Who will the Redskins miss the most?

who cares....they gone
What he said.

pierce will be missed more because he was the "general" or "commander" on defense smoot was just a "private" . football is a war and in times of war it's always worse to lose a "commander" than it is to lose a "private" but never-the-less the war will go on without either or, in this case both :coach: . as far as coles goes, i think the skins are better off with the new guys just brought in.

none of the above.... none of them are irreplaceable. there are guys on the team already who can get the job done..
losing samuels would have been a body blow... the rest are no big deal

if pierce was the brains of the defense like everyone said he was he will surely be missed. the others can be replaced.

I voted for Pierce because he helped everyone else do the right thing by calling the plays and understanding WIlliams D. He made the players around him better. Hopefully, we can replace him, but it will be tough.

Smoot will be missed on particular plays next year (i.e., anytime we give up a big pass, it'll be "And remember, folks, they LET Fred Smoot go, etc., etc."), but though it will stand out at times, it won't matter as much overall.

How can you miss a guy who averaged like 9 yards a catch and had 1 TD? That may not have been Coles' fault, but whoever is to blame, we won't miss his "production." If he kicks ass as a jet, we may get depressed a bit, but whatever...

I voted for Coles. Except for the time when his finger was dislocated, the guy had very dependable hands. Maybe I've lowered my expectations by looking at Gardner to long, but having a guy that you can depend on to always catch the ball is big.

Whoever replaces Pierce will have the luxery of playing between Arrington and Washington... and being backed up by Taylor. He will have plenty of help to look good.

Whoever replaces Smoot will have the luxery of having Taylor back him up, and Williams to make adjustments to keep him out of trouble.

I think we can survive all 3. But based on depth concerns I'd say Smoot.

I think Springs/Harris/Wilds can handle the job. I just worry about an injury. If Springs went down I wouldn't feel so safe back there anymore.

we will definately miss the spirit of Smooooooooooot but the value of Pierce, i am not gonna miss coles much with speed santana.

No more saying smooooooooooooott everytime he does something. i guess we can say Cooooooooooo leeey coooooooooo leeey

If our WR's can cut out the drops, Coles will be an afterthought. He had a 9.5 YPC last year (though that isn't entirely his fault), and we can get that from anyone.

Harris is a better tackler than Smoot, and though I will miss his presence, I'm not convinced we have downgraded dramatically at the position.

Since we have no idea who will play MLB this year (either a rehabbed Barrow or a converted Marshall) I have concerns there. Hopefully we won't miss any of them, but Pierce is the most likely.

One thing to keep in mind is that we were a 6-10 team. How much can we miss anyone if we aren't any better than that?

I voted for pierce since he made sure after the play was called that everyone on the d was in their appropriate places, but if there had been a none of the above selection that would have been my choice. the coaching staff had reasons other than cap hits to not go overboard with their offers to pierce or smoot and I think that speaks volumes in my mind over their proclaimed worth to our defense. coles will be missed because he was the most consistent passing option we had last year other than cooley, but he lost all of his value to the team by asking out no matter how he did it.

but like I said, none of the above would be choice if available because I think we can upgrade each of them with less money than what it would have taken to keep them.