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Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
I made this thread to say congrats to Mike Shanahan and Bruce Allen for having only 6 draft picks, and trading to get 12 draft picks, and with those 12 draft picks, 9 of the 12 made the team. The 3 that didn't make the team are now on the PS and all have promise and potential compared to previous drafts under Zorn/Cerrato and Cerrato/Gibbs.
It finally looks like this team is headed in the right direction.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
Let's wait a year to see if it was worth keeping them all around.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
I'll second that. Don't want to crap on your thread but it's a little premature to say congrats because we still don't have any idea if these guys will pan out. The indications are good so far but preseason and regular season are very different. If this thread was started 3 years from the draft when most of the picks made the team and were regular contributors then this thread would be well deserved.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
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Another two are likely to be studs: Helu and Hank Then you have four guys with promise: White, Thompson, Gomes, and Neild. Not to mention that Shanahan has relatively rigorous standards to make his teams compared to those fellas running the show in 2008.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
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Besides likely is around 60-80% in this context. I already considered the possibility of failure.
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True bro, but i am more hopeful this season than for more than i care to remember.
At last we seem to have a coherent plan going forward and i for one am optomistic improvement will be manifest. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk |
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
It's been 30 years since 1981.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
I would be thrilled if Kerrigan and Jenkins turned into the defensive equivalent of Mark May and Russ Grimm.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
Very true that you all say we should 'hold off' before we say this was a good draft. But 75% of our draft picks made our roster this year. That hasn't happend in quite some time.
Plus you look at last years draft and you have: Trent Williams- our LT for the next 10 years @least Perry Riley- Good depth player and STer Terrence Austin- Has shown promise Erik Cook- made our roster as depth at C Dennis Morris and Selvish Capers are our only bust picks.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
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For reference: SI.com - 2008 NFL Draft - Washington Redskins Draft Picks
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
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I was just looking to see if anyone mentioned this. Im not sure keeping a player really means anything. Even if you look at this year, did we keep them because they are good? Or becuase the players we have from previous drafts were that bad so it owuldnt be hard to make the team.... Plus with our 'youth movement' we had plenty of old guys that needed replacing
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
Glad they finally got it but they should've done this when they took over. These guys have to get on the field and play regular season games before we know anything. Got to give it a couple of years before we know if this is a good draft. But I like the direction they're going in.
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Re: Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
Kudos to the Skins 2011 Draft
Amen.....Brother
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