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Paintrain · 04-25-2005, 07:22 AM

I've gone on record in the other threads and expressed my displeasure with the Redskins draft. The WR need could/should have been addressed with Mike Williams. I understand it more after hearing Gibbs talk about Rogers as someone who they expect to not only replace Smoot, but improve on what we had there.

Regarding Campbell.. I can see the long term logic in it and I guess as fans we need to look big picture. Despite the excuses we throw around for Ramsey, bottom line is he hasn't gotten it done to the point where QB is not a question mark. Gibbs, in spite of the Brunell debacle, hasn't been wrong on too many QB in the past, they have all been more successful under him than they were anywhere else.. He must see/feel that Ramsey has things that prevents him from being one of the elite QB in the league..

Yes, there were more immediate needs at other positions, but if you listen to what Gibbs says, he says clearly that he is rebuilding the FRANCHISE not a team. That means long term and he obviously doesn't see Ramsey as a long term franchise QB. Gibbs is rare in NFL circles that he doesn't have to draft for now in order to protect his job security.

If the defense returns to it's stature from last year, which is possible since they only lost 2 starters and are getting (hopefully) a healthy return of Barrow, Bowen and Arrington plus Rogers, then on that side of the ball we should be in every game. Offensively there are a ton of questions, no doubt about that. Can Ramsey perform? Can Moss be the game breaker he was in 2002/2003? Who else will emerge at WR? Will Gardner be back and be productive? Will a year in the system/adjustments to the gameplan make Portis the threat he was supposed to be when we traded for him? Those questions are going to make or break our season, not what happened in the past 72 hrs.

04-25-2005, 07:22 AM	#40
Paintrain Pro Bowl Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Age: 55 Posts: 5,006	Re: Gibbs: "We had a really good draft!" I've gone on record in the other threads and expressed my displeasure with the Redskins draft. The WR need could/should have been addressed with Mike Williams. I understand it more after hearing Gibbs talk about Rogers as someone who they expect to not only replace Smoot, but improve on what we had there. Regarding Campbell.. I can see the long term logic in it and I guess as fans we need to look big picture. Despite the excuses we throw around for Ramsey, bottom line is he hasn't gotten it done to the point where QB is not a question mark. Gibbs, in spite of the Brunell debacle, hasn't been wrong on too many QB in the past, they have all been more successful under him than they were anywhere else.. He must see/feel that Ramsey has things that prevents him from being one of the elite QB in the league.. Yes, there were more immediate needs at other positions, but if you listen to what Gibbs says, he says clearly that he is rebuilding the FRANCHISE not a team. That means long term and he obviously doesn't see Ramsey as a long term franchise QB. Gibbs is rare in NFL circles that he doesn't have to draft for now in order to protect his job security. If the defense returns to it's stature from last year, which is possible since they only lost 2 starters and are getting (hopefully) a healthy return of Barrow, Bowen and Arrington plus Rogers, then on that side of the ball we should be in every game. Offensively there are a ton of questions, no doubt about that. Can Ramsey perform? Can Moss be the game breaker he was in 2002/2003? Who else will emerge at WR? Will Gardner be back and be productive? Will a year in the system/adjustments to the gameplan make Portis the threat he was supposed to be when we traded for him? Those questions are going to make or break our season, not what happened in the past 72 hrs.