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ethat001 · 04-07-2009, 05:38 PM

Interesting article and I wish we drafted better. Nevertheless, you can get good players both from the draft AND free agency. And although we've overpaid and overspent this offseason, I think Snyder's attitude has still changed from the days of Bruce Smith and Deon Sanders. Seems like when we overpay for free agents, they are much younger. I don't mind at all if we sign someone that is good and 25 years old.

After all, we've seen how difficult it is to eval draft picks - even early first rounders are often either busts, get hurt or get into off-field issues. Getting young and PROVEN free agents is probably better value than draft picks. How many first rounders would we have to have to find a Haynesworth? For example, BJ Raji may be good, but will he develop into an AH? Not likely. Ryan Leaf, Vince Young, Mike Williams, etc etc. show us how wrong teams usually are.

Obviously, the problem is finding cap room with this strategy, but we've somehow figured out how to do it. And if there's a no-cap year, doesn't that allow us to pay all the prorated guaranteed bonuses up front and free up a ton of cap space for years to come?

04-07-2009, 05:38 PM	#11
ethat001 Impact Rookie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 920	Re: Redskins drafts-A historical problem Interesting article and I wish we drafted better. Nevertheless, you can get good players both from the draft AND free agency. And although we've overpaid and overspent this offseason, I think Snyder's attitude has still changed from the days of Bruce Smith and Deon Sanders. Seems like when we overpay for free agents, they are much younger. I don't mind at all if we sign someone that is good and 25 years old. After all, we've seen how difficult it is to eval draft picks - even early first rounders are often either busts, get hurt or get into off-field issues. Getting young and PROVEN free agents is probably better value than draft picks. How many first rounders would we have to have to find a Haynesworth? For example, BJ Raji may be good, but will he develop into an AH? Not likely. Ryan Leaf, Vince Young, Mike Williams, etc etc. show us how wrong teams usually are. Obviously, the problem is finding cap room with this strategy, but we've somehow figured out how to do it. And if there's a no-cap year, doesn't that allow us to pay all the prorated guaranteed bonuses up front and free up a ton of cap space for years to come?