Redskins Sign DeSean Jackson

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by That Guy

what are you guys smoking? why would hank or robinson not make the team? are we only keeping 3 WRs this year? who else has been in here that's looked better than them for spots 4/5/6, cause i sure don't remember seeing them.

At least one late WR will be drafted, and neither Hank nor Robinson are big ST players, which WR's 4 and 5 should be. If either one improves at ST, then keep them, otherwise, our receivers are 1- Garcon, 2-DJax, 3-Roberts, 4-Moss, 5/6 new WR's not yet named that will be groomed.

My rationale (and I hope Gruden's):
Signing DJax and Roberts locks down spots 1-3 for 2 years barring injury.

Hankerson's ceiling is pretty much established. If he was going to do anything he would have done it by now. He certainly isn't going to suddenly become better than 1-3. He costs $660K against the cap. Even if he had a big year this year, he is in a contract year, and would want money we aren't going to give him. So the ONLY potential he has for us, would for him to break out this year, and be a UFA next year, a team take him, and we get a compensatory draft pick. There is absolutely no way, barring injury to 1-3, that Hankerson is on the team in 2015.

Robinson pretty much the same as Hankerson, except he only costs 570K against the cap.

From a team building viewpoint this is the time to bring in new diamond in the roughs, let them develop for 2 years behind 1-3, and see if we can actually develop a home grown receiver. Again, if anyone wants to argue that Hank and Robinson should be those guys, remember their contracts expire this year. We have 1-3 locked up for at least 2 years. It really seems like a no brainer to me.

Late round rookies or Undrafted FA's probably are about 430K against the cap, so it's not really a money decision in any way. Simply that we just signed 2 premium WR's to 2 year contracts, and both Hank and AR's contracts end in 1.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

At least one late WR will be drafted, and neither Hank nor Robinson are big ST players, which WR's 4 and 5 should be. If either one improves at ST, then keep them, otherwise, our receivers are 1- Garcon, 2-DJax, 3-Roberts, 4-Moss, 5/6 new WR's not yet named that will be groomed.

My rationale (and I hope Gruden's):
Signing DJax and Roberts locks down spots 1-3 for 2 years barring injury.

Hankerson's ceiling is pretty much established. If he was going to do anything he would have done it by now. He certainly isn't going to suddenly become better than 1-3. He costs $660K against the cap. Even if he had a big year this year, he is in a contract year, and would want money we aren't going to give him. So the ONLY potential he has for us, would for him to break out this year, and be a UFA next year, a team take him, and we get a compensatory draft pick. There is absolutely no way, barring injury to 1-3, that Hankerson is on the team in 2015.

Robinson pretty much the same as Hankerson, except he only costs 570K against the cap.

From a team building viewpoint this is the time to bring in new diamond in the roughs, let them develop for 2 years behind 1-3, and see if we can actually develop a home grown receiver. Again, if anyone wants to argue that Hank and Robinson should be those guys, remember their contracts expire this year. We have 1-3 locked up for at least 2 years. It really seems like a no brainer to me.

Late round rookies or Undrafted FA's probably are about 430K against the cap, so it's not really a money decision in any way. Simply that we just signed 2 premium WR's to 2 year contracts, and both Hank and AR's contracts end in 1.

diamonds in the rough like devin thomas, malcom kelly, desmon briscoe or the other ho-hums we've seen trotted through here? hankerson is/has been better than them, and he hasn't done anything to merit a big deal, so next year if we like him, guess what? vet min. moss is less likely to make the roster than he is, cause he's only getting worse.

AR would also go before him, cause he only knows one route, though he did show some improvement. again though, we probably keep 6 WRs, and until some no names shows they're worth a spot, the law of averages and past performance shows that the 3 we've got are more likely to stay over someone we haven't heard of. if they do draft a guy, it'd probably be moss, than AR that get the boot. but i'm not going to fall in love with WRs we don't even have on the roster or declare the ones actually there dead until i see some proof that someone else can get on the field and play first.

and if you think the skins will keep a crappier player to save 100k, that's just silly. we're not the titans.