Since the turn of the century we have drafted only 1 RB.

by Tiller56 on Feb 22, 2010 7:21 PM EST

When you mention the name Washington Redskins and NFC East, the first thing that comes to mind is the brand of smash mouth football that has been played around there parts for many years. I found this hard to believe for a team in the NFC East with such a heavy run history that we have drafted only 1 RB in the 2000's. That pick was Ladell Betts, who was a 2nd Rd pick from Iowa in the 2002 NFL draft.

It would be nice to see us get back to our roots, draft a stud RB, and ride that horse to the SuperBowl.

Thoughts?

Poll

How do you feel about the current state of our running game?

It would be fine if we had some better blockers up front.

47 votes

It could be better if we had a break-away threat at RB

24 votes

It would be awesome if we had 2 good young backs to share the load

15 votes

It will be fine as it is under the new coaching staff

2 votes

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Amazing is right

Think
Little to no offensive lineman
one RB
And the question is why can the Redskins not score points….go figure
Thank-you Jim Zorn For Ending Vinny’s run of stupidity

by dr WNC on Feb 22, 2010 7:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

dr, I couldn't believe it when I found the stat.

by Tiller56 on Feb 22, 2010 8:09 PM EST up reply actions

A sacrificial lamb

Thank-you Jim Zorn For Ending Vinny’s run of stupidity

Never thought of it that way

by CarverM on Feb 22, 2010 8:20 PM EST up reply actions

Every cloud has it's silver lining

appropriate cliche pad.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Feb 23, 2010 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

His case for a spot

in the Ring of Honor?

by CarverM on Feb 23, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions

Vinny or Zorn?

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Feb 23, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions

Zorn

for ending Vinny’s reign of terror

by CarverM on Feb 23, 2010 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

Actually

not a bad idea. I would throw my hat in the ring for that – an old, dirty one though.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Feb 23, 2010 1:32 PM EST up reply actions

Whats even worse is

that we have drafted a total of 8 OL since the turn of the century. We have only drafted 1 OL(Chris Samuels) in the 1st 2 rounds. Dock was the next highest drafted OL and he was taken in the 3rd.

Out of those 8 OL, 4 of them were OT’s. Only Samuels still remains with the team.

by Tiller56 on Feb 22, 2010 8:16 PM EST reply actions

Nothing this team does

surprises me anymore. When you think of it, we have morphed into the Anti-Hogs since the glory days. Obvious formula for success – develop awesome OLine and big, fast backs to pound D into submission. Throw deep once they’ve forgotten we can pass.

Then we go a decade without building anything like that. Amazing!

Here’s another stat: Super Bowl teams were among the highest scoring teams in the league, including one year they scored the most points in one season in league history averaging something like 40 pts/game. Last year’s Anti-Hogs…not so much.

Do we need to change the name of this blog?

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Feb 23, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions

this is the bigger issue

and should have been the main point of this post IMHO

We have only drafted 1 OL(Chris Samuels) in the 1st 2 rounds

Smashmouth football starts with the line, not the back

Pommylee

by Pommylee on Feb 23, 2010 6:22 PM EST up reply actions

Joe Jacoby was an undrafted free agent.

Yes, it’s prudent to place a premium on OLinemen and to grab the round 1 and 2 studs. But there are other paths to glory – as long as you are continuously working the issue.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Feb 24, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions

In Comparison

During the 90’s we drafted a total of 15 OL. We drafted a total of 6 RB’s.

Here’s the link for anyone interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Redskins_draft_history

by Tiller56 on Feb 22, 2010 8:22 PM EST reply actions

Drafting RBs

A surprising statistic. Of course, with CP and Ladell ensconsed at RB, there hasn’t been much need for quite awhile. Portis had an interview with lindsay Czarniak (NBC) today, and he sounded determined and confident. Said he always came to practice and meetings, but conceded that he may not have worked through injuries well enough at times. But he really likes Shanahan (very honest). Sounded great to me – like a guy who’s going to tear up the league this year.

by Donnio1234 on Feb 22, 2010 8:24 PM EST reply actions

Sounded like a guy desperately trying to keep a job he took for granted these past few years..

by travisjh86 on Feb 23, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions

Psych 101

and quite true!

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

by Scott E on Feb 23, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions

We drafted 18 OL during the 80's,

and 15 RB’s.

by Tiller56 on Feb 22, 2010 8:26 PM EST reply actions

Tiller I love your posts and all but your wrong right now

We have drafted two RB’s in Ladell Betts and Rock Cartwright, other then that yea I see the point of your post

by washfan29 on Feb 22, 2010 8:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions

washfan,

Your right. I overlooked Rock because he was listed as a FB.

by Tiller56 on Feb 23, 2010 8:11 AM EST up reply actions

Ahhhh ok

I have both there rookie cards so i remember that pretty easily

by washfan29 on Feb 23, 2010 1:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Can anyone say CJ Spiller ????

by LETJASONPASS on Feb 23, 2010 7:20 AM EST reply actions

Ouch,

not very faithful to Cribbs anymore? or was that you that made the article about Spiller?

Spiller is going to be amazing though.

by travisjh86 on Feb 23, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

travis, I talked about both of them. I would be happy with either one of them. We need a RB more so I would prefer Spiller.

by LETJASONPASS on Feb 23, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions

We all would be happy with either of them.

by travisjh86 on Feb 23, 2010 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

You are the man, get'm both

by dr WNC on Feb 23, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions

I usualy disagree with you about J.Campbell,but I do agree with you about CJ Spiller

I think Campbell should be signed to a 1 yr. contract and then tenered,to see what we can get for him as far as draft picks.I believe we wasted way, too many years on Campbell.It is time for him to go,and their are teams that we give us draft picks for him,our future QB is in the draft,we might even draft 2 QBs,if we can pick up many picks.I do agree with you about RB CJ Spiller,he will be an incredible RB, that we can not afford to pass up.We could still trade down slightly,pick up a few picks and still get CJ Spiller.O-LINE will be taken care of in free agency,and we have already picked up OG K. Lichtensteiger,and we will pick up more of O-LINE in coming days.

by ghost rider on Feb 25, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions