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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
Let's disregard 2001 because that was clearly Marty's year and Cerrato wasn't even there.
But let's also not act like the Redskins are ignoring the lines either. You can make the argument that they're not effectively addressing the lines, but I think it's wrong to simply say they're ignoring them. Or to pretend that all we do is go after WRs
Dating back to 2002 we have drafted 4 WRs, 6 OL, and 4 DL.
Additionally, besides going after Moss, Patten, ARE, and Lloyd we have gone after Andre Carter, Pete Kendall, Jason Taylor, Todd Wade, Jason Fabini, Chris Wilson (plus UDFAs Alex Buzbee and Stephon Heyer)
All which leads me to two points
1. We are definitely not ignoring the trenches, we're just not addressing them correctly
2. Scott Campbell should be held largely accountable for a lot of the late round misses due to his time serving as the team's Director of College Scouting. So I'm not sure I can or should continue to defend his ascension up the Redskins food chain.
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Addressing your lines in the draft doesn't consist of drafting Montgomery 5th and Golston in the 6th round of the draft. I like these guys as Redskins but they aren't exactly dominators of the game. On offense drafting Heyer, or the lack thereof since he was an undrafted free agent, doesn't count either.
Addressing a position should entail making it proficiently sound enough to stand on its own. I can even think of a OL or DL, under Snyderatto, that has been selected within the first 3 rounds (save Reinhardt).
Samuels was selected at LT with a first round pick. That position has not needed to be addressed for the last 10 years. Our lines are inefficient and need to be addressed with Day One draft talent. Until then they won't be considered addressed.