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Originally Posted by ethat001
After Julio Jones was signed in 2011 and Atlanta had 2 high profile WR's, Matt Ryan's passing game exploded & went from averaging 3000-3500 yards to closer to 4500-4700 yards. If/when we sign DJax, I suspect we might expect a similar big jump in RG3's production. We may even have an advantage in that we have a much better running game to go with this.
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It's funny you brought up Atlanta because I was thinking about how similar of a situation they had before trading for Julio Jones as to the Redskins situation right now (before signing DeSean).
Ignored glaring needs on defense and O-line. The temptation/potential of having an explosive offense (Matty Ice, Roddy White, Julio Jones, Tony Gonzalez, Steven Jackson). The Falcons gave up two firsts, a second, and two fourths. It exploded alright, it blew up in their face as the team went 4-12 last season.
While we are not giving up any draft picks, we are giving up something just as valuable, a large amount of future cap space we could have used to fix the O-line and secondary. This is a team sport and we can not win with weak links in the chain. Plus as the two best teams in the NFL (Seattle and 49ers) helped to prove over and over again Defense (and balance on offense) wins Championships, not WR's.
We have to get more physical as a team. Punch people in the mouth and knock them down. DeSean is an amazing talent, but he is a luxury not a desperate need.