DeSean Jackson meeting with the Redskins on Monday

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Originally Posted by SirLK26

Don't know if you're really responding to my post or not, but what I was saying is that I wish we would have signed some of the great FA O-linemen available(Asamoah, Beadles, Collins, Schwartz, Penn; that level of linemen), and not even pursued Jackson.



Yeah, we've addressed the O-line somewhat, but see my post above. None of the "holdover starters" except Williams and Lichtensteiger(at Center) are worth mentioning. Lavuao will merely be a solid starter, while McGlynn is probably pure depth. I too am hoping that some of the young blockers will step up, but it's not certain. We could have signed some of the aforementioned O-linemen and had a great line, but instead we skimped and saved(except for overpaying Lavuao) on the second most important group on the field, and now we're looking at spending that money on a luxury. If this strategy puts W's in the Win-Loss column, I'll be happy; but right now I don't think it's the way to go.

To sum it up: our line will probably be decent next year, but instead of spending money on a luxury WR, we could have spent that money on offensive linemen and had an elite O-line.

Well, either you could do that, or give RG3 the best trio of wide receivers in the league, with Reed at TE as a cherry on top, and a RB that MUST be accounted for. If the scheme change does anything, it should improve the line at least a little bit from last years disaster. If RG3 has a little more time in the pocket with these WR's, I cannot think of a more explosive possibility in a long time. This could really put our offense over the top, but it could also hamstring the hell out of our cap. I don't think there is much room for middle ground for this move in particular. Its either gonna set the world on fire, or fail miserably. I hope its the former.