the all encompassing 'discuss all things offseason' thread sponsored by Paintrain

Continued from here http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-locker-room/56052-jay-gruden-hired-head-coach-redskins-51.html

Lol, I'm so honored.

Since the pressure is now on, here's an interesting look at how the varied offseason approaches between us and Seattle have led us to divergent paths.

Redskins, Seahawks took different paths - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/4989/redskins-seahawks-took-different-paths)

I'm sure this will just open up the draft vs. free agency discussion again.

Rak will stay , we will re sign him and hopefully he'll get better and better

Well the point of the article was more that Seattle has been very good in the draft and we weren't.

Rak is good I'm hoping with the hiring of the new OLB coach he will just get that much better.

Well the point of the article was more that Seattle has been very good in the draft and we weren't.

I mean the teams went in different directions for many reasons.

1. They are loaded with talent we r not
2. Pete Carroll has done a great job with this team and they love the guy, obviously ms didn't get that same treatment.
3. RW didn't have a horrible knee injury and miss all OS.
4. They have a dominant set of DBs, ours are as bad as it gets with Wilson starting.
5. Injuries killed us this yr, who was their big injury? Nobody

The Seahawks defense is driven by the Legion of Boom, who allow the front 7 to gamble and blitz more. And the Legion of Boom is made up primarily of lower round draft picks.

The point is that the Seahawks have done something we haven't done: develop players. Coach 'em up. Make them better than they should be on paper.

The Seahawks teach us that player development is more important than draft vs. free agency.

Q&A: Sean McVay - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/4962/qa-sean-mcvay)

McVay is going to serve as QB coach, Gruden to call the plays.

Q&A: Sean McVay - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/4962/qa-sean-mcvay)

McVay is going to serve as QB coach, Gruden to call the plays.

So he's not the OC then, which is fine JG did a good job in CIN

The Seahawks defense is driven by the Legion of Boom, who allow the front 7 to gamble and blitz more. And the Legion of Boom is made up primarily of lower round draft picks.

The point is that the Seahawks have done something we haven't done: develop players. Coach 'em up. Make them better than they should be on paper.

The Seahawks teach us that player development is more important than draft vs. free agency.

This is the key. How we get a player is rather irrelevant, it's what we do when they get here that's the key. That's one ding on bringing back so many position coaches. We have done a terrible job of developing players for a long, long time. I think players like Kerrigan, Amerson, Rak, Williams, Hankerson, Helu, even Morris and of course RG3 have a lot more upside that we've yet to see.