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Originally Posted by TheMeatLoafCabana24
Yeah, if you do that, you'll be great. It just seems too simple. The skins have jason cambell who has shone little spirts of greatness, they just have to get the right people to join him to become a good and eventually great team.
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I agree. There seems to be a progression. No team turns into a dynasty overnight. First a team has to build a solid, comparatively cheap, foundation through the draft. More then anything to make this foundation solid you need to start with the big boys; Olineman seem to be the most vital cog to any successful team. Well, certainly a great QB is necessary, but I doubt even Brady or Manning would have had nearly the same success this season behind the Redskins Oline. Besides that, we have a young talented QB, relatively young, quick wide receivers. I have no doubt that give the time Brady and Manning are given in the pocket that:
a. Moss and Randel el would get open more often, and
b. Campbell would have the time to through the deep ball with more consistency and accuracy.
I think this is the progression the skins need to go through to have an elite team:
This offseason: start with the basics . . . Offensive and Defensive lineman. Obviously we have some young, or at least not too aged, talent in both units, but we need an influx of young talent, especially on the O-line. And on the D line I think that most would agree that a replacement for P. Daniels is becoming very necessary, if we had another D end that could get to the QB even just as much as Carter does that we would have a lot more big plays on D. A good pass rush from the front four allows your LB's CB's and Safeties to create turnovers.
Into the future: Obviously we should not stop building through the draft, young talent is invaluable in this league. But once you have a strong foundation (like that Pats had going into last offseason) that is when you start picking up big names like Moss, or TO. Guys like that can change the dimensions of a good team, and make them almost impossible to keep up with, but if they're signed to a team with no foundation (ie. the Raiders for Moss) then that player will struggle and the team will get little return on their investment.
This team has another few years before it can conceivably have a chance to be an elite team. We have some incredibly talented players, if we build more of a foundation, we could be very good in the next couple of years. And then we can go after some big name guys to compliment the talent already acquired.
How reasonable is all this in the Gibbs 2.0 timetable? Well, not very. More likely then not Gibbs will be gone after next year, but that doesnt mean we should clean house when he is gone. Hopefully there is a smooth transition, and we make the appropriate progressions, and Gibbs 2.0 will b remembered for setting this team in the right direction. It seems very possible, but only time will tell.