Can we stop now please?

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by celts32

I agree and I am done complaining about the free agent losses.

However, I am still having a hard time coming to terms with the Coles trade though. I know he needed to go, but I still feel that releasing him would have been the better outcome for the Redskins. I just think they were to hung up on getting something for him even if it hurt them in the long run. Snyder was pissed and he didn't want to give in to Coles, but the smart thing for the Redskins to do would have been to swallow thier pride and cut him and move on...

Releasing him is not as great an idea as you think it is. It sucks bad enough that Pierce is a Giant, you think it would be worth taking the chance that Coles became a Cowboy?

And Gibbs is obviously quite interested in speed at receiver. Given that parameter, who would you replace Coles with if you didn't get Santana Moss? Plax? Not fast enough. Derrick Mason? He's quick, but getting older and will slow down soon.

You can't just talk about let's get this guy, let's get that guy, let's get whoever. You have to target players that fit into Gibbs' vision of what the team should look like. I for one trust his vision more than anyone else's. I think Santana Moss fits into that vision better than any FA receiver out there, and much better than Coles with a bum toe.