[sportscurmudgeon]

Winskins:

After I read that Smoot felt as if he and his agent had been disrespected in the negotiation process - whether they were or were not is immaterial - I knew that if any team came within about $1M of what the Skins offered in a signing bonus, he was gone. If he felt disrespected and then said it to someone in the press, then any situation where he came back here would be a blow to his ego. So, at that point, I figured he was gone in about 99% of the possible scenarios. The Vikes offered him a bit more $$$; I think he'd have gone there for a bit less $$$ than the Skins offered and claimed that it was some "bennie" in the out-years that compensated for the lower signing bonus.


Joe Redskin:

MLB is not a big money position? Ray Lewis? Brian Urlacher?Jeremiah Trotter (here in DC)? Takeo Spikes? When you have a good MLB (or ILB in a 3-4 set) it usually means you pay some significant money to keep them around.



This is supposed to be a very deep year for CBs and the Skins now need to draft one. Since it is a deep yeer for CBs, I'd hold off until the 2nd or 3red round to take a CB. But they do have to get one in the draft...