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Originally Posted by Skinny Tee
I don't agree that WR is more of a concern than our lines.
OL & DL have been neglected for some time now. I personally have been clamoring for DE's since the 2005 season where it was five in a row or we don't go. That season we had the same problem that we do now where our defense was stout but we'd give their QB tons of time in the pocket.
Andre Carter was a nice pickup but it shouldn't have stopped there. We needed 2 or 3 guys like him in our ranks. That position much like OL was neglected in part, I believe, because they are unglamorous positions. Washington loves it's skill players and seems to solve their superficial issues by overcompensating our weaknesses with the respective skill player.
I believe if you want to build competitive consistency you have to have a great OL & DL. If we had that we could've consistently dominated the teams that we were supposed to, like the Lions, Rams and the Bengals.
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That's fair enough.
However, why are you picking on the defense that was #4 in the NFL in yards/points allowed, while our offense (passing in particular) was #28 overall ... and obviously sucked?
When was the last time we had a top 10 offense? When Mark Rypien was QB? (JK) I mean... Trent Green had a good year moving our pass offense, as did Brad Johnson, but since then... we have been NO CONSISTENT threat to a team's secondary. We have relied on Moss to carry our pass game for too long... we NEED another receiver to help. If some think that a new WR Coach would make Thomas and/or Kellyquality NFL starters, OK. But to say that reveiver isn't the weakest group on the team is tough to understand.
A D-Line next year of Carter, Griffin, Montgomery, Golston, Alexander, Taylor, R Jackson, D Evans is a lot better looking than our WR group I think, even if it is a bunch of run stuffers and OLD pass rushers.
Now, that's not to say that the D-Line does not need an interior PASS rusher... cause we do. I am just saying that the D-Line is getting old and we need to build it through the draft. This thread is supposed to be strictly about our wide reveivers and what needs to be done to make our 2009 pass offense more successful.