Walters new column 4/25/05

[BossHog]

Here's my response to TW...

Good Day Mr Walters,

I just finished reading your latest article and you were right about not re-signing Smoot. Rodgers seems to be a better prospect than Smoot was coming out of college but having to fill the hole created in his departure limited us in drafting a potential number one WR. I feared that Gardner wasn't going to be traded before the draft and maybe that's part of the reason the 'Skins had to pass on Mike Williams. Drafting Williams would've possibly led to Gardner's release. There's no value in that or having eight WRs on the roster. I've been lobbying Gibbs' thoughts that our WRs corps has been addressed long before the draft but, a lot of my buddies are still picking up their jaw after we passed on Williams. I was never sold on the guy. Most scouts praise him as being a red-zone threat. Last year, we rarely saw the pylons. The Redskins were dead last in plays of 20 yards or more and near the bottom in scoring offense. How does Mike Williams improve a offense and WR corps that can't get open, can't get deep (I'll come back to this), and can't get in scoring position? Hmmm. Moss and Patten will help stretch the field while Jacobs, Thrash, and Gardner (if need be) handle all the underneath stuff. WR corps taken care of. Now what other improvements can be made to a struggling offense besides beefing up the OL with C Casey Rabach and Jon Jansen returning to the lineup? How about a QB who can throw a fade? What's the use of burning a DB on a deep route when the pass isn't delivered where the WR can catch it? There's little doubt that Laveranues Coles is fast, even with the bum toe, and has reliable hands but, the incumbent QB wasn't able to hit him on the deep routes. Ramsey has another year to iron that out... with more help than ever.