The Best of Vinny
 

Same idea as the Worst of Vinny. His single best roster move in his two years as EVP.

Was it drafting Brian Orakpo?

Maybe it was signing Hunter Smith?

Finding Chris Horton in the 7th round?

Resurrecting Mike Williams' career?

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Resigning.

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[quote=SmootSmack;644806]Same idea as the Worst of Vinny. His single best roster move in his two years as EVP.

Was it drafting Brian Orakpo?

Maybe it was signing Hunter Smith?

Finding Chris Horton in the 7th round?

Resurrecting Mike Williams' career?[/quote]

I think Orakpo hands down.

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Was London Fletcher his? If so, that's my pick.

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Fletcher and Orakpo hands down... Also DT and F Davis were very good picks, both of those guys are our future playmakers. Vinny made pretty solid picks just never had enough... Was SEAN his pick also?

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There's never been any "best of" in Vinny.

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Can't think of anything. We should have stopped new Vinny threads with the Worst of Vinny thread.

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On second thought, the best of Vinny is when he waved bye bye on his way out of town.

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[quote=53Fan;644807]Resigning.[/quote]Amen!

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[quote=53Fan;644807]Resigning.[/quote]

:lol:

I say Hunter Smith. Our punter situation, so long a nightmare, has been very satisfactorily stabilized.

I would like to say Orakpo, too, but Vinny had a first round pick for that one. Getting Hunter required some smarts, not just a #13 pick.

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Wasn't Sean Taylor who Gibbs wanted? Or was that Vinny

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Jeremy Jarmon might be Vinny's best move. If J.Jarmon played his senior to the way many expected he could easily go in the first round maybe before Shu but we will never no. Jarmon for a third rounder this year that will be his best move.

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Marko Mitchell if he ever gets a chance?

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Mitchell = Mix. what about all you guys screaming for Mason? how did he make out last night? we need to improve our overall team speed. the skins look a step behind every other team

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The best of Vinny is drafting Orakpo at #13 overall? How can you go wrong that early in the draft?

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[quote=WaldSkins;644871]The best of Vinny is drafting Orakpo at #13 overall? How can you go wrong that early in the draft?[/quote]

Happens to teams all around the league

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^ Like the Bills drafting Maybin ahead of Rak.

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[quote=SmootSmack;644875]Happens to teams all around the league[/quote]

I understand it happens, I just cant say that's his best move. I'm sure he's done better things then that.

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[quote=WaldSkins;644871]The best of Vinny is drafting Orakpo at #13 overall? How can you go wrong that early in the draft?[/quote]

what about the #9th overall pick of carlos rogers, i'd say we went wroing with that one

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Vinny had a lot of good picks. Someone beat me to the punch with Jarmon, while unproven I love the pick. Horton was a great pickup. Marcus Washington and Springs were great FA signings. He really wasn't that bad at picking guys in the draft. Did he have some busts, sure, but none were monumental.

To the guy asking about Taylor. I thought G Williams wanted Taylor and Gibbs wanted KWII.

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[quote=Daseal;644904]Vinny had a lot of good picks. Someone beat me to the punch with Jarmon, while unproven I love the pick. Horton was a great pickup. [B]Marcus Washington and Springs were great FA signings[/B]. He really wasn't that bad at picking guys in the draft. Did he have some busts, sure, but none were monumental.

To the guy asking about Taylor. I thought G Williams wanted Taylor and Gibbs wanted KWII.[/quote]

In Vinny's 2 years as EVP we didn't sign those guys, we lost them.

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I think it's going to be the Devin Thomas pick. I'm really excited to see what Shanahan (allegedly) will be able to do with him. I think he's got Brandon Marshall like abilities if he's being put in positions to succeed.

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My personal one was when Mark Brunell was signed in 2004 to a [B]7 year, 43 million dollar contract[/B] when Mark at the time was 33 years old. I'm not sure if that was Vinny or not, but even though Mark was my favorite player here, i still thought the move was crazy given his age...we would have been much better off to do a higher paid contract over a shorter period of time, IMO...

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[quote=mlmdub130;644882]what about the #9th overall pick of carlos rogers, i'd say we went wroing with that one[/quote]

Rogers was a solid pick IMO i think that when you look at players you to look at both the good & bad he isn't a bust. Orapko was Vinny's best selection the last two years read SS original post but Sean Taylor all-time.

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[quote=SmootSmack;644806]Same idea as the Worst of Vinny. His single best roster move in his two years as EVP.

Was it drafting Brian Orakpo?

Maybe it was signing Hunter Smith?

[B]Finding Chris Horton in the 7th round?[/B]

Resurrecting Mike Williams' career?[/quote]


I am starting to think this not so great. I think Horton might just be a flash in the pan but we will see.

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[quote=SolidSnake84;644922]My personal one was when Mark Brunell was signed in 2004 to a [B]7 year, 43 million dollar contract[/B] when Mark at the time was 33 years old. I'm not sure if that was Vinny or not, but even though Mark was my favorite player here, i still thought the move was crazy given his age...we would have been much better off to do a higher paid contract over a shorter period of time, IMO...[/quote]

Vinny didn't handle contracts though, and that move was all Gibbs.

The years weren't really significant, obviously neither party thought he was going to here for 7 years. It was just the way the deal was structured to stretch out and lessen the cap hits. If you do a shorter deal, his cap impact would have been much higher.

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[quote=Mattyk;645125]Vinny didn't handle contracts though, and that move was all Gibbs.

The years weren't really significant, obviously neither party thought he was going to here for 7 years. It was just the way the deal was structured to stretch out and lessen the cap hits. If you do a shorter deal, his cap impact would have been much higher.[/quote]During Gibbs 2.0, Vinny's job was to provide talent evaluations leading up to free agency and the draft. In that regard, the Skins passing on Kellen Winslow to draft Sean Taylor, then trading up to the 3rd round to get Cooley (the first two draft choices of Gibbs 2.0) may have been Vinny's finest hour here. That said, Gibbs had [B]final[/B] say on all moves during his 2nd tour of duty.

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Sean Taylor?