Final Countdown: Draft Day Expectations and Best Redskins Tattoo Ever
by Kevin Ewoldt on Apr 24, 2009 7:54 AM EDT
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PrintWell, we're finally here. It's Christmas Eve and all the rumors of what we will or will not get for Christmas will be answered tomorrow. All the talk we've had regarding how classy Jason Campbell has understandably boiled over with his request for a trade (if Sanchez is picked).
I hate this feeling. This is the first time ever where I have felt the Redskins as a team will not be better off come 6pm on Saturday. How is it possible that a team could be worse off immediately after a NFL draft? Well, it has happened before. Ugh. My immediate thought is how will the Redskins players take the Sanchez news and the repeated attempts to send Soupy down the garbage disposal? The offense has to start all over again being patient while waiting for a new QB to learn the ropes. If it's not a new head coach, it's a new QB. Most players surely take the "that's the business and I'll play no matter who is under center" approach, but what about rhythm? I expect to see a lot of 3rd and short plays where the WR runs an out and the QB throws an in. Not to mention false alarms...mis-reading blitzes....I'm just not ready for this.
OK, so the positives? Well....not much more than optimism. I recalled that the Giants in 2005 where in a similar predicament as the Redskins where they only had 4 total draft picks...and boy did they make the most of them:
2nd Round (43) - Corey Webster, DB
3rd Round (74) - Justin Tuck, DE
4th Round (110) - Brandon Jacobs, RB
6th Round (186) - Eric Moore, DE [played for the Rams last year]
That is certainly making the most from a limited number of picks. I have zero way of guessing if the Skins can pull off such a feat, but it's safe to say I'm not holding my breath. Comment below who you think the Redskins will honestly land.
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No on Sanchez
My guess is the Seahawks are taking Sanchez. B/c the Hawks like him so much, the Skins will have to give up to much..which they don’t really have to trade anyway.
My guess is the Redskins are drafting Rey Maualuga.
JC Backer Sanchez fit's the offense and is Zorn II
I have no doubt JC (would) will perform well this year and provide a good chance for the Redskins to make the playoffs however I am very impressed with the “football” experts take on Sanchez. If it happens I still think the Redskins can be succesful and I’m not sure they would honor JC’s trade request.
My belief is, if Sanchez falls to number 8 the Redskins will attempt to make a trade with Jacksonville to draft him, so if Seattle takes him at 4 then Redskin fans should be able to relax. If the Redskins make a deal with KC to jump in front of Seattle, JC will be traded to add additional picks.
Maybe
some of that alcohol is still in my system (though non-existent compared to the copious amounts I will consume this weekend for the draft, and my old Sergeant’s “Coming Home” party), but I voted “yes”. Perhaps its false hope…but I believe our defense will improve to the point it will carry the team, like a Ravens or Bucs (of old) team. Perhaps I am dilusional in hoping the year Sanchez had last will carry over for one in the NFL (silent chuckle to self). I am not sold on the idea of SEA drafting Sanchez, but he seems like he would be a decent fit…though he can be a potential icon because of his presence, and needs a big market.
ARMY STRONG
Well I think
the people at ESPN are overrating sanchez so that the redskins front office will be dumb enough to draft him so they have something else to make fun of us about.(mark Sanchez is the second coming of Heath Schuler,Except Sanchez doesn’t have the arm strength)
Arm strength
Pete Carroll said Sanchez has the best arm strength he’s seen since Carson Palmer (and this was going into last year he said that)
by Kevin Ewoldt on Apr 24, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Sanchez
Please don’t do it. Cambell is good enough until the real deal comes along. Nobody is a franchise QB in this draft. After the $100 million man and the $54 million psycho CB Snyder needs to take a break and sign offensive lineman and maybe a wide receiver. Am I the only out there who would rather trade a 1st rounder for a proven vet than gamble millions on a kid? Thank God for that chick’s tatoo at least something is right in Redskins’ world
+1
Agreed. Cutler was traded for 2 first round picks essentially and he is a PROVEN QB….why would the Skins trade essentially the same for a HUGE question mark. The stats on QB’s that leave college early are not good…esp only after one year of playing.
Why not let Sanchez get drafted by someone else, then next year offer a 1st round pick for him? It’ll cost the same as it does now if not less.
by Kevin Ewoldt on Apr 24, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Thank You
I have been beating the drum of college experience all week, needed someone to acknowledge it…I wouldn’t look at a QB with less than 3 full years, 4 is of course, ideal.
ARMY STRONG
Limited number
No trade, no comp picks a normal draft yields 7 picks
While 5 of 7 is not a full compliment, it should not be considered limited should it?
That is certainly making the most from a limited number of picks
Just a thought, since I’m really not working today….
not having a 2nd and 4th makes it somewhat limited, IMO.
it’s not like we’re missing our 6th and 7th rounders, which are only marginally more valuable than UDFA’s.
OK, makes sense
Carolina with only 5 and no first round would then be very limited or only slightly limited becasue they have a 2nd and 4th
Dallas with no first round picks, and only few picks in the first 3 rounds but a slew of picks 4-7, would be considered very limited potential with possible high intake.
Got it, thanks
Why even get Albert?
With no other line help, he will be doubled and tripled and be ineffective. Pay for a DE and make the D-line like the old days!! Go back and pay Pete Kendall and worry about the o-line next offseason! Draft one and pay one more o-lineman. The recievers will be better. Jason will be better and the D will be great!!! Isn’t this how the Ravens bet the midgets in the superbowl?
As in pay, I mean move up in the draft...
It will be worth it.
can we talk about the girl more?
I found that pick thru google images on a Chargers blog of all places. I should see if she’d be willing to do a Hogs Haven interview. Maybe she has a Spurrier tattoo on her ass.
haha...agreed, i'll keep spurrier away from our hot girls...how's this?
by Kevin Ewoldt on Apr 24, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaahah
so great. i forgot about that completely. oh man…it’s so bad that our 2009 draft leads us to talk about Spurrier.
by Kevin Ewoldt on Apr 24, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
It feels like
our success in the upcoming season is completely hanging in the balance.
[Regarding Sanchez]…but what about rhythm? I expect to see a lot of 3rd and short plays where the WR runs an out and the QB throws an in. Not to mention false alarms…mis-reading blitzes….I’m just not ready for this.
Me either. I don’t want to waste another season waiting for the development of another QB. With our strength of schedule, another year under last year’s picks, key positions in the final year of their contracts, and the off season acquisitions, we are in a position to make a playoff run.
We HAVE to get this draft right.
Curry, Orakpo, or the top 4 OLs... or back.
For what it's worth
I just ran into Smoot who was going into the Caps game and he said the Skins won’t be drafting Sanchez b/c he won’t be available. I agree….all this hype on Sanchez has built up his trade value more than it’s worth.
by Kevin Ewoldt on Apr 24, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
More Top-10 players, others drop
It’s back to less a smoke screen and more of a Hype screen
If Sanchez, Bradford, add a couple of Recievers in the mix. Some of the really high graded players will drop to #13.
seriously
I’ll promote that shit to the main blog
by Kevin Ewoldt on Apr 25, 2009 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Next year,
DC could have a 3 sport playoff trifecta (lol)…
The Skins, Wiz, and Caps!!
Curry, Orakpo, or the top 4 OLs... or back.
Ok...
I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to track down the tattoo girl solely to see her face. You think she is hot or butt? Body is no doubt tight.,…but being a skins season ticket holder, the few super hot chicks wouldn’t get tattoos like that. so curious.
Just be patient, for a change!
13th pick is perfect! One of the highly rated players will fall to the Skins. They’ll get a stud LT (Oher or Andre Smith), maniac LB (Orakpo), or brick s**thouse DT (Raji) if they’re just patient. As a bonus, 13th pick is much cheaper than 4th or 8th pick, giving them more flexibility going forward.
Of course, doing this is so un-Dannylike: drafting boring fat guys to man the trenches and win Super Bowls. It’s so much more fun to draft a new QB every couple of years! Danny, just ask yourself: WWBD? (What would Bellichik do?)
What’s the point of putting an inexperienced college QB (16 starts) behind a creaky line anyway? He’ll get pummeled, like Plunkett did in his early days (before resurrecting his career 10 years later).
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