[sportscurmudgeon]

I will elaborate later when I have more time but here are some guide markers:


1. There are no quality QBs on the roster. NONE! The Skins need to draft a QB plus they need to get someone in free agency to back him up/mentor him.
BIG CHALLENGE HERE: Whomever the Skins draft as the next QB cannot be a bust. No Colt Brennans; no Patrick Ramseys; no Heath Shulers.


2. The position of running back may be a relatively high priority IF Tim Hightower signs elsewhere or is slow in returning to football form. Gotta wait until about March 2012 to check that one out.


3. At least one new body has to be added to the OL - - and preferably two. It does not matter if they come from the draft or free agency but there have to be changes there.


4. Unless Landry wants to sign a VERY short deal with only a little guaranteed money, I would wish him well in his future endeavors in the league.


5. Unless Fletcher wants a jillion dollars guaranteed or a 5-year deal, I'd sign him up the day after the signing period starts.


6. Getting a top-shelf free agent WR would be nice. I would settle for someone out of free agency who is a step up from Gaffney/Armstrong/Paul.


7. Brandon Banks is a luxury this team cannot afford.


8. I would still be looking for a nose tackle for this 3-4 defense that has been mandated from on high.


9. Most of all, I would find a way to get Kyle Shanahan a job somewhere else where he had plausible deniability that he had been fired from this job because the place he is going is something he always wanted to do. That is probably the toughest one of all...