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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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OK, let's disregard 2001 as Marty calling the shots. Since then we have drafted
only two linemen earlier than the 4th round (Dockery in 2002 and Rinehart in 2008, both 3rd rounders). During that period, we have drafted the following non-linemen in the 1st three rounds:
WR (4) - Cliff Russell, Taylor Jacobs, Devin Thomas, Malcolm Kelly
DB (4) - Rashad Bauman, Sean Taylor, Carlos Rogers, Laron Landry
TE (2) - Chris Cooley, Fred Davis
QB (2) - Patrick Ramsey, Jason Campbell
RB (1) - Ladell Betts
LB (1) - Rocky McIntosh
Fourteen perimeter/skill position players vs. just two linemen is a disproportionate use of high draft choices, and it is the biggest reason that we are mired in mediocrity. Both NY and Philly have invested high draft choices on linemen during that same period, and both have made deep runs in the playoffs. Coincidence? I think not.