Flashback: Arrington vs. Brown: who do we draft?

I was always lobbying for Sean Taylor, I almost punched a hole in the wall when the draft was on and they said we were on the phone with Kellen and it looked like we were going to take him. I was also all for LaVar over CB I watched both of them at PSU and it was obvious that LA was going to be something special, not hating on CB

I'd sign him to an incentive based contract after he's passed a physical. :oink:

definitely brown would be worth a mimimum contract with a lot of performance incentives. face it, he is damaged goods and nobody is going to give him a big contract. the best he can hope for is a gardener type deal where he gets a chance to sjow he is finally healthy. having him for 1 year on a trial basis is a no-brainer.

while i am at it, do not forget that the last member of the "big 4" fromthat draft year was peter warrick-- another disappointment. considering that we got the duo of lavar and samuels, that has to be the best combo possible out of that group of 4. kudos to the front office...

Aren't all these "too injury prone" statements the same thing everyone said about Springs?

If we can get him CHEAP try him.

Springs has had only one year where he missed a substantial amount of time, in 2001 he missed 8 games. For his career he's made 108 starts out of a total of 128 games.

Brown on the other hand has started just 47 out of 80.

take em if we get him cheep but he is owed 8 mil next year w/ a 2.5 bonus how cheep is he gonna come?

I was pulling for both Arrington and Taylor. I loved them both coming out of college. I usually do perfer D over offense

If Brown signs cheap, sign him and make him a pass rush specialist. He should not be a full time player, that way he can get healthy and stay healthy. Gibbs has experience with D lineman like this, they did a great job with Jumpy Geathers back in the day.

Well our front office didnt have much of a choice in the matter since Brown was off the board. We would have drafted him if the Browns would have taken LA or anyone else for that matter.

I think we give him a shot. Sign him to about a 1 mill deal and see what happens.

There seems to be a bit of revisionist history happening here.

When Brown, Arrington and Samuels were the first three picks, Cleveland had the first pick. So it was Cleveland that made the decision for the Redskins. Even if Vinnie and Danny wanted Brown, they couldn't have gotten himn because Cleveland and Brown had agreed to a deal BEFORE draft day.

Their only "genius" was not talking themselves out of the "leftovers" that Cleveland gave them. Turns out the "leftovers" have performed better than the overall #1 pick, but that was due to nothing that Vinnie and Danny Boy did.

BTW, the Browns also had the overall #1 pick and took Tim Couch with that pick and the next guy taken was - - - Donovan McNabb. The Browns might be a significantly better team today if they had taken McNabb and Arrington instead of Couch and Brown!