyone?

Why don't I see the Rams trade being made official on any major sites? Is it such a formality that they are not even reporting it, or is there a hold up?

Why don't I see the Rams trade being made official on any major sites? Is it such a formality that they are not even reporting it, or is there a hold up?

Somebody posted earlier that it has been approved.

Why don't I see the Rams trade being made official on any major sites? Is it such a formality that they are not even reporting it, or is there a hold up?

Redskins-Rams Trade: Rams Officially Announce Trading Of No. 2 Overall Pick to Redskins - SB Nation DC (http://dc.sbnation.com/washington-redskins/2012/3/13/2868492/redskins-trade-rams-nfl-draft-2012-robert-griffin-iii)

happy?

;)

If we had drafted one of those type of 'talents' in the second round with the 39th pick, we would have failed to contend anyway.

A ROY type candidate out of that pick could have been the difference between contention and non-contention. Obviously, the probability of getting a guy like that with the 39th pick isn't very high to begin with, it is just now (barring some sort of lopsided trade in the Redskins favor) zero.

So the plan for contention before the Griffin trade was 1) upgrade significantly at quarterback, and 2) find one or two absolute studs in the 2012 draft (Trent Richardson/Morris Claiborne and maybe Kendall Wright in the second or Joe Adams in the third). After the Griffin trade, which figures to significantly (though unreliably, at least in year one) improve that QB position, the plan for immediate is to produce one of the great free agent classes of all time, and then do as well as humanly possible in the draft. Maybe make a trade that further mortgages the future.

Which just means that contention in 2012 gets a lot less likely unless Griffin has some sort of insane rookie year that blows Cam Newton and Andy Dalton out of the water. In which case: good trade.

Blowing Andy out of the water should be at least the goal to surpase for our rookie QB. If you check his numbers they are not that great. If this guy is as good a fit as everyone says he will be and as good as he is touted to be then he should well surpass Dalton. We will see.

I have said this before, there will not be a rookie QB for a long time who puts up Newton numbers, and there won't be a QB in the league that puts up Newton's rushing touchdowns any time soon except for maybe Newton.

Redskins-Rams Trade: Rams Officially Announce Trading Of No. 2 Overall Pick to Redskins - SB Nation DC (http://dc.sbnation.com/washington-redskins/2012/3/13/2868492/redskins-trade-rams-nfl-draft-2012-robert-griffin-iii)

happy?

;)

Umm. No actually. It says submitted not approved by league. The league has to sign off on this too. No one is saying that we actually HAVE the no. 2. yet

I heard last night, that in 2013 the Redskins have a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 5th(Haynesworth), 6th, 7th, 7th(McNabb). A total of 8 picks. I was happy to hear about the 7th, for McNabb. I was told because he got cut, we got nothing.

The trade has now been officially approved

The trade has now been officially approved

Thank gawd

Doom and gloomers can go away now

Hey, nothing doom and gloom about it. We just saw the NBA reject a huge trade, plus what happened to our cap space just before FA and the ongoing Gregg Williams scandal. Just wanted this thing signed, sealed and delivered. Now rejoice Redskins' Nation.