Plaxico out of jail; on the radar of two teams according to Rosenhaus

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Originally Posted by SBXVII

^ Understood. Back in the day yes each WR had one specific job. So your right that they do shift them around in order to get better match ups. I'm not dissagreeing with you there but.... I'd still argue that we would need a true #1 WR that has some height. We drafted 3 WR's who I think will work out fine but again look how Thomas and Kelly worked out. I was stoked there until they let me down.

The thing about Malcolm Kelly and Devin Thomas is that the Redskins were more or less roundly criticized for picking those two wide receivers in particular.

Coming out of college, everyone knew about Kelly's health issues and the problems with his knees (which contributes to the chronic problems with his hamstrings) and that he was coming out because his value was still high, but he was still probably overdrafted.

Devin Thomas only had one year of production to back him up. To Mike Shanahan, that might've made him worthy of being drafted in the same spot Niles Paul was. To Vinny...ugh...

Basically, Vinny was an idiot. Hankerson has a history of production and improvement (and has improved on not dropping the ball), as does Aldrick, and Niles Paul had enough production to justify his draft position, coming from a run heavy football team.

As for needing a tall number one receiver...I think sometimes the idea of the number one receiver is bigger than the reality of it. And again, Greg Jennings is the "number one" receiver for Green Bay and he's only 5'11".