OffSeason Team Needs???

Lets hear what everyone thinks The Skins need to improve upon from last seasons progess & this offseasons moves.

In my opinion I'd like to see the Skins bolster their D with another CB & DT/DE. Whether that's from FA or the Draft, I'll let the front office figure that out.

I know the Skins are weak at WR, but I'd rather see the strengthen the O-line first.

What do you all think.....?

I agree

I really just hope we can sign Smoot!!! :pi_lightb

I agree we need a cb and a de either cheap through FA or the draft and we definitely need someone with some height and bulk to add to our group of wrs. If we don't draft a wr or pick up someone like boston or taylor, expect thrash and cooley to be our main possesion type threats to help move the sticks while givens, moss, and jacobs are used to stretch the field.At DT and oline I think we r good for this year. maybe also draft another saftey for GW to groom into a combination of clark and bowen so we have someone young who can cover as well as blitz effectively. anyone know how much that other cb that got cut from the titans is looking for? andre dyson I think.

Maybe it's me but I really like our offensive line. The only glaring hole last year was center. With Jansen back it really helps our line. Jansen, Thomas, Rabauch (still can't spell it!), Dockery, Samuels is NOT a bad line at all. Dockery is young, give him a chance to develop!

I think WR is important. Patten still hasn't proved to me he can be a real starter in this league, I like jacobs but he's also unproven, and Moss is a maybe for me too! Patten/Thrash don't have much longer left in the league, if we start drafting replacements soon we should have a great group of receivers in 3-4 years!

Maybe we need to get away from the players and focus on the philosophy and playcalling of the offense. I am starting to think this is the heart of our problems. We should be talking about what in the hell is St. Joe going to do regarding playcalling. You got a solid D, decent/average offensive players, and an offense that runs the ball and limits turnovers and your good to go come Dec and Jan....ask the Patriots and Steelers.

Because he shakes at the knees when he thinks there's some sort of chance we could have a turnover. With a defense like ours you can afford to take chances. In the league... you can't afford NOT to take chances.

I like everybody's comments. I agree with daseal: the o-line is good to go. It would be great if we re-signed Ray Brown to mentor the other guys and possibly challenge Dockery.
Offensive needs: we need a good blocking TE, preferably a mid-round pickup in the draft. We should get the biggest, meanest shmuck on the market, somebody who can block like old Don Warren from the days of the hogs. Warren was our starting TE in '91, the year we beat the Bills, and he had only 5 receptions all year, so we don't need a receiver at that position.
Cooley looks good at H-B, and I like Royal at TE, though only as a receiver (kind of a Terry Orr sort of role). But I think we need a sturdier blocker at TE for first and second down.
Our top pick should either be a DE or WR. A big wideout would help in the intermediate zone (like Art Monk), while speedy outside dudes like Moss and Patten provide the one-two punch we need in the vertical passing game (remember Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders?). I don't want us getting Boston from the Dolphins. The guy is a complete ASS CLOWN (pardon my French), definitely not a Gibbs kind of guy.
At DE we don't necessarily need a top draft pick, although it's been a long time since we had a guy like Charles Mann on our side of the line. All we really need is someone who can provide a rush off the edge on third and long. We already have two solid run stoppers in Wynn and Daniels, and the re-signing of Demetric Evans would provide insurance. What we DO need is a Dexter Manley type, someone who may not have bulk or great run-stuffing ability, but who nevertheless has speed and quickness off the edge and a non-stop motor. A guy like that would take a lot of pressure off the linebackers and defensive backs to help with blitzing.
Other needs: another backup LB (unless Clifton Smith and Chris Clemons prove adequate), another backup TE/H-B (unless we re-sign Brian Kozlowski), a third running back for short yardage situations (however, I'd prefer to see Rock Cartwright in that role), and a defensive back or linebacker for depth and special teams.
Other than that, trade Rod Gardner and Chad Morton; we don't need their help.

Jermus - they plan on putting Arrigton in as a DE on most pass rushing situations, we could also try Chris Clemons at that position. Just my two cents.

Clemons has great speed on a pass rush. I like him in that role.

In a perfect world, I'd add a DE, a CB, a WR, a MLB, and a blocking TE. But it's not a perfect world and we don't have nearly enough salary cap room to handle that.

Given our salary cap constraints, we have to pick the positions where we need the most help, and then make do at the others. I think we need to draft a CB, but he doesn't need to be a starter, I'm satisfied with Harris there given our cap situation. I think we can make do at DE with Wynn and Daniels, and then mixing in LaVar and Clemons for speed rushing. I think we can make do with Barrow or Lemar Marshall at MLB. I think adding a blocking TE is pretty important, Rasby sucked at that last year and guys like Kozlowski and Sellers only seemed mediocre. I'd find cap room for Anthony Becht, personally. I'd draft Mike Williams at WR with the 9th pick, because we need a bruiser there. Plus the dude is just a great guy and has a lot of star quality, a Gibbs guy thru and thru.