Cerrato Continues Defending Himself Regarding the Redskins OL
Vinny Cerrato addressed reporters today, and his responses continue to baffle me. There is no doubt the Redskins made multiple mistakes not drafting linemen over the last several years. It was obvious to everyone when Samuels and Randy Thomas had season ending injuries last year. What is maddening is when someone refuses to admit their mistakes. It doesn't matter what field you work in, that's how you lose your job.
Question: Many players today have said that you didn't address the line. You knew it was a problem and you didn't address it. People around the league are saying it's one of the worst lines in the league. All that.Vinny Cerrato: Who is people around the league?
Question: People on other teams. Commentators on TV. They say you haven't addressed the line.
Vinny Cerrato: We tried to address the line. We added [Derrick] Dockery. We added Mike Williams. We attempted to, and when we were in the draft, there was nobody at No. 13 worthy of it.
Question: Are you having the results you wanted to?
Vinny Cerrato: No, we don't want to have sacks. So if it was Chris Samuels and Randy Thomas in there, would it be better? Absolutely. If you lose a Pro Bowler, it's definitely going to drop off. I guess where we're standing right now, to have more depth would be great.Question: Is it too early to say that the line is going to be the team's main target in the offseason?
Vinny Cerrato: It's too early to tell.
Question: You had to think there was no way you were going to get 16 games out of Chris Samuels and Randy Thomas considering they had double surgeries in the offseason?
Vinny Cerrato: With Randy we anticipated, you know, not going 16 games. So we anticipated that part.
You anticipated Randy Thomas being out and you assume a 404 pound lineman who has been out of the league for two years is a safe bet?
Again, someone that refuses to admit their mistakes is not someone that can be trusted. Who is he trying to fool? It's OK to admit your mistakes Vinny, we all want to succeed, but if you don't prove to us that you're learning from your mistakes, then the hatred and "Fire Vinny!" signs will only get worse.
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hahahahahaha
We tried to address the line. We added [Derrick] Dockery. We added Mike Williams.
If Dan Snyder cared about anything besides his ego he'd hire a good GM and take a back seat.
by smutsboy1 on Oct 27, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Is is me or...
Does Snyder look like Gargamel?
by brettpedigo on Oct 27, 2009 5:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And someone said on the radio
The new Hogs are the Guinea Pigs!!! Just thought it was funny.
by brettpedigo on Oct 27, 2009 5:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely. If you lose a Pro Bowler, it's definitely going to drop off. I guess where we're standing right now, to have more depth would be great.
Yes, If injuries are the problems, why did he change the play caller ? What an a…hole
by kqlno1 on Oct 27, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Chris Samuels was a washed up Pro-Bowler
We had a poor o- line at the start of the season now it is a horrible o- line !!
by LETJASONPASS on Oct 27, 2009 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not that it's worth responding to Cerrato's lies and doublespeak
But the idea that “all back ups represent drop offs” and thus it wasn’t worth getting GOOD (and/or young) back ups, is a joke.
Good teams have a starter go down on the OL and occasionally have a young drafted player who comes and is even sometimes good enough to keep the job.
Snyderrato teams have a starter go down, and so sign guys off the street (Levi Jones) and meanwhile have their draft picks inactive (Rinehart).
by smutsboy1 on Oct 28, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhh..
wasn’t Oher still there at 13? He plays tackle. Don’t get me wrong, Orakpo appears to be one of the few bright spots this season (or at least one of the few not utterly terrible parts) but you’re telling me there were no linemen better than a 400 pound dude who hasn’t played in 2 years in the entire draft class? I mean what the hell is with the scouting? I just find it really hard to believe that even with our few picks there wasn’t somebody. Vinny is out looking at pass catchers all damn day forgetting that if the guy throwing the pass is on his ass half the time they aren’t going to be able to catch squat.
Other teams seem to find quality people here and there even in later rounds of the draft. Why don’t we? With the exception of Chris Horton the 2008 draft was a bust and it’s starting to look like with the exception of Orakpo the 2009 draft was a bust.
by SkinsOsTerps on Oct 27, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oher was available....
Everyone thought we would pick him. Baltimore was ecstatic when we didn’t. Oher played J. Allen to a dead heat in MN when Allen was leading the league in sacks and some were calling him this years league MVP. I like Orakpo, but damn, I’m surprised Vinny didn’t draft a Relief Pitcher.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
by Scott E on Oct 28, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had to take Orapko
Skins brought in Haynesworth and we had ZERO speed coming off the end….not to mention no one to start at SAM. Oher was drafted rather late in the first, I can’t see many fans being upset if the Skins traded their first next year to take Oher late in the first.
by KevinE on Oct 28, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orakpo
was a good decision and I in no way, shape, or form, want to come off as saying I don’t think he’s good or was a sensible pick. However it still kind of comes back to the question of why do we spend 150 million dollars (Haynesworth, Hall) on what was a top defense last season then do virtually nothing (other than get Dock back) to improve what everyone knows is the team’s weakest link? Obviously you don’t want to ignore last seasons shortcomings in the defense when it comes to getting pressure on the qb and not forcing turnovers but part of team management is putting together solid units on both sides of the ball. I mean, in some ways it also goes back to throwing away so many draft picks in dubious trade decisions and using the picks we have poorly.
And I agree that trading up for Oher if possible would’ve been cool in most fans books. That’s the thing. Trading up isn’t a bad thing in itself as long as it is done intelligently.
by SkinsOsTerps on Oct 28, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trading up is a dangerous game that should be done judiciously
ie. not by vinny.
JC cost us a first, third and fifth b/c Gibbs had to have him.
I believe Rocky cost us a 2nd and third (or two seconds?) because Gwill had to have him.
I wouldn’t trade up except in the most unique of circumstances. When you trade up you’re usually paying double for a player- making the risk of failure that much more significant.
by smutsboy1 on Oct 28, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orakpo was a great pick, but not for us
If you are lost in the desert, dying of thirst, and someone offers you a glass of water for $10 or two back-stage passes to Hannah Montana for $5, which one do you take?
While the corpse of the Redskins is having it’s picture taken with Miley Ray, there’s a tall drink of water named Jason Taylor who has made six sacks for the Dolphins this year.
by sofutomygaha on Oct 28, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
FedEx
Let’s change the stadium name to FED UPS
by kqlno1 on Oct 27, 2009 6:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cerreto conveniently omits the 2008 draft
Using 3 2nd round picks for 2 WRs and 1 TE in the 2008 draft when there were potential starters for offensive line positions was an absurdity. Then the 3rd round pick was for Rineheart in hope of finding a sleeper I suppose. In 2007-2009 there have been 14 to 16 offensive linemen selected in the draft. Of the 2008 draft picks, Rineheart was the only one not to play in a game and only 2 others did not have a start.
Cerrito seems to be in denial or else his integrity is questionable.
by Jefferson1935 on Oct 27, 2009 9:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I fully agree
Ceratto is a joke at this point and trying to cover his ass for the BS mistakes he’s made with our pathetic drafting.
by ACo on Oct 28, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vinny
Colin Cowherd said this GM is a joke and I agree. Until Daniel lets his buddy go, this team will dance .250 to .500 for the entire Synder tenure. What a mess…
by southflorida on Oct 28, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If Vinny Cerato were captain of the Titanic:
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QUESTION: Many people around the boat have said that we are sinking and don’t have enough life boats. They say that we have hit an iceberg and we’re all going to die. Things like that.
Vinny Cerato: Who is people around the boat?
QUESTION: The drowning people we walled up in the lower decks. They say we’re going to meet Elvis. They say some day you will be played by the guy who was King Theodin from Lord of the Rings.
Vinny Cerato: We tried to address the life boats. We added women to the manifest because they are more buoyant. We attempted to, and when we were building the ship, we decided to get a sweet chandelier instead.
Question: Are you having the results you wanted to?
Vinny Cerato: No. We don’t want to be excavated by futuristic submarines in a NOVA special. So if we had gone around the iceberg would that be better? Absolutely. If you hit an iceberg it’s definitely going to drop off. I guess where we’re standing now, to have a life boat would be great.
Question: Is it too early to say that you can’t salvage the chandelier?
Vinny Cerrato: It’s too early to tell.
by sofutomygaha on Oct 28, 2009 11:34 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
quite funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvIX3S0f-2c&feature=player_embedded
by VA_Skin on Oct 28, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cerratos a bum
Vinny Cerrato: “We tried to address the line. We added [Derrick] Dockery. We added Mike Williams. We attempted to, and when we were in the draft, there was nobody at No. 13 worthy of it.”
I wish Vinny would define “worthy.” While I still agree that Orakpo was the best pick we could have fallen into, Michael Oher was still on the board. He has been mauling people this year. Snyderrato is not worthy of running this franchise.
by Skinsaholic on Oct 28, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Get A Clue
First you get a COO who hires a no name coach with no head coaching experience and you allow him to keep a QB who has yet to perform at a NFL level. You stand around and watch your head coach in two seasons make terrible play calls at big time moments and do nothing. You keep the starting QB in even though he can’t find or make big plays. Your OL is suffering and has been for at least two years and done nothing to help that situation. Overall your offense truly sucks and shouldn’t b/c there are good players on the team. Playoff material but your QB is not a leader and never has been. Your head coach lacks the experience and leadership to keep the team together. Your offense was lazy in the preseason and it shows as well. Players who get paid millions of dollars to play dont pick and choose when they practice and when they play. That is why normal people call it a job. Work or go home! That is the coach’s fault for letting them get away with it. That is where leadership comes in. Only good thing about the team this year is the defense. Although the 100 million dollar man stays hurt but he does give it his all when he is in. (conditioning would help that lazy a_ _ though. Four things need to happen for this team to get back to winning. A new owner, new COO, new head coach(one with experience), and new QB. Do that and this team will win games on regular basis.
by james009 on Oct 28, 2009 6:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Vinny, all you have done you freakin "yes man" is
take a once proud franchise and turned it into the laughing stock of pro sports. I just hope the economy sucks so bad that the little jew nerd has to sell the team to pay off his debts. Marty got it right when he fired your bug eyed ass and had this team going in the right direction. The window to win with Portis and Moss is over, it needs to be blown up. We can’t even trade what talent we do have for draft picks because we are over paying each and everyone of them so nobody will take them. You are absolutely the stupidest person to ever be paid a dollar in the football business. Synder is a business man and I know he knows how to turn a buck, but the fans are pissed this time, look out for empty seats and no TV for lack of sellouts. And if I ever get a chance to meet you face to face, I hope my wife has bail money! Thanks for nothing you freakin idiot!
by mark makers on Oct 28, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cerrato
This is just disgraceful. Cerrato is a grown man who will not accept accountability, an owner that fails to recognize that he knows nothing about picking strong, knowledgeable leadership and even if he did he would not be able to leave them to the job! Cerrato is not a leader ! Obviously this guy is such an ass kisser Im surprised Synder can keep his boxers on long enough to pull up his pants! Doubtful that Synder is going anywhere but at some point hopefully he will realize he needs to get someone in there that knows how to build a football team and as an owner stay the hell out of choices! A GM that is not afraid to tell owner to back the f..k off! Also, Synder , you have never played a damm day of high level football at any age of your life! Your operating like a fantasy football owner with a Napolean complex! Hours on a Madden game doesnt make you an expert. Put smart money to work, hire someone great, independant and if Cerrato’s kiss ass methods are so essential to you, give him a job outside of team! Go f..k up something other than the Redskins.
by Vince1969 on Nov 4, 2009 12:21 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

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