but the team felt that Malcolm Kelly that late in the 2nd was simply too good to pass up. In other words, our draft strategy emphasized best player available over need.

However, there are questions about both Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly and so it doesn’t hurt to hedge your bets and diversify. Thomas really only had one good year in College and Kelly’s stock dropped substantially because of the questions surrounding his 40 time and subsequent blaming of Oklahoma. Those questions don’t really concern me at all - I think they’ll both make great WRs - but the team has been in dramatic need of a tall, possession receiver for some time now, and I’m slightly comforted by the fact that it will take two major day one draft busts (along with Anthony Mix not panning out) for that to happen. I view it unlikely that both Kelly and Thomas, people held as two of the best of this receiving class by virtually everyone, flop.

The talk of the Redskins line getting old seems to be in spite of the Redskins WR are too. As skin-patrol stated the redskins have hedged their bets very well on having a top skilled WR, but if things go very well the Redskins also have a great chance of having a core group of WR for the next several years, a great position to be in as a Redskin.