And with the 6th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the redskins select...........

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Originally Posted by GMScud

Completely disagree. Think of his first two offseasons- the first is an uncapped year with very little available as far as free agents, and a draft that had Sam Bradford and not much else for QB's. This past offseason was a labor stoppage and a draft that had some reaches at QB in the 1st round.

Sure it sucks that we have to wait until season 3 of Shanahan to get our potential franchise QB moving forward, but what good does it do to fire Shanahan if he's not a 10 win coach in his first year with his new (and likely rookie) QB?

Exactly. There is no upside to having a rookie QB and then firing the coach. This is offseason 1A of the Shanahan regime.