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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
To your point, I think fans forget guys like Jacoby (UDFA), Schlereth (12th round), McKenzie (11th round) were not high draft picks. With the exception of 1981, the Redskins did not invest much in high draft picks for the OL during Gibbs 1.0. And when they did it was often disastrous (Andre Collins). So yeah maybe we need to look at who's coaching these guys
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From 1982 to 1992, we drafted (in a 12 round draft) 17 linemen. Of those only 7 were picked before the 7th round. One 2nd rounder (Wally Klein, '87), two 3rd rounders (Mo Elewonibi, '90; Paul Sevier, 92). Four 6th rounders - of whom only Ed Simmons stuck around (and he did for 10 years).
In fact, in '91, the Skins did not draft an o-lineman out of nine picks.
It was a different era, but still, we have invested significantly more in drafting o-linemen over the last 5 years than we did during the ten year reign of the Hogs with much less to show for it.