Day One Draft Grade

I gave a B because they were good, smart picks. Irreguardless of what we as fans and Arm-Chair GMs think we got some of the best players available at the time. I was personally a Mike Williams fan, but our team is starting to take on the look and feel of only the most successful franchise this century, the Patriots. Depth at every position rather than a star and no capable backup, no outstanding superstars at WR, but solid team players that get the job done. Great defense with speed and depth.

What happens if Ramsey goes down for 3 or 4 weeks. Would you rather have Brunell take over for a few weeks or give a rookie in the mold of Doug Williams take the reigns?

GRADE D-I like the pick of Rogers.......CB was a need, but we have needs other needs than QB, too much given up for Campbell. I was looking more to DE if we didn't want a WR ....Or perhaps if Coach Williams felt the DE's available weren't worth a 25th we could've traded down gathered a few more picks and gotten Campbell later.

I gave a B overall

A for the Carlos Rogers pick, I really like the fact we have Harris who can start until Rogers wins the job. He can be brought along slowly, and from what I've read about him already, he sounds like a great kid with a solid head on his shoulders.

C for the Campbell pick. Good prospect, but a reach at #25. Who knows what the future may hold, we may love this pick down the road, but in today's win now NFL, you've got to question this pick.

I gave them a C overall. I like the CB pick....we needed a good replacement for Smoot and I am not sold on Walt Harris being here forever. The grade C, for me, stands for confusion, because I wasn't expecting us to pick a QB. Thinking about it, I think we need to go through this season to see how well our wide receivers play in order to decide if drafting a WR was really what we needed.

I am always pretty upbeat about my Redskins and as well all think they will do great. But as i sat and watched the NFL draft and see several teams get flat out better, I sat there with a sunken soul as the redskins added nothing but more questions... the Rodgers pick was good... and yes it was a little disapointing to pass up Mike williams, but i gave the Redskin brass some credit they filled a need. Then comes the Qb pick...i was hoping that the rumors were not true...but to my surprise they did it... all day I have had split personalities...one second i say out loud the redskins are losers as to try and convience myself to soften the blow to my heart if the Skins are losers this year . The other half of me says they must know what they are doing....It's Gibbs for pete's sake!

so I gave them a D...I Guess the Darkside won!

The Skins get a B, because Rogers may have been the best CB fit here (tall, and willing to come to voluntary workouts), and Campbell will either push Ramsey to succeed or win the job in the coming years. A vote of confidence for 2005 isn't a lifetime pass, and Ramsey needs to be the Redskins leader.

Having a good younger QB on the roster is standard Gibbs. Lost in the idea of winning three Super Bowls with three different QBs is that the position had frequent turnover. The next best thing is out there, and Coach thinks he has it.

I gave a B overall

A for the Carlos Rogers pick, I really like the fact we have Harris who can start until Rogers wins the job. He can be brought along slowly, and from what I've read about him already, he sounds like a great kid with a solid head on his shoulders.

C for the Campbell pick. Good prospect, but a reach at #25. Who knows what the future may hold, we may love this pick down the road, but in today's win now NFL, you've got to question this pick.
Almost exactly how I feel about it! I gave a B overall as well.

#9: A
I was very happy that we didn't go with the flashier, riskier, more Snyder-esque pick in Williams. Rogers seems like he may not just replace Smoot, but has the potential of being a substantial upgrade. If we hadn't had a big need player right there, we would probably have picked Williams.

#25: C
I really didn't agree with the Campbell pick, mostly out of faith in Ramsey, but the more I've thought about it and read about it, this may be what pushes Ramsey over the edge into taking ownership of the team and reaching the potential so many of us have been talking about for four years. Plus, if Joe Gibbs really likes the guy, who are we to argue?

My only reason for argument is that there were plenty of other players available that seemed more feasible to draft.

Again, I'm trusting in Gibbs' judgement.