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<blockquote data-quote="Arles" data-source="post: 145664" data-attributes="member: 786"><p>Rarely are great players available in FA. If we wanted an FA RB, our options were Jamal Lewis or Ahman. Neither are in the class of LJ. Heck, look at what teams were giving up to get backs like Thomas Jones and McGahee who are also nowhere near LJ.</p><p></p><p>If you want an impact player at a skilled position, your options are to draft one or trade for one. And, given the crapshoot that the draft is (and the fact that we are 16th), there was little chance of the former this season.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We've had 23 draft picks in the past 2 seasons and 17 are still part of the team (7-10 in major roles). The Redskins haven't had 17 recent draft picks on their roster since the Reagan administration. Given how GB has drafted in the past two seasons and the depth we now have, this is the year where we could afford to use only 5-6 picks (which would still be more than Washington has) and take a shot at landing some proven impact players.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I see our options as three-fold:</p><p></p><p>1. Bring in retred FAs in the mold of "Kneeless" Joe Johnson and Hardly Tackleson to hold the fort and draft guys for the future.</p><p></p><p>2. Go out and sign some younger high-priced FAs that may or may not produce (there's a reason their teams allowed them to enter FA to begin with). Then draft guys for the future (knowing that you won't have much money left to extend others because of your drunken sailor spending).</p><p></p><p>3. Try to trade a few picks for known commodities and hope they continue to perform at their level moving forward. Now, you will lose some picks but chances are guys like LJ and Moss will be much better than any group of guys we could grab at 1, 3 and 4. Plus, we will still have 5-6 picks (and the option to trade down in the 2nd) to add more players.</p><p></p><p>I think 3 is just as solid an option as any of the other two - especially when you have all the picks still on our roster from the past two drafts that we do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arles, post: 145664, member: 786"] Rarely are great players available in FA. If we wanted an FA RB, our options were Jamal Lewis or Ahman. Neither are in the class of LJ. Heck, look at what teams were giving up to get backs like Thomas Jones and McGahee who are also nowhere near LJ. If you want an impact player at a skilled position, your options are to draft one or trade for one. And, given the crapshoot that the draft is (and the fact that we are 16th), there was little chance of the former this season. We've had 23 draft picks in the past 2 seasons and 17 are still part of the team (7-10 in major roles). The Redskins haven't had 17 recent draft picks on their roster since the Reagan administration. Given how GB has drafted in the past two seasons and the depth we now have, this is the year where we could afford to use only 5-6 picks (which would still be more than Washington has) and take a shot at landing some proven impact players. I see our options as three-fold: 1. Bring in retred FAs in the mold of "Kneeless" Joe Johnson and Hardly Tackleson to hold the fort and draft guys for the future. 2. Go out and sign some younger high-priced FAs that may or may not produce (there's a reason their teams allowed them to enter FA to begin with). Then draft guys for the future (knowing that you won't have much money left to extend others because of your drunken sailor spending). 3. Try to trade a few picks for known commodities and hope they continue to perform at their level moving forward. Now, you will lose some picks but chances are guys like LJ and Moss will be much better than any group of guys we could grab at 1, 3 and 4. Plus, we will still have 5-6 picks (and the option to trade down in the 2nd) to add more players. I think 3 is just as solid an option as any of the other two - especially when you have all the picks still on our roster from the past two drafts that we do. [/QUOTE]
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