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Originally Posted by bedlamVR
I have a question for all the FO bashers and I know betters... .
In this upcoming draft would you take a second or third round talent with our first round pick simply because it is a OL or DL? i.e. a possition of need . Would you pick up someone who might go undrafted in the third round ?
We have been down this drafting for need under Gibbs and yes it worked out in some cases (Sean Taylor) but there are instances where we could get more value by taking the BPA . That when we lock onto someone ( like Roky McIntosh, Jason Campbell) and overpay to get him rather than take the best player/deal available when we pick, or we get cornered into drafting a particular possition (i.e. CB Carlos Rogers) because of what happens in FA when there is more talent available elsewhere .
I really think we forget how bad the Skins were between 93-97 ... so bad indeed when Reggie White left the Eagles he went round every other team except the Redskins because he was looking for a "playoff contender"
So bad that when we got a bucket of picks for Ricky Williams from the siants we came away with Jon Jansen and Champ Bailey ... thats it ..
We also traded 1,2,3rd round pick for Brad Johnson in 1999, the year we also let that bum Trent Green go via free agency...
And remember although 1999 was the year Snyder bought the team but most of FA and the draft was run by the Cook Estate .
Also in the 90s we drafted such memorable players like : Andre Johnson (1st round) Skip Hicks ( a good situational player but 2nd round pick?) Heath Shuler, Stephen Alexander ( never lived upto his hype), Micheal Westbrook and a bunch of no bodies even the most ardient of Skins fans would struggle to have heard of ...
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The time immediately after JKC's death, when his son and the estate ran the club were terrible days/years for this organization. I think people that hate on DS are forgetting (or blocked it out) how awful JKC's son was for the club. If I remember correctly, the choices for team ownership came down to JKC's son, a conglomerate who wanted "the Redskins", or DS who had been a lifelong fan.
Maybe the other option would have been different, we will never know, but Snyder came in and took over a dysfunctional club, and did it from a fan's perspective.
All you have to do is look over these threads and you see how topsy-turvy that can make a club. The question now, is has he matured as an owner, is he willing to sacrifice the now for the long-term. If not, if he still rides the flow of emotion when making decisions, then we will never regain the greatness that was the JKC/Gibbs Skins of the 80's.