Redskins Are Rolling the Dice with Only 8 Offensive Linemen

Most teams carry 9 and 10. If Shanahan thinks that the 9th and 10th aren’t going to make a difference on the active roster, then what is the point of carrying them. Unless of course you think that 5 offensive lineman will get hurt in one game. If that happens then practise squad players can be activated or other lineman can be signed. It almost sounds as if this is the team we are stuck with all year and it’s set in stone.

That extra 1 or 2 players allows shanahan to keep a guy like Banks or Logan who can certainly help with the offense.

so our offensive line is fucked if we have an injury, and our drafting has sucked.

We just get to see the numbers behind it now.

what were the other teams average round to pick in? Since our is the worst you would assume we would have a lower retention rate since late round picks are less likely to make the roster (especialy in the first two years since teams arent too fond of dumping early round picks that soon) Also, would assume changing coaches has an affect on things since no loyalty and less likely to keep a pick for the sake of saving face.

Not saying we pick well just saying the ineptitude of vinny trading away good picks (and shanny did that this year too) has to have something to do with it.

quality O-lineman, although I wasn’t as worried that they only kept eight on the roster as that there are no good backups at all. If Williams, Brown or Hicks goes down, we’re screwed. In other posts I said we need O-line and WRs, but on reflection, it seems we need O-line a lot more than WRs. Allen probably did his best, but it seems to me that he must have let some good O-line guys get away (and I hope it wasn’t for lack of money). And whether he did or did not, he should be moving heaven and earth to get a good RG or tackle now. I don’t know how or who, but I’d think they can spare some D-line/lb people – AH, Carter or Jarmon.

So sick of the stupid “only two of six draft picks made the roster” argument. Does that mean we didnt get good young talent? Time will tell, but when you have undrafted free agents making it instead, I could care less if they keep a 7th rounder.

I don’t criticize Allen/Shanahan for where we are. I thought we were in pretty good shape just a couple of months ago. But then Big Mike Williams – who I figured for RG (with Hicks backing up everywhere) was lost for the season. Then Capers and Cook proved to be disappointments (apparently, so far). I know many on HH had very high hopes for Capers, and almost everybody assumed he’d be a capable backup. So there are no recriminations. But the reality is that the O-line has little quality depth. They might all stay healthy, but I wish we had one more solid, capable guy. The list above shows there are a lot of reasonable backups available, but I don’t know if any are substantially better than what we have. Is there any chance Capers will suddenly blossom?

it would take a lot to fire shanahan- three three win seasons or something. dan likes him and he offers dan legitimacy.