Leroy Hill A Free Agent!!

[Superman13732]

One rumor that is driving me crazu is the Orakpo might line up at linebacker. Redskins Insider - Skins Not Expressing Interest in Leroy Hill

This tends to ruin DE, i forget his name, but the Texans drafted a DE and tried to move him to OLB, and it failed miserably. Leave him at his natural position, let him develop at DE.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Superman13732

One rumor that is driving me crazu is the Orakpo might line up at linebacker. Redskins Insider - Skins Not Expressing Interest in Leroy Hill

This tends to ruin DE, i forget his name, but the Texans drafted a DE and tried to move him to OLB, and it failed miserably. Leave him at his natural position, let him develop at DE.

In the post-draft presser yesterday Zorn said Orakpo would be pretty much a hand-on-the-ground defensive end.

[Superman13732]

Originally Posted by Lotus

In the post-draft presser yesterday Zorn said Orakpo would be pretty much a hand-on-the-ground defensive end.

Thank god. If they mess this kid up I will personally kick some FO ass.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by gw0103

Hill will definitely cost more than the Skins want to put out to address the SLB
situation.. There are still more options in the draft and with Orakpo's versatility,
He sometimes lined up as a LB in Texas, We might see a hybrid of DE/LB. I think
we will also be resigning MW, who I still love, too.

I agree 100% and think Marcus "losing a step" was due more to injury then anything else. If he's healthy, he's more than good enough. Players aren't horses, you don't shoot them after an injury. He can come back and come back strong.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

I agree 100% and think Marcus "losing a step" was due more to injury then anything else. If he's healthy, he's more than good enough. Players aren't horses, you don't shoot them after an injury. He can come back and come back strong.

I agree with you that he is more than good enough.

[RedskinPete]

Originally Posted by Superman13732

One rumor that is driving me crazu is the Orakpo might line up at linebacker. Redskins Insider - Skins Not Expressing Interest in Leroy Hill

This tends to ruin DE, i forget his name, but the Texans drafted a DE and tried to move him to OLB, and it failed miserably. Leave him at his natural position, let him develop at DE.

I feel the same way!!! Get Hill and leave our 1st round DE at DE!

[The Goat]

I would be really smart to lock Hill up now long term IMO...really smart. But Blache also does a good job getting solid play from somewhat undertalented guys in our system...so maybe Hill isn't a huge priority. I just worry what happens after London retires...can Blades be that QB of the d and then who's gonna be the other OLB we need? Hill would allay some worries long term.

[DoggDayAfternoon]

LB is a position we should've looked at more seriously through the draft.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

we drafted 2 of them

[Superman13732]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

we drafted 2 of them

Two? I know we got the one in the 6th round... who was the other one?

[mrreddman]

Hill would complete the defense. Appears that we have enough cap room too.
Defense would be SICK!

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by mrreddman

Hill would complete the defense. Appears that we have enough cap room too.
Defense would be SICK!

Do we? I thought we had just under $6 mil before we even sign rookies.

Hill, as much as I would love to have him, turned down $6 mil a year from Seattle. Methinks he is too expensive.

[Superman13732]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Do we? I thought we had just under $6 mil before we even sign rookies.

Hill, as much as I would love to have him, turned down $6 mil a year from Seattle. Methinks he is too expensive.

Yea, and the FO said they were going to look at some OL? I read that somewhere, who is available and how can we possibly afford them?

[mrreddman]

Well they have us here at 8.9 Million under the cap. If we really want Hill, that should be plenty to sign him and our draft picks. Our cap man is our MVP so im certain it can happen...

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by mrreddman

Well they have us here at 8.9 Million under the cap. If we really want Hill, that should be plenty to sign him and our draft picks. Our cap man is our MVP so im certain it can happen...

Even if that is true, Hill wants more than $6 mil. a year. That would leave less than $2.9 mil. in the most optimistic scenario. And we still need to sign Orakpo, who as a first rounder will not be cheap. And everyone and their brother wants us to sign an OT. Can we really sign Orakpo, the rest of the rookies, and a FA OT for less than $2.9 mil.? That seems unlikely, especially given that the $2.9 mil. number was already optimistic.

It seems to me that to have a hope we'd have to do serious cutting, not just cosmetic cutting, elsewhere. We'd have to give up big names, not just someone like Thrash.