Daily Slop: Cutler last week, Sanchez this week

by Kevin Ewoldt on Mar 23, 2009 8:56 AM EDT in Daily Slop

Redskins to bring in Mark Sanchez for private workout on Wednesday [scout.com]

Lions in negotiations with 1st round pick [nfl.com]
(KFFL reporting Jason Smith)

2009 Wonderlic Score Test Results [faniq]
(Percy Harvin, Michael Crabtree, Andre Smith, and Darrius Hey-Bey are not smart)

87-year old Joey Galloway signs with Patriots [cnnsi]

Shaq goes bowling at home game and twitters at halftime
(Of course this all against the Washington Wizards game the other night)

A-Rod and Eliot Spitzer have a lot in common [deadspin]

Gilbert Arenas playing this week? [Mister Irrelevant]

So we need to talk about Mark Sanchez for a second. If the USC QB is available at #13, do the Skins draft him? I'm sure most people would agree with me that it is a bad idea. We wasted used a 6th round pick on a QB last year (I'm a Colt fan...just heard we could have gotten him a lot later). My thinking is that the Skins are bringing in Sanchez for a workout to send a message to the league that they would be willing to take him, and that would make teams more serious about wanting to trade up to our spot. In essence, a bluff. If teams know we won't take a QB, then they'll just trade up to the #14 pick. Vinny has stated that his philosophy is "draft the best player available"...hopefully a WR is not still on the board.

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Should the Skins draft Sanchez if he's available at #13 and there are no offers to trade out of the pick (assuming Orakpo and the stud OLs are gone)?

Yes

20 votes

No

100 votes

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Looks like good poker to me

The real issue with head-faking before the draft is that other teams have to believe that you would actually take a player you have no business drafting. Then you can really whip up some action and turn your pick, in this case #13, into the Mark Sanchez slot, and a team that is thinking ‘Sanchez or Bust’ might work a trade with you to grab him.

Fortunately for Vinny and Danny, teams in the league have to be thinking, "Those two are just crazy enough to do something completely retarded on draft day. Better get a trade formulated. Make sure you get the Skins to throw in their customary 2nd rounder to seal deal!

by Ken Meringolo on Mar 23, 2009 10:31 AM EDT reply actions

JC

I’d love to ask Campbell what he thinks about the Sanchez workout. You gotta respect how well he is handling this (ie – not crying to the media like some QBs we know).

by Kevin Ewoldt on Mar 23, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Sugez is right.

We were already @ USC checking out Maualuga, so why not look at Sanchez? Yes he’s overrated and should never be seriously considered (with Colt waiting in the wings), but let’s keep everybody guessing anyway. There are several teams drafting behind us that want a QB.

IMO, if / when Curry, Orakpo, and the 3 top OTs are taken before 13, we should try to trade back. Otherwise, we’ll probably overpay or end up with a player we really don’t need like Maualuga, an outstanding career MLB.

by VA_Skin on Mar 23, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions

As much as it may not excite you I hope!

My thinking is that the Skins are bringing in Sanchez for a workout to send a message to the league that they would be willing to take him, and that would make teams more serious about wanting to trade up to our spot. In essence, a bluff. If teams know we won’t take a QB, then they’ll just trade up to the #14 pick.

You and Vinny are twins and thinking alike, great thought.

The Redskins biggest needs are the lines and LBs, this draft appears to be very deep in both areas. Picking up additional picks and using them on for these purposes would be a good front office decision.
Picking up an Alex Mack or Max Unger in the 20s
adding an Ayers or Johnson, looking at a Tupou or a Vanden Heuvel

Or a Larry English a Jonathan Casillas

by dr WNC on Mar 23, 2009 10:43 AM EDT reply actions

Do you pass on a guy with that much talent?

I don’t know. It essentially would end the Jason Campbell era, but if you’re getting that much value at #13 don’t you have to do it? Many people liked this guy to be the #1 overall pick in 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk

by hibachi on Mar 23, 2009 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

Someone needs to be fired if we draft Matt Stafford

Skins traded 1,3,4 picks to trade up and get Campbell at the 25th pick. We don’t know yet if Campbell is a bust or not, and last year was promising, so why would you just give up everything we traded for in 2005 to select another unknown? If his last name was Manning, then maybe, but with all the uncertainty with this Stafford, Skins need to fill another hole…which there are lots of.

by Kevin Ewoldt on Mar 23, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

There are very few Mannings in this league

but the fact is that Sanchez was very very good running a pro style offense at USC. Despite all the great things Jason Campbell has done, he’s been very inconsistent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk

by hibachi on Mar 23, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

So then what do we next?

Cut Colt? Make Campbell a backup and split the locker room? Neither has much trade value.

by Kevin Ewoldt on Mar 23, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I never said we should pick him.

I think JC is the guy next year. That being said, I also like Sanchez and I think he’ll be a great pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk

by hibachi on Mar 23, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Dirty Sanchez

Will bust bigger than Matty Lion-heart, wein-art!

JJ Fe

by Rydaddy617 on Mar 31, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Redskins Ravens update

No, Redskin-Raven battle update

by dr WNC on Mar 23, 2009 1:38 PM EDT reply actions

Yea...

Well, I’ve wiped my ass w/ my bracket already…so not feeling too good. I’ll try to get an update now.

by Kevin Ewoldt on Mar 23, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok...

So I can’t see the overall stats, but I can see how I am doing head-to-head w/ the Ravens blogger…he has a SMALL edge…if Duke doesn’t make the final four, I win. Although, he didn’t pick teams to advance to the final game, so that will certainly help me assuming Pitt and/or UConn make it.

Him
Overall Score: 98
Local Rank: 548 out of 4543
National Rank: 1726 out of 46043
Last Round’s Score: 48/64

Me:
Overall Score: 94
Local Rank: 974 out of 4543
National Rank: 2772 out of 46043
Last Round’s Score: 52/64

by Kevin Ewoldt on Mar 23, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Duke loses in the next round

Duke will blow it again!

by dr WNC on Mar 23, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Duke

can suck it.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Mar 23, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, did you see mine

Great day one then into the crapper!

by dr WNC on Mar 23, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmm

Kansas/Carolina…nice. I see Hogs Haven group ranking is “2 out of 17”. I have no idea what that means.

Looks like we have a lot of strong scores in our group…so, my count has us up a few points, that kblawson28 score of 70 is killing us:

HogsHaven average score: 95.3
Baltimore Beatdown average score: 94.4

Actually, whoever kblawson is I might have to ask it gets thrown out. The person has Radford in the final four. This reeks of a Baltimore blogger.

by Kevin Ewoldt on Mar 23, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions