2009 & 2010 Pro Bowl Rosters Validate Why Redskins Should Draft Russell Okung

We simply can’t afford not to take Okung if he is on the board. He may well set us up at LT for the next 8 years and maybe even more. When you look at how many 1st round QB busts there are compared to first round tackles you see how crazy all this talk of injury prone flavors of the month is. Like it or not the Colts did not know that Peyton Manning was going to be Peyton Manning when they picked him and Tom Brady certainly would not have gone in round 6 if people knew he was going to be Tom Brady.

The way I figure it we can’t afford a QB this year unless it is with our 5th or 7th round picks. We need at least one offensive tackle and at least one guard and there is an argument for two tackles. Next needs to be some linebacker help and quite possibly a new RB. All of those needs are way more pressing than QB so the only way I think it makes any kind of sense is if it is one of our later picks and the Shanahans think they see a diamond in the rough.

Not to mention I have no bones about the fact that I’m a JC fan. The fact that we have a guy who has statistically improved every year despite a weaker and weaker supporting cast and a more and more insane management structure says it all. Even for people who disagree with that, though, you can’t disagree with the more pressing needs and enormous risk we take using the 1st rounder on any of the touted QBs. Every time you think about the Colts you have to also think about the Raiders.

LOL…I hope he is there at #4.

The high number of NFC East division rival players on the pro bowl o-line unit. We can’t compete against them and they seem to have at least this one thing in common.

Then what?

The fact that JC hasnt asked to be traded would let me know that the Shanahan’s see something in him. I believe they have told him to just go about his buisness, do and say all the right things. He knows there is no rookie coming for his job at least not this year, although as we’ve been lead to believe (or as it has been reported), he will need to beat out the rookie drafted and Grossman in an open competition. (Colt Brennan blows goat balls. Trade him for a few consession stand workers.) There is no way the Redskins can do anything other than address the OL. I wholeheartedly agree with Kevin. This shit about a drafting Qb 4th overall is smoke and mirrors. I futher find it baffling that anyone with an IQ over 70 could honestly believe any of the smoke the new F.O. is blowing out of their asses. I understand why it is necessary, I cant find myself entertaining it as factual. But yet again the stupidity and insolence of my fanhood bretheren never cease to astonish me; forcing me to become emboldened and more direct with insults thrown at them. For anyone to honestly think we will draft anything other than OL 4th overall or be involved in a trade down, I beg you to sell yourself into the Somali slave trade, yet your retardedness may only fetch a meager bounty, I emplore you fucking idiots to do it nonetheless.

I am not saying Okung is a bad pick but really, the argument is being made on Pro Bowl (aka the game that shouldn’t be played) appearances as reasoning to take a guy high?

Didn’t the Cowboy’s have the most Pro-bowlers on their team last year? How’s that work out. I could care less if players make the Pro-bowl as long as the team is productive and challenging for the playoffs.

What I am getting at is more, how many of the teams year in, year out have high round draft picks on the offensive line. It seems to be a more reasonable argument.

Pro-Bowl = Individual Achievement (in my opinion)
Playoff = Team Achievement

What I am getting at is more, how many of the teams year in, year out have high round draft picks on the offensive line THAT ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS

Rather than qualify where they drafted their offensive lineman, where did the Eagles and Giant’s draft their franchise Quarterbacks……..

both in the top 5.

Yes, the argument can be made that they can only draft (barring trades) lineman where their pick is, and generally those have been between let’s say 17-32 (I doubt I am too far off on this). If anything, I would use this more as an argument to draft a QB or hope for a trade down from #4 than it means draft Okung at #4.

What you’re also missing is that when a lineman busts at LT, he often can and is moved to RT or inside to guard. They usually have fairly decent careers. A bust at QB is a complete bust. There is no moving him and there is no moving on. It affects the org for years.

I understand that yes, you may find utility in a LT that can’t play left tackle and conceptually can be moved to Guard or RT, but really what examples of this happening regularly do you have and what level of production are you getting (does the utility match the pay).

Robert Gallery and then who? Tony Mandarich, after coming back after 2-3 year layoff?

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree that a QB busting hurts a franchise more than a LT, RB, S, etc. etc.

If that logic is used then you never get a franchise QB because you will always let the fear of potential failure outweigh the potential benefits of success. Mitigating risk by making calculated decisions, I can understand. “Attempting” to eliminate risk by not ever taking chances however, just doesn’t compute to me.

It’s kind of like our defense last year; we didn’t attack offenses and let them dictate the game. Sure, on paper we looked like a good defense but we didn’t create the plays that would change games in our favor. I think, “if” the mindtrust feels Clausen (if Bradford’s gone) is a franchise QB, the risk/reward is worth the gamble.

Drafting a top tier OL who will be a productive if not pro-bowl starter for 8-10 years makes sense. In fact, drafting an O-lineman early in the draft is about as close to a lock as you can get, and if there is an OT worthy of top 4 pick, and your team’s biggest need is at LT, it’s the logical choice.

However, convincing me that the Redskins will use sense and logic in the draft is something you’ll have trouble convincing me of. Although, there is a chance now that we have a new GM… I’ll take the wait and see approach. If Clausen is the pick, I will be on hear attacking the new regime to no end.