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Originally Posted by FRPLG
Well first off Rocky is an OLB and despite what many seem to think MLB and OLB are not just interchangeable. Especially in GW's system. In this system the MLB is the QB of the defense. He has to know what everyone is supposed to do so he can adjust when he diagrams what the other team is doing. For some reason I highly doubt anyone at Redskins park is willing to go into the next season with a guy who showed he can play the position average(Marshall) and a second year player who couldn't even crack the lineup at his natural position until mop up time. Rocky is not the answer.
As for trading down I agree it would be great to trade down and pick up several quality players but there are some problems with that too. First and foremost people make the statement 'trade down and pick up some more picks' just like they make the 'hire a GM statement'. Like it is some magical formula where you can go to the GM store or the Tradedown store and magically everything is fine. Well I have news for those people, trading takes two teams and if no one is willing to offer anything of value it won't happen. It is NOT a sound strategy to PLAN ON TRADING. You plan and prepare on NOT TRADING DOWN and if an opportuniy arises then you re-evaluate. The same for a GM. Just because we have a GM doesn't mean everything is fine. He would need to be a GOOD GM. There are plenty of teams who have traded down and ended up with scrap pieces because they traded away a shot at a difference maker and ended up with decent roll players. And there are plenty teams that never win championships with GMs.
That being said, you go into free agency looking to fix as many holes as possible so you dont have to rely on drafting to field 22 decent starters. Then the draft is used for depth. If we can bring a guy who knows the systems and can play why would his age be a problem? No one is expecting the guy to come in be the MLB for the next 8 years. We are talking about getting a good player to play for us while we build depth at the same position and others also.
I totally fail to see why his age is even a consideration other than for health reasons.
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we could go back and forth on this all day. we can agree to disagree. We all have our OPINIONS on how to run the team, and probably to the Redskins benefit, neither of us ever will. If Rocky is not the answer, then there we go again throwing draft picks away and letting people ride the pine until we send them off. Rocky HAS to be a contributor, this season and not just on special teams. A second round LB should be cracking the starting line up. Or our scouts are just crappy and our personel decisions come under fire again. Marshall is out of position at MLB. I agree that Fletcher is probably an upgrade in that area.
In regards to the draft, drafting a guy in the 1st or 2nd round is just as much a crap shoot as drafting a guy in the 6th or 7th. No one is a sure thing, which puts more pressure on the personel dept to have more picks to work with and make QUALITY picks and have good player evaluations. It is remained to be seen if our personel can pick quality players to provide the depth needed. Free Agency (again, in my opinion) should be used to fill A whole or add a player that puts our team over the top, not fill multiple holes.
the GM thing...come on. We do not have the right people making the football decisions that need to be made. Everyone in that building is win now at any cost. We all have had the GM discusion. A GM will make the decisions based on a long term build for multiple years of success, not just flashes in the pan. Has our way of building a team panned out for us over the last 10 years? NO! We go to playoffs, then stink the next year because players are shown the door, then its rebuild again, retool again, bring in player A,B & C. I would argue that most of us Redskin die hards feel we need a better front office structure with a GM.
Matty - you appreciate the paragraphs dont you!
Look, I am not trying to argue or say you are wrong or I am right. We are both right in a lot of the points brought up. we just differ in the way we feel regarding a certain player. I think youth is better served, using the draft and not signing old (trust me, 32 to me is not old!!) but in football terms for a MLB its not young. We shall see what happens. I am not going to hate the guy if he is brought in. I hope he kicks ass!! I would just do it differently.