Redskins Receivers Rotation

[NLC1054]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Well they draft 50 wr's then play them with the first team and see what they can do. Why draft all these guys and hand a journeymen the #2 spot? Just makes me shake my head.

Um...because he earned his spot?

That's what Shanny does. You have to earn your spot. I'm sure if a rookie was outplaying Jabar Gaffney then he'd be lower on the depth chart. They aren't. We all know that these guys have to EARN their way onto the football field. That's the tone Mike set last year, and that's the way it will be.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by NLC1054

Um...because he earned his spot?

That's what Shanny does. You have to earn your spot. I'm sure if a rookie was outplaying Jabar Gaffney then he'd be lower on the depth chart. They aren't. We all know that these guys have to EARN their way onto the football field. That's the tone Mike set last year, and that's the way it will be.

well i wouldn't expect any of the younger guys to beat out Gafney in the first few weeks of camp.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by NLC1054

Um...because he earned his spot?

That's what Shanny does. You have to earn your spot. I'm sure if a rookie was outplaying Jabar Gaffney then he'd be lower on the depth chart. They aren't. We all know that these guys have to EARN their way onto the football field. That's the tone Mike set last year, and that's the way it will be.

They already had competition between all the young receivers. Bringing in a guy like Gaffney doesn't create more competition, it ends all competition (for Gaffney's spot that is). It is counter to the NFLs established culture to bring in vets to compete for the spots held by first and second year players.

I agree with skinsfan69 about 75%. Gaffney is probably the third best receiver on the Redskins, at least until Hankerson has a few snaps under his belt. Maybe he's better than Moss, even. That's hard to say, but they're close in terms of numbers. So he "deserves" his spot if the be all end all is "winning games with the 2011 Redskins." You have a better shot of doing that with Jabar Gaffney than with Terrence Austin.

And for Mike Shanahan, this probably is the end game. But that's why you don't hire a head coach in his mid-fifties if you're trying to rebuild. And it's especially why you don't make that guy your personnel guy. Shanahan's not screwing up here: he knows exactly what he's doing. Problem is, we're all still going to be fans of this team in 2014, and Mike Shanahan couldn't care less about how successful that team will be.